Create an Easy Smoke Type Effect Using the Smudge Tool
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
Recently I was in need of a method to create a quick smoke effect for an ad that included text within the puffs of smoke. I found that the effect could be easily created by using the Smudge Tool in Photoshop to distort the text around the smoke. Let's take a look at how this can be accomplished. ...
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Create a Colorful Grunge Portrait in Seconds
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
This effect is so simple and fast, but produces such a stunning and unique appearance, that you'll instantly love it. In fact, I'm willing to bet that you'll spend quite some time playing with variations, brushes and different photos to see what sort of looks you can create. Let's jump right in. ...
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Design a Retro Inspired Sci-Fi Film Poster
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
Oh how I love vintage film posters, especially sci-fi genre. The artwork and the typography are always fun to look at, and often times the posters are better than the actual films. Lets take a look at how we can create our own sci-fi inspired film poster in Photoshop. Here is a preview of what we...
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Create Dynamic Lighting Using Custom Brushes in Photoshop
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
Earlier today we released a free brush set called Rays of Light, and I wanted to follow up that release with a quick tutorial on how to use the brush set. Below is quick design using the brushes. Lets take a look at how this was created. First up, you'll need to download and install the new R...
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Antique a Photo Using Textures in 3 Quick Steps
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
Nothing tells a story like an old photo. You can find sometimes find them by the box fulls at antique shops and thrift stores. Not only are they fun to look at, there also fun and easy to create in Photoshop with a couple of adjustment layers and a good grunge texture. Lets take a look how. Here'...
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Photoshop Quick Tip: Ultra Glossy Text Effect
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
Really shiny beveled text is cool, and eye catching. When I come across effects like this I always stop and try to identify the layer styles that were used to achieve the look. The fact is you can create a very complex look with just a few layer styles. In this Quick Tip, I'll show you just how easy...
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Give Your Photos a Fast and Simple Instagram Effect
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
We all know how much fun Instagram can be. Adding some really stunning effects to your smartphone images in the click of a button is great. But adding them in Photoshop can also be fast and simple, if you know the right moves. Lets take a quick look at how to accomplish an easy "Instagram Look" in j...
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Creating a Highly Detailed Steampunk Insect
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
In this tutorial I'm going to walk through my process for creating a photo-realistic steampunk style insect. This tutorial involves a lot of image composites, so rather than repeating instructions over and over, I'm going to walk through the steps I took and give you an overview of my ideas and thou...
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Design a Quick and Easy Indie Rock Gig Poster
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
Gig posters are great fun for a designer. Typically you have the band's music for inspiration, and beyond that, anything goes. These posters are often abstract and can often be incredible expressions of art. But, more often than not, you are working with a limited budget and limited time. So you nee...
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Create a Dark Knight Rises Style Wallpaper in 3 Easy Steps
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
I'm a long time Batman fan, and I love the look of these newer films. The textured metal bat symbol is great eye candy. Using that basic look of the film logo, lets see if we can create something similar in just a few simple steps.First up, here's a look at what we'll be creating. Step 1 - Draw...
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How to Create Dynamic Prototype Style Video Game Art
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
I'm not very good at video games, therefore I don't play a lot. But I do pay close attention to video game art and design. I take a lot of inspiration from these dynamic illustrations and incredible graphics. I recently came across a promo poster for a game called Prototype 2, and fell in love with ...
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Turn a Photo into an Engraved Illustration Using Photoshop
Tutorialsby Nathan Brown
I have a collection of old books that I've never read. I have them because I love the look of the engraved style illustrations found within the pages. There's something about that look that is incredible. The cross hatched lines that go from thick to thin to make up the shadows and highlights. It's ...
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