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Tutorials Indexed: 1475
Author: Biorust
Total number of clicks received: 401176
Total number of tutorials listed: 57
Fake ASCII Art
Fake ASCII Art - Biorust - Dead link
Ranging from simple objects created with punctuation marks to fully-fledged A4-sized masterpieces, text-art is a unique and often very difficult to master artform. But why spend hours with notepad when you can simply fake ASCII art using Photoshop in under 5 minutes?
Category: Web Graphics | March 4, 2007 | 735 total clicks
The Making of 'Seductive Intent'
The Making of 'Seductive Intent' - Biorust - Dead link
The most complex and awe-inspiring digital paintings are often created using the simplest techniques. In this exclusive guide by our resident expert, Slickgreekgeo, you can find simple yet powerful techniques that will help your digital paintings reach new heights of excellence.
Category: Miscellaneous | March 4, 2007 | 571 total clicks
Pixel Stretch Swirl
Pixel Stretch Swirl - Biorust - Dead link
Using the pixel stretch technique and polar coordinates, you can create interesting pixel swirls. This neat little effect that can be used with any picture & in any project, and it only takes a few quick steps!
Category: Effects | December 17, 2006 | 606 total clicks
Creating A Colour Toning Curve
Creating A Colour Toning Curve - Biorust - Dead link
The Curves adjustment layer provides a sophisticated method for modifying the contrast of an image, but that\'s not all that you can do with Curves. This tutorial tells you how to duplicate the colour toning of a reference image so that you can use it to tone other black & white pictures.
Category: Photo Effects | October 18, 2006 | 524 total clicks
Type Along A Path
Type Along A Path - Biorust - Dead link
The ability to flow text along user-defined paths may sound a relatively minor feature, but the creative capabilities it opens up are well worth it, and reduce the need to rely on Adobe Illustrator even further!
Category: Text Effects | October 18, 2006 | 504 total clicks
Pencil Sketch Techniques
Pencil Sketch Techniques - Biorust - Dead link
One effect that people commonly ask about is how to turn a photo into a pencil sketch. This tutorial covers four different ways to accomplish this effect in Photoshop, with further commentary on how the results can be improved with the application of more advanced techniques
Category: Photo Effects | October 18, 2006 | 770 total clicks
Isometric Pixel Art
Isometric Pixel Art - Biorust - Dead link
Have you ever seen pixel art on games such as Coke Music or Habbo Hotel, and wanted to do such things yourself? Well then read on as we takesyou through the basic, intermediate, and advanced techniques that create such interesting, fun, and beautiful work.
Category: Basics | September 15, 2006 | 584 total clicks
Sky Writing
Sky Writing - Biorust - Dead link
This tutorial details a simple techniqe to create text with a shadow that conforms to the structure of undulating clouds behind it. Images created using this method won't win you any medals, but they may get you noticed in business meetings... and that's never a bad thing!
Category: Web Graphics | August 8, 2006 | 597 total clicks
Choppy Seas
Choppy Seas - Biorust - Dead link
Its a sad fact, but newbies to the world of Photoshop texturing can sometimes feel lost at sea with all the options, filters, and plug-ins available to them. Instead of reaching for a lifeline, however, how about creating a simple seafaring texture on your very own monitor?
Category: Web Graphics | August 8, 2006 | 559 total clicks
Old Movie Effect
Old Movie Effect - Biorust - Dead link
In the early days of film, black and white fuzzy film was the best that you could get. In many ways we are much better off nowadays, but if you still hark back for times gone by, there is a very easy way to convert virtually any photo into an image that looks like a frame from an old movie.
Category: Photo Effects | August 8, 2006 | 639 total clicks
Windows XP Folders
Windows XP Folders - Biorust - Dead link
Of course, if you are trying to make an icon, you should really use a vector-based program to avoid pixellation when resizing to/from icon sizes. That said, beggar's can't be choosers, and if you want to create Windows XP-style icons solely in Photoshop, then this is how you do it!
Category: Web Graphics | June 1, 2006 | 616 total clicks
Colorizing B&W Photos
Colorizing B&W Photos - Biorust - Dead link
Whether you agree or not with film studios digitally remastering their B&W films in full color nonewithstanding, this tutorial details a simple method for accomplishing the same effect for stills in Photoshop using nothing more than patience and a good eye for color detail.
Category: Basics | June 1, 2006 | 805 total clicks
Semi-Transparent Keypads
Semi-Transparent Keypads - Biorust - Dead link
Lets face it - big chunky metallic keypads are in the past! This tutorial details a very simple yet effective method for creating much funkier semi-transparent keypads of any size, and even gives numerous ideas for further developments of more complex designs.
Category: Buttons | April 5, 2006 | 593 total clicks
Creating Cold Light
Creating Cold Light - Biorust - Dead link
Cold light conveys feelings of isolation, loneliness, and emptiness - feelings you'd hardly want from a product, but very useful if you want to exploit perceptions to enhance before-and-after images (eg. in fitness magazines, when hawking health supplements, etc).
Category: Photo Effects | March 25, 2006 | 444 total clicks
Steam & Vapor
Steam & Vapor - Biorust - Dead link
Unlike hard-edged objects, steam has an almost ethereal quality which can be hard to replicate. With the following technique, however, you will learn a simple method for creating realistic steam using nothing except Photoshop's in-built filters and a little attention to detail.
Category: Effects | March 25, 2006 | 410 total clicks
Understanding Levels
Understanding Levels - Biorust - Dead link
Far from being voodoo, manipulating levels is a very powerful way to quickly improve an image's tonal range and color balance. In this theory-based tutorial you will learn how they work, and realize how mastery of Levels functionality will make you a superior-level Photoshop user.
Category: Basics | March 25, 2006 | 569 total clicks
Depth Of Field Adjustment
Depth Of Field Adjustment - Biorust - Dead link
With good lighting conditions, the subject of a photo can stand out beautifully, but what happens when the background is simply too intrusive/colorful? This tutorial describes a very simple method for depth of field adjustment using default tools and a little touch of creative vision.
Category: Photo Effects | October 5, 2005 | 1321 total clicks
Correcting Image Skew
Correcting Image Skew - Biorust - Dead link
Even the most professional photographer cannot keep their viewfinder perfectly level all the time. This tutorial describes probably the simplest and most effective method for skew correction, using the often forgotten Measure Tool.
Category: Photo Effects | September 19, 2005 | 3333 total clicks
Realistic Water Droplets
Realistic Water Droplets - Biorust - Dead link
This tutorial details a simple method for creating realistic water droplets that can be added to any image. All you need is Photoshop, an underlying picture, and a sense of perspective. Interested? Read on...
Category: Effects | September 15, 2005 | 4578 total clicks
Basic Anime Hair
Basic Anime Hair - Biorust - Dead link
Comprising of thousands of curves, shadows, and highlights, hair is difficult to color effectively, but make it anime-style hair and the problem gets even worse! This tutorial provides a detailed walkthrough for one way of tackling this advanced artistic dilemma.
Category: Miscellaneous | August 29, 2005 | 9253 total clicks
Ion Beams
Ion Beams - Biorust - Dead link
Calling down destruction on your foes has never been simpler with this easy-to-create Ion Beam! If destruction is not your thing, then it also looks rather excellent in abstract artworks.
Category: Effects | August 20, 2005 | 9858 total clicks
Animated Shine
Animated Shine - Biorust - Dead link
Give your signatures a little bling with this highly-detained animated shine. It may look difficult from the outset, but with both Photoshop & Imageready at your disposal, you'll be amazed just how quickly you can create this cool effect!
Category: Effects | August 20, 2005 | 9631 total clicks
Advanced 3D Abstracts
Advanced 3D Abstracts - Biorust - Dead link
There are, of course, hundreds of different ways to make 3D abstracts, with no particular method better than another. This intermediate skill-level tutorial uses a combination of a 3D package and Adobe Photoshop. The results speak for themselves!
Category: Miscellaneous | July 27, 2005 | 9588 total clicks
Simple Painterly Effects
Simple Painterly Effects - Biorust - Dead link
Photoshop's apparent complexity does not mean that superb effects are beyond the grasp of novice users. This tutorial describes a simple technique for creating oil-painted effects using nothing more than a photograph and the basic Photoshop tools.
Category: Photo Effects | July 27, 2005 | 9695 total clicks
Basic Anime Eyes
Basic Anime Eyes - Biorust - Dead link
Eyes are notoriously difficult to color effectively, but make them anime-style eyes and you make the problem even worse! This tutorial is a very detailed and simple walkthrough explaining the steps needed to create a detailed and effective anime-style eye!
Category: Miscellaneous | July 6, 2005 | 9782 total clicks
Metallic & Organic Lighting
Metallic & Organic Lighting - Biorust - Dead link
This tutorial describes step-by-step how to create a nice fancy lighting/coloring effect. With this technique you'll never need to change the color balance on a render to make it blend well with your background ever again!
Category: Miscellaneous | July 6, 2005 | 10017 total clicks
Airbrushing On Photos
Airbrushing On Photos - Biorust - Dead link
This tutorial details a technique to turn a perfectly normal photograph into a piece of art that looks as if it has been painted from scratch by a very skilled artist.
Category: Miscellaneous | July 6, 2005 | 9905 total clicks
Artistic Color Isolation
Artistic Color Isolation - Biorust - Dead link
In this world of 16.7m colors it may seem like a backward step to convert images into black&white but, as modern film noir has shown us, isolated color in monochrome images can be very eye-catching and portray important information & emotions.
Category: Basics | June 22, 2005 | 9782 total clicks
Creating & Using Favicons
Creating & Using Favicons - Biorust - Dead link
Whilst by no means an essential part of any website, favicons are a great way to make your site stand out from the crowd, and work well in maintaining a design theme.
Category: Web Graphics | June 22, 2005 | 9770 total clicks
Painting An Eye
Painting An Eye - Biorust - Dead link
They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul... which probably explains why they are so flipping hard to design digitally. If you have this problem, follow this little tutorial on painting a realistic eye in Photoshop, and be enlightened!
Category: Miscellaneous | October 28, 2004 | 10176 total clicks
Painting A Wooden Plank
Painting A Wooden Plank - Biorust - Dead link
In this tutorial you will learn how to paint a wooden plank using the default tools available with all modern versions of Photoshop. Detailed advice will also be given concerning realistic detailing of the wood, and the light sourcing behind it. A graphics tablet is useful for this tutorial, but not essential.
Category: Miscellaneous | October 3, 2004 | 10161 total clicks
The Last Remainder
The Last Remainder - Biorust - Dead link
This article gives a general walkthrough of the 'Last Remainder' digital painting, and the techniques used in its construction. Great attention is given to the overall design process, and how details are built up over time. A graphics tablet is useful for this tutorial, but not essential.
Category: Miscellaneous | October 3, 2004 | 10457 total clicks
Planetary Masses
Planetary Masses - Biorust - Dead link
Few designers have the skills to create a planet that looks like it has been freshly produced by a 3D rendering package. The aim of this tutorial is to describe one advanced method for creating these 3D-effect planets with the minimum amount of time and effort, & using only default photoshop filters.
Category: Miscellaneous | August 19, 2004 | 9962 total clicks
Shiny Spheres
Shiny Spheres - Biorust - Dead link
Carefully crafted 3D-effect spheres are one of the most visually pleasing and effective weapons in the designer's arsenal. Learn how I make them using only layer effects and a little PS Wizardry.
Category: Web Graphics | August 19, 2004 | 9988 total clicks
Liquify & Abstracts
Liquify & Abstracts - Biorust - Dead link
One of the most powerful yet underused additions to Photoshop in recent years is the Liquify filter. With a few flicks of your wrist you can use the filter's special tools to create convincing abstracts and plasma effects in record-breaking times.
Category: Effects | August 19, 2004 | 10222 total clicks
Easy Nova
Easy Nova - Biorust - Dead link
Sometimes a single effect can produce production-quality graphics all by itself. The aim of this tutorial is to show you a remarkably simple way of creating energy swirls using a single technique, and then extrapolate the method to create a visually stunning masterpiece.
Category: Effects | August 18, 2004 | 10348 total clicks
Light Swirls
Light Swirls - Biorust - Dead link
If you are designing 3D abstracts, then chances are that this effect is just what you need to add a little bit of extra pizzazz to your work. Best of all, its simple to create and extremely versatile.
Category: Effects | August 18, 2004 | 10600 total clicks
Stray Energy
Stray Energy - Biorust - Dead link
Textures are created for a wide variety of different reasons - sometimes to add detail to 3D rendered scenes, and other times just to look cool & impress your friends. This texture definitely belongs in the latter category!
Category: Effects | August 16, 2004 | 10119 total clicks
The Plastic Effect
The Plastic Effect - Biorust - Dead link
The infamous plastic effect with a twist. Learn how to recreate it using only layer effects, and understand the theory behind the effect. Very handy for interfaces & text!
Category: Text Effects | August 16, 2004 | 10146 total clicks
Starburst Effects
Starburst Effects - Biorust - Dead link
When it comes to impact and relative simplicity, it is very hard to beat a skilfully composed starburst effect. Used by the advertising industry, they are surprisingly eye-catching, and can make totally mundane objects appear much more enticing.
Category: Web Graphics | August 12, 2004 | 10018 total clicks
Metal Meshes
Metal Meshes - Biorust - Dead link
Metal mesh textures are remarkably simple to create and can give your interfaces and/or artwork a much needed dose of industrial-style funk.
Category: Web Graphics | August 12, 2004 | 10053 total clicks
Perplexing Plasmids
Perplexing Plasmids - Biorust - Dead link
Photoshop has a wealth of tools available to design funky and downright outlandish effects.This tutorial definitely belongs in the latter camp, and the results apparently resemble a plasmid under an electron microscope... or so Ive been told!
Category: Web Graphics | August 9, 2004 | 10306 total clicks
Signature Techniques
Signature Techniques - Biorust - Dead link
Signatures are little graphics which can go at the end of your e-mails, after posts to online forums, commenting systems, etc. They are as individual as your genes and often go alongside avatars as ways to express your identity online.
Category: Basics | August 9, 2004 | 10268 total clicks
The Pattern Maker
The Pattern Maker - Biorust - Dead link
The Pattern Maker plug-in that comes with version 7.0 and greater of Photoshop is arguably one of the most powerful tools ever to aid 2D Artists. It is so absurdly easy to use, and produces such great results, that it has quickly become very popular amongst texture developers. Lets see why...
Category: Web Graphics | August 9, 2004 | 10049 total clicks
Custom Shape
Custom Shape - Biorust - Dead link
Unlike raster (i.e. pixel-based) objects, vector shapes can be scaled up to any size with absolutely no loss in quality. The ultimate goal of this tutorial is to show you how to make these custom shapes for Photoshop.
Category: Miscellaneous | July 13, 2004 | 10071 total clicks
Vector Masking
Vector Masking - Biorust - Dead link
The aim of this tutorial is to detail 'vector masks', a handy Photoshop feature which allows you to 'cut out' objects from their background, but without any actual loss to the original source picture. The major advantages to this method will quickly become apparent, and soon you will wonder how on earth you ever coped with the traditional 'eraser' technique.
Category: Basics | July 2, 2004 | 10320 total clicks
Abstract Wireframes
Abstract Wireframes - Biorust - Dead link
When it comes to abstract creation, Photoshop can add enviable depth and undeniable complexity to an image. In this tutorial I will describe a simple technique to create exceedingly detailed wire frames using little more than default Photoshop tools and a basic knowledge of Photoshop tools.
Category: Miscellaneous | July 2, 2004 | 10244 total clicks
Animated Fire
Animated Fire - Biorust - Dead link
Ever since we first learned how to make it in the stone age, mankind has had a profound fascination with fire. Now you too can set Photoshop ablaze with the power and beauty of fire by following this animated 9 step tutorial. Just remember to play safely, and not singe your fingers!
Category: Effects | July 2, 2004 | 9747 total clicks
Realistic Cigarettes
Realistic Cigarettes - Biorust - Dead link
Are you trying to quit smoking? Tired of patches, gum, tablets, and other nicotine replacement therapies? Well, instead of giving in and smoking a cigarette, why not try creating one for a change?
Category: Web Graphics | May 4, 2004 | 9906 total clicks
Crescent Shapes
Crescent Shapes - Biorust - Dead link
Crescent shapes are very popular, and grace everything from logos to website. Best of all, they are also simplicity itself to create, and can be combined with layer effects to create stunning designs.
Category: Web Graphics | May 4, 2004 | 10199 total clicks
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