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Members Area Tutorial: Photo Manipulate a Beautiful, Bejeweled Ancient Princess

Today’s advanced tutorial will show you how to photo manipulate a beautiful ancient princess scene. In this tutorial we will be covering key topics including:

• Creating Custom Patterns
• Single Point Perspective
• Texturing
• Advanced fashion photo retouching
• Discussion and use of how shadows can make the added elements look natural
• Creating custom 3D textured text

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Members Area Tutorial: Create a Beautiful Mixed Media Portrait in Photoshop

Digital art is great, but it can begin to look a little generic after a while. Sleek photo manipulations become a little dull if that’s all you ever create.

Luckily, it’s possible to design some more creative looking designs using Photoshop. This includes mixed media style work, that emulates the work of non-digital compositions.

Today’s advanced tutorial will teach you how to create a beautiful mixed media portrait effect.

You can use this effect for high-end client work, but it could equally be an amazing way to impress your friends and colleagues by converting your personal photos across social media. Why not bring your portfolio site’s about page to life with a super creative mixed media self portrait?

In today’s tutorial you’ll work with:

Members Area Tutorial: Photo Manipulate a Nature Inspired Advertisement

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a nature inspired advertisement design. You’ll learn how to make a grass sofa, create a depth of field, perspective, blending, use brushes, apply text and more.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Members Area Tutorial: Create a Spectacular Fantasy Airship Scene

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create an illustration using techniques such as creating a stylized background, applying patterns effectively and adding ink outlines.

The template for today’s subject, an airship, was created in the Blender 3D suite. If you’re interested in including 3D in your workflow, I highly recommend this Open Source 3D software. You can download it for free at www.blender.org.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Create Beautiful Sunrise Landscape Matte Painting in Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a beautiful sunrise landscape. We’ll work with different manipulating techniques through practicing common photoshop tools to understand proper use of light, shadows, color and perspective.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Members Area Tutorial: Learn How to Photo Manipulate a Realistic Fallen Angel Scene

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a photo manipulation of a fallen angel using advanced skills. You’ll master some techniques such as:

• Extracting hair the correct way.
• Blending various photographic elements seamlessly.
• Creating realistic, custom lighting for your scene.
• Working with smart objects and a professional non-destructive workflow.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image you’ll be creating:

Members Area Tutorial: Create a Stunningly Detailed Matte Painting Landscape

In this tutorial we will be creating an Assassin’s Creed inspired scene where the assassin stands on the top of a building watching over the city.

This tutorial covers topics like,

-In depth explanation of the New Blur Tools and using them effectively in the scene.
-Digital set extension production techniques.
-Advanced Lighting.
-Matte Painting techniques using reference images.
-Cinematic Color correction using adjustment layers, layer masks and Gradients.
-Creating custom building structures.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Daydream – Surreal Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a surreal and conceptual photo manipulation called “Daydream”. We’ll learn how to combine many stocks together, practice different retouching techniques, do coloring and blending, work with group, use your imagination… and more.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Members Area Tutorial: Photo Manipulate the Atmospheric Vampire Piece ‘Nocturna’

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a dark photo manipulation called “Nocturna”. You’ll learn how to combine different stock together and blend them corectly, practice special retouching techniques, paint hair, create different kinds of lighting, work with group and more.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Members Area Tutorial: Photo Manipulate an Atmospheric Warrior Scene

In this tutorial we are going to create a Medieval age environment. In this scene the mountain of doom constantly emits black smoke that covers the sky and prevents the light from sun touching the ground. But the rays of hope falls on a warrior who is destined to put an end to the evil.

This tutorial covers topics like, Concept sketching, Creating a landscape using multiple images, Creating flags using the Displacement Option, Importance of Depth Of Field in matte paintings, Complex extraction techniques Lighting, Cinematic Color Correction and more great techniques!

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: