Photoshop Tutorials

Here is the photo I am using for this tutorial. Feel free to use it, if you'd like. Copy your photo into a new document and name ir 'Original'. Duplicate the layer 'Original' and rename it 'Desaturated'. Desaturate the layer 'Desaturated' so that it has no color by hitting Shift+Ctrl+U (Mac: Shift+Command+U). Duplicate the 'Desaturated' layer and name the new layer '1'. Now go Filters>Blur>Smart Blur and use these settings: Radius: 60 Threshold: 100 Best Quality and use Edge Only. Click OK and invert the layer, now apply a Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with a radius of 1, and set its Blending Mode to Hard Light (which can by done in the upper left corner of the Layers Palette). Duplicate the 'Desaturated' layer, rename it to '2', and move...

As I was looking on Chris blog, I was inspired on his illustrator tutorial about creating a cute vector monster so I decided to make a quick tutorial and in this tutorial we will gonna make a blue character thing. I myself don’t even know what he is so lets just name him ranran. I use photoshop on this tutorial. You need to get a pencil and a paper coz we’re gonna start this with sketching. Lets start creating a guide shape like what animators usually do. Then draw the final sketching.Heres what i just sketch.I know its a bad quality picture. I just took it on my cellphone but it doesn’t matter anyway coz it will be just our guide. Now that we’re finish sketching lets start inking our character. We’re gonna use Pen Tool (P) . Name the Layer into “ INK LAYER “. To ink our sketch using Pen Tool See the procedure below. After the 4th point, click on the 1st one so it will be closed. Now choose Add Anchor Point Tool (P) and add an anchor point on the center 1-2 and 3-4 then drag ...