“Our goal for this tutorial is to draw a realistic leather briefcase entirely from scratch. We’ll use Photoshop’s amazing layer styles and incredible brush engine to create textured leather, convincing stitches and gold-plated locks. Let’s get started!” Andrea Austoni
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial Create a Leather-Textured, Realistic Briefcase Icon and the video version is below.
“In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a customizable vector sketchbook. This intermediate tutorial uses some basic shapes, Shear transforms, and Effects to create a leather texture. Let’s get started!” - Rype
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial How to Create a Vector Sketchbook and the video version is below.
“This time I’ve got for you a photo manipulation tutorial. We’ll grab several photos and create this fantasy mock-up of an unreal creature. We’ll learn several non-destructive techniques, apply photo filters to adjust the lighting, and of course a little bit of the creative process involved on this piece. Let’s get to it!
” - Alvaro Guzman
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial How to Place a Fantasy Creature in a Misty Landscape and the video version is below.
“In this tutorial, we will take you through the process of creating a fantasy scene, make water pour out of a painting, make some sort of a absorption effect and end up with a really nice looking color. The main idea behind this surreal illustration is that we are actually in a painting and the painting on the wall is the real world, the world where our vulture tries to escape.” - Constantin Potorac and Toma Alin Gabriel
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial Create an Out of Bounds Fantasy Illustration and the video version is below.
“In this tutorial, we will explain how to create an awesome card deck design. You’ll create our own brushes and design elements to achieve a cool looking card. Let’s get started!” - Simona Pfreundner
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial Create Your Own Gothic Looking Card Deck and the video version is below.
“With simple shapes and gradients, this easy tutorial will show you how to create an alarm clock icon. We’ll be using Illustrator CS4 for this tutorial, but those of you with older version should be able to follow along as well. Let’s jump into this tutorial, which beginning illustrators will find especially useful!” - Rype
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial How to Create an Alarm Clock Icon and the video version is below.
In this tutorial, you’ll be taken through the process of creating this crow illustration. The tools and resources you will be using are just a few so this will be great practice for you to achieve real nice results while using a limited number of resources. Let’s get to it! - Constantin Potorac
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial Create a Feathered Crow Illustration and the video version is below.
“I don’t know about you guys but I’m loving the work of Electrik Suicide and Sakke Soini at the moment. I’m going to call it Future Retro for the sake of this tutorial. I employed my take on the style in pitching a poster and overall look for a night at a local club. This tutorial goes over the meat and potatoes of it’s creation!” James Davies
“Inspired by the article “18+ Sources of Inspiration from Coffee, Ink, Blood and other Stains,” by Steven Snell, I decided to show my personal way of creating stain based designs in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we’ll grab a picture, apply several filters to it and obtain a monochromatic stain, which combined with stain brushes and a texture will transform into an eye-catching grunge result. Let’s get it started!” Alvaro Guzman
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial How to Create a Grunge Style Illustration with Stains and the video version is below.
“I worked on this illustration especially for you with Ciursa Ionut, he is the founder of PSDBURN where he writes Photoshop tutorials. He started working in Photoshop many years ago when he began to utilize this great tool all the time. In this tutorial, you are going to create a story scene using photo manipulation and a lot of color adjustments.” Constantin Potorac
Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial Creating a Touching Story Scene in Photoshop and the video version is below.
