Articles by TutsPlus - Design from November 2013

Miagui is a Brazilian-based creative production studio, focused on producing advertising images. In this interview, we speak with Creative Director, Cassio Braga, who discusses the origins of Miagui a...

In this tutorial, we will explain what you need to know about the various tools available to you in Adobe Camera Raw to help edit your photos. These tools include the White Balance Tool, Targeted Adju...

Adobe Kuler is probably the best tool to create and save your own custom color themes and use them in any of Adobe’s Creative Cloud applications. In this tutorial, we will explore these features...

When you are reviewing artwork, you will might find that the idea behind the artwork is just as important as the quality or execution of the final product. In this tutorial, we will show you how to cr...

In this tutorial, we are going to take a look at the different color modes available to you in Photoshop. We will explain the differences and similarities between RGB, CMYK, Lab, Grayscale, Multichann...

Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast, and powerful image editing app for the Mac. In this tutorial, we will explain everything you need to know about working with and applying filters and effects to you...

By default, Photoshop comes packed with keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your workflow. What you might not know however is that there are also a lot of commands that do not have keyboar...

Our design challenges are a fun way for you to practice what you have learned here on Psdtuts+. In this month’s design challenge, we want you to apply some of the techniques you have learned fro...

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create sci-fi concept art by illustrating an astronaut that is performing maintenance during a space walk. Let’s get started.Speed Painting Video Tutori...

The Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop CC allows you to access to all of the raw editing abilities of the ACR plugin without ever having to leave Photoshop. In this tutorial, we will show you how the plug...

Colorful gradients, lens flares, and textures are essential elements any 1980′s inspired artwork. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Photoshop’s 3D tools to create a 1980s inspi...

Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast, and powerful image editing app for the Mac. In this tutorial, we will dive deeper into a very important part of image editing; making selections. Selections tell Pi...

Recently, I had the chance to talk with Andreas Preis, a German-based illustrator, and Psdtuts+ author, that has worked for a variety of clients, including Adidas, DC Comics, ESPN Classic, NIKE, and m...

Like Illustrator, Photoshop also includes some very powerful vector editing tools. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a geometric background effect for a poster design in Photoshop using...

While Photoshop is essentially a pixel-based image editing application, it also includes a considerable amount of features to help you work with vector graphics and type. In this tutorial, we are goin...

Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast, and powerful image editing app for the Mac. In this tutorial, we will give you a brief introduction to Pixelmator. We will begin by taking a look at the Pixelmator ...

We recently had a chance to talk with Calvin Hollywood, a digital artist, photographer, and retoucher from Germany who has a passion for teaching others. In this interview, we talked about Hollywood&#...

Last month for our latest Psdtuts+ Design Challenge, we asked you to create a spooky haunted house in Photoshop. Recently, Psdtuts+ editor Grant Friedman sat down for a Google+ Hangout to discuss a ha...

As we push further into autumn (in some parts of the world) many designers might be thinking about how to create autumn-inspired artwork for the projects they are working on. In this Tuts+ Premium tut...