Using layer blending modes with photography, brushes and shapes to create a grunge composition - Unbreak me
I have been asked by a few people how I did the image below, so here is a quick tutorial for it.
I did this in Photoshop CS3, but most editing programs will have the basic tools that I used.
Pay It Forward
The brand new Pay It Foward Group has been keeping me extremely busy. What little time I have had to spend on the bubble the last week has been dedicated almost 100% to inviting all the Pay It Foward choices from the orginal journal from 7 months ago, and all the new ones that are coming in.
Create a Fantasy Forest Scene
A few peopple wanted to know how I created Swingtime, so here’s a walkthrough for you all.
This was done quite quickly, and without the precision used to create the actual art piece, so please forgive the roughness around the edges of some of the screenshots.
All was done in Photoshop CS3 but as basic tools only were used, All versions of the program will suffice.
Base image provided…
Weird Creatures and Photoshop Transform Tools
Ok, so here is how I used the Edit transform tools in Photoshop to create
Wiseman 
and Fish Monster
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Redbubble Code Generator and handy list of your works
hi all
For those of you who have a little trouble with generating Redbubble code to create those lovely previews of framed prints for your profile pages, or even if you would just like to have a handy list of all your Rebubble works, along with the ID code numbers for them, then look no further.
The very clever Dave Pearson has created a lit…
Tutorial - Space Exploration - Part 1
Ok, so I am designing something for a competition, so my overall image will not be about space, but there will be some space aspects within it.
As I work through my image, I will be sharing some of the steps I use to create it.
This step, is how to create a space galaxy in Photoshop without any photography.
These tutorials will work as stand alones, but you are welcome if you wish t…
Selective colouring - The cheat method :)
I have been asked by many how to do selective colouring on images, so here is a quick method for doing it.
The method I use is a simple two step process
Open the image and turn it greyscale – click the word Image [up the top menu] then – mode then greyscale
Click ok to the message that pops up asking to discard colour channels [Those are the red, green and blue channels that make yo…
The Porcelain Skin Effect in Photoshop
I have been asked by many people via comments, and directly, how I get the clear skin effect on my Portraits
. So, as I am now a leader in the Photoshop Help group, along with my good buddy Faizan Qureshi – I thought I would kick off my participati…
Red bubblers - Pay It Forward
Here are the number one favorite images of some Redbubble members and the RB team.
It was a really tough task for most people to only choose ONE image as their absolute favorite, so Thank you all who took part – Now go buy your fav – treat yourself after your hard work.
DON’T FORGET – you can still take part in this awesome joint effort This journal is ongoing and I can add more Pay I…
How I created Guardians
Ok – First I want to pay credit to both Susan Davies , who provided the base image of Castell Coch and to Rose Moxon , who kindly created the 3D dragons that I used in this composition. Thank you both – I could’nt have created this without you guys.
I used Photoshop CS2 to create this image
I started…