PXL Eyes

In this tutorial, I will guide you to create a beautiful sunset, in a rocky scene with teepees. We will use the pictures provided by Lelaina, member of pxleyes, and the picture of a teepee provided by pxleyes for a contest. We also use The Dodge and Burn Tools, as well as Color Balance and curves, to achieve our goal. Image of the sunset: (Use this link to download image). http://www.pxleyes.com/images/users/L/Lelaina/474/fullsize/4a6f3af243089.jpg Image of the hills: (Use this link to download image). http://www.pxleyes.com/images/users/L/Lelaina/473/fullsize/4a6f382fc30ff.jpg
submitted: 17 days ago

Writer earnings: $25

Score: 9.43 / 10

Views: 14267

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This tutorial is intended for everyone who is beginning at digital drawing/painting, if you like drawing and Photoshop then you are the perfect candidate to follow this tutorial. I will show here how I have made this image from scratch, using simple techniques like clipping masks and layer blending modes. The tools I used were basically the brush and the smudge ones; I also used the fibers filter to make some texture. Once you have a clear idea of what you want to get, it is always useful searching for some references. We need to create an old tree and a woodpecker for the image. Looking for some pictures of the elements I wanted to create was very helpful for me before doing anything else. There are a lot of pictures of woodpeckers and old trees at SCX. Look for some woodpeckers pictures. The things you have to take into account are the proportions and check the colors. Look also the usual positions of this birds on the tree. In order to help you to create the tree you can search for some old trees on the web and check of the trunks forms and shapes. Check also how the bark fits into the trunk to have a clear idea of what you should paint.
submitted: 18 days ago

Writer earnings: $30

Score: 9.5 / 10

Views: 5527

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From this tutorial you will learn how to turn a picture of Merry Go Round into a grunge and muddy looking image with lots of motion. All was created using a single source image taken from PxlEyes stock: http://www.pxleyes.com/images/contests/merry%20go%20round/fullsize/sourceimage.jpg. The program used is Adobe Photoshop CS4, but you could achieve the same with the earlier versions where Warp transformation is included. From the first nine steps you will learn how to create a nice grunge texture, because the background is nothing but just such type of texture. In the other twenty six steps is given the detailed process of the whole manipulation so we have two tutorials in one. Hope you will not be repelled from its 35 steps. They are short and given in detail so that the same result to be achieved from all who are interested to create the same Merry Go Wild.
submitted: 18 days ago

Writer earnings: $25

Score: 9.78 / 10

Views: 8270

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In this tutorial I'm going to explain how I create a happy farmer caricature image. It's quite a lot of work to create this image, but I believe everyone can do this and learn something new here. You'll learn all kinds of techniques in this tutorial. I used Photoshop CS4 to write this tutorial but this tutorial can be done in any version of Photoshop. You'll need only one start image, which you can download in ultra high resolution here: http://www.pxleyes.com/images/contests/old%20tractor/fullsize/sourceimage.jpg Good luck!
submitted: 19 days ago

Writer earnings: $40

Score: 9.6 / 10

Views: 5301

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I'll help you to create a digital painting of a rose from scratch. Beginning from a simple sketch, into the transformation of a beautiful rose. We'll use drawing and painting techniques using Photoshop. Painting and blending the colors with a Spatter brush. Working with layers to accomplish our goal. Follow me through a step by step tutorial that will show you the amazing ways of digital painting.
submitted: 26 days ago

Writer earnings: $50

Score: 9.9 / 10

Views: 10731

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In this tutorial you will learn how to use some of the Photoshop tools to create a wonderful chop using some of the wonders of nature. You will be using the following tools: Move Tool, Clone Stamp, Eraser, Burn Tool, Brush, Magic Wand, Pen Tool. You will also be working with layer masks and adjustment layers. Each step is well explained so you can work easy on the chop. Good Luck!
submitted: 40 days ago

Writer earnings: $25

Score: 8.9 / 10

Views: 6788

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In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a realistic old TV in photoshop. The detailed step by step guide will help you to easily understand how to make it. We're going to start with a blank document.
submitted: 47 days ago

Writer earnings: $30

Score: 9.2 / 10

Views: 2933

Tags:classicoldscratchtv

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This tutorial will explain how to make an Old Space City from a single source image in photoshop. I will explain every part in the scene in great detail. Please watch the images in each step carefully, as most of the instructions are embedded in the step images. Don't forget to check out the HIGH RESOLUTION version of the result. Let's get started.
submitted: 49 days ago

Writer earnings: $30

Score: 8.56 / 10

Views: 15109

Tags:cityfantasyoldscenespace

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In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a 3d looking robotic spider from a microscope. The original source image was an image that was on photoshoptalent, so I posted the source image in my album. You can find it HERE. When I made this originally, someone suggested to give the spider a reflection. That's what we will be doing in the last 2 steps of the tutorial. I made this tutorial in a way that when you have completed it you can go back at any stage and add your own style or effect.
submitted: 49 days ago

Writer earnings: $30

Score: 8.53 / 10

Views: 5449

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First of all I want to say many thanks to Reaprevenge for finding back this tutorial that was lost during the PST crash. In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make a nice bullet shot effect. I decided to use a technological object such as a remote control to show a lot of tiny parts flying off after the impact: the circuit board, the buttons, a few chips... For this tutorial I used Photoshop CS3 and I think is pretty necessary. It also recommended that you still know how to: - select an area with the pen tool - how the liquify filter works (we're not going to use it much but it can be useful for some threatments). I used these sources: http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=15 http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=9 http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=10 The bullet used in this tutorial is designed by me with Solidworks 3D Pro but you can find easily a free stock photo of a bullet. And if you don't find it you can use mine, there's no problem. Ok let's begin!!
submitted: 54 days ago

Writer earnings: $100

Score: 9.67 / 10

Views: 22029

Tags:bulletmotionshotslow

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