Written by Lisa Dong The first step is to create a new canvas; most important and overlooked. Choose what you want your output size to be. The larger the canvas dimensions, the more time and effort will be required to complete the painting. If you’re not entering the width and height in pixels,...

Written by Ross Aitken Creating text and then decorating it is often a daunting task, not knowing what colors to use and how to achieve effective results with the resources you have is often hard to overcome. Keeping your text simple but still having it stand out is an art in itself. Here we learn lots...

So for today we have another cool looking illustration that can fit an interior or something like this. In this tutorial we will use Adobe Photoshop and its color adjustment possibilities. So let’s start with this one shall we? Create a new document, as usual. As a first part of the tutorial we...

Nik Ainley shows you how to make a splash, blending two very different images to create this amazing underwater effect, complete with a dissolving figure of a man. Perhaps because of the overtones of freshness and vitality, water-based effects are always in demand. In this tutorial, Nik Ainley provides...

This task we’ll learn how to correct the photos’ colors, change the eyes color, work with the layers, applying ready brushes and designs, create your own design and to picture the stars. Let’s start. Open image: Apply Image � Adjustments � Curves (ctrl+m) to correct the colors. That...

In this tutorial we are going to take our text and turn it into an inlay in an old brick wall. To start off, lets create a brick-colored background. To give my image a little more depth I used a radial gradient. Use the text tool to write your title, and then rasterize your text by right clicking on...

In this tutorial, i’ll show you how to a text that look like it was formed by cliffs of mountains. Start a new document about 800×300. Reset your foreground and background color to black and white (Press “D”). Then...

In Effects by Fabio In this tutorial I will show you how to create an abstract background image using Photoshop only. The design has a cool wavy pattern with interesting lighting effects, like the Blackberry 9000 wallpaper. This is a tutorial you can sit down and complete in less than an hour. Let’s...

In Text Effects by Collis Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I’ll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We’ll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image. This is the second...

1 Create a new image with the following attributes: Width: 11 inches Height: 11 inches Resolution: 300 ppi, 8 or 16 bit Background Color: White 2 Since the desired effect is to appear liquefied, a font that appears to have been made with a crayon or round brush will work perfectly. Select the Type...