Photoshop tutorial: How to make a mockup in Photoshop
Learn how to realistically map your artwork or design onto an object – like a laptop or business card – to create a perfect mockup image.
Tutorials
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Photography tutorial: How to Create an HDR Portrait
Struggling with blown out skies or underexposed subject? Why not try creating an HDR image with this helpful tutorial.
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UX & Web Design tutorial: 6 Tips for Adobe XD
Learn how to use six brilliant features of Adobe XD such as choosing an artboard, creating layers, symbols, interactive prototypes and more.
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After Effects tutorial: How to create hand-drawn animation effects in After Effects
Learn how to produce cartoons with the look of cel animation – without the hassle of drawing each frame by hand.
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Photography tutorial: How to use the iPhone 7 Plus’s Portrait Mode
Apple claims the iPhone 7 Plus’s Portrait Mode takes professional-quality photos of people. Here pro photographer Tigz Rice shows what it’s capable of (and what it’s not) and when you can use it (and when you can’t).
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Photoshop tutorial: Digital colouring techniques for pencil art
Marguerite Sauvage reveals how to use Photoshop to colour pencil-drawn artwork while still maintaining a handcrafted feel.
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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: How to create vintage effects in Photoshop
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 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: 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: How to create a matte painting in Photoshop
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).