In this tutorial, we will learn how to make a funny boy character in Adobe Photoshop. After drawing the sketch, we’ll use shapes, layer styles, the brush tool, and other effects to add some dimension to and life to our character.

How to Create Glass Transparency in a Cute Photo Manipulation
Dec 12th in Illustration, Photo Effects by Alexandro P. HernandezIn this tutorial you’ll learn how to incorporate glass into your work. We’ll learn a good technique for incorporating glass transparency into photo manipulations, while placing a cute, pirate hamster on the high seas. Let’s start!

Creating a Shiny Chain with Photoshop
Nov 30th in Illustration by Jeff OlsonIn this tutorial we’ll use Photoshop CS to create a shiny new chain. We’ll cover creating shapes using a knockout techniques with Shape Layers to applying some fairly sophisticated contours with Layer Styles. This tutorial will help you rethink how Photoshops Layer Styles work and by the end you’ll not only have a damn sexy chain, but have learned some new techniques by thinking out of the box on how we assume things should work. Time to get to it!

Creating the Spoiled Princess Fashion Poster
Nov 23rd in Illustration by Constantin PotoracThis is another collaboration with Toma Alin Gabriel. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a fashion advertisement poster. We’ll be combining multiple images, finding the perfect stock, and unifying it with just the right colors. Let’s get started!

How to Create a Contemporary Style Illustration Without Drawing Skills
Nov 16th in Illustration by James DaviesThere are many ways to illustrate and be creative even if you can’t draw so well. If you’ve got an imagination and some Photoshop skills, then you can create illustrations that are bang on trend.
I’ll take you through the necessary steps to get you on your way to creating artworks of your own. The aim of this tutorial though, is not to teach you how to rip off the style, but to show you how to create illustrations without needing to outdraw Da Vinvi. The hope is that you’ll follow and use these techniques to work within your own style!

The Making of “Constant Slip”
Nov 9th in Effects, Illustration by Wojciech PijeckiToday I’ll take you through the creative process of making intriguing light effects and applying them in your work. This is more a process description of making this illustration, than a detailed step by step how to. I’ll give you some good guidance on how to deal with an illustration like this and cover the overall workflow. Let’s get started!

Create a Funky Perspective of a Model Riding Digital Volume
Nov 3rd in 3D, Illustration, Photo Effects by Marcel PiroscaThis 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!

Design a Colorful Illustration Using Patterns and Shapes
Sep 15th in Illustration by EmilA 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!

How to Use Texture and Lighting to Create Rounded Artwork
Aug 25th in Illustration, Photo Effects by Matthew BoothUsing 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.

How to Create an Original Pin-Up Girl in Photoshop
Aug 4th in Drawing, Illustration, Painting by Ron DaveyIn 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!

























