Photoshop tutorial: Create an artwork with a 1980s tropical feel
Use abstract shapes and negative space to create a bold and striking artwork.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Bring harmonious colours to a vector artwork
Andrew Groves shows you how to work magic and bring a sense of positivity to an artwork with a careful choice of shapes and colours.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create a deep-sea feel using Photoshop blending modes
Jono Hislop demonstrates effective ways to meld elements from outer space into an image with a distinctly subaquatic feel.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create cosmic art
How to create a fabulous astronomy-themed artwork using elements taken from public-domain NASA images.
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Photoshop tutorial: Add an authentic-looking vintage look to a photo
Photographer Graham Boyd has a great recipe for ageing digital images with realistic, so-much-better-than-Instagram-or-filters results in Photoshop.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: The secrets of cute character art design revealed
Sascha Preuß teaches the art of designing colourful cartoon characters and reveals the principles of cuteness.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create gold 3D type, encrusted in jewels
Bling up your typography by adding a golden sheen and sparkling gems. Karol Gadzala shows you how.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Create melted chocolate type
Radim Malinic shows you how to create the a fun phrase spelled out in melted chocolate.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Add vector flair to model-led photos
Create bold vector elements and composite them into photos to create a fun fashion photomontage.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create seamless, Mexican-inspired patterns
Berlin-based artist Amrei Hofstätter (aka Vertico's Puppets) shows you how to create a complex, colourful Mexican-inspired pattern by using just two simple geometric objects in Illustrator.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create a beautiful bird illustration
Give depth to your artwork with these techniques for accomplished use of shadows and textures.
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Photoshop tutorial: Vintage-look collage techniques
Ciara Phelan shows you how to hone your cut-out skills to prepare images for collaging. You’ll also learn some handy tricks to give your images a vintage look.
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Photoshop tutorial: Add realism to digital portraits
Learn digital painting techniques for making people feel more real – including bringing out how the subject feels, and how to build up a painting with shading, texturing and accurate shadows.
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Photoshop tutorial: How to thicken hair in Photoshop
Get rid of thinning hair in Photoshop whether your subject is a man or woman, adult or child – and these techniques also work for beards too.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create vinyl wall art
Vinyl wall stickers are perfect for stylish front rooms or fun children's bedrooms (depending on the style of art you choose). Here Ben the Illustrator shows how to create and prepare artwork for making them using Adobe Illustrator.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create an epic digital matte painting
A professional digital matte painter shows you how to create an epic, Hollywood-style scene that recreates the Machu Picchu in incredible detail (with the liberal use of the Clone Stamp tool to speed things up).
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Photoshop tutorial: Create an surreal portrait mosaic illustration
If you thought mosaics were another boring Photoshop cliché, think again – and learn how to create incredible new spin on an old style.
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Illustration tutorial: Combine separate elements into one beautiful digital illustration
Sandra Dieckmann shows you the best ways to create individual elements using pencil, pen and brush – and then combine them into a perfectly composed artwork in Photoshop.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create colourful vector character art
Hone your character design skills with this Illustrator vector art tutorial from onesidezero.
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Photography tutorial: How To Prepare For A Photoshoot
Here are 10 handy tips from photographer Tigz Rice to help you plan a location shoot and make sure it runs smoothly.
