It's time once again for some fun learning from Halo. Once again, I bring you something I stumbled upon while working on a batch of icons. This time we'll be learning how to turn this into this. This coloring gives us a nice soft yet vibrant coloring that can be used in all of the major graphics programs. The coloring works well on screen caps ( Read more... )

You're ready to create an icon but you're not certain where to begin. You have all the brushes, text, masks, and borders to make any icon out there but coloring has to be done first. In this tutorial we'll be going step by step from preparing an image to turning it into a base and then a simple finished icon. We'll turn this into this. The ( Read more... )

Today we're going to learn how to create an icon that has a soft dreamy look to it. This coloring is simple to achieve and requires only five or six layers to make depending upon brushes and borders. The coloring on this icon simulates the "vaseline on the lens" look. This technique is great for stock and live action icons and should work on ( Read more... )

Ever wonder how people create innovative signatures to use on forums? There are tons of tutorials out there that attempt to show you how to create these effects using Photoshop. However, most, if not all, of them are for the same style and require you to download and install brushes. Using some of the techniques learned in these tutorials, I ( Read more... )

Ever wondered how icon, layout, and banner makers get diagonal lines onto their finished images? Some graphics programs give you premade lines to work with. However, in Photoshop the user does not have premade lines to choose from. You, the user, must make these lines yourself. It's a simple little process that will add a nice touch to your ( Read more... )