“In this tutorial, we’ll create a textured site layout by layering multiple images. Creating highly-textured web design layouts is easier than you may think. You can learn to build image intensive designs rapidly. For intermediate Photoshop designers creating this design will take less than an hour, and you’ll learn some professional tips along the way. Let’s get started!”Razvan
How to Make a Highly-Textured Site Layout in Photoshop – Screencast
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Create a Watercolor-Themed Website Design with Photoshop – Screencast
Dec 7th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“Watercolor in graphic design has become very trendy the last couple of years, many websites and incredible designers are using this style and taking it to another level. Even knowing the technique is important in this kind of design, is more about creativity and experimentation. You will learn how to use the Art History Brush and combine it with watercolor custom brushes to create a nice background header image and more. Let’s get it started!”Alvaro Guzman
Creating a Shiny Chain with Photoshop – Screencast
Nov 30th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“In 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!”Jeff Olson
Creating the Spoiled Princess Fashion Poster – Screencast
Nov 28th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“This 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!”Constantin Potorac
How to Create a Contemporary Style Illustration Without Drawing Skills – Screencast
Nov 16th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“There 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! “James Davies
Create a Leather-Textured, Realistic Briefcase Icon – Screencast
Nov 2nd in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“Our goal for this tutorial is to draw a realistic leather briefcase entirely from scratch. We’ll use Photoshop’s amazing layer styles and incredible brush engine to create textured leather, convincing stitches and gold-plated locks. Let’s get started!” Andrea Austoni
How to Create a Rusty Texture in Photoshop – Screencast
Oct 27th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“In this tutorial, we’ll learn how simple it is to texturize objects using different fusion mode layers, adjustment layers, color tweaks and some very simple filters in Photoshop. You can use this simple technique in more complex illustrations of your own creation. Let’s get started with learning these techniques!” Sergio Ordonez
How to Enhance Photos With a Pen Tablet – Screencast
Oct 22nd in Screencasts by Alex Beltechi“Have you ever come across a photo where all the highlights and shadows seem just too good to be true? If it’s not HDR processing, it’s pen tablet magic. Find out in this tutorial how to give a regular image a subtle, artistic feel with some clever brush work. Read more after the jump!”Alex Beltechi
Create a Magnifying Glass Icon in Photoshop CS4 – Screencast
Oct 19th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“In this tutorial, we’ll combine simple vector shapes, layer styles and generous amounts of shininess to create the perfect magnifying glass for all your search icon needs. Let’s get started!”Andrea Austoni
How to Create 3D Text Blocks in Photoshop – Screencast
Oct 18th in Screencasts by Gavin Steele“In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a 3D Blocks text effect. You need to have Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended to practice this tutorial. This will be fun and I’m sure you can do lots of cool things using this technique. Let’s get started!”Eren Goksel
