Creating realistic smoke: Photoshop effect

Creating realistic smoke: Photoshop effect

Hey guys,
Another Photoshop tutorial because you guys asked for it! This time we are going to take a look at how to create realistic-looking smoke. Whether you use it to add that eery effect to a night-time scene, or to jazz up that photo that just looks too cool - you will find a dozen [...]

Web design inspiration: classic online advertising

Web design inspiration: classic online advertising

Hey guys,
Thank you all for the lovely comments and feedback I have been receiving! I thought I’d take a bit of a change from the normal tutorials and/or reference articles for one post and go through just some online (as well as offline) advertising I really like.
I hope that these ads will inspire you to [...]

Really wicked Photoshop glow lighting effect and Pen tool introduction

Really wicked Photoshop glow lighting effect and Pen tool introduction

Hey guys,
I’ve been playing with glow effects lately for an upcoming website redesign, and I’ve been noticing quite a bit of work being done with Photoshop’s pen tool and cool lighting effects, so I figured I’d share some introduction to the pen tool itself as well as a glow/lighting technique which can be used in [...]

Photoshop tutorial: Creating a wicked cinema billboard scene

Photoshop tutorial: Creating a wicked cinema billboard scene

Today, we will be creating a wicked cinema/theatre billboard effect that you may have seen before - either in print advertising or online work.The effect incorporates many cool techniques such as creating a star-burst, working with multiple layers, positioning, and other awesome styling queues. Feel free to subscribe to our RSS feed to be alerted [...]

Cloverfield text effect photoshop tutorial

Cloverfield text effect photoshop tutorial

Hey guys, I just watched Cloverfield and thought it was a great, action-packed movie. I also noticed the cool text effect that the creators decided to go with to represent the movie. So obviously I decided to play around in Photoshop and see if I can come up with something close to it, and figured [...]