Archive for July, 2008
New PLUS Tutorial - Creating Artwork For An Epic Metal Album
in News by Sean HodgePLUS members, get excited. We have a new tutorial from master digital illustrator and designer Matthias Bäuerle of Season Zero. Here are his other sites: Season Zero on Behance and Season Zero on Flickr, so you can see his high quality work. He’s created a PLUS tutorial that details his process for creating stunning Metal Album Artwork in Photoshop. Jump over to your PLUS account and download it today.
PSDTUTS Photoshop Wiki Launch Contest!
in News by Sean HodgeFirst, let’s announce that we have a new Photoshop Wiki. Thanks to Joel Falconer and Easton Ellsworth for all their hard work. To get the ball rolling with this we’re announcing the PSDTUTS Photoshop Wiki Launch Contest! We have three USD$100 Amazon Gift Vouchers to give away. Also, it’s really simple to participate and quality for the prizes. Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you at the Wiki.
3D Transform a Colorful Cube Design
in Designing by Constantin PotoracA while ago Sean posted a very interesting article called 6 Techniques to Compose Your Work Using Repeating Shapes and Flexible Patterns. I carefully examined the articled and got inspired by a great artist named Guilherme Marconi. In this tutorial, you’ll learn one way to create a design using repeating elements in a style inspired by him.
PSDTUTS First Tutorial Writing Contest Update!
in News by Sean HodgePSDTUTS First Tutorial Writing Contest is in the final stretch. We’ve received only a handful of submissions. Chances of winning are still really high, as this contest is only a week long. If you’ve been working on a tutorial, then be sure to get it in before the deadline of midnight July 27th, 2008, which is approaching fast!
PSDTUTS Photoshop Video Channel Update
in News by Sean HodgeWe’ve got some updates on the progress of the PSDTUTS Photoshop Video Channel over at Vimeo. Gavin keeps cranking out professional Video tutorials based on our existing written tutorials. We’ve also got others contributing new tutorials of their own creation.
Create a Complete Vexel Image Using Photoshop
in Drawing by EmilThis tutorial will instruct the reader on how to take a picture and create a vexel image out of it, through Photoshop. Numerous vexel techniques are taught. You’ll learn how to use the Pen Tool, and then put it to good use to construct hundreds of shapes that will compose a full vexel image.
Design an Album Cover Using Spectrograms
in Designing by Alex BeltechiHow would you illustrate sounds? Would you make them as musical notes, key signatures, elegant swirls, or wild swooshes? Well let’s put away all those for now and look at spectrograms - audio recordings in visual format. We’ll be using these in designing a cover for a solo piano album entitled The Storm. And to top things off, we’ll also display the cover in a Photoshop enhanced environment.
New PLUS Tutorial - Create a High Flying Skater Illustration
in News by Sean HodgePLUS members, we have a high flying skater illustration tutorial for you today. It’s a new PLUS tutorial from the talented Constantin Potorac. The tutorial has instruction on how to create an awesome high flying digital illustration in Photoshop. Jump over to your PLUS account and download it today.
Create a Vintage Film Style Video Using Photoshop CS3 Extended
in Designing by Alvaro GuzmanPhotoshop CS3 Extended allows you to edit video and animations. Also, you can convert an existing video into a Smart Object and apply filters to it. This time we’re going to give a video a vintage feel and mock it up inside an old TV screen.
Craft a Vintage Fifties Letter
in Designing by Rafik MassoudIt seems everyone wants to learn how to make something look vintage or grungy. In this tutorial, I go over how to create a fifties love letter with stamps, bent corner, and a a retro border using the brush engine, rectangle tool, layer styles, blend modes, and several intermediate techniques that are sure to propel you skills to the next level.
