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Ultimate Guide for Creating High Quality Textures

Max Stanworth — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:56:17 +0000

One of the biggest trends in web and graphic design in the past couple of years has been the use of textures in websites, print design, and everything in between. Textures help give designs a more “real world” feeling by incorporating surfaces that we are all familiar with.

How to Create a Somber Composition

Max Stanworth — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:44:16 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to manipulate stock images and turn them into your puppets to express your desired feelings.

How to create an energy sci-fi scene

Max Stanworth — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:29:10 +0000

Use Photoshop to combine 3D renders with stock images and light effects. The creative process is not so easy to be turned into a tutorial, so is not detailed. This is an unconventional Photoshop tutorial because it is focused more on the process rather then the technique.

Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real Images

Max Stanworth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:05:05 +0000

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.

Creating an Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper

Max Stanworth — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:03:36 +0000

There are plenty of ways to create a Watercolor Effect in Photoshop. Some are very cheesy and you can easily tell that a simple filter has been used. In this tutorial, we will be using Layer Masking.

Create a Realistic Grunge Peeling Sticker

Max Stanworth — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:57:22 +0000

In this tutorial, you will be learning some basic to intermediate techniques which you can make use of in your future designs!

Create an Abstract Color Wallpaper

Max Stanworth — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:54:40 +0000

Create an Abstract Color Wallpaper in Photoshop while learning new techniques and creating a custom photoshop brush.

Design an Epic Fantasy Scene with Photoshop

Max Stanworth — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:05:04 +0000

In this tutorial we are going to create a photo manipulation with a heavenly atmosphere

Energize Your Graphics with Abstract Energy Lines

Max Stanworth — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:06:00 +0000

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create some energetic lines you can use to create more lively digital creations. Effects such as this are great for enhancing abstract compositions!

Create a Watercolor Logo in Photoshop

Max Stanworth — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:37:06 +0000

Create a Watercolor Logo, using different watercolor and paper textures learning different techniques on brushes and layer mask.