First, you must remember that every photo or digital artwork must have 1 point that catches the viewer’s attention. It doesn’t matter if you deal with magic (not to be confused with occultism) or surreal composition. It can be (and mostly is) the face or the eyes, but it can…
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Create Classic Horror Movie Poster – Laura’s Counterplay
It’s been a long time since I came up with a truly original tutorial and this evening, I finally had the muse to make something that will stand out. I can already see how this tutorial is going to become a classic masterpiece once it gains popularity, so just sit…
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Vibrant Metal Text Effect with Glowing Radiation Circles
This tutorial inspired by all the sci-fi movies where radiation glowing circles are pictured in great details; so we are going to make very vibrant, glossy and realistically curved text effect with extremely beautiful and original glow circles, that no other text effect has. We will be working with a…
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Design Beautifully Frosty Text Effect
Today we are going to make a tutorial on frosty text effect. While it’s still cold and wintry outside, I thought it would be high time to supply some more wintry text effects for our readers. So, begin with making a new canvas of any desired size, and for now…
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Elegant Glass Text Effects and Styles
8 Transparent Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glass Text effects created by using them in combination. Works great for Icons and Buttons too! INCLUDES : .asl file with 8 transparent styles. .psd (800px * 150px) file with the 8 transparent styles for easy copy and paste. .psd file with editable…
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Oily and Shinny Text Effect in Photoshop
So, start off by making a new canvas, and fill it with a dark background colour, we used black. type the word u like… we used customized GauFont PopMagic. go to layer >> layer styles >> blending options, and set the following settings: Inner Shadow Inner Glow and also… Bevel…
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Web 2.0 Design – Tutorial for Basics
There are so many tutorials and guides online that teach you how to make effective use of the web 2.0 design. While most these tutorials are useful, at the same time they kill the originality in web design. For example, most “guides” tell you that web 2.0 is about having…
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Lucky Clover: Download Free PSD
After the successful release of “Precious Heart” on my other blog, I decided to make a sister icon with a clover leaf. When I was in Prague last time I saw such an impressive variety of Swarovsky glass and it inspired me to make a graphic with similar structure, deep…
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Web 2.0 Animals Icons: Free PSD
Although I mostly prefer to make artistic PSDs, we can’t ignore the big demand in web 2.0 design elements, be it for software or website graphics. So, I decided to make a mini-icons set with animals. These icons cover the majority of web design trends, including rounded corners, juicy colors…