Best Photoshop tutorials of October on Design your way
A little bit late for this article but had to be here. It’s some kind of selection “best of the best” if you want. You’ll see in the following list articles that’ll teach you how to work your magic with Adobe Photoshop in illustrations, digital drawing, photomanipulation, typography and even on a blog design.
I have to mention that this is a selection of four tutorial articles that were present on Design your way in October. Those articles are: Photoshop tutorials #20, Photoshop tutorials #21, Photoshop tutorials #22, Photoshop tutorials #23.
Create your beautiful illustration by using Photoshop
Every artist have their own style of creating a vector portrait ranging from ultra-realistic to very cartoony. What you’ll learn is the style of making one and hopefully you can come up with our style after learning the basics of vector art.
How to Create a Delicious Green Apple Illustration
In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to draw a shiny green apple. We’ll have a look at various painting techniques throughout this tutorial. It will be fun and you’ll learn something new – let’s started!
How to create a modern purple preloader in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to make a preloader similar to the one at cubamoon, a modern purple preloader that can be coded in flash to look just extraordinare.
Jade Fox – comprehensive tutorial
Deep under the surface of a long forgotten place.. the steps, the stoneplates of the floor are broken and the inscriptions on the signs are long gone and unreadable..
I had this idea about a fox-human hybrid creature.. a kind of ghost or supernatural being.. someone youcan meet in your dreams.. a guardian.. omniscient.. scary and sweet all at the same time.. red and orange and golden.. with shiny jadegreen eyes..
Amazing Retro Rainbow Curves
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to design some amazing vector based Retro Rainbow Curves using Adobe Photoshop. These retro artifacts have become a popular trend in modern design!
Creating A True .EPS File Using Vector Masks
In this Photoshop tutorial I will show you how to take an illustration created using Vector Masks in Photoshop, turn it into an Illustrator file with all the associated paths, layers and colors and from there turn it into a true .EPS file.
Now I know I know what you’re thinking, you’re saying to yourself “Hero, this is a Photoshop tutorial website and now you’re talking about Illustrator!”
Well, that’s all true and I apologize… but there are many times as a designer when more than one program comes into play, and this process is one of them. So cheer up little buddy, I promise not to do this kind of thing very often.
Create a Vibrant Modern Blog Design in Photoshop
Taking a closer look into the world of web design this tutorial will cover the process of designing a vibrant and colourful modern blog layout in Adobe Photoshop. Beginning with a blank canvas we’ll go through the process of creating the entire structure and effects from scratch.
How to Design a Dramatic Winged Dragon with Photoshop
We’ll be creating a fantasy illustration in this tutorial, I’ll show you how to merge two images into one using layer Masks and reshape a picture using the Liquify Filter. We’ll take an image of a baby iguana and another of a bat, then combine the two to create a fantasy dragon.
Wage slave digital painting Photoshop tutorial
I started with a rough pencil sketch that was pretty on-target for the rest of the piece. From there I refined the sketch by drawing new elements and importing them into Photoshop to tweak and adjust. I spent a while on this step because I like to have really solid line art from the beginning. By the time I had finished this early stage, I really wanted the composition to be solid and complete.
Create a Complete Vexel Image Using Photoshop
This tutorial will instruct the reader on how to take a picture and create a vexel image out of it, through Photoshop. Numerous vexel techniques are taught. You’ll learn how to use the Pen Tool, and then put it to good use to construct hundreds of shapes that will compose a full vexel image.
Create cool neon effects
Photoshop expert Tony Ariawan shows you how to use warping, layer masks and simple colour tweaking for a high-tech look that’s out of this world.
Designing a Typographic Concept Poster
In this tutorial I will take you through a few steps that will show you how I created a poster design. This illustration was created for a contest started by UPrinting Design over at You The Designer. I was one of the lucky winners. Also, because of the requests to write a tutorial on this design, I made some changes to it, and I decided to show you the design process behind this piece.
Make a 3D colour explosion
Combining vector art and photography can yield some great – and unexpected – results. The impact is even greater if you factor in lighting techniques, as James Davies shows in this tutorial, which combines Photoshop with Illustrator to blend manipulated photographs with 3D images, with no need for expensive 3D software.
Creating A Retro Grunge Poster
This tutorial is an add on from the Poster article the other day, we will create a Retro/Grunge style poster using the pen tool some textures and playing with text to make it look more retro.
Create a Vector Style Illustration in Photoshop
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an illustration of a model. We’ll be creating it in vector style, though using Photoshops Burn Tool to add some dimensionality to the illustration. By the end you’ll have enough information and practice to create your own. Although, it doesn’t require any special ability you should be proficient in the use of the Pen Tool. Drawing skills would also help, as well as a tablet, though it’s not necessary.
The new way to create 3D text
3D text needs the right depth, lighting and texture. Nik Ainley tells you how to do this without re-rendering nightmares
Typography is huge at the moment in illustration, and 3D text is a big part of that. It literally gives the artist another dimension to play with, and the power of 3D programs provides a sense of realism that 2D typography just can’t match. This allows for seamless blending with photos and other renders.
Create an Explosive Cover with Precise Photo Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’re going to make a creative illustration in a style meant for a video game cover or sci-fi book cover. We’ll create this with mostly photo manipulation techniques. With some cool Photoshop options you can turn all the photos you chose, into one stunning looking explosive cover.
It’s amazing, how easy this can be done, all you need is just a good idea and some solid basics in Photoshop. The hardest part in doing this, is finding the right images. I chose them carefully, as the better photos chosen, the less time it will take you to create this quality illustration. Let’s get started!
Creating a stylised male portrait Photoshop tutorial
Illustrator Evgeny Parfenov explains how to paint a digital portrait using techniques based on geometrical rules
I create a diverse range of illustrations, but I enjoy portraits the most. As an illustrator, I’m attracted to Expressionism, particularly the work of Egon Schiele and Wassily Kandinsky. This style has certain features that appeal to me a great deal.
