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How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character
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So, I decided to attempt to create a tutorial on how to create a unique illustrated cartoon character in Photoshop. It’s pretty straight forward and the skills you need for this is very limited as …

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How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 17:27 | 40 Comments
How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character

So, I decided to attempt to create a tutorial on how to create a unique illustrated cartoon character in Photoshop. It’s pretty straight forward and the skills you need for this is very limited as …

12 Alternative Digital Image Manipulation Tools
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 – 13:19 | 23 Comments
12 Alternative Digital Image Manipulation Tools

Digital image manipulation is the altering of an image using computer program tools and software to produce a contrived image, often generating new meaning. It involves already existing imagery, such as photographs, films or …

How to Create a Realistic Chrome Text Effect
Tuesday, 14 Jul, 2009 – 19:13 | 32 Comments
How to Create a Realistic Chrome Text Effect

Time for another tutorial and this time we are going to look at how we can create a Realistic Chrome/Platinum text effect by just using the basic tools in Photoshop. The tutorial is super simple …

2 Ways To Create Realistic “Depth of Field”
Thursday, 18 Jun, 2009 – 12:59 | 65 Comments
2 Ways To Create Realistic “Depth of Field”

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create realistic “Depth of Field” in Photoshop. We are going to look at two different ways of doing it depending on what kind of picture …

How to Create a Realistic “Neon” Sign Text Effect
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 12:31 | 9 Comments
How to Create a Realistic “Neon” Sign Text Effect

In this tutorial I will be teaching you how to create a realistic “Neon” sign text effect in Photoshop. In just a few steps we’ll be learning lots of tricks how to make this Neon …

How to Create a Realistic 3D “Stone” Text Effect
Thursday, 21 May, 2009 – 20:18 | 62 Comments
How to Create a Realistic 3D “Stone” Text Effect

In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a realistic “Stone” text effect. There are plenty of stone text effects out on the Internet but what I miss is the details in them. …

Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro
Saturday, 16 May, 2009 – 10:13 | 29 Comments
Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro

Those of you that’s been following my tutorials here on Minervity.com know that I like to make things look real when using Photoshop to create visuals for either user interfaces, web graphics or just plain …

How to Create a Realistic Game Boy
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 10:47 | 50 Comments
How to Create a Realistic Game Boy

In this tutorial we’ll be learning how to create a realistic Game Boy using Photoshop CS4. With a little bit of poking around you can of course use Photoshop CS3 as well to complete this …

How to Create a Realistic iPhone
Saturday, 2 May, 2009 – 15:55 | 31 Comments
How to Create a Realistic iPhone

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a realistic iPhone image in Photoshop.The only necessary skills to get through this tutorial is the basic knowledge of how to use the most …

52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009 – 4:32 | 54 Comments
52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials

Are you struggling with the thought of designing your own website user interface? Are you thinking your designs are not up to the standards graphically? Well, no worries! It can sometimes be quite hard to …