Archive for the ‘Grunge Tutorials’ Category

Creating Old Paper With Custom Brushes

Posted on 2008 08, 25 by admin

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a Custom Brush using a folded piece of paper and then how to use that brush to create an old piece of paper.


Photo Transfer Edge Effect

Posted on 2008 08, 18 by admin

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a cool old photo transfer edge effect using a piece of stock photography, an alpha channel and the burn and dodge tools.


Dark Grunge Photo Effect

Posted on 2008 08, 11 by admin

In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn a neat grungy photo effect using a variety of Photoshop filters and image adjustments.

Easy Photo Grunge Effect

Posted on 2008 08, 04 by admin

In this tutorial, we’re going to explore some non-destructive image editing. With these techniques, you can bring out the best in an image, or absolutely destroy the graphic, but still keep the original photo intact.

Design a Cartoon Grunge Web site Layout

Posted on 2008 07, 29 by admin

Learn how to add a worn look that works well with cartoon-style graphics. Different flavors of grunge styles are popular all over the Web right now. Learn a unique approach to wear and tear that you can incorporate into your next Web site design.

Trendy Geometric Lines Design Tutorial

Posted on 2008 07, 22 by admin

“Starting with the design application of Adobe Illustrator create a group of vector based geometric lines at dynamic 45 degree angles, then follow the walkthrough to rough them up with brush textures in Adobe Photoshop resulting in a cool and trendy design style.”

Creating an Old-Collage Effect Poster

Posted on 2008 07, 15 by admin

One of my favorite ‘looks’ is the sort of old-collage feel of old photos and old paper. It’s a favorite because it lets you work images and text together really easily. In this tutorial we’ll put together a poster where there is a main photograph and a lot of text using the old-collage feel.

Quick Grundgy Poster

Posted on 2008 07, 08 by admin

“In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a sort of grunge poster. We will learn how to make some elements look a bit dirty, create textures, and add some depths to the elements using shadows and blend modes.”


Add Stock Textures to Images for extra ‘Oomph’

Posted on 2008 07, 02 by admin

“In this little Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing a quick art piece, then we’ll be adding some texture to it, this is to demonstrate the use of texture in artwork, as you may be able to see in works from people such as GoMedia. Obviously this method will work better with some things and not so well with others, so please try to use it in moderation, if you will.”