Sunday, 29 April 2018

The Big Fat List of Photoshop Tutorials


Big Fat List of Photoshop Tutorials


We've searched long and hard for all the best Photoshop tutorials we could find so that you don't have to. Enjoy!

Actions

Creative Bloq have a collection of 60 Photoshop actions and they're all completely free! Find them here

60 free photoshop actions

You can find 100+ free Photoshop actions over at The Photo Argus. Check out their list here

free photoshop actions

Beginners

Life Hacker has a video tutorial that promises to teach the basics of Photoshop in under 25 minutes! Click here for the tutorial.

learn photoshop fast


Digital Information World have created a useful cheatsheet for beginners - access it here.

Photoshop Cheatsheet for Beginners

Who better to learn the basics from then Adobe themselves! Find their basic tutorial here.

Learn Photoshop Basics

Tools

Photoshop Essentials can help you learn how to use the Background Eraser Tool here.


First Effect 555 has a YouTube tutorial on how to use various Photoshop tools. Find the video here.

Photoshop tutorial

Vandelay Design have a collection of tool tutorials. You can find them here.

Photoshop Pen Tool Tutorial

Portrait Effects

The Photoshop Training Channel show you various methods of adjusting facial features here.

Photoshop Tutorial

Head over to Vector Tuts to learn how to create a floral portrait here.

Floral Photoshop Tutorial

Adobe have a great tutorial on adjusting and exaggerating facial features using Face Aware Liquify. Find the tutorial here
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Photoshop tutorial

Photo Manipulation

Design Tuts Plus have a collection of 20 photo manipulation tutorials. Find them here.

Photoshop manipulation tutorial
PSHoudini from Deviant Art shows you how to create your own personalised Pokeball.


Inspiration Hut have a great list of 19 useful and creative photo manipulation tutorials. Check it out here. (A couple of the links no longer seem to work but the majority are still active).


The ever amazing Spoongraphics show you how to create a stunning watercolour effect in this tutorial.


Specky Boy has an amazing list of 100 manipulation tutorials for you to try. You can find the list here.

Photoshop tutorial

Design Your Way have curated a list of 91 of the best photo manipulation tutorials. You can find them here.

Double Exposure Tutorial


Cutting Things Out

Visit Spoon Graphics' YouTube channel - they have a ton of excellent tutorials on how to do just about anything in Photoshop. You can access their great 'how to cut out anything' lesson here.


Digital Arts Online also have a great step-by-step guide to cutting out an image in Photoshop. You can find their tutorial here.

Remove Background in Photoshop

Special Effects

Trip Wire have a list of 135 Effects Tutorials for Photoshop. You can find them here.






Freelancer have a collection of 26 special effects tutorials which you can find here.

Sci Fi Effect tutorial

Visit Vandelay Design for a list of 40 lighting and abstract effects tutorials. You can find the list here.

Photoshop Light Effects



Useful Tricks

Head over to The Creative Business to learn how to quickly add watermarks to your pictures

How to add watermarks to your photos using Photoshop

Creative Bloq have made a list of 120 tips, tricks and fixes which you can access here.

Photoshop tips and tricks

Fonts and Typography

Design Tuts Plus have collected 100 of the best Photoshop texts effects. You can find them here.

100 Photoshop Text Tutorials


Click here for a lesson on typing in a circle from It's Organised.

Type in circle

Learn how to create a text portrait in this great tutorial by Photoshop Roadmap. Click here then check out the rest of their amazing Photoshop lessons.



Debbielundphoto shows you how to put an image inside text using this clipping mask tutorial.


Head over to Blogpixie to find out how to create your own rose gold font in this tutorial.

Brushes

Inspiration Hut come up trumps again with their list of 100's of free brushes to download. Check it out here.



Creative Bloq have a collection of 55 free brushes you can access here. This is a great website with tons of free lessons and tips on graphic design, illustration, 3D art and more.

Free marker pen brushes for Photoshop

Vandelay Design have added to their enormous collection of Photoshop tutorials with 35 lessons on mastering Photoshop brushes. Find the list here.

Master PSD Brushes


Backgrounds and Texture

Learn how to create a bokeh blurred background with this tutorial from Photoshop Café. Then check out their myriad of other free tutorials.

Create Bokeh Texture

You can find a huge number of free backgrounds at Brusheezy. Click here to go straight to them.

Free Photoshop Backgrounds

Superdevresources have a collection of 17 different Photoshop background and texture tutorials for you to have a play around with. Click here.

PSD Backgrounds

Shortcuts

You can find a list of 60 really useful Photoshop shortcuts here.

PSD Shortcuts


Noble Desktop have a printable list of lots of different keyboard shortcuts to use in Photoshop. Click here for the list.

Photoshop shortcuts

Best of Collections

GTechdesign have a collection of 23 Photoshop tutorials to enhance your skills here.

23 Photoshop Tutorials


Webneel have a huge list of 56 video tutorials showing you everything from light effects, blending and skin retouching, to creating poster effects and digital painting techniques. Take a look at them here.

56 Photoshop Tutorials

Head over to Graphic Design Junction for their 50 best of 2016 tutorials including a step-by-step guide to how Levente Szabo created the artwork for this BAFTA Awards poster (click here to go straight to it).

50 Best PSD Tutorials

Digital Arts have a collection of 86 Photoshop tutorials for you to have a go at. You can find them here

86 Best PSD Tutorials

Have we missed any of your favourite tutorials? Let us know in the comments and we'll add them to the list!

Monday, 23 April 2018

Turn A Broken Doll Into A Classical Bust Statue




You will need:

Toy doll - I used a broken Barbie
Air Dry Clay
Decorators Caulk
Brushes
White Acrylic Paint
Rolling Pin (I use the inner tube of a roll of foil)
Hot glue or tape


Remove arms - I used some pliers

Put hair up in a bun - I also wrapped the plaits around the forehead

Secure them with some tiny elastic bands but you could use glue

Find something to use for the plinth - this used to hold a candle

I wrapped a cork in foil to fill the space at the bottom
Cut a hole in the top and stuff the doll through it

Secure with tape or hot glue

Roll out some air dry clay

Fold it over a bit to emulate pleats

Wrap it around the doll and squish until it stays in place

Wet your finger with water and smoosh any broken bits back together

I cut out a few decorative leaves from the clay

Add the decoration to front and back


Wrap the base in some clay and use a wet finger to smooth it out

Roll some clay into a sausage and wrap around the bottom

Smoosh it until it's all joined together


Cut out a piece of clay to cover the top of the plinth

Smoosh into place

Keep rubbing and smoothing until it looks better

Use a toothpick to draw lines in the plinth
Add another sausage to the top. Smoosh.


Add a little sausage to join the doll to the plinth

Smoosh

Paint the doll with caulk. Use fingers or a small brush

Use a wet brush to smooth. Wait till it drys then add another layer

And another layer

And another

Leave to dry overnight then paint with white acrylic
Admire your fancy statue!