The goal of packaging is to make a first, quick and lasting impression. More than most other areas of design, we are surrounded by this on a regular basis, but pay the least attention to how items are wrapped and presented.  Whether it is wine, tissues, home goods or food, we rarely take a second look and appreciate the time that has gone into its initial presentation.  From the logo and layout of colors and [...]

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 [...]

Photoshop is the tool of choice for web designers. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up 20 of the latest Photoshop tutorials for designing websites. The end results produced by these tutorials are great looking designs, but keep in mind that it’s not meant for you to reproduce an exact copy and use it as your own. Instead, follow the tutorials and learn new techniques to incorporate into your own designs. Create a Clean and [...]

Hey everyone! I’m back with the second half of this two part series about using Photoshop as a means of extracting a subject from its background, and am very sorry that it took this long to get it done. In Part 1, we undertook a basic review of what channels are, and how they work. If you haven’t read that article already, I suggest that you review it before proceeding here. Part 2 is (as [...]

Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 3 – 4 Hours Final Product What You’ll Be Creating Announcing Adobe CS5! Join us for the exclusive Global Online Launch Event, Monday, April 12, 2010. As designers, we occasionally need digital versions of electronic devices to use in our designs. All to often however, we find that the device we need doesn’t actually exist in the format that we need. In times like [...]

Tutorial Details Difficulty: Advanced Completion Time: 2 hours Requirements: Food Ingredients, Basic Lighting Kit Final Product What You’ll Be Creating Food photography is a highly specialized form of studio work. It requires some knowledge of cooking, a firm grasp of lighting and some creative juices to bring everything together. Being a slightly obese American, one of the most basic foods we love to gorge ourselves is a good, old hamburger. But the first rule of [...]

Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: About 3 to 5 hours Final Product What You’ll Be Creating Artists often draw rough sketches of their artwork before they begin to add the final touches. This is also true for digital painters who will draw a rough sketch in Photoshop before they begin work. In today’s tutorial we will show you how to polish a rough sketch of a sci-fi drawing [...]

As scratched, stretched, rusty and dirty, grunge is one of the popular web design/graphics styles these days. Here i have made a collection of 60 awesome grunge backgrounds which you can download for free. But you need to create a free account at SXC to download these grunge backgrounds. These grunge backgrounds fit beautifully and can work on any website. I really like to thank the guys at sxc.hu for getting these together! Below are [...]

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 [...]

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a stunning and high-impact retro-style typography poster that’s out of this world (literally). I will walk you through the steps for creating 3D text by combining the power of Photoshop and Cinema 4D. You’ll also learn how to create unique and detailed light streaks that give the typography poster its signature look. Finally, we will add some great textures that will give the composition an [...]