It doesn’t take a wealth of graphic complexity to produce an image charged with meaning. In this design, self-employed artist Tom Starley uses basic colours, shapes and brush strokes to create a well balanced, euphoric image with a hint of the fetal about it.
Master black-and-white art
Ever since humans plucked pieces of smouldering charcoal from the fire to draw on cave walls, artists have been concerned with the symbolism and power of black on a white or neutral background. But why work in black and white today when all the colours of the rainbow are available, at the click of a mouse?
Lighting effects for vintage photo looks
In this tutorial, Fabio Sasso will show you how you can create retro lighting effects in Photoshop without resorting to plug-ins – and with a degree of control that means you get the look you want without the trial-and-error aspect of the iPhone apps.
40 Tutorials for Outstanding Text Effects in Illustrator
Fuzzy, sketchy, bubbly, viscous, sleek, shiny, retro, futuristic: you can do it all in Adobe Illustrator. In this showcase, we have collected 40 tutorials that show you how to create awesome typographic effects in Illustrator, step by step. Some of these tutorials require the use of Photoshop for finer details.
The 100 Best Photoshopped Pictures of February 2011
Another month of thrilling photoshop contests has ended! We’ve collected the 100 highest scoring entries from the Pxleyes photoshop contests that were active during the month February 2011.