Charming beauty, ageless skin and a toned figure is in the wish list of every human being, but not everyone is bestowed with these boons. In regards to beauty, photo manipulation is what a beautician does to us through make up and re touching. You can combine photo with graphics and produce  life in a dead picture, inspire others through your photos, take your creativity to a new level by reproducing your dreams, make everything [...]

You must be thinking – man..105 artworks, is this guy completely crazy? Well, I must admit I went crazy, but I couldn’t not feature those works here, you must see how amazing this art is if you haven’t seen something like that before! At least I have crazy inspiration now to put something like this together myself – how about you? 1. Drangue by barrena 2. Photo manipulation by GerCasey 3. Young Rocker by kybel [...]

[pro-player]http://www.luv2help.com/m_videos/vampire.flv[/pro-player] Narrated step by step Photoshop tutorial shows you how to transform Angelina Jolie into a Vampire.

Here is a collection of high quality textures for you to play with in your next photo manipulation project. Make sure and abide by the creators terms of use for these packs. Glitter Bokeh Texture Pack (34) painted textures vol. 12 (12) Raining Light Bokeh Pack (10) High-Res Watercolor Textures (25) Ultimate Grunge Pack: High-Res Textures (40) Package – Metal – 9 (10) Paper pack (12)

As a lot of the interviewees we’ve had on PetaPixel have shared, a great way to improve in your photography skills is to experiment. Even though many of the experiments I share on PetaPixel have nothing to do with directly improving your photography skills, they’ve definitely helped me gain a deeper understanding of various aspects of photography, post-processing, and manipulation, and I hope they can do the same for you. Today, I’ll show you how [...]

So by now you have seen a ton of people spit out photomanipulations of themselves as a Na’vi character. Some have been very well done… while others… could use a little guidance. Well it has been requested that I provide a thorough tutorial on how to turn someone into a more realistic looking Na’vi. Hopefully the information I provide will encourage some to go back and re-work their Na’vi’ed selves, or maybe inspire those of [...]

In this intermediate-level graphic design tutorial, you’ll learn how to realistically superimpose a beautiful three-dimensional text object onto a living room scene with the help of Illustrator and Photoshop. Final result Below, you’ll see the preview of the photo manipulation scene that we’ll be creating together – you can click on it to see the full-scale version. Let’s get this thing rolling, shall we? Opening the stock photo in Illustrator 1 We are going to [...]

The icon designer need not be weighed down by the contents of his or her toolkit. A combination of three or four good-quality tools is sufficient for producing sleek, polished and professional icons that will help users navigate their way around computers and the web. For icon designers, and pretty much everyone else in the design related industries, Adobe CS4, or at least Photoshop, is a vital tool. Without it, your competitiveness in the job [...]

3D renders are often combined with vector elements and photostock elements to create stunning visual effects.  While some artworks can be created merely in Photoshop, most designers are forced to call upon other programs in order to achieve truly brilliant effects.  In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a Poser figure, create a shatter effect and render it in 3DStudio Max, then use Photoshop and some simple stock images to create a brilliant and [...]

Advertising is one of the primary markets for graphic designers.  Companies around the world rely on the talented and creative minds of designers to create visually impactful and memorable product advertisements.  Advertising differs from other forms of design, as you often have to incorporate a product, a logo, a company image and other details to meet the client needs.  Therefore, being able to manipulate results to match the color scheme, subject matter and target market [...]