It doesn’t take much to make a great looking piece if you have a strong initial concept and some nifty tricks to cover the technical side. In this tutorial we will show you quick and easy techniques ranging from the Warp tool to clipping masks and adjustment layers to create a stunning final image.


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Dynamic lighting isn’t new – far from it. The 16th-century Baroque art movement saw artists such as Giovanni Baglione use chiaroscuro (Italian for light and dark) to add a sense of depth, atmosphere, and emotion to their work. But such lighting effects aren’t limited to paint on canvas – it has appeared throughout the history of cinema, from the film noir era of the 1940s, right up to modern neo-noir, as practised by Quentin Tarantino. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how the same lighting principles can be applied to your photo manipulations. You’ll start by assembling stock images, then harmonising their colour and tone with some non-destructive adjustment layers. Finally, we’ll use some clever masking and painting techniques can really add another dimension.


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Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorial: Remix your art.


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Give your fantasy images extra pop using advanced compositing techniques, layer masking and custom brushes.


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Photoshop’s Lens Flare filter is an effect that’s been so over used over the years, it’s become something of a cliché in digital illustration. Which is a shame, since in the right situation, it can provide a powerful lighting enhancement to a piece. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to present exciting variations on an old theme through changing the position of the lens flares and creative use of the blending modes, brush tools and colour. So get ready to become reacquainted with one of digital imaging software’s strongest effects. Just stay away from those default settings...


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This tutorial will demonstrate how to magic up appealing characters using a pencil, a computer and bags of imagination.


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In this Photoshop tutorial we will show you how to create a vibrant illustration that puts a modern spin on the classic pin-up style.


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This tutorial reveals how to layer and blend images in Photoshop to create a hazy, dreamlike effect that’s straight from 60's California.


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Want to create a beautiful, dreamlike painting full of subtle details but with a bold 80s colour scheme? Today we show you how in this tutorial on creating an airbrushed portrait tapping the glory days of Athena posters You’ll learn how to improve your brush skills, working with a variety of different brush heads for varying effects and you’ll learn how to get the most out of colouring, masking and layer blending modes. You’ll also learn the benefit of working with lots of layers in a digital painting, as this allows you to work on elements separately and quickly adjust detail and colouring.


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Photoshop’s Posterized tool is shamefully underused. Today we'll show you how to rediscover its potential…


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