Give Someone a Barcode Tattoo With Photoshop
This month I thought I’d show you a twist on the classic Barcode tutorial. Step 1. To create a barcode with Photoshop is child’s play, first we create a new canvas [More]
Simon Rudd
Putting Fire in Your Hands with Photoshop
Simon Rudd takes two pictures and a combination of Layer Masks and Blend modes to create this simple, but effective result. [More]
Easy Moon or Planet with Photoshop
When making fantasy pictures its often useful to have a moon in a night sky, we can easily fake a nice convincing moon using a couple of Photoshop Filters. [More]
Easy Rectangle Photo Effect with Photoshop
This month I thought I’d show you a nice easy way to create a cool photo effect using the Rectangle Marquee Tool and the Stroke Layer Style. Step 1 For this project you will need a Photo [More]
Let It Snow With Photoshop
‘Tis the time for snow and Christmas cheer, as such I thought I’d show you how to fake snow. Step 1. Download a good snowy picture – we used this one here Add a Levels Adjustment Dialogue [More]
Create a Horror Skin Effect With Photoshop
Making horror art I often get asked how I get texture to show through flesh, its actually very simple and uses my favourite Photoshop tool, Layer Masks. [More]
Simple Grunge Text in Photoshop
This month I thought I’d show you how to make a simple grunge effect for text using a very simple technique utilising a very powerful feature found in the Layer Styles dialogue box. Step 1. [More]
Making Blood with Photoshop
Last month I wrote a tutorial on how to remove a digit from a hand, this month I thought I'd show you how to add some blood to this picture. This isn’t the only way you can make blood and I’m sure other people have other ideas. Treat this more of a stepping stone on the way to creating the effect you want. [More]
Using Photoshop to Cut Off a Finger
I’m not sure how many people have seen my horror work but I spent years removing faces and turning people into monsters. So for this tutorial I thought I’d show you a simple method of how [More]
Swiss Cheese Text in Photoshop
I love typography – its fun and easy. Today I wanted to show you how to make a simple “Swiss cheese effect”. Step 1. Start by making a 1024×768 pixel document and colour it #3f2004, Next [More]
Getting Dramatic Eyes with Photoshop
We can use the eyes to focus attention onto what we want the viewer to look at, by emphasising the eyes we encourage the focal point. In this tutorial we will be adding shadows and changing the colour of the eyes, to give it a more fantasy / mystical feel. [More]
Lightning and Break-Up Effects in Photoshop
Let’s take the classic lightning effect and add a little scatter effect too; Step 1. Make a new 1024×768 sized documents, set the background colour to black. Next using the Text tool Type [More]
Star Wars Text and Star Field with Photoshop
I always enjoy the beginning of star wars, the scrolling text gets me in the mood for a sci-fi fest! 😀 so I thought I’d show you a way of faking it in Photoshop 🙂 Step 1 First go to [More]
Engraving Text with Photoshop
I found out today (well about ½ hour ago) that it was my turn to write – eeep! I thought, “I’ve not prepared anything” So here I show you a very easy (and quick!) way of creating engraved [More]
Comic Book Text Style in Photoshop
I’m a huge fan of comics – not that I’ve been able to buy any in the last 5 years or so 🙁 but I do love rereading my old ones. This had me thinking about the old style Pow’s [More]
