Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create vector halftone effects
One of the hardest things to accomplish in vector illustration is a halftone. Here we show you how to create one in only four steps.
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Illustration tutorial: 7 horrifying Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials for Halloween
Learn techniques to help you create high-class horrorshow effects using Photoshop, Illustrator, pens and even a little human blood*
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Woodcut effects for type art
It’s easy and quick to produce vector art with a vintage woodcut feel, as Karan Singh shows – and custom brushes are the key
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Illustration tutorial: Shoot photos ready to be cut out
Photographer and retouch guru Steve Caplin reveals how to capture shots that are easy to cutout and keep
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Illustration tutorial: 5 tattoo design techniques
Ollie Munden on how to design a tattoo that the wearer will love forever
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Photoshop tutorial: Mix 3D with fashion illustration
Michael Ostermann demonstrates how to create fantastical shapes and then blend them into a photo for striking results
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Master composition in vector art
Great art doesn’t have to be complicated, as Petros Afshar proves by conjuring up a bird graphic out of basic building blocks
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Photoshop tutorial: Create a glowing superhero
Kervin Brisseaux shows how he turned a basic illustration into a retro-futuristic artwork in Photoshop. You’ll use the Marquee and Pen tools to create a variety of forms, and generate atmosphere with glow effects made using Adjustment layers and Layer Styles.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create cool neon effects
Tony Ariawan shows you how to use warping, layer masks and simple colour tweaking for an incredible high-tech look that’s out of this world.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create revolutionary cosmic art
Adam Ismail shows you how to create a fabulous astronomy-themed composition using elements taken from public-domain NASA images.
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Photoshop tutorial: Make photos shine with selective sharpening
Tigz Rice reveals the sophisticated way to make your photos crisper, by sharpening just the areas that need more definition
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Design retro isometric illustrations
Vector illustration can produce beautifully clean, precise artwork, but the results can also be a bit soulless. Here Mark Oliver creates those clean, precise shapes and then ‘grubbies’ them up for a more organic retro look.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Find success with type and CG
This tutorial is about using simple random shapes to create a stunning composition which revolves around typography. You will build elements in Illustrator, Photoshop and a 3D application – in this case Cinema 4D, though similar software can be used too – and then combine them with type and effects back in Photoshop.
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Photoshop tutorial: Wrinkle reduction
Tigz Rice takes a look at some easy ways you can use channels to reduce these lines, whilst maintaining a natural to the process.
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Photoshop tutorial: Learn gorgeous new shading skills
Yuta Onoda shows how you can transform a pencil sketch into a gorgeous, textured digital artwork using layer masks and blending modes. You’ll also learn how to add realism to your artwork by faking print offsets and paint spatters.
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Photoshop tutorial: Add realism to digital portraits
A realistic depiction of humanity, rather than some idealised concept of it, is a difficult thing to convey in an illustration. In this tutorial, Richard Wilkinson walks you through the process of how he created a portrait of an elderly man grieving.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Design a magazine infographic
Paul Butt has created an infographic about Doctor Who's most feared enemy – the Daleks – and reveals techniques on how to produce stylish and intelligible infographics.
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Photoshop tutorial: Texture effects for beautiful compositions
In this tutorial we will be taking a look at masking and how you can give your work a sense of depth using this technique, as well as layering textures and elements to help lift your piece – in this case using paper to create rock and mountain-like elements.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Add depth to vector art using shadows and glows
Jonny Wan shows how to keep your compositions fresh
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Photoshop tutorial: Create an abstract impression of London
Learn how to visually and conceptually express the overall feel of London, using a few hints of landmarks and abstracting the rest of the composition. The focus is to emphasize the dynamism of an ever-developing and changing city.