Final Product What You’ll Be Creating In today’s quick tip tutorial, I will show you how to simulate an x-ray image in Photoshop. Let’s get started! Step 1 Take a banana and cut it in half with a very sharp blade and take a photo of it over a white piece of paper. With the pen tool (P) selected, go to the paths window and create a new path that follows the border of the [...]

Final Product What You’ll Be Creating For many of us, painting a portrait from scratch may seem like an impossible task. What you may not know however is that it may not be as tough as you think. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to paint a fantasy portrait from scratch without any references. We will begin with a sketch then demonstrate how to paint in color, skin, texture, and shading. Let’s get started! [...]

If you are a designer who is looking to transition from a hobby to a career, choosing the right design school may be an important decision. Today, we have gathered a list of some excellent design schools from around the world. Each school listed has some amazing programs in several design disciplines. If you have been toying with the idea of going to a design school, than this article is definitely for you. North America [...]

Tutorial Details: Difficulty : Intermediate Duration : 1 hour Tools Used : Photoshop CS3 Stocks Used: Room : ~blontj of DeviantArt Picture Frame : ~malchik stock Shark : ~wrydgrendal Kitten : ~lugburzoxay Cloud : ~jotamyg Water Fall Brush Set : Readhead Stock Water Splash Brush Set : Brusheezy Puddle stock image : Rosaline Stock Preview of Final Image: Before starting the tutorial. I am presuming that you are quite familiar with basic commands in Photoshop [...]

So you’re browsing through your favorite website and found a site that uses a font you love. You want that font too, (and must be as quickly as possible!)… so how do we go about finding out what that font is called? Sounds familiar? Yes… we’ve all been there before! One easy option is to simply email the webmaster and ask for the name of the font and where to get it. This can take [...]

Dark web designs are very popular and can have an elegant and creative appeal. They are also perfect for many types of client work however, they are not suitable for every website and should be used only when appropriate. In spite of the striking visual impact that these dark designs can have, many designers don’t know how to effectively pull them off without turning off the visitor. With a dark design comes less readability, less [...]