Graphic Design

Often when learning design, imitation can be the best form of education. I recently had an email from a regular reader asking if I could show her how to create an effect she’d seen on the music inspired clothing line website LyricCulture.com. The clothing line...

Text Effects

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Clockstoppers release

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a wood inlay effect using wood textures, layer masks and a few creative selection techniques.

Step 1

Lets start by setting up a new document, mine is 540×300 pixels at...

Text Effects

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a watercolor text effect with a watercolor paper background. You’ll learn about a few of the the Brushes palette options and how they can help achieve a realistic...

Graphic Design

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create those great old time photo corners while exploring in depth the Bevel and Emboss filter with it’s Contour feature. We’ll also use various Layer Styles and Blend Modes for our final result.

(*note: This...

Photo Effects

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to add a comic book effect to an ordinary photo using a few layers, the Cutout and Poster Edges filters and a few different layer blend modes.

This is a little technique I picked up at Photoshop World and have tweaked to...

Graphic Design

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create Windows Vista icons using a few basic layers, creative layer styles and some web 2.0 gradients.

I’ve had a few requests for icons like this, so here you go folks!

Step 1

Lets first take a look at...

Graphic Design

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In this Photoshop tutorial we will explore the wonderful world of repeating patterns while creating one from scratch using a Photoshop Custom Shape.

Spy Hard release

Those of you who’ve been here before have probably noticed my affinity for elaborate...

Photo Effects

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create realistic reflections on water in your favorite photographs.

Step 1

Let me begin by saying just a few things about this effect. First and foremost, this is one of...

Graphic Design

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In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to re-create an Apple iPod Shuffle by using the original image from apple’s website as a reference and using the gradient tool, layer masks and basic selection and guide...