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300 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials For 2012

Tanya — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:24:39 +0000

Adobe Photoshop is a great software for image editing and all kind of designing. It is the favorite software for both web and graphic designers. You can find several online tutorials that will teach you new tips and tricks of Photoshop. We regularly publish Photoshop tutorials for our readers and fellow designers. You can check our huge collection of Photoshop tutorials in the tutorials section. In this post i collected a huge list of highly useful Photoshop tutorials that will be helpful for both newbie and professional Photoshop users. These tutorials contains some very basic Photoshop tutorials and some tutorial will take your design skills to a professional level. We are in the early part of this new year 2012 and i thought this compilation will be helpful for design community in 2012. Have a look at these excellent Photoshop tutorials that will be helpful for you in the year 2012.

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Making of a Forest Magical Scene

Create dynamic distortion effects

How to Create a Photo Manipulation of a Flooded City Scene

Making of “Color Combustion”, A Photo Manipulation

X-MEN movie poster

Scared Photo manipulation Tutorial

Design a Colorful Illustration Using Patterns and Shapes

How to Create a Slice of Nature Photo Manipulation

Self-initiated abstract art

How To Create a Post Apocalyptic Photo Manipulation

Making of a Sexy Humanoid

How to Create Professional HDR Images

The Fantasy – Photo Effect

How to Create a Cute Green Apple Photo Manipulation

Create An Urban Tiger Photo Manipulation

Create an Explosive Cover with Precise Photo Manipulation Techniques

Create a Kick-Ass Martial Arts Scene

How to Design a Dramatic Winged Dragon with Photoshop

Create a Stylish Two-Tone Photo Montage

Spray Paint Tutorial

Chained Text

How to Draw a Cartoon Rabbit

How To Create Sepia Effect in Photoshop

How To Create An Elegant Business Card Design In Photoshop

Creating Retro Photo Effects Tutorial

Create an Open Book Icon In Photoshop

Create Manga Effect

Using some free stuff to create a wallpaper

Making A Picture Vintage

Vector Wallpaper Tutorial

Creating An Abstract 3D Design

How to Create a Chilling Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

How to Create a Fallen Angel on Fire Photo Manipulation

Blend a Planet Transparently into a Photo Manipulation

How To Make A Melting Camera Scene

Design an Epic Fantasy Scene with Photoshop

Mysterious Hollow

Create dynamic distortion effects

How to Create a Slice of Nature Photo Manipulation

Design a Photo Manipulation from Sketch to Color

Creative Photoshop Animal King Photo Manipulation Tutorial

Furry Text

Gold Plated Text

Colored Chrome Text Effect

3D Text Effect

Scanline Text

Wood Inlay Text

Create a Stunning 3D Liquid Explosion Artwork

Create A Slow Motion Bullet Shot Effect

Avatar Photo Manipulation

Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography

Bee Movie Text Effect

Reflective Liquid Effect

Create a Dark Melancholic Photo Manipulation Scene

How To Create a Post Apocalyptic Photo Manipulation

How to Create an Imaginative, Magical Painted Scene

Use a 3D Model to Create a Dramatic Scene in Photoshop

Flaming Meteor Text Effect

Create a Magical Golden Winged Boot

Making of a Scary Mental Hospital Scene

How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop

How to create an energy sci-fi scene in Photoshop

Photo Manipulate a Beautiful Sunrise Landscape

Old School Type

Starcraft Text

Text Graffiti

How to Create a Surreal Photo Manipulation with Twisting Water

Fire Burning Text Effect

Snail Race Photo Montage

Skating in Clouds

The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

Create Awesome Abstract Nebula Circle Shape

Using Light And Shade To Bring Text To Life

Smoke Effect

Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop

The creation of “A Life Of Aquatic Sounds”

Create a Red Giant Star in Photoshop

Create an Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Photoshop

Bamboo Fun tablet

Bugatti Veyron illustration

Process of making a platinum credit card

Realistic Wrinkled Paper In Photoshop

Create a Spiral Telephone Cord From Scratch

TV aquarium. Digital drawing and photo effects

Create A 3D Push Pin

Design the Pirates of the Caribbean Movie Poster

Hand-drawn tricks for hip graphics styles

Create a Cartoon-Like Fish Illustration

Create an Incredible Story Coming Alive Fantasy Photomanipulation

Luxury retro car poster with paint splashing effect

Dry World – Photoshop Manipulation Tutorial

The creation of The Choice

“Piece of the Artic” Pie Chart Photo Manipulation

Orange Porsche. Fruit Skin

Shiny glass yellow tomatoes and splashing effect

Design an Intense Particle Illustration Using Photoshop

The Making of Golden Sunrise in Fairy Land

Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Design a Professional Laptop Advertisement in Photoshop

Living Paints Tutorial in Photoshop

Making of Fantastic Cartoon Photographer

The Making of ‘The Day We Left Earth’ by Grzegorz Rutkowski

Create an Amazing Surreal Giant Turtle Photomanipulation

Create a Fantasy, Nature-Inspired, Out of Bounds Photo Effect

Create a Mythological Statue Photomanipulation

Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop

Create a Scenic Castle Hallway in Photoshop

Create a “Minion” Character From the Despicable Me Movie

Create a Print-Ready Blu-ray Packaging Design

Using Lighting Effects in Photoshop CS5

Create a Speeding Car Scene with Light Effects in Photoshop

Fantastic Lighting and Coloring Effect Tutorial

Fictional Arctic Snow Frog

Create an Intense Movie Poster in Photoshop

Create an Incredible Desktopography Inspired Wallpaper

How To Create Sepia Effect in Photoshop

Quick Tip: Create a Realistic Broken Glass Effect in Photoshop

Learn How To Design Splendid Dark Grunge Portfolio

How To Merge 2D with 3D

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Liquid Filled Glass Text in Photoshop

Creating a Masking Effect Tutorial

Create Manga Effect

Create an Office file in Adobe Photoshop

How to Draw a Cartoon Rabbit

How To Design a Realistic Takeout Coffee Icon

Create an Open Book Icon In Photoshop

Learn To Draw A Fierce Bee In Photoshop

Create A Vertical Navigation Menu

How To Merge 2D with 3D

Design A Social Networking Site Layout

Puzzleup your Picture

Create a Superhero Movie Poster Teaser

Create a Milk Monster in Photoshop

Making of the Rest

Using Lighting Effects in Photoshop CS5

Create a Realistic Playstation Portable

Create a Spherical 3D Puzzle With Photoshop

Create a Scenic Castle Hallway in Photoshop

How to Create a Delicious Green Apple Illustration

Create a Wacom Product Advertisement in Photoshop

Combine Images to Create a Surreal Portrait in Photoshop

Vectorize a Landscape Photo into a Watercolor Painting

Creating an Eco-Friendly Design Concept in Photoshop

Mockup Blister Packaging in Photoshop

Draw a Vintage Polaroid Camera Icon

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Create a Floating Over-Grown “Tree House” in Photoshop

Working With Colors and Establishing a Color Palette in Photoshop

Create a Glowing Light Painting Effect

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Sketching the Human Form in Photoshop

Create a Detailed Camera Icon in Photoshop

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Create a Medieval Landscape in Photoshop

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Create a Devastating Tidal Wave in Photoshop

Create Custom Rims For Your Ride in Photoshop

Create a Star Trek Style Communicator in Photoshop

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Presentation: Creating Movie Posters in Photoshop

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100 Professionally Designed Designer Portfolios

dev — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:31:18 +0000

A Portfolio is a great way to showcase your work to your clients. As a designer I feel that the portfolio of a designer should be more creative and professionally designed because it will show your design capabilities to the world. In this post I am going to showcase the professionally designed designer portfolios. It will be a great inspirational source for the readers of Creative Design Magazine. So go ahead and get inspiration to create more professional looking portfolio. Enjoy!

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Lava

Parabolic Playground

Guilherme Marconi

Chris Jennings

Streamline Creative

MatthewCarleton

AshWebStudio

Hallworth Design

Spreephoto

Yuriy Nagorniy

Karen Van Noort

Lab3

Singapore Graphic Designers

Ian Wharton

51bits

Davide Paterniti

Matt Manroe

Kunal Chhajer

Moovents

Template Tuners

Pixillion

Sr Burns

Fortyseven Media

Para Art

Ignas Kutavicius

Mutant Labs

Hipinspire

Kevin M Heineman

Bottlerocket Creative

Sizam Design

Squared Eye

Shape

Digital Telepathy

Animad

Seth Geoffrion

Courtright Design

Type Slowly

Anson Stoner

Chandu4U

Cofa Media

Maquina Studio

Artorius Design

Bright Bulb Studio

Creative Web Stone

De4macja

Bluelounge Design

Castri Creativa

Momentum18

Brightlabs

Heather Waller

ARTEYE

Definitive Studio

Creative Feed

NuvoDev

InterGraphic Designs

CodeMyConcept

Blume

Tap Tap Design

Kyle Bebeau

Kaus

Html5lab

90 Days of Art

Nineteen82

Info Grafixlab

Enzo Livolti

Steve Buffoni

Rvdizajn

Minimit

Clare O’Reilly

Stathi

Anderson de Paulo

Look At Dan

Jek2k

IDragons

Peeble

Alex Bachuk

ArtWebRio

40 Best Free Modern Fonts For Graphic Designers

Tanya — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:10:26 +0000

Fonts are an essential part of graphic designs. Graphic Designers always look for fresh fonts to give a fresh look to their designs. Its not easy to find high quality fonts for free this is the reason we try to bring the free fonts for our readers from time to time. In this post I am going to compile a list of best free modern fonts for graphic designers.

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55 Beautiful Minimal Design Photography Websites

Loveish Kalsi — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:34:15 +0000

Minimal Design is very popular in website design. Web Designers love minimal designs because it is good for search engine optimization but it can also look beautiful. In the past we compile several compilations of minimal website designs. Today I thought about doing a minimal design compilation with a website theme in mind. In this post you will find a huge list of beautiful minimal design photography websites.

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Area-22

Model Academy

Paul Kerins

AM

RLSteadham

FERWEB

Gimeno Guitart

Oscar Estrada

Moargh

Schaltzmann Photography

Pierrick Calvez

C.E. Brower

Glass and Mirrors

Ken Pils

Phil Porter

Jocelyn Chase

Mezzetty

Klaus Bjarner

MXKY

Matt Bango Photography

Brett Arthur

Things We Have Found

Tim Parkin

Wide Angeled

Sergio Villaquiran

Caitlin Worthington

Brock Images

Boris Bendikov

Ramagraphy

Mark Russell

Michael Muller

Clive Limpkin

Kevin Wong

Greg White

J Bennett Fitts

Gerhard Merzeder

Travis Neilson Photo Journal

Paul Fox Design

100 Creative Examples Of Typography And Text Effects

Vartika — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:22:54 +0000

Typography is the art of arranging texts in a way that it looks beautiful. I feel typography is the most creative art out of all creative design works. In this post I am going to create a showcase of really creative typography art and text effects. Text effects plays an important role in web designs and some other arts. So go ahead get inspire from these typography designs and prepare yourself to create more creative typography and text effects.

Einstein by Erezija

PlayStation by IronicallyMaiden

Typography Portrait by Jordansart

JAWS by Iwannabegackt

UAE Typography Map by WoW-Sky

3D Typography – artek by ARTek92

Sponge Bob Typography by SoSo-K

Ageha- Typography by Nayruchan

Arcanotype by Resistenza

Bicycle Typography by Mkito

Typography by Propagate

Essence Typography by BrianRusDesign

I Love Typography by Stadno

Global Warming by Victor van Gaasbeek

Coffee Stain Typeface by Markmustaine

Illustrated type by David Maclennan

One Million Dollar by Bruna Gonzalez

Type – Two by Jordan Metcalf

Typography by Alex Beltechi

Untitled Inspiration 2

Typography by Yoneboii

Requiem by Solvstrom

Silent Is Gold But FBID by Eugeniaclara

Research by Giampaolo Miraglia

Typography by Ygt-design

Greenie Esowbee by Nattymhar

Tpography Tree by Fikriye

New Projects II by Serial Cut

Guitar Typography by Kodereaper

Cop Of Tea In Typography by Bakryx

Lights Out by Alex Beltechi

Silence by Solvstrom

Musa by MusaWorkLab

Smile

Pinkypography by Jihel

Words. by Ehmaysink

If Not Now… by Jeffrey

100 words by St3to

Hug by Mushir

A Clockwork Orange by Subdio27

Michael Jordan by PhreshSoldier

Typography by Fabianohikaru

A Man of His Word by Straye-Close

Razangraphics Typography

Time for a fresh start by James Oconnell

Typography Soap | by HypeForType

Visual Perception by James Oconnell

Things I use by James Oconnell

Vintage Typography by Essfero

The Zebra Eye by Fuzzyzebra

Flower Typography by BahiQ8

Asia 100 by Grafikdzine

Waste not, Want not by Mike Campau

Changing Actions by Alex Beltechi

Anakost Typography by Anakost

A Tribute to Yulia Brodskaya

Swing City by Luke Lucas

After 10 Pm by Tariq Yosef

You blow me away by Craig Ward

Revolution of the Mind

Complot Creativity School

Roly

UN Population Fund

PS2

Regaine

Flatbush

Australia Post

70 Amazing Flash Websites Showing Magic Of Flash

dev — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:12:40 +0000

Flash is an amazing software for adding animated effects to websites. After the introduction of HTML5 some people are saying that it will end the use of Flash in web designs. But I believe that HTML5 is a great language but it can never take the place of Flash in web designs. Flash can create really impressive animations that we can’t even think about creating with HTML5. I am a great fan of Flash animated websites and today I thought about sharing some really great Flash Websites with our magazine readers. In this post I am going to showcase a huge list of great Flash websites for the inspiration of web designers so that they can create more inspirational flash websites in the coming future.

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Kaiser Sosa

Ultranoir

Freestyle Night

Bionic Hippo

The Devil’s Garage

Oasim

We Came From Mars

Gimme Money I Can Do It!

Paper Fox Studio

Guilherme Marconi

Snowden Industries

Sun

Moonsquare

Spreephoto

Singapore Graphic Designers

Carpe Diem

Ian Wharton

Stathi

Think 360 Studio

Info Grafixlab

Nineteen82

Cornerd

Matt Manroe

Werty

Brightlabs

Momentum18

Mushroom Digital

Neurona

Blume

Definitive Studio

Tap Tap Design

Kyle Bebeau

Corvus

Kaus

Chocolaty Chandu

Crema Lab

Colorful Visuals

Animad

Cofa Media

Studio Moso

Martin Ivanov

Atomic United

Christian Knopf

Akqa

Graphiste

Xplode Marketing

Ruud van Eijk Design

2 Advanced

Neman Jaivanovic

Grey Group

Alan Lim Studio

Soleil Noir Studio

Eric Campbell

Mammoth

Lee Towndrow

Joon Brandt

50 Awesome Lingerie Store Websites

Tanya — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:00:42 +0000

Lingerie market has grown so much in the past two decades. We all know that 21st century is the century of online stores. Each and everything is available in these online stores. Just like the all other things lingerie stores are also available online and these lingerie stores have so much competition that it is necessary for them that they look much more better than their competitors. This is the reason the website of an online store must be beautifully designed and attractive enough to attract visitors. I know that you must be thinking that in an online store website the product matters more than the look of the website. If you think like this then you are wrong, if your website does not have the right look then it can not produce sales for your store. In this post I am going to showcase some really beautifully designed Lingerie Store Websites for the inspiration of web designers. I am sure whenever you will going to design an online store for Lingerie store then this post will be really helpful for you.

Life’s Not Fair But My Knickers Are

Wolford

Bras N Things

Rigby & Peller

Flirt

Torrid

Austique

Sock Dreams

Overstock

Sexy Sexy Lingerie

Spencer’s

Lucile And Co

Hot Topic

Lingerie of Desire

Intima Cherry

All Plus Size Lingerie

La Senza

OnGossamer

Natori

Valisere

Agent Provocateur

Fleur of England

Gossard

La Perla

Nancy Meyer

Ophelia Fancy

Myla

Frederick’s of Hollywood

Figleaves

Soma Intimates

Bare Necessities

Lanx

Victoria’s Secret

Bras & Honey

La Senza

100 Amazing Digital Art Designs

Vartika — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:48 +0000

Digital art is more popular than traditional art. The computer has become an essential part of everybody’s life. Every profession adopts the use of computers in their work. Just like other professionals designers also moved towards computers. This is the reason you will see that now every kind of design can be created with computers and designers are now completely depend on computers. Digital art is a term used for every kind of art that has been created with the use of digital devices such as computer or laptop. In this post I am going to showcase a huge list of amazing digital art designs for the inspiration of digital age designers. Enjoy!

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a) 3D Arts

1. Tequila Tatu

2. Atlantis Herald

3. Little Fish Family

4. Dream

5. Mechanical Rising Sun

6. Subject Jack

7. Cup of Ditto

8. Don’t Mess With Me

9. Windy

10. Na krau vselennoy….

11. The Workout

12. The Photoshoot

13. Gentleman

14. Spirited Away Bathhouse

15. The Workout

16. Bed and Breakfast

17. Essence

18. Fella USB Flash Drive

19. Parrots In Palms

20. Magma

b) Digital Drawings

21. Snow White

22. Tiger

23. King

24. Goodbye

25. Everglow

26. Old

27. Close And Closer

28. Blind

29. Fleur

30. A Tribute To False Memories

31. Valentines

32. Psyche and Eros V

33. Born to Be Free

34. This Job’s a Cake Walk

35. Demon Model

36. Classy Girl

37. Summer Sun

38. You Promised

39. Sunny Days

40. When We Were Young

c) Photo Manipulation

41. Icarus Rising

42. Fleeting

43. Moscow Night Story

44. Where is my dream

45. Is Alleacht agus an Ainmhi

46. L.I.F.E.

47. Rainbow Eye : Love and Light

48. I will not serve

49. Participation

50. Kiss from A Rose

51. Selective Amnesia

52. The Lovely Bones

53. Here You Are

54. Emotional Strength

55. One Last Kiss Before Dying

56. Nature Says

57. Lost Valley

58. Giraffe

59. Playground

60. Cold Reality

d) Painting And Airbrushing

61. Link

62. Desolate

63. Hear The Heathen Call

64. Ablaze

65. Yurei

66. Venetian Gold

67. My Valentines

68. Dateless

69. The Perfect Man

70. Lily

71. Mermaid

72. Morning Visitor

73. When World is Going To Spin

74. If you were mine

75. Rockista

76. For Freedom

77. Samurai Spirit Musou

78. Of Golden Hearts

79. Livestream Girl

80. Save The Lion King

e) Vexel

81. Mindless Wisdom

82. Shumba

83. Evengeline Lilly

84. Laura And Punkin

85. Play On Me

86. Oakley Design Ferrari 458

87. Stardust In The Snow

88. HARPG Araceli – Azteca Mare

89. Pedo Bear

90. TOTENKOPF CREW

f) Calligraphy

91. Honey Power Respect

92. Still Painting Flowers

93. Spliz Arts

94. Egypt

95. Green

96. Askimm

97. Art Life

98. Typography Motivation

99. Rock And Roll Queen

100. Breakthrough Unlimited

50 Sets Of Best Adobe Illustrator Brushes

dev — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:03:59 +0000

Adobe Illustrator is a great software for creating vector graphics. Adobe Illustrator also have the option of brushes just like Adobe Photoshop. But its not an easy task to find high quality Adobe Illustrator brushes. I am going to help my fellow designers by presenting a compilation of best Adobe Illustrator brushes. Enjoy!

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Circles And Drips Brushes

Sketchy And Line Art Brushes

Abstract Brushes

Click Pop Media Brushes

Kirby Krackles Brush Set

Hair And Line Art Brush

Thorny Vine Brushes

Conetix

Illustrator Thick Brushes

Inky Pen Brushes

Rope Brushes

Bloody Splatters Brushes

The Rainbow Brush Kit

Mycanthus Brush Pack

Mis primeros PNG

Text Brushes

Crazy Faces Brush Set

AI Yumusak Gecisli Brush

Midsummer Stars

Willow Brush

My Fashion Sketch Brush

Yanagi no Illustrator Brushes

23 of My Ink Brushes

Fresh Brushes

Pencil Brushes

Pearl Pattern Brushes

Diamond Necklace Brush Set

Line Art Brush

Smiley Illustrator Brushes

Frills – Icing Brushes

Heart Brushes

Custom Abstract Brushes

Lichtenstein brush v 3.0

Illustrator Brushes

Quaternion Brush Pack 01

Quaternion Brush Pack 02

Daily Photography Inspiration #118

Loveish Kalsi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:22:09 +0000

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring photographs selected by some of the our writers and users. If you want to participate and share your photography inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Photography Inspiration” in the subject.