Kai Isselhorst is a professionally taught designer from Germany. Kai has an amazing knack from drawing inspiration from art, design, as well as music, and his natural surroundings. Kai explains how he started out as a graffiti artist and then evolved into what we see him as today; an interesting and talented designer.

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In this tutorial, we’re going to make a creative illustration in a style meant for a video game cover or sci-fi book cover. We’ll create this with mostly photo manipulation techniques. With some cool Photoshop options you can turn all the photos you chose, into one stunning looking explosive cover.

It’s amazing, how easy this can be done, all you need is just a good idea and some solid basics in Photoshop. The hardest part in doing this, is finding the right images. I chose them carefully, as the better photos chosen, the less time it will take you to create this quality illustration. Let’s get started!

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Each month we like to remind the community of what is happening on the other three sites in our TUTS network. This month we have some great Adobe illlustrator tutorials, some ace web development tips, and some excellent audio techniques from other TUTS family members.

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We recently kicked off PSDTUTS V4, which launched some refinements to the theme of the site, and we also have some new sections. One of those is the Freebies Section. Check it out if you haven’t yet, as it’s growing quickly. Also, here is a quick link if your looking to Submit a Freebie. Let’s take a look at some of the first additions to this new feature of PSDTUTS.

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If you scroll down to the bottom of the new PSDTUTS theme you’ll notice that next to our logo in the footer is a link to somewhere else on the web, or a quote. This is generated from a random list of ten quotes or links. At the moment they are Collis’s own bizarro favorite links and videos, but he’s asked me to hand over control of that section to you guys. Read on to find out how you can get your favorite link or quote exposed to over 1.4 million designers!

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Halloween is near! So let’s take a pumpkin image, carve it up, and light it for this coming holiday. You’ll learn how to get this nice effect on any pumpkin picture, how to play with the colors, apply some layer blending modes to skip the extraction process, and more.

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With the mainstreaming of environmental concerns, ‘Green’ design is booming. People want ‘Green’ websites, ‘Green’ branding and ‘Green’ advertisements. With so much demand, it’s important for designers to capitalize on this new trend. Here are 35 eco-friendly and awesome Photoshop effects to get you started!

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This is a new addition to the PSDTUTS PLUS section. This is a wonderfully terrifying tutorial that uses multiple elements to bring together the final dark design. The most noteworthy elements are 3D character renders of zombies from Poser. You’ll learn to create "The Digital Dead" poster in this horrific tutorial fitting for this Halloween holiday. Learn more at the jump!

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David Fuhrer is a self taught digital painter with a passion for making some of the most creative and vivid art around. David is an extremely talented and he explains how he creates some of his art by mixing 3D elements with painting. David also gives us a look into the type of tools he uses to create his lively artwork.

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