Creating a sexy mechanical pinup in Photoshop
Photoshop is great tool for combining several images into a scene that can’t always be created in real life, like an android. In this tutorial I will teach you how to manipulate body parts, create depth from missing pieces and also how to integrate gears and engines to make an sexy mechanical pinup.
Photoshop Tutorial: Organic smoke and spatter effects
It doesn’t take much to make a great looking piece if you have a strong initial concept and some nifty tricks to cover the technical side. In this tutorial Arturas Petkevicius shows you quick and easy techniques ranging from the Warp tool to clipping masks and adjustment layers to create a stunning final image.
Cloverfield Effect Tutorial
Learn how to create a headless, mauled Statue of Liberty as seen in the film Cloverfield in Photoshop.
The Making of Chimera
Photoshop allows us to create the impossible, like this mystic and nonexistent creature called "Chimera." You’ll learn some techniques of photo manipulation, how to apply shadows and lights, several ways of extracting pictures from its backgrounds and more.
How to Make a Vector-Style Woman Composition
Vector graphics design is one of the leading styles for print magazines and in titling of movies right now. In this tutorial, we are going to cover the entire body of a woman with stock vector art by employing some of the basic tools and blending options in Adobe Photoshop. We will also need Adobe Illustrator to open the vector files and to provide a source for importing the vectors into Photoshop.
Water effect photo montage
Cute flying hippo
Happy Halloween Ideas
Today, I’m going to show you how to create Halloween illustration using simple tools and techniques like Pen Tool, Brush Tool, Layer Style, etc. in Adobe Photoshop. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!
Make a Stunning Black & White Falling Scene in Photoshop
In this short and quick Adobe Photoshop digital art tutorial, we are going to let somebody fall down inside a gloomy black & white scene. You will learn how to cut out body parts, add rain to a composition, use Gradient Map adjustment layers and other techniques that are useful in performing artistic photo manipulations.
Unusual Photo Stylizing Effect by Fragments
In this tutorial i am going to teach you how you can create one very interesting photo stylizing effect by fragments.
Surrealistic Room Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial, we will be creating a surrealistic room with realistic water as its floor, real clouds as its wallpaper with a clock on the wall and a boat on the water floor. We will learn a lot of technical aspects like visualizing and creating a perspective using the ruler and the transform tools especially the distort tool, creating realistic waves using the brush tool and two wave brush sets, using brush textures and apply it to the walls to make them realistic.
How to Create an Outstanding ‘Out of Frame’ Horse Scene
In this tutorial We`ll learn how to make a horse reach out of a frame with some simple, but cool techniques. Besides of the techniques you will learn how to combine colors to make the scene even more dramatic.
How to Create a Dark and Mysterious TV-Head Scene
For this Photoshop tutorial, I will be showing you how to make a dark and mysterious scene with the subject having a TV for a head. You will see how to seamlessly replace a person’s head with another object—in this case, a television—and how to create a stormy sky using brush strokes. We’ll also deal with creating realistic lights and shadows as well as how to retouch subjects who are against a light source.
Create a Realistic Space Landscape Photo Manipulation
The creation of “A Life Of Aquatic Sounds”
In this tutorial I will show you how I created “A Life Of Aquatic Sounds”. We will realize it using a variety of blending mode tricks, photo filters and other useful Photoshop techniques. At the end of this process we will have a beautiful photo manipulation, realized in a short time and a very easily way.
Make a Surreal 3D Outdoor Room Scene in Photoshop
In this photo manipulation tutorial, you will learn how to create a realistic composition of a painter using a room as his canvas. There’s a twist. It looks like the room is outdoors in a vibrant field! We will cover professional-level Photoshop tricks such as correcting the viewer’s perspective, adding accurate shadow and highlights, various blending techniques such as altering luminosity and shadows of the scene, adding textures and a vignette, and much more.
Design a Surreal Desert Scene in Photoshop
In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create a surreal time-themed photomanipulation using Photoshop. The name of this photomanipulation is "Time Guardian" and it was originally created by Mariusz Karasiewicz (aka FISHBOT1337).
Design Surreal Composition Fallen Angel’s Dream Fly
First thing you need to remember that every photo or digital artwork must have 1 point that catches the viewer’s attention. It can be (and mostly is) face or the eyes, but it can also be any other spot, that is the leitmotif of the canvas. When having too many points that catch the visitor’s attention, your artwork loses it’s charm and simply may lack the zest it would otherwise have with less accents on the canvas. So first thing you need to remember that in art, mostly, less is more.
How to create a fairy using photos
Here is a tutorial showing how you can create a fairy out of a human, as shown below. The psd file for this tutorial can be found at the bottom of this post.
How to Make an Eerie Looking Photo Manipulation Scene
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we will create a dark photo manipulation scene with a very creepy/eerie/mysterious atmosphere. We will go through some basic techniques for making a shadowy scene and using some creative lighting effect methods that can spice up your work, such as adding a green flame, light streaks and sparkles. For this tutorial, you should be familiar with Photoshop basics, using the Pen Tool (P), and layer masks.
Create an Intense Apocalyptic Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create this amazing apocalyptic photo manipulation with Photoshop! You’ll learn how to blend elements such as water and moon, create seamless structures with the Clone Stamp tool, and finish it off with a cold movie photo effect.
Create a Moonlit Night Scene in Photoshop
Photoshop is an excellent tool to combine several photos into one seamless image. In today’s tutorial we will use different tools and techniques to create an abandoned automobile in a moonlit night scene in Photoshop. Let’s get started!
Create a Out of Bounds Surreal Photo manipulation in Photoshop
Photo manipulation is an art that requires a lot of patience along with the expertise in Photoshop. With our creativity and imagination, we can manipulate any photograph the way we want. Its all about how we use our imagination and properly understand the effects that can be achieved in Photoshop and other similar tools and employing them with a lot of experimentation.
Make a Story Book Come to Life in Photoshop
Learn how to create this surreal photo manipulation in Photoshop. You’ll learn the basics of combining stock photos, how to blend them in by adding light and shadows, and complete it with a vintage photo effect.
Create Beautiful Surreal Photo Effect via Cloud, Star and Vexel Hair in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you how you can Create Beautiful Surreal Photo Effect via Cloud, Star and Vexel Hair in Photoshop. This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try!
Create a Fantasy Girlbird Illustration in Photoshop
What is more fun than mixing people with animals? The results can often be cute, funny, or even a bit disturbing. In today’s tutorial, I will demonstrate how to create a fantasy bird girl illustration using digital painting and photo manipulation techniques. Let’s get started!
Castle in the Sky
Skating in clouds Magic scene Photoshop
Matte Painting: Create A Distressed Surreal Cityscape
Matte painting plays a major role in today’s films. The first known matte painting shot was made in 1907 by Norman Dawn (ASC), you can see how the traditional matte painting evolved from “The Wizard Of Oz” to the ground breaking “Avatar”. In this tutorial I’m going to show you some techniques in matte painting to create a distressed surreal cityscape.
Quickly Create Surreal Scenary via Combining Landscape Images in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you how you can quickly and effectively Create Fantasy Scene via Combining Landscape Images in Photoshop. Some steps can be a little tricky for beginners, but why not have a try!
How to Create a Fantasy Banana Ship in Photoshop
One of the best things about Photoshop is that it allows us to create some pretty amazing images from some of the most surprising objects. Today, we will create a fantasy flying ship from a photo of a banana. Let’s get started!
Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Surreal Atmospheric Phone Booth Scenery
In this tutorial we will be creating a Surreal Atmospheric Image.
Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Fantastic Surreal Representation of Time
This tutorial will provide the evolution process of one of my works. In the tutorial you'll learn some manipulation methods and have a glimpse on how to create a surreal image, taking in consideration a solid theme or idea, in this case the theme is naturally about time and its (un)possibility to redeem itself.
How To Create Dark Surreal Photo Manipulation
In this Photo manipulation tutorial, you will learn how to create a dark surreal scene using few Photoshop techniques and a lot of stock images. Following this tutorial, you will learn how to add a dark unsubstantial effect to your image. We will start this tutorial with Cinema4D, and then we will use a lot of photo manipulation techniques, like blending modes, cloning and we will work with colors and filters. So let's start to learn new techniques.
Photo Manipulate a Surreal Space-Age Landscape
Learn how to combine various photographic elements into a cohesive, surreal space-age scene. You will learn how to work with lighting, blending options, and adjustment layers.
Create a Cosmic-Inspired Dreamy Scene in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to use stock photography, 3d elements, and various techniques to create a cosmic-inspired dreamy scene in Photoshop.
Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Surreal Turtle Image
This tutorial shows the creation of one of my images. It shows how I adjust lighting and colours in my images to create this surrealistic turtle. Hopefully, you'll be able to transfer these methods to your own work.
How to create Fantacy Woman in Amazing Photo Manipulation
We will use well chosen images, textures and most off all our imagination in combination with Photoshop techniques to create an outstanding Montage Photo.
Create Surreal Environment Inspired by the “Inception” Movie in Photoshop
In this tutorial, We`ll learn to create this Surreal/Sci-fi Environment Inspired by the “Inception” Movie in Photoshop. Some steps can be a little tricky, but why not have a try!
The Making of a Blissful Fantasy Album Art Design
I’ve been wanting to get stuck into some good old photo manipulation artwork for some time, and after being inspired by the recent Alice in Wonderland movie I had to urge to create my own dreamy fantasy scene. Follow this walkthrough of my design process where I build a blissful fantasy scene with various lighting and colouring effects, then use the artwork as a base for a complete album cover design.
Making of Urban
Old to Young Case Study in Photoshop by Cassio Braga
So as I mentioned before this image, I will present in this case study, was created in my first duel and the subject was water. I really like the result because besides the visual strength it has a simple idea that makes us wonder and think about life and aging.
Smoke Portrait
I was so impressed the day I saw this "smoke art" photo effect. I decided to recreate it using Photoshop and ended up with the result shown below. 
Create an Epic Battle Field in Photoshop
Simple Roy Lichtenstein Style in Illustrator and Photoshop
There are quite a few tutorials showing how to create this type of image, but I decided to try it myself. I haven't checked any tutorial because I wanted to play with the tools, so the technique might be the same as other tutorials but I really don't know. Besides I think a tutorial on Roy's style is always a great add to the tutorials section of Abduzeedo.
Magical Forest Photo
This photo manipulation tutorial will show you how to create this realistic fantasy image by combining several photos together and finishing it with water lilies and fairy dust. You will learn how to compose an image using multiple photos, simulate depth of field, and warp a persons ear to an elf ear.
Making of Hydra
This is the most advanced tutorial I ever written and also the longest. Since there are many important things to show, I will not entertain myself on showing how to crate a mask or how to make a clipping layer, I assume you already have a medium-advanced skill with photoshop.
Make a Surreal 3D Outdoor Room Scene in Photoshop
Create a Comic Art Style Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Here is a rather quick tutorial on how you can create a very nifty comic art style photo manipulation in Adobe Photoshop. We will show you all steps you need to know in order to create cool comic book styled art pieces out of your photographs!
Create an Intense Apocalyptic Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create this amazing apocalyptic photo manipulation with Photoshop! You’ll learn how to blend elements such as water and moon, create seamless structures with the Clone Stamp tool, and finish it off with a cold movie photo effect.
How to Create a Fairy Tale Photo Manipulation
In this photo manipulation tutorial I will show you how to create an image with dragons, knights and castles. I’ll show you how to replace a sky in a photo and how to create a surreal scene. Let’s get started!
How to Create an Essentially Beautiful Flyer
How to create a glamour style composition using patterns and masks
In today’s tutorial you will learn how to give a photo a complete glamour style using patterns and masks in Adobe Photoshop. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!
Watercolor Painting
This tutorial will show how to turn a usual photo into a watercolor painting, quickly and simply.
Creating a Realistic Torn Photo Effect – Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn how to take a standard photo of a girl and tear it into pieces using some stock images and some nifty Photoshop techniques. 
Design a Stunning French Perfume Advert Poster
Create a Dark and Surreal Poster Using Your Own Portrait
Today’s tutorial was inspirited by digital artist Rob Shields who graciously granted permission for us to use his work as inspiration. I chose his work titled “Keep me in the dark.” In this illustration it is essential that you use a tablet; especially for the doodles and the white strokes that will give the portrait a more detailed effect. Let’s get started!
Unleash the Beast Within
This tutorial is created using Pen Tool, Smudge tool, Masking, Gradient, and some transform options. You'll get some good expert level techniques from this tutorial.
Create a Vivid Themed Illustration Using Simple Hand-Drawn Elements
Drawn elements are certainly something that can enhance an illustration. Even if you’re not very good at drawing, you can still create a quality piece. All you need is a good idea and some Photoshop skills. And if you don’t believe me, you will definitely change your mind after reading this tutorial. So let’s take a look inside!
Desert Fish: Surreal Photo Manipulation Part-1
In this Awesome Photoshop tutorial, i’m going to show you how to create a surreal composition using photo manipulation and illustration techniques. This one is a two-parts tutorial, here is the first part. Have fun. 
Create Stylish Pinky Portrait in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn plenty of various photoshop techniques. You will learn how to work with shapes, layers, filters and many more. This tutorial is pretty complex and I think it is more for advanced designers, but also if you are new in photoshop you can try to create this pinky effect, because all steps are described in detail. So, lets start.
Melting Girl in Photoshop
So in this tutorial I will show you how you can mix stock photos with blend modes, basic filters and tools to create a really cool design. The whole process is very simple and won't take you more than 1 hour to finish the tutorial.
Create Surreal Artwork via Simple Break Apart Effect and Smoke Texture in Photoshop
Oracle photo effects
In this tutorial we are going to create a very cool looking Girl wallpaper. In this tutorial we will combine digital painting, some design elements and a photo to create an amazing wallpaper.
Tutorial: How to create a burning flower in Photoshop
Create a burning flower using Adobe Photoshop CS3. 
Design a Surreal Desert Scene in Photoshop
The name of this photomanipulation is "Time Guardian" and it was originally created by Mariusz Karasiewicz (aka FISHBOT1337). I want to take this opportunity to thank him for collaborating with me on this tutorial.
Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop
So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a really cool and super easy typographic portrait in Photoshop. We will use the Displace filter and some Blend Modes to achieve the effect. The whole process is quite simple but it might take you some time to add the texts and elements, but once you do that the rest is very straight forward.
Use Photo Manipulation and 3D Layers to Design a Surreal Cover Art Illustration
In today’s tutorial I will show you how to design a CD cover using several photo manipulation techniques, how to keep critical text layers editable for any future change and how to render a quick mockup using the Vanishing Point filter. Let’s get it started!
Utilise Custom Shapes and Texture to add Extra Flavour to Your Design in Photoshop
Create a Fantastic Grayscale Wallpaper in Photoshop
Today, we will create a nice wallpaper using stock vectors, images and a bit of imagination. Along, we will also learn some photo retouching techniques, enhancement and changing the lighting source.
Inception Poster with Repousse in Photoshop CS5
So in this tutorial I will show you how to create the effect of one of the Inception posters, the one with the word Inception made of buildings on an aerial photo of a city. To create this effect we will use the new 3D tool in Photoshop CS 5 called Repousse and an aerial photo from Pixelcase (http://www.pixelcase.com.au/).
Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Photoshop CS5
We will learn how to blend fashion photography with custom brushes into dramatic and surreal illustration using Photoshop CS5 techniques. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!
Create an Ink Splattering Knight Composition
In this tutorial, we will see how to use Photoshop filters and brushes to create an ink splattering knight composition. This is a relatively simple technique, which yields excellent artistic results.
Create a Moonlit Night Scene in Photoshop
Photoshop is an excellent tool to combine several photos into one seamless image. In today’s tutorial we will use different tools and techniques to create an abandoned automobile in a moonlit night scene in Photoshop. Let’s get started!
Create Beautiful Mystery Grunge Effect in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial, I would like to tell how to make a beautiful mystery grunge artwork, using some stock images and brushes. It is not very hard work, but it requires some skill and your imagination. This work is very well suited for desktops and time for her creation will not take more than 2 hours. So let’s get started!
Create an Awesome Model Looking Like a Robot - Photoshop Tutorial (Video)
In this 25 minute Photoshop video tutorial, Slav will show you how to transform a beautiful model into an awesome robot-like character by using only basic photoshop tools.
Create Awesome Abstract Photo Effect via Layer Masking and Custom Patterns
In this tutorial, you can Create this Awesome Abstract Photo Effect via Layer Masking and Custom Patterns.
How to create a stunning photomontage in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We will learn how to use different tools and techniques to create a stunning photomontage using Adobe Photoshop CS5. Layered PSD file included.
How to create a melancholy model photo manipulation
Today we will use several simple techniques to realize a beautiful melancholy photo manipulation starting from the image of a model. We will deal in particular with masks, brushes and lots of adjustment layers to have full color control.
Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Surreal Turtle Image
This tutorial shows the creation of one of my images. It shows how I adjust lighting and colours in my images to create this surrealistic turtle. Hopefully, you'll be able to transfer these methods to your own work.
Quickly Create Surreal Scenary via Combining Landscape Images in Photoshop
Show me the light – digital art tutorial
In this photoshop tutorial I will show you how to use stock images to make a beautiful digital artwork with nicely colored lights. All you need for this tutorial is my Colors in Motion textures pack and a model.
Create an Abstract Composition in Photoshop
In this tutorial we will use plenty of Photoshop tools, and we also will use another Adobe product - Cinema 4D, but if you don't have Cinema 4D that's ok, you will be able do all rest steps of this tutorial. I hope you will learn some new tricks. So, let's move forward and start this tutorial.
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