Painting A Dragon

This tutorial will teach you how to paint an almighty snow dragon in Photoshop. First off, this tutorial is done with photoshop only, and only interresting for people, how know this program well… because i cannot explain every little step here, but what i can do is, to show how i work out this little...

Making-Of “Tac”

In this step-by-step walktrough tutorial we will show you how illustrator Anze Versnik uses the Photoshop/Illustrator workflow and creates his artwork called “Tac”. Exclusive to ArtCone. Well here is the tutorial how I make my ilustrations. For all my work I am using two programs that I am...

Beginner – Animal Skin Text

A few quick steps to achieving an animal skin text effect. In this tutorial I will show you a quick way to apply animal skin to your text. This process is simple and easy for all to understand with little Photoshop knowledge. I do suggest using a fairly large size image of skin or creating your own on a...

White Eyes

The tools that will be used in this tutorial are: Stamp Tool, Healing Brush, and Dodge Tool. Select your photo. For this tutorial I used a regular eye stock photo....

The Amazing Dissapearing Horse

In this detailed step-by-step tutorial we will teach you how you can mimic the amazing horse dissapearing act in Photoshop and start to become one with David Copperfield and Houdini. In this tutorial I will show you how to take a horse completely out of the picture, and how to simulate the background that is...

E-Painting With The Art History Brush

For this tutorial you won’t need any real canvas or paint. You won’t need a real brush or some naked dude posing for you. All you need is a computer and some basic knowledge of Photoshop. (I’ll be using Photoshop CS) 1. Oky doky. Class, please be seated. Lets begin. Open a new document. In this case...

Advanced Sepia Toning / Antique

How to turn a colour photograph into a sepia toned/antique image without loosing depth or definition. Hello Everyone! I found this method a few days ago – How to convert colour images to sepia *without* loosing depth, as most sepia conversions cause. While other methods may give a more...

How To Read Histograms

How to tell with a quick look at a histogram display whether an image is correctly exposed and contrasting. Hello and welcome to this tutorial. I will be outlining some of the information you can read straight off a histogram with very little understanding of what it is showing. It is a very underused tool,...

Polarising Your Images

How to make your images more polarised, without the need of expensive filters. Hello and welcome to this tutorial. With only a few steps, you can greatly enhance the look of your images, simulating the use of a polarising filter. Lets begin. Stock...

Auto Levels

Hello and welcome to this tutorial on Level Adjustment. At first, Auto Levels may seem crude and hard to use effectively. Learn how to enhance images easily with this tool in just a few steps. Stock: from Rod L. As you can see, this shot had the potential to be good, but poor light and camera adjustment...

Rgb To Infrared

How to convert RGB images to infrared in a few simple steps. Hello and welcome to the tutorial If you have been put off infrared photography because of all the hastle with film storage etc, you can now make convincing infrared shots with your digital camera and a few tweaks in Photoshop ...

Creating And Using Custom Patterns

In this tutorial you will learn how to efficiently create and use patterns within Photoshop. Find out everything you need to know about patterns and start using them right away! Patterns can be used as backgrounds, or become helpful when making image blends. Learn how to create and use those popular patterns...

Creating And Using Brushes

What are brushes? How are they used? How do you make your own brushes? How to convert stamps (image packs) into brushes? After reading this tutorial, these questions should be cleared Brush usage Brushes are in fact imitations of the real-life brushes. The idea is to be able to draw with them the same way...

Realistic Clouds

This tutorial will attempt to explain how to get realistic (or at least surreal) looking cloud formations in Photoshop 6 (and up to cs version) ON CLOUDS… No two clouds are alike in nature..it is impossible to find symetrical patterns in swirling gases. Luckily, Photoshop has the means to re-create a...

Cyanotyping

Learn how to create cyanotype effects quickly and effectively in Photoshop Hello and welcome to this tutorial on cyanotype effect photographs. Cyanotyping is not quite as easy to acheive well as, for example, sepia effects; hopefully this short tutorial will show you how to get good effects with a fairly...

Ok Now I Want To Print – Color Management

The Color management Basics Color management: This tutorial will be written from the perspective of the artist. Photographer or other. Essentially what an artis does is communicate a creative idea via a variety of mediums. In the visual arts a great deal of the image will be created using color or grey...

Blend Modes

A comprehensive guide to what every blend mode does and how! Ever wondered exactly what all those blend modes do? Here’s a very detailed guide explaining exactly what goes on and what makes them different! The interaction between your layers is important, the exact effect depends on what the blend mode...

Lith Prints

How to recreate an old Lith-style print with a few simple steps. In this tutorial, I am going to try and reproduce a lith-style print. Lith printing has a distinctively warm tone and grain, high contrast and some film grain. Open a picture to work with, and Ctrl + Shift + U to desaturate it. If you are...

Sun Prints

Quick and easy tutorial to creating an accurate Sun Print. It has been long known that leaving negatives on specially treated paper in sunlight causes an exposure. Later versions of the paper also had the toning salts incorperated, so no other developing process was needed. The typical results of this...

Mastering Curves

The curve tool is essential when it comes to contolling the colour and tone of an image, don’t be afraid of this feature of Photoshop – Once mastered, you will gain precise control over your work! The curves command works around a graph, Original image against New image with variations being made to...