How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop

How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop

Jun 19th in Effects, Illustration by Justin Van Genderen

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to take splattered paint Photoshop brushes and apply them to the contours of a model’s face. This is a relatively simple technique, which yields excellent artistic results. Let’s get to it!

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Author: Justin Van Genderen

I am a freelance illustrator/designer in Chicago. After spending years inside advertising departments and cubicles I love the freedom of being my own boss. My favorite thing to do in Photoshop is to find new and creative ways to create surreal, captivating images.

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Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real Images

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!

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Author: James Davies

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

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!

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Author: Ron Davey

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

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!

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Author: Simon Rudd

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
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How to Effectively Use Contrast, Auto Levels, and Batch Processing

Sep 12th in Photo Effects, Tools & Tips by Matt Campbell

It goes without saying that everyone here has adjusted the contrast and levels in a picture. This tutorial will show you a way of safely using Auto Levels and a better way to adjust the contrast. All this can be built into an Action Script that can be turned into a droplet for drag and drop batch processing.

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