Even if you’ve taken a good photo, chances are it can be improved or it needs to be adjusted to work in a collage or collection. Or even to just to intensify a mood. You can always make a good thing better – and curves is a one-stop-shop way to do that.

With curves you are able...

Mar 4th in

Painting

by

Andrea Austoni

Now we'll take the vector drawing into Photoshop where we will refine the shading, add some textures, and complete the book cover with the appropriate typography. Let's continue on with Part 2 of this series.

Final Image Previews for Part 1...

Feb 24th in

Illustration

by

Ernest Lim

Put on a scarf, jacket and gloves, switch on your heater, make yourself some tea and let's get started!

Final Image Preview

Let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Want access to the full .PSD files and downloadable copies of...

It is an easy thing to do when so much is on your plate, to let one or two of the smaller details silently slip through the cracks, remaining hidden in the dark crevasses in the backs of our minds. And though this checklist may not be as long as I exaggerated such a comprehensive to-do list...

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Step 1: Setting Up

Make a new document with these settings:

Next, select the

fill tool (G)

and fill it with

#626262

. Now, we need to make a new

adjustment layer

. Make a

brightness/contrast

layer (

Layer...

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Button Animation Demo

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Step 1 – Create the shape

Create a new document in photoshop fit to your needs. In this instance, I’ll be creating a 570px wide button. The height of the new canvas...

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Materials Needed:

Desert 1

Desert 2

Iron mask

Clock

Bronze Hand

Gearing Brushes

Galaxy Brushes

Bird Brushes

Sky

Tree texture

Celtic Rune Charm Pack

I would like to thank the great ...

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Step 1: Creating a New Document

Create a new document with 1000 on 1000 pixels and a white background.

Step 2: Setting Up Basic Guides

Because it makes it easier to draw shapes in the right proportions we’ll...

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Materials Needed:

Spiderman Pattern

Step 1

Create a new document 600×400 px big.

Step 2

Using the radial gradient tool from #5e6c78 to #20282e, fill the background.

Step 3

Duplicate background and go to...

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Jana

by LudovicMazet

They can be used on many different scenes as it’s not required to think about all the colors that should look good together and match the amount of light available. And for those who love to play with color, black and white photography doesn’t...