Articles by TutsPlus - Design from September 2013

Over the years, I have spent quite a bit of time experimenting with product photography; sometimes more successfully than others. While I spend my days working as the editor of Psdtuts+, I often spend...

Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Pratik Naik, a high-end retoucher based in the United States. Naik has worked with some of the world’s finest photographers and has a lot of fantasti...

Photoshop Elements is a powerful image editing application from Adobe that delivers many of the same features that you may recognize from Adobe Photoshop CC, in an easy-to-use, and friendly interface ...

In this tutorial, we will take a close look at the Black & White Adjustment Layer in Photoshop. We will compare it to other similar black and white conversion methods like Desaturate, Convert to ...

Gabor Richter is a digital artist and retoucher from Germany. In this interview, Gabor discusses his humble beginnings as an apprentice furniture salesman, as well as what it takes to create a profess...

You might be surprised what you don’t know about Photoshop Brushes. In this tutorial, we will cover the 10 most important things you must know about them. These tips cover several features inclu...

Gradient Map is one of the least used Photoshop Adjustments. In this tutorial, we will take a close look at the Gradient Map Adjustment and will explain everything you need to know about it. Let’...

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an illustration of "Hit Girl," from the new "Kick Ass" film. In the process, we will show you some simple techniques to help you im...

You still have plenty of time to submit your character concept to this month’s Psdtuts+ Design Challenge. Join our growing community on Google+ and upload your art for a chance to get featured i...

In this tutorial, we will explain how to use the vector editing and 3D capabilities of Photoshop to create rubber and glass 3D text. In the process, we will show you how to create the materials, modif...

Fbio Araujo is a Brazilian artist working for an agency in Abu Dhabi. In this interview, Fbio tells us more about his origins as a graphic designer as well as the inspiration behind his beautiful phot...

In this tutorial, we will take a look at an interesting way to make the most of your Camera RAW photos using Lightroom and Photoshop using a technique that will allow you to precisely control the expo...

With the Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe has promised to deliver speedy updates and frequent new features to our favorite apps. With Photoshop, Adobe has already made good on that promise with the additio...

Creating a high-impact and realistic caricature illustration can be a fun but extremely challenging task. In this tutorial, we will explain how to properly control all the elements of a composition in...

Estdio Romeu & Julieta is a Brazil-based studio that has created some truly fantastic commercial illustrations for clients like McCann, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, and many more. In thi...

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to add a dramatic rain effect to a photo in Photoshop. While rain effects are not new to Photoshop, we will go a step further and show how to make the image m...

Vibrance is a very useful Photoshop Adjustment Layer. In this tutorial, we will take a close look at the Vibrance Adjustment and will explain everything you need to know about it. Let’s get star...

Print designers often work with digital illustrators and CG artists to help produce their work. In this tutorial, we will continue to develop a character concept from a Cgtuts+ tutorial by Nacho Riesc...

In fashion, designers often begin the design process, by first, sketching out their ideas. Fashion sketches often include exaggerated features such as elongated legs and neck. In this article, we will...