Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real Images
Aug 17th in Photo Effects by James Davies
Learn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a few other tricks to make smoke look like a skull. This technique has a variety of outcomes and works well with water, clouds and a whole bunch of other stuff. This is probably more for intermediate users, as I guide you through the process well, but not every Warp Grid point handle move. Let’s get started!
I am JamesZilla. I write tutorials for various magazines and websites when I’m not designing gig posters, t-shirts, catalogues, magazine, etc.
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How to Create an Original Pin-Up Girl in Photoshop
Aug 4th in Drawing, Illustration, Painting by Ron Davey
In 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!
Ron Davey has been working in the video game industry for 8 years. He’s currently a lead environment artist at Digital Extremes. He also maintains a freelance illustration career in his spare time. You can view his work at brokepencil.com.
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How to Create a Severed Arm in Photoshop
Aug 28th in Photo Effects by Simon Rudd
In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a severed arm with fleshy stumps and strings of sinew. This will be created by using some basic Brushes and Layer Masks. Let’s get started!
I am a freelance digital artist and writer who specialises in fantasy and horror photo manipulations. I have written tutorials for Ilex Press’s Surreal Digital Photography 2, Photoshop Creative Magazine and Advanced Photoshop Magazine.
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Tutorial Details
- Program – Photoshop CS3
- Difficulty level – intermediate
- Time to complete – 1 hour
Create an Intense Movie Poster in Photoshop
Sep 14th in Designing, Painting by Alex Beltechi
Designers love to be critical about movie posters, and while you may think you have better ideas about how to sell a movie to an audience, how many times have you actually tried doing it? In this tutorial, we’re going to create a poster for a fictional movie called “Fugitive.” The movie is meant to be a suspenseful thriller that features one’s escape under the cover of darkness, despite man’s attempt to capture the lone hero. Thin and cheesy plot? Check. Awesome opportunity to better your PSD skills? You got it!
Sep 14th in Designing, Painting by Alex Beltechi
Designers love to be critical about movie posters, and while you may think you have better ideas about how to sell a movie to an audience, how many times have you actually tried doing it? In this tutorial, we’re going to create a poster for a fictional movie called “Fugitive.” The movie is meant to be a suspenseful thriller that features one’s escape under the cover of darkness, despite man’s attempt to capture the lone hero. Thin and cheesy plot? Check. Awesome opportunity to better your PSD skills? You got it!
Digital Illustrator and graphic design student Alex Beltechi is based in Romania and currently writing tutorials based on personal projects. He also works as a freelancer, enjoys composing piano based music in his non-existent free time and thinks that talking about yourself in 3rd person narrative is pretty cheesy.
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And here it is; the poster we’re about to do! I could have just used a dark forest photo for the background, but where’s the fun in that? This tutorial is not about finding the shortest route to an end, rather striking the balance between how real you want the setting to look, and cinematic/artistic at the same time. You want it be compelling and truthful, but also control the viewers attention and amount of information they’re given. You don’t want to spoil the movie, but entice someone to come see it.
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