Halloween Photoshop Brushes and Tutorials

Its that time of year again, so here’s a little rundown of some of the goodies we’ve posted here on TipSquirrel in previous years;

Halloween Brushes from Janine Smith

In this post Janine provided us with (29)  Photoshop brushes she made from (mostly) vintage & public domain images.

 

 

Creating a Jack-O’Lantern Carving with Layer Styles by Mike Hoffman

Here’s a quick way to create spooky, scary or silly Jack O’Lanterns starting with a simple image of a pumpkin, and a cutout shape of the face you want to use. We’ll create the carving, and then add a few lighting effects to give it that extra pop, and you’ll be ready to add it to your holiday project!

 

 

Jack-O-Lantern in 3D by Mike Hoffman

In this two part post, Mike returned a year later to create a stunning 3D Jack-O-Lantern.

Using materials freely available on the net and explaining step by step this tutorial is a great introduction into the world of Photoshop 3D

 

 

Another Halloweenie Brush Pack from Janine Smith

In memory of that time when holiday decorations were simple, television specials played on TV only once a year and you could go out on Halloween with little worry, Janine made a little brush set for you to download. We hope you have fun with them and be sure to show us what you do with them!

 

Creative Effects with Photoshop’s Liquify Filter

In the second instalment of the “fun with Liquify” series, Dan focuses on brush parameters and useful masking options to help ‘carve’ a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern.There’s also a few extras at the end to help bring the image together.