“Most people are drawn to the portraits because they have something different about them (from a distance especially). Seeing them in person is a whole different feel than seeing the photograph. They have a sense of depth that the photo can’t capture.”- Andrew Myers For the best tutorials, Follow netglos @twitter and netglos.com Meet Andrew Myers, one of the most patient modern-day sculptors around. This Laguna Beach, California-based artist goes through a multi-step process to [...]

When creating icons, many designers struggle to decide how much detail to include. Should the icon be simple or complex? In this tutorial, we’ll create a detailed 3D monkey icon using a photo of a toy monkey as a reference. In the process, we’ll add texture and lighting.   Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Toy Fur Custom Brush Step 1 Create a new document with 1024×1024 pixel [...]

I know how much everyone loves tutorials, I know, I love writing them too. Well, in this post I’ve taken my time to roundup some Photoshop tutorials andPhotoshop Roundups some that I think is true, can be seen in this post. I knowquite a lot of people will love me for this, but we keep it professional. If you think that I hold the title of a joke, and then you make a mistake made​​, there really are 1000 tutorials in this post. I hope you enjoy the  resources. Design a Brilliant Product Advertisement Source Create a Stunning 3D Liquid Explosion Artwork Source Design a Slick 3D Ice Text Effect Source Logo Design Tips: Letterspacing & Typefaces Source Make a [...]

In today’s tutorial, I will show you how to create a detailed vintage TV from scratch using Photoshop’s vector editing capabilities. The detailed step by step guide will help you to understand the process of its creation. Preview First, take a look at the image we’ll be creating. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. I am using 1000×800 pixels. After that fill the background layer with white using the Paint Bucket Tool [...]

Ever wonder what it is that actually makes a camera work? This tutorial will cover the inner workings of a camera, and introduce you into photography basics and the expansive world of taking better photographs. To take beautiful photographs you do not need an expensive camera and a bag full of equipment. What is important is the photographer’s ability to see his/her surrounding and use knowledge and personal feel for the subject. Being the first [...]

During its dawn, photo editing was a delicate art that only a selected group of people were able to handle, those who were experts in playing with chemicals, working on the dark room and obtaining awesome things while experimenting. But since the arrival of the digital era, everybody became a potential photographer, the camera sales around the world have increased and so the edition technology. Programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Photomatix, Lightroom, Expression Design, Corel [...]

At the end of 2009, we published a series of posts highlighting the best freebies and resources from that year. It turned out to be a great way to show our readers what they may have missed, and to give some recognition to the people that worked very hard at producing such amazing stuff. It’s difficult to believe that another year is drawing to a close, but here we are at the end of 2010. [...]

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to draw a Sound Dock System with Photoshop. Let’s get started! Step 1 Start with a new document. Width: 2000px, height: 2000px, color mode: CMYK. Take a look at the layer setup. Step 2 Create a new layer, use Pen tool and start drawing as shown. After that, apply the layer style to this shape. Step 3 Create a shape like this using pen tool. Hit Cmd/Ctrl + [...]

This tutorial aims to guide you from sketchbook to screen; a “Fat Cat” doodled with biro translated into a neat vector caricature. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is advised. Let’s take a look at how to create a cheeky cat illustration – from initial concept through to vector goodness. Final Image Preview Preamble Talk to any Illustrator and they’ll preach the significance of sketching. The media you use are irrelevant, you could be doodling on [...]

Handle color changes and variations with ease by following this intermediate level tutorial. This is a special tutorial sponsored by Astute Graphics that incorporates the use of their high-quality Phantasm CS range Illustrator Pugins. We’ll work with Phantasm’s color shifting tools: Hue/Saturation and and Shift to Color, while we learn to contrast shapes when composing natural, vector scenes! Final Image Preview Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4 and Phantasm CS range (Designer, Studio or Publisher) [...]