Create a Funky Perspective of a Model Riding Digital Volume

Nov 3rd in 3D, Illustration, Photo Effects by Marcel Pirosca
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This is a tutorial illustrating perspective techniques and how you can achieve the feeling of depth and motion. We will be doing this in a few steps, such as placing the main character, creating the volume fading away and adding foreground and background images. Let’s get started!

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Design a Colorful Illustration Using Patterns and Shapes

Sep 15th in Illustration by Emil
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A good friend and amazing artist Bram Vanhaeren and I decided to collaborate on an illustration to then create a tutorial for all the readers at Psdtuts+. We came up with a cool illustration that incorporates patterns, coloring, as well as 3D shapes. The most important thing about this is that it is all extremely simple to create so it shouldn’t be that difficult for anybody. There are a lot of new techniques here that I guarantee you’ll be using, so check this one out!

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How to Use Texture and Lighting to Create Rounded Artwork

Aug 25th in Illustration, Photo Effects by Matthew Booth
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Using stock photography is not always necessary or desired, but we can reference images of real objects to learn techniques for perspective and lighting. In this tutorial, we will be creating an abstract orb. In order to get the highlights, shadows, and perspective as accurate as possible we will study real images to create our own interpretation.

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How to Create an Original Pin-Up Girl in Photoshop

Aug 4th in Drawing, Illustration, Painting by Ron Davey
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In this tutorial, I will be taking you through the steps that I do when creating a cartoon pin-up. I will start off with thumbnails and continue on to the final image. Along the way, I will be sharing with you my techniques and thought process when it comes to creating an original image with Photoshop. Let’s get started!

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How to Create a Dark Emotional Photo Manipulation

Aug 3rd in Illustration, Photo Effects by Loredana Papp
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This is a tutorial with a simple idea: to create an emotional photo manipulation. Following this tutorial, you will learn how to blend different images to make a dark atmospheric background, modify the dress of the model, apply makeup, paint hair,  blend different objects in the background, and more – all to create a moody illustration. So, let’s start!

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Quick Tip: Preparing Line Drawings for Coloring in Photoshop

Jul 24th in Illustration, Tools & Tips by Joe Pelow
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In this tutorial, we’ll be learning how to take a paper line drawing and preparing it for coloring in Photoshop. Learn to take your line drawing and clean it up in Photoshop. The image we’ll be using is an original hand drawing provided by myself. The end result is left open for experimentation. Let’s jump into it!

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How to Create a Photo Manipulation of a Flooded City Scene

Jul 20th in Illustration, Photo Effects by Andrew Gardner
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to manipulate a simple photo into a flooding torrent of a scene. We’ll use some relatively simple techniques to give this image a semi-realistic, stylized feel. Let’s get started!

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How to make a Typographic, Retro, Space Face

Jul 14th in Illustration, Text Effects by Vasjen Katro
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In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a typographic face by using simple techniques. Using the Brush Tool and experimenting with light, you will get this amazing Typographic Space Face that looks like it’s created by letters and an amazing explosion. Let’s get started!

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How to Create a Surreal Scene of Flying Bombs on Fire

Jul 13th in Illustration, Photo Effects by Jake Ruesch
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In this tutorial, we’ll make a scene with flaming bombs pouring from the sky. This tut is made to show some down and dirty Photoshop tricks that beginners can quickly pick up. It also includes some relatively advanced techniques to help budding designers enhance their workflow. Let’s get started!

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How to Make a Dark, Post-Apocalyptic City Illustration

Jul 7th in Illustration, Photo Effects by Mikolaj Dobrucki
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In this tutorial, we’ll change a full of sunshine, ordinary photograph into a gloomy image of the world after destruction of mankind. Using simple tools, we’ll turn lively streets into abandoned ruins overgrown with weeds. A number of stock images and a few little tricks will let us optimize our work and make this job more interesting and spectacular. So let’s go!

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