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New PLUS Tutorial – Create a Home Improvement Themed Digital Illustration

Oct 14th in News by Sean Hodge

This is a new addition to the PSDTUTS PLUS section. This is a super detailed tutorial with a polished final result. Learn how to create a dynamic digital illustration using multiple elements. This tutorial is written by Ryan Roche who takes you through both the basics and advanced steps to create this design. Learn more at the jump!

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Author: Sean Hodge

Hi All! I recently moved to the outskirts of Orlando, Florida. I'm the editor of Psdtuts+ and Vectortuts+. Also, visit my blog AiBURN where I feature some of my creative work and ideas. Or follow me on Twitter: @seanHodge.

New Exclusive PLUS Tutorial Dripping with Creativity and a Plethora of Material Covered

This new PLUS Tutorial is titled "Create a Home Improvement Themed Digital Illustration," by Ryan Roche. He is a digital artist and graphic designer from Ohio. Currently he is studying graphic design at BGSU School of Art and is a junior there. You can find Ryan on Behance and Deviantart.

This tutorial will take you through step by step tutorial on how to create a unique piece of digital artwork. You will learn how to compose an image based on the Rule of Thirds. This will help teach you to build a dynamic composition that is aesthetically pleasing and professional-looking. On top of that you will work with selections, the Pen Tool, developing a color theme, patterns, shortcut keys, layer masks, and more.

Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! The preview of the final illustration is below, multiple views are shown. You can view the large version here.

This is a High Quality Super Detailed Tutorial

This tutorial is over 60 steps and really stands out in its quality of instruction, level of detail, and focus on the beginner to intermediate level Photoshop users. The image below shows where to place images in the design to utilize the Rule of Thirds, which is part of what's covered throughout this tutorial. Sign up for PLUS today and get access to this awesome new illustration tutorial. Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now!

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    _MiCrOo October 14th

    WOW … BEAUTIFUL … !

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    w October 14th

    and the freedom ends..

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    BroOf October 14th

    Yea looks cool… wish i had a Tutsplus account…

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    Helen October 14th

    Most of the tutorials on here are PLUS ones now!

    You used to be cool, man!

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    larusso October 14th

    hmm…does it though…

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    Nate October 14th

    This looks incredible. Ryan that portfolio of yours is outstanding. I cant wait to try this one out.

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    insic October 14th

    cool stuff, too bad i dont have a plus.

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    Howard Pinsky October 14th

    Looks great! I bet it’s a super awesome tutorial!

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    Roshan October 14th

    Looks nice. Nice work with colors. :)

    Roshan
    http://www.instantshift.com

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    Manuel Minino October 14th

    to me… the final image is ..huh…. ugly and messy!!, instead of “improvement”, to me, it sells “disaster” LOL…. but it seems to have a big bunch of detailed cool techniques inside!!… i’ll recommend it to all plus members! i’m not “plus” so i’ll try to make a similar disaster by my own! :-D

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    Ryan October 14th

    Thanks for the comments guys.
    And to me Home improvement inst the final masterpiece. Its about fixing and working on something to get to that final masterpiece. :)

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    Drew Douglass October 14th

    I dont have a plus account so I cant really speak unbiased here, but I have to agree with Manuel, to me it seems messy and cluttered. Im sure there are some cool techniques though. Just not my cup of tea :)

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    Duo October 14th

    It looks quality but Ryan’s other works are way better than this

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    Brian October 14th

    I’ll be canceling my plus subscription here shortly. This type of garbage does not belong there….

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    Alvaro October 14th

    I like it… looks like a challenge!!! :D

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    Jad Graphics October 14th

    WOW! This looks pretty creative!

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    Ariful Alam Khan October 14th

    Seems nice. But I don’t have the membership

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    larusso October 14th

    I really appreciate the hard work that has surely gone into this, but I thought graphic design was about communication? Im sorry but in the final piece there is no message, just confusion! Techical skills mean nothing without well executed concepts. I ‘ve got a lot of time and love for psdtuts, but you guys have a responsibility to so a show a decent final product.

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    That Namelezz Guy October 14th

    It looks a good tutorial but by itself doesn’t deserve my money. If this site wants to get MY money towards PLUS membership, there’d have to be more typography-centered tutorials and logo design tutorials.

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    Geoff October 14th

    it looks embarrassing. larusso is right. it seems the only thought put into this was to demonstrate different PS techniques, but the result looks so amateur. look at where the blueprints go out of focus… the mailbox is on the same plain and should be out of focus as well. it’s not a PLUS, it’s a MINUS!

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    yamaniac October 14th

    Its a good tutorial! But it does look amateur and kiddish at least for PSDTUTS, where the tutorials and the final outcome are supposed to be great!

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    Jimi October 15th

    I’d have to agree with the majority of these people, but I will still be paying my $9 a month. I get my moneys worth…

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    Moksha October 15th

    look really good,

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    Joefrey Mahusay October 15th

    Really nice tut.

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    Skunkie October 15th

    Horrible!

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    geir October 15th

    your other stuff is SOOOOO much better Ryan, show us how you do that!! :)

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