Author Archives: Kyle Pero

Arrows, Lines, and Improving Your Photoshop Workflow

The focus of this tutorial will be on adding efficiency and flexibility in your workflow. When working as a designer or artist in a commercial setting you not only have to be creative, but you have to be able to build files that allow you to go back and easily make changes. Learn Photoshop workflow [...]

Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

In this tutorial, we will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to understand, but I should warn you that in this tutorial there ends up being over 60 active text layers, which will require a heavy use of your computer’s memory. Let’s [...]

Create a 60’s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to create a retro 60’s Psychedelic concert poster. This tutorial relies heavily on the use of the warp tool, but includes a few other techniques as well. Let’s get started.

Step 1

Create a new document with a poster like size ratio. Visualize how you want the document [...]

Awesome Photorealistic Coloring Techniques

In this tutorial we will color a black and white photo using gradient maps, solid colors, and the “color” blending mode. Using these techniques, you will be able to hand color any black and white photo in a way that looks photorealistic.

Final Image Preview

Before we get started, let’s take a look at the image we’ll [...]

Part II: How to Add Flaming Decals to a Modern Car Design

This tutorial will explain the steps needed to turn this boring Prius into an awesome street racer. This tutorial is aimed at intermediate users of Photoshop, those who know most of its basic tools, and how to use them. This is Part II of a II part series. Get situated comfortably in your chair, as [...]