Creating Photoshop brushes is rather easy. But, I often find that brush sets lack consistency and are often created form various textures or sources. I like consistency.
I think a great set of brushes isn’t just a matter of throwing a bunch of brushes that kinda look similar together in a… read more
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This week, for our WDL Premium members, we have a PSD file from WeGraphics that contains a collection of shape layers that can be edited and reused as various charts and information graphics. With this file you will be able to create stylish vintage looking infographics,… read more
Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!
Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials
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In this tutorial you will learn how to use Illustrator to create a clean, vector ticket icon. Begin by creating the basic vector shapes, then add pixel perfect highlights, all the necessary text, warping, and grunge effects to give the final result interest. Get started on designing this vector ticket… read more
The microscopes is a symbol of our civilization. Throughout this tutorial on how to illustrate a vector microscope you’ll take advantage of numerous Illustrator tools. You will learn how to use blends, art brushes and 3D rendering in Adobe Illustrator. Let’s get started!
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First, create a horseshoe shaped path, filled… read more
When we talk about image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is the first thing that comes to our minds. The software itself is hard to learn and harder to master though. Thanks to the many tutorials available though, even novices can learn the tricky tecniques used by… read more
Hi everyone, before someone say it’s winter on the north pole, I gotta say it’s damn hot here in Brasil, so I though a tasty and frosty illustration would be a good exercise to do.
This is a step by step tutorial forwarding some of the previous tutorials. The idea is… read more
Happy Friday everyone! Today I’m releasing this set of unique and tough to define brushes. The source for these was a microscopic piece of pollen. Up close the strands looked like barbed wire. After photographic it, I brought the images into Illustrator and Live Traced each one, so the edges… read more
In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, learn how to create a stylized performance car from a reference image using many gradients, custom art brushes, patterns, clipping masks and not a single gradient mesh or blur in sight! If you are looking to take your skills to the next level then Log… read more
Better Portraits in Less Time
Perfect Portrait 1 is a huge timesaver for portrait photographers. It automatically identifies faces and features, and with a press of a button, eyes become whiter and clearer, teeth become whiter, lips have greater definition, wrinkles are softened, and shine and blemishes are reduced. In… read more
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This week for our WDL Premium Members, we have a set of retro UI elements from Vandelay Premier. The set includes a considerable number of unique elements that are sure to be useful for those who like the always trendy retro style.
Be sure to check… read more
Mastering the art of character design is something that takes both a lively imagination and a good understanding of drawing techniques. Today we have have bundled together a collection fun and lively character design tutorials from the Vectortuts+ archives. Covering a variety of subjects from sketching to rendering there’s plenty… read more
20 Free Hi-Res Fractal Photoshop Brushes for Download
I’ve always been fascinated by smoke, and have experimented a lot with it. So in this tutorial, I explain how to create realistic smoke, make it into a brush and use it for type. Let’s light up our vector cigarettes and get started smokin’!
October of 2009
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Another marvelous and magnificent collection of Photoshop brushes and this time we present free and high quality floral Photoshop brushes. Every designer even the novices know that floral brushes have ultimately become an easy technique that they can use to bring the magnificence and beauty of nature into their projects.
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This collection of five subtle hi-res fabric brushes will add some natural surfacing to your work. Each brush is 2500×2500.
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When it comes to digital paintings there are many artists whose virtual brushes capture life as we know it in some form or fashion. Giving us glimpses at our world through their imaginations. Though some go beyond this world, and they dip their brushes in the wells of the fantastic…. read more
If you’re looking for arrow graphics, with various styles, such as flat silhouettes that curve, hand drawn elements, or sharp edged classic designs, then you’ve found a compilation worth downloading. We’ve collected an assortment of arrow symbols, shapes, and icons, all available for free download.
Grab a multitude of arrow vector… read more
Nearly every designer loves freshly-made, free Photoshop brushes that can be used in your designs as it is one of the most widely used graphics programs on the market. It is what some would call an incontrovertible truth. This is the reason why designers are constantly browsing the web in… read more
In today’s article, I’m going to show you 40 pieces of inspiring vector art animal illustrations. See how a variety of artists render things from fur to feathers, scales to horns, and more. I’ll also share with you links to tutorials here on Vectortuts+ so you can gain insight into… read more
25 High Quality Photoshop Grunge Brushes
In the following Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed vector chalkboard icon. This classic school, blackboard illustration is composed using vector shape building techniques, pixel perfect highlighting, as well as brushes and textures for adding interest to the work.
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Hit Command + N to create a… read more
High Quality Free Fur Textures | Fur Textures Packs | Fur Brushes
I created these soft grunge brushes from my Frosted Window texture pack over at Valleys In The Vinyl. These brushes will make a valuable addition to your library and will come in handy for adding that extra surfacing and personality that your design’s require. Each brush is 2500×2000.
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GIMP is a photo editor that can be employed professionally because it is an extremely capable graphics design or digital photo editing software. Once you learned how to use it, you can harness its accurate potential without difficulty. When you start using it, you will see that it is more… read more
Today our guest is a graphic designer Maria Dimova (aka Dimary) from Moldova. She is a professional designer/illustrator that always makes time to work for pleasure. Exactly such artworks illustrated in this interview. Maria works in a style of fantasy and Hed Kandi. Meet the person for who vector is… read more
Tutorials are one of the best ways to learn and practice new tricks using Illustrator’s various tools. Learning through a step-by-step AI tutorial not only assists you in twisting the tools, but will also let you learn how to combine them in order to generate innovative and compound vector artwork,… read more
In this tutorial we will learn how to draw a snail using tools such as the Pen Tool (P), Selection Tool (V), Direct Selection Tool (A), Ellipse Tool, and Gradient Tool (G). Some shapes will be created with the help of the Pathfinder panel. This artwork was created by my… read more
We have an exciting Illustrator video training series to give away to 2 lucky Vectortuts+ readers. It’s packed with 111 training videos created by professional illustrator Brian Zaikowski and released through Cartoon Smart on the Tuts+ Marketplace. Learn more about the Exploring Illustrator – Video Reference Library giveaway following the… read more
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a colorful, glass text effect in Illustrator. Learn each step to construct this shiny, vector text effect. We’ll use patterns, transform effects, multiple gradient fills, and more to construct this beautiful lettering.
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Create a 700 by 300px, RGB document. Grab… read more
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For our WDL Premium members, here’s a UI kit containing dark elements with hot orange highlighted accents from WeGraphics. The file is a fully layered PSD for easy editing.
Be sure to check out WeGraphics for more high-quality design resources, like vectors, brushes, textures, icons, and… read more
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What a great year 2011 has been for the Photoshop community. With so many new tutorials being published daily it has never been easier to learn a new creative techniques that will help reduce your learning curve substantially.
In this yearly round-up we have… read more
In today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a stylized jellyfish using blends and brushes within Adobe Illustrator CS5. Being as I’m not an expert on the anatomy of a jellyfish, please forgive my lack of terminology on naming the parts correctly. This jellyfish is just a… read more
Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating cubist style logos, speeding up your work in Illustrator and InDesign, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition to… read more
For the first tutorial of 2012 we wanted to have a really good one and the most important thing a very easy one because our goal for this new year is to provide good tutorials with simple techniques that achieve great outcomes. In this first case we will explore ways… read more
These brushes come from an interesting source, microscopic photos of some hand-scratched 35mm film. I scratched up some film with a thumbtack, photographed them, vectorized the lines, then grunged them up a bit in Photoshop to create these brushes. Hope you enjoy! Each one is 2500×1800.
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Here’s a high-quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members. The Tattered Scrolls Vector Pack is a must have for fans of the original scrolls pack. These scrolls range from the lightly used to the downright demolished. The pack has all sort of vectors to spice… read more
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2011 has been Speckyboy’s best year yet in terms of growth. More great readers and followers, more great authors, more great sponsors. However, at the core is (hopefully) great content here on Speckyboy. And just to recap some of our best content, here are our… read more
In this Quick Tip we will use the Art Brushes and the Blend Tool to evenly distribute different sized objects along a path in Adobe Illustrator. I’m sure that techniques described here will make you look at the well-known tools and their properties in a different way. This technique was… read more
Footprints Inspirational Collection and Download Photoshop Brushes
If you’re looking to improve your skills in Illustrator, specifically learn to create retro text effects, beautiful vintage lettering, and work with classic type, then we have the collection of Illustrator tutorials you’re looking for. Learn to draw fluid, retro lettering, compose vintage designs with classic fonts, and transform your… read more
In this tutorial, you will use Meshes, Bristle brushes, Art brushes, and other tools and techniques for creating a racing yacht in Illustrator. The skills you will learn here can easily be transferred to creating various objects. So let’s get started!
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First, you need to create the simple sketch of… read more
500+ Christmas Photoshop Brushes & Resources For Holiday Designs
Free Christmas Photoshop Brushes on the Holiday Eve
As the Holiday Season is upon us, the Toad has been very busy compiling this weeks list of tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone. This final post of 2011 is filled with great works by some truly great photographers and artists, and the Toad hopes you… read more
These 5 versatile and re-usable bokeh brushes will be a valued addition to your toolbox. Each brush is 2500px wide.
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The end of this year is almost coming and Christmas is already on our doorsteps. It’s never too late to hang your stockings, keep milk and cookies and wait for Santa to drop in at your home with lots of gifts and Christmas cheer. It’s time for Santa’s gifts, for… read more
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Here’s a high-quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members. The 80s Vector Pack is a beautiful theme pack dedicated to one of the most innovative decades in recent history. The pack has all sort of vectors to spice up your designs.
Be sure to check… read more
You will use 3D-rendering, Blends, as well as other Illustrator tools and professional vector techniques for creating an oil filled, vector radiator. The skills you will learn here can easily be transferred to creating various illustration stock art objects or graphics for your next relevant design project. So let’s get… read more
For the designing fraternity, premium quality texture, backgrounds and patterns are the most necessitated freebies on the internet. Use of texture in web designs is tremendously frequent. As a result every designer is in search of good quality textures, although they do not get all at one place. Therefore, in… read more
As the year comes to an end and we pack up our vector tools for some well deserved rest and relaxation, let’s take a look back at some of the best and most inspiring Vectortuts+ articles and tutorials for 2011.
The following collection is just a fraction of the fantastic content… read more
As the year draws to a close, we tend to take a look back over the year and take stock. This post is here to not only sort of serve that purpose, but to also stock up on some of the year’s top free texture packs from around the web…. read more
When designers use YouTube, most times they are looking for a great tutorial or looking to learn about the basics of a new topic as quickly as possible. Some of the most popular places to turn are speed art videos. Speed art videos are an overlooked source of inspiration for… read more
Enjoy these 5 hi res ink splatter brushes, created from my Ralph Steadman inspired ink splatter texture set over at Valleys In The Vinyl. Each brush is 2500×2000.
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Icons are an imperative fraction of web design. In a lot of cases you can pay money for icons or download free ones, however every now and then you may require generating custom icons to acquire exactly what you want. Luckily, there are loads of tutorials out there that get… read more
A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Nik Holmes was first published on June 19th 2009.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a cartoon zombie in Illustrator. Starting by creating… read more
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This week for our WDL Premium Members, we have a set of minimal icons from Vandelay Premier. The icon set includes 33 general use icons with a minimalist design that will give your project a sleek visual, check it out!
Be sure to check out Vandelay Premier… read more
170 transportation-themes Photoshop brushes
As we count down the days until Christmas, it’s time to make our lists and check them twice. Today we have an awesome gift guide full of hand picked goodies for illustrators and designers. Make sure to link this post on Twitter, Facebook and G+ – you never know –… read more
Every so often, you may discover it complicated to search for some of the highest quality Photoshop tutorials by means of search engines. Seeing that most of time, approximately all tutorials would tag themselves to be excellent, high quality or even the best Photoshop tutorial you can get. When exploring… read more
Top 10 Photoshop Brushes for the Holiday Season
Radiant CMS is a simple Content Management System built using Ruby on Rails. It is licensed under the MIT Licence, which means it is freely redistributable and can be employed for both commercial and non-profit usage. Radiant CMS is ideal for small enterprises and teams.
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Radiant has a fairly simple and… read more
Enjoy these six hi-res(2500px) antique postcard Photoshop Brushes. This can act as templates for your design or as a way to add some age and texture to your work.
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Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is, you can be part of it too! Find out more at the jump.
Peer Review, 3
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It’s been another great week in the world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy compiling this list of tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone. The Toad is pleased to present this comprehensive list of really great links showcasing the work of some truly… read more
In this video series, Dave Cross shows off some creative ways to use Photoshop and Illustrator together. In the third video, Dave talks about Illustrator’s vast collection of shapes, symbols, textures, etc. that can be copied into Photoshop. Dave also explain how these symbols and textures can be used to… read more
In this tutorial we will learn how to create Watercolor Background using a Gradient Mesh, tools of deformation and Blending Modes. The techniques which are described here allow the creation of complex textural backgrounds in a simple and effective way.
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Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and create a circle… read more
Christmas Package: Tutorials, Themes, Wallpapers, Templates, Brushes and More
In the digital age, don’t forget to use your digits! Your hands are the original digital devices
— Lynda Barry
People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. Sometimes, I paint it completely by hand; sometimes I’ll… read more
Adobe Illustrator has an amazing feature that allows us create many realistic illustrations. Today we will have the opportunity to practice with the Mesh Tool once again. We will use it to create an interesting damask curtain. The Mesh Tool will help us to create the illusion of the silk look… read more
The popular blog Damn You Auto Correct went viral on the Internet again this week, after the site unveiled its funniest auto-corrected text messages of the year.
As amusing as they are, some readers question whether or not the texts submitted were actual autocorrect failures. But the site’s founder Jillian… read more
Read this tutorial and learn how to draw a music folder icon in Illustrator. We’ll use the 3D Revolve tool and Extrude & Bevel effects. They are put into use throughout the entire workflow, starting from shaping a 3D folder using a single path and finishing with all the colorful… read more
This is the written article for our Weekly Lightroom Edit – Episode 2 that was released on November 25, 2011 on SLR Lounge. To view this tutorial in video form, click here.
Hey guys, welcome to Episode 2 of our Weekly Lightroom Edit. Last week, we had a few questions… read more
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For our WDL Premium members, here’s an awesome kit containing 40+ retro style common web UI elements from WeGraphics. In this kit you will find a lot of elements to give your design the old school look you always wanted.
Be sure to check out WeGraphics for… read more
Ari Meisel is co-founder at Less Doing, where he works on making every task in life and business more efficient. He used self-tracking to overcome Crohn’s Disease and compete in Ironman France. You can follow him on Twitter @liontex and read his blog at arimeisel.com.
You know that counter top rotisserie… read more
With the holidays fast approaching we have bundled together a collection festive illustration and decoration tutorials from the Vectortuts+ archives. Covering a variety of subjects from effects to illustration there’s plenty of projects to keep you busy during the silly season.
Quick Tip: Make a Cut Out Gift Tag with Adobe… read more
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
In this 11-minute timelapse video, freelance designer Dei Gaztelumendi illustrates a cover for comic book magazine Xabiroi from start to finish.
In a post on his personal blog, Gaztelumendi says that he was given free reign to… read more
Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. Learn how to create a wonderful garden scene in Illustrator. You’ll discover the depth of the Appearance panal, as well as Art and Scatter brushes in this tutorial. Learn more at the jump.
This Premium Tutorial is… read more
Writing blog articles requires patient and writing abilities that can be trained. Either if you already run your successful blog, or, otherwise, you are at the very start of the play, you surely have thought once in your writing life “How can I fill in this blank page in a… read more
Ok, we have a holiday on our hands soon and I’m feeling like some of of you might want some free software. It’s been a while since we’ve had a Brush Pilot giveaway here on BittBox, so I think Thanksgiving week would be a perfect time. I’m giving away 5… read more
As our technology evolves, so do the industries and professionals driven by it. Painters, once only using brushes and canvas have seen so many amazing new strides in digital painting software over the years, have taken to these new applications like a fish to water. And so many brilliant and… read more
As a web designer, I spend a significant amount of time creating graphics and interfaces in Photoshop. Like other designers and artists, I love the power and limitless possibilities it offers, while at the same time, I grow increasingly frustrated with high prices, feature bloat, and the myriad little quirks… read more
Happy Friday everyone, today I’m posting this set of 7 hi-res concrete brushes. Each brush is 2500×1800 and will add some instant grunge, texture, and atmosphere to your designs. Enjoy!
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3D Software Release Maximizes Creativity and Efficiency
Well I think the folks at Autodesk have been listening to the content creators since the last release. The new version of the Autodesk 3ds Max Creation Suite 2012 has a lot to brag about. While the Suite includes Motion Builder, Mudbox, and… read more
Although for editing your photos digitally, there are numbers of different photo editing software and tools available yet Adobe Photoshop is the most commonly used and well accepted photo editing software that is being used all over the world not only by pros but also by the novices.
With Photoshop, it’s… read more
In today’s tutorial you’ll learn how to create a bamboo vector illustration with the help of custom art and pattern brushes, blends and profiles on strokes in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Vector bamboo is an excellent element to use in your work to give a classic Japanese fine art print feel,… read more
25 Fantastic Foral Brushes Packs Photoshop
These 5 brushes were made by dipping a Q-Tip in red food coloring then simply “drawing” on a piece of paper with it. If you enjoy these, check out the Red Drops and Streaks texture pack on Valleys In The Vinyl. It was one of the first texture packs I… read more
Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we’re launching a special community post that will help some of our readers take their images to the next level. Inspired by the Friday Photo Critique over on Phototuts+, we have gathered together some of the Vectortuts+ writers… read more
As young kids, we all had our favorite posters adorning our rooms. From motorcycles to kittens to Justin Bieber photos… for which the coming years will hold guilt and embarrassment. Thanks to my hippie parents, I had Peter Max posters. In fact, I had a Peter Max room! While I… read more