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20 Best Typography Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:17:14 +0000

Create “Cool” Typography Using Paths in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create some “cool” custom typography. Let’s get started!

L.A Noire Neon Style in Photoshop

A few months ago I started seeing some poster in San Francisco about this game called L.A Noire. The text effect was really cool, sort of old style neon effect. I know I have done a few tutorials showing how to create this type of effect, but I needed to do that again in Photoshop.

The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio

There we are about one month since my last tutorial with Abduzeedo! And here am I again with another tutorial for you guys! First I wanted to thank Abduzeedo again for giving me this great opportunity for sharing my knowledge. I will show you how to create a super light effect using blending options, shapes and tools in Photoshop.

Easy Casino Style Sign in Photoshop

A few weeks ago while walking on the streets of NYC, I saw this big billboard of a movie called Burlesque. What really caught my attention was the effect applied in the text, sort of those old signage that casinos used to have. I loved that effect and thought it would be a good exercise trying to do that in Photoshop.

Smoke Type in Photoshop in 10 Steps

Last week I decided to upgrade to the new Adobe CS4 apps, as usual I did my backups and of course I forgot very important things, such as my Photoshop Brushes and Patterns. I hate when that happens, but it does happen all the time. So I had to look for my brushes and I found some really cool new ones and decided to play a bit with them and with the new Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Create an Ice Cream Type Treatment in Photoshop

It’s funny to see how simple objects can inspire creative type treatments. In the past I’ve played with plates, paper and wood. Today I will show you how to realize an awesome text effect using ice cream! The process is simple enough for any level Photoshop lover. We will be dealing with illustration techniques, and will explore the power of layer styles applied to custom brushes. So… give it a try!

How to Create Candy Cane Typography

In this tutorial we will create a superb candy cane type design using Illustrator and Photoshop. Apply this effect to your own text and create cool and unique Christmas cards! Along with creating this, you will learn how to:

Design a Retro Typography Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn to create a cool poster using Photoshop & Illustrator. This tutorial demonstrates some useful techniques combining Illustrator and Photoshop to get the job done.

Cool Text Effect with the Puppet Warp Tool in Photoshop CS5

When Adobe started announcing some of the new features of the CS5 version of Photoshop they showed the Puppet Warp tool in which they played with an elephant’s trunk. I was really impressed with that tool but never used it that too much, because of that I decided to give it a try, especially after seeing a screen cast with Russell Brown in which he was showing how to manipulate a rope with the Puppet Warp Tool.

Vintage 3D Typography in Photoshop with Repoussé

Sunday is the day to play with Photoshop and try some new ideas. As usual I went through some books and Web sites to find some inspiration. I am still addicted to the Handy Book of Artistic Printing, it’s a must have book for some old style print references. I got some ideas and also found this amazing image from Alex Beltechi on Dribbble called Twisting in the Wind. Then I new the effect I wanted to know how to create in Photoshop.

Yummy Cookies Typography in Photoshop

I woke up this morning thinking about an idea for a tutorial, then I remembered that last week I saw a really nice text effect that the characters were made of bread if I am not making any mistake. So I thought it would be really nice to create a text made of cookies just using Photoshop.

Create Super Glossy 3D Typography

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create super glossy 3D typography using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get started!

3D Textured Text Effect

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can make a stylized 3D textured text effect using various textures to give it a unique look with Illustrator & Photoshop. I will be giving you the step by step instructions along with the links to the resources & stuffs used.

Retro Text

Retro Text and Video Layers Retro text like this looks great but isn’t easy to create in Photoshop alone so here we use a mix of Photoshop and Illustrator, raster and vector to create some unique text. The second part of this tutorial explains video layers, something which is relatively new to most people. The final result will be an animated image that could be used for a web header.

Create Elegant, Glassy, 3D Typography

In today’s tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create elegant, glassy, 3D typography using Photoshop and Illustrator. For this project, I used my company logo. Feel free to apply this effect to any logo, text, or shape. Let’s get started!

Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop

This past Friday was the Abduzeedo meetup here in my hometown of Porto Alegre. It was really cool, we had a lot of fun and a lot of beers! When I was leaving I noticed the neon sign outside the pub and it really inspired me to create a tutorial on how to acheive that type of effect in Photoshop.

Playing with Inflate in Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended

Adobe has just released the CS5 family and you can download the trials including the new Photoshop CS5 Extended. With this new version we have the Repoussé feature which allows us to create 3D objects in Photoshop. The last tutorial I showed you how to create a simple extruded text, now in this tutorial I will show you the Inflate option in Repoussé.

Creating a Typographic

After writing my previous tutorial here about Creating a Zune in Photoshop, several viewers asked if I’d share how I created the wallpaper graphic. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make something similar, and it’s quite easy!

Create Gold Ornamental Text in Photoshop

Ornamental text can be created in several ways. Today we will demonstrate how to combine several stock images to create some nice gold ornamental typography. Let’s get started!

How to Create Typography Poster Enigma Using Photoshop

In this tutorial we will go through the process of making this typography poster called “Enigma” only using Adobe Photoshop. You will have a basic look into the 3D-Tool of Photoshop, how to texture and stylize your 3D Typography and how to make a shiny space background to create your own space-inspired text. This is my first tutorial and I hope you guys will enjoy it!

Best 10 New Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:37:24 +0000

Create a Surreal Upside Down Mountain Painting in Photoshop

This piece has been completely done with the help of a graphic tablet, to be precise a Wacom Bamboo Fun. Since I know that some of you don’t have one, I’ll try to explain during the whole tutorial, when it’s needed, how to achieve the same results using a mouse (and a lot of patience).

Advanced Orb Tutorial

O-hai guys Today we’ll go shopping in the web interfaces accessories mall ^_~ That is, we’ll learn how to beautify our websites with nice glassy orbs ^^
This is what we’ll be creating:

Character Design for the Boomrock Saints

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to create character designs for the Boomrock Saints. Let’s get started!

Create a Black Swan Inspired Movie Poster

On CreativeFan awhile back, we published a series of Inspirational, Dark and Moody Black Swan Movie Posters, which all were notable for using a variety of design techniques that we’ve covered here, including photomanipulation, texture overlay, and digital painting of makeup.

Create a Vibrant Colorful Alcohol Product Ad in Photoshop

Alcohol is one of the most commonly advertised products on the planet. During major sporting events such as the Superbowl, the World Cup and the Olympics, companies spend millions on TV advertisements, and also product advertisements in banner and billboard format at the sporting venue itself. However, because alcohol is a liquid, it can be very difficult to design around since liquid stock images require significant more attention during isolation and blending in order to appear realistic.

Create a Flowery Natural Peace and Harmony Composition

Combining techniques such as texturing, custom brushing, stock images, 3D, lighting effects and typography can allow a true graphic design composition to come together. When combined with a conceptual style artwork, the results can be awesome.

Learn to Create Party Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to use Photoshop layer styles, filters, and brushes to create an awesome sparkly text effect.

Create a digital paper sculpture

In this tutorial, we’ll take a close look at how to plan and gather imagery for use in an abstract manipulation. I find that this design process is playful by nature and generally encourages a large degree of experimentation as you go along.

Photoshop painting tutorials-drawing and coloring a Pear

This is a brief collection of fancy trick that Photoshop does not explain…and therefore the awesomeness is frequently overloked. It took a long time to figure this stuff out, so I figured I should share my knowledge about this. Here as you are going to see on this tutorial, these are all the secrets I use on rare occassions I can force myself to paint.

Make an Eagle and Hand-Drawn Composition in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going create a dynamic and powerful design with an eagle as the centerpiece. We’ll use Photoshop to bring together our concept by combining various hand-drawn elements with stock photos. If you’re ready to rock, then fire up Photoshop and let’s go!

10 Best Photoshop New Techniques Tutorials 2011

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:57:41 +0000

Design a Conceptual Album Cover in Photoshop

Album covers are always fun projects to work on. In today’s tutorial we will take a look at the step-by-step process of creating a conceptual album cover in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Draw a Roll of Camera Film in Photoshop

Icon design can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a roll of camera film using Photoshop. Let’s get started!

The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio

Create an Explosive Flaming Poker Card in Photoshop

Into this post, we will teach you to create your own custom poker card from scratch by using the wide variety of shapes that come with Adobe Photoshop. You will also learn the technique to manupulate fire by using simple methods.

How to Make a Textured 3D Spray Can

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to combine Illustrator and Photoshop to create a 3D, textured spray can. This tutorial requires some basic understanding of Illustrator and Photoshop as well as the pen tool. Let’s get started!

Fructiv product shot

Pete Harrison shares his pro tips for using stock imagery and Photoshop effects to make a lifeless product photo dynamic and eye-catching

Making of Waiting for Tonight

In recent times, when every third digital artist you come across, flaunts a snazzy Wacom tablet and comes up with extraordinary pieces of art, our very dear humble “Mr. Mouse” has little part to play…

Designing a Comic Book Cover with No Illustration

As much as I’d like to be… I’m no illustrator. But often times, as a designer I’m tasked with creating a digital illustration. Lucky for me with the right reference and resources an illustration can be created without ever putting pencil to paper. In this tutorial we will explore the process behind my mock comic book cover for a book titled Tour.

Photoshop Tutorial: Painting figures with liquid

In this photo manipulation tutorial, Jennifer Cirpici explains how to create a figure that appears made from water, working from a stock photograph.

Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for BioThemes

It must be well over a year since I created the BioThemes logo, but the BioThemes website has finally launched with a bang so I thought I’d pull out my logo design to share my design process with you guys and girls. The BioThemes logo was pretty different to the majority of logos I’ve worked on in the past, which made it a super interesting project.

Best 10 Beautiful Digital Painting Tutorials

admin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:05:24 +0000

Making of the Rest

This is a picture made only for fun and without references, using only my imagination, except in the flag on the jacket. I have a classical training and my way of working with digital tools is very simple, because I always try to paint with Photoshop as I did with pencils or brushes on paper or canvas. Maybe my skills are not the much orthodox, even when I paint in traditional way, because I´m very instinctive and fast, with not spectacular technical resources, but for me it works….

Making Of ‘Seriously No Joking’

Hi! My name is Jesùs Conde and I’m from Venezuela. In this tutorial I’m going to explain a little bit about how I work and I hope this help you to become a better artist. By the way, I should say that I don’t consider myself a great artist – I still have a lot to learn so you’d better teach me something in return one day!…

Making of Yin Yang of World Hunger

I created this personal artwork in September with the following text: “Enough food is produced in the world today to feed everyone, but it’s not the case… That’s the best way to see the total failure of our actual human societies. This is what I tried to represent in this picture. You can help with signing this free online petition www.1billionhungry.org to express your support against world hunger. Done with Mypaint and Gimp on Linux”….

Draw a Victorious Warrior Knight

The war is over. The battle has been won. In today’s tutorial I will demonstrate how to illustrate a victorious warrior knight who is happy and relived that the battle is over. This tutorial will require the use of a tablet and will make extensive use of digital painting techniques. Let’s get started…

Making of Where She Stares

First of all, I choose the image that I’m going to edit, in this image I choose Annalyn Ecal, My friend’s wife. Even though it’s just a normal picture (bad quality pic), it really doesn’t matter as long as the pose is good and also the structure of the face is presented well. Pixilated picture is not a problem, because I am going to paint over it anyway…

Making of Homage

This is a homage to Bill Watterson and his creation, Calvin & Hobbes, the best cartoon i’ve ever read. In this making I will share my techniques and will walk you through the steps and settings taken from initial concept to the final rendering of the image…

Concept Art: Create a Sci-Fi Interior

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 using digital painting techniques….

Painting Jake Sully’s Avatar

When I saw the James Cameron ‘Avatar’ movie for the first time I was very surprised. I’ve seen it 2 more times. The visual effects are amazing. So I decide to pay a small tribute and began to make a fan art of its protagonist, Jake Sully…

creating ‘Sweet as Candy’

Even though ‘Sweet as Candy’ could sound like a simple, common title, it was still pretty important for the character and the theme. More so, it did get personal toward the finishing stage. Everything about her had to speak. Her expression, the color of her lips and hair, the styling, there’s even a strange sense of sharpness in her makeup, besides, ‘it’s all in her eyes….

creating ‘Umbrella Sky’

Marta Dahlig’s gorgeous ‘Umbrella Sky’ image was unanimously chosen for the cover of Ballistic Publishing’s EXOTIQUE 3, and after submitting, Marta continued to improve on perfection. Here, she takes us through her process of building on a dream…

Best 10 Photoshop Techniques Tutorials

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:55:03 +0000

Create Super Glossy 3D Typography in Illustrator and Photoshop

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create super glossy 3D typography using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Dance Photo Manipulation

I wanted to write a tutorial showing how to reproduce some of the really common elements, regularly found in graphic design these days, almost cliche elements.

Part1 , Part2

Create a Fantasy Girlbird Illustration in Photoshop

What is more fun than mixing people with animals? The results can often be cute, funny, or even a bit disturbing. In today’s tutorial, I will demonstrate how to create a fantasy bird girl illustration using digital painting and photo manipulation techniques. Let’s get started!

Create Beautiful Abstract Female Art in Photoshop

Sometimes, all it takes to create a stunning piece of art is a stock photo, a bit of creativity, a great idea, and some time. Today, I will demonstrate how to create a piece of art that I created titled, “Beauty of Gold.” Let’s get started!

Create a Cartoon-Like Fish Illustration in Photoshop

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cartoon-like fish illustration in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Easy Casino Style Sign in Photoshop

A few weeks ago while walking on the streets of NYC, I saw this big billboard of a movie called Burlesque (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126591/). What really caught my attention was the effect applied in the text, sort of those old signage that casinos used to have. I loved that effect and thought it would be a good exercise trying to do that in Photoshop.

Tron Legacy Tutorial

Since the very first time I saw the trailer of Tron Legacy I decided that I would have to try to do something inspired on that, all those light effects were exactly what I always love to do in Photoshop. Then I saw the James White design inspired by Tron and I was damn it, James nailed it. So I postponed my little experiment, however this week I decided that the time had come and so, I decided to recreate the logo effect we see in the trailer.

Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design.

How to Create Candy Cane Typography with Photoshop and Illustrator

In this tutorial we will create a superb candy cane type design using Illustrator and Photoshop. Apply this effect to your own text and create cool and unique Christmas cards!

Paint 80′s airbrush effects

Want to create a beautiful, dreamlike painting full of subtle details but with a bold 80s colour scheme? Design duo KittoZutto show you how in this tutorial on creating an airbrushed portrait tapping the glory days of Athena posters.

10 Best Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:27:33 +0000

Designing Realistic Interfaces

Learning how to design interfaces can be an enduring journey if you have to do it alone. My name is Tim Silva, and I have been attempting to design these types of interfaces for over 5 years now, and I have lots of valuable information to share with you to speed up and ease the learning process. Here is what I have come to understand about designing detailed, realistic, and cool looking interfaces: You have to be great in many areas of Photoshop to be good at interface design. So along with the actual steps needed to create this particular interface, in this series I will also provide as many references to other tutorials, resources and concepts as possible. That way, you can have access to some of the tools that will allow you to create completely original interfaces utilizing the same methods I teach in collaboration with your own creativity. Let’s get started with Part 1 of this two part series.

PART 1

PART 2

Foggy Window Effect in Photoshop

After over three days of nonstop rain I decided to use that as inspiration for a new experiment in Photoshop. In 2007 I did a video tutorial showing how to create water drops in Photoshop, but it was only the video without any text instruction, so a lot of people have sent emails asking us to put a text version of the tutorial. I always thought that simply repeating the same tutorial wouldn’t be cool so I tried to make a new effect and apply the water drops on it as well.

How to create a glamour style composition using patterns and masks

In today’s tutorial you will learn how to give a photo a complete glamour style using patterns and masks in Adobe Photoshop. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

Create an Abstract Cloud , in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we’ll manipulate a photo with abstract elements to make it more interesting and active.

Create a Cosmic Love Goddess With Photoshop CS5

Photoshop CS5 includes several new features to help improve your workflow. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cosmic love goddess using some of Photoshop CS5′s new tools including the Refine Edge Feature which really helps to streamline the process of masking and removing objects from their background.

Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorial: Urban type art

London is hip again, and in this tutorial Holland-based designer Bram Vanhaeren shows you how he created a new piece that draws on all that’s great about the city – taking inspiration from the Olympics, underground club scenes and the city vista from up high.

Photoshop Tutorial: Master brush and layer effects for type

Give your words a painterly feel with Fabio Sasso’s guide to finding your way around Photoshop’s brush and layer options

Create an Illustrated, Japanese Style Hand Fan in Photoshop

Before air conditioning and the electric box fan the only means that most people had to cool themselves on a hot day was a hand-held fan. Today, we will demonstrate how to illustrate a realistic, Japanese-style folding fan in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Use the in Photoshop CS5 to Turn a Photo Into a Realistic Painting

Before Photoshop CS5, transforming a photo into a realistic-looking painting was quite tricky. Now that CS5 has been released we now have some new tools to help achieve this effect a bit more realistically. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to use Photoshop CS5’s new Mixer Brush tool to transform a photo into a masterpiece in minutes.

Photoshop’s layer effects explained

Creating vibrant, eye-catching images like this one needn’t be a complex or time-consuming affair. In this tutorial, James White shows how to add a vivid retro flair to a striking model shot kindly provided by ThinkStock.com (which you can download from the Download Zone).

Elegant 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:07:50 +0000

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create an elegant 3D Text effect using simple the shape tool, layer styles and paths.

Hexagon Bokeh Effect in Photoshop

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:14:13 +0000

In 2008 I came up with a technique using the Brush Tool in Photoshop to create a digital bokeh effect. Then I mixed it with some gradient colors blended all together. The effect has become quite popular so I decided to upgrade a little bit the effect.

So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a digital bokeh effect with hexagons. We will use the brush engine, patterns, blend modes and basic filters to achieve this effect.

Making of City Of Angels

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:20:10 +0000

Artist comments :

My name is Frank Hong and I’m a concept artist based in Toronto Canada.

The City of Angels matte painting was a personal piece I finished in 2009. It’s more of a spontaneous piece since I didn’t have a clear idea of what I wanted going into the process. As there wasn’t a brief, I was free to take the image
in any direction I wanted.

To create an environment, setting the right mood and atmosphere is, in my opinion, the most important part. It’s like giving personality to a character; it just needs to be there. In this case, I decided to create a sci-fi cityscape at dawn and to take advantage of the morning fog to get the cold and dead feeling I wanted.

In my research for the piece, I liked the looks of the not-so-perfect cityscape. Tall, old buildings and messy layouts spoke to me better than clean cut matchbox sci-fi. I wanted to use this contrast between the new and the old. I took
a reference image and horizontally copied it three times making the connection almost seamless. This
filled the left part of the city base.

Create a Retro Urban Gig Poster in Photoshop

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:07:27 +0000

Digital graphics are largely dependent on the software used to create them. Given the clean, pixel-perfect nature of Photoshop, artworks always risk looking too perfect therefore it’s important to learn how to bring nature’s random variations into our digital creations. In this tutorial we’ll create an atmospheric poster for a dance party using the textured, retro look that’s so popular nowadays.

Memorable Sepia photoshop tutorials

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:59:46 +0000

Make your photos memorable with this romantic Photoshop photo effect. In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to create and combine a split sepia effect with a targeted vignette.

How to create Pink Lady Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:53:10 +0000

Today, I’m going to show you how to transform a simple lady photo into a pink lady photo manipulation using Photoshop techniques. In this tutorial, you will learn how to retouch a face and create a pink background from different shapes. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

Create a Jumbotron Effect in Photoshop

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:52:19 +0000

In this tutorial we are going to use Photoshop create a jumbotron screen effect like you would see at big sporting events, with the LED lights representing each pixel. We are going to use some patterns as well as some filters to create our effect.

3D Water Text Effect with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:48:16 +0000

Last year I wrote a tutorial called Incredibly Realistic Water Text in Cinema 4D and Photoshop where I created a text made out of water. I had to use Cinema 4D to create a 3D object then I imported this 3D file in Photoshop where I mixed with some stock photos. Now with Photoshop CS5 Extended and the Repoussé tool we can create 3D objects direct in Photoshop, so I decided to recreate that effect.

Making Of ‘Welcome To 2010′

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:26 +0000

Artist comments:

My brother Surat Toimastov is professional photographer who travels a lot and shoots different places here in Tajikistan. Looking through his amazing pictures sometimes I am really shocked by how beautiful and mysterious these places can be.

So the story of this image begins from this photo, which was taken somewhere in the Pamir Mountains. I was really inspired by this photo and started to imagine some kind of structurs or industrial complex just behind that horizon line.

So I took the photo and quickly put the main forms and ideas down as a quick sketch. I wanted this structure to rise over the top of the mountain and wanted to really emphasize the size of this structure. I also wanted to have the people in the image arriving at some kind of arctic base or something similar and so I put some guards and flying machines along their path.

Establishing Perspective in Your Drawings – Basix

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:45:42 +0000

In this tutorial, we will look at photographs as well as drawn examples to familiarize ourselves with the basic principles of perspective and how it can affect your drawings.