Art Tutorials

[Asellas]

www.polykarbon.com
Has very godo effects tutorials like Ki blasts and the likes and also how to do realistic rain for your pictures. ^^

[Goth Girl]

Hey that site gave me some ideas *grabs pencil*

[Rhiannon]

(List borrowed from DDR Freaks forums)

Photoshop tutorials:

<a href="http://www.neofrog.com/tutorials.html">NeoFrog</a>
Basic shapes, text effects, buttons, metal &amp; wires, common effects


<a href="http://www.effectlab.com/elabtut.html">EffectLab</a>
Layer Styles, Pipes, Chrome, Page effects


<a href="http://www.jlswebsource.com/tutorials.html" >JLSwebsource</a>
Basic tools, text effects, shapes, patterns,3d pipe, bolts


<a href="http://tutorials.dreaminfinity.com/" >Dreams Infinity</a>
Design Media, Flash, outlines, image effects, optimization, text effects, metals, holes


<a href="http://www.eyeball-design.com/fxzone/tutorial.htm" >Eyeball-Design</a>
Shapes, bevel, panels, damage/cracks, text effects, grids


<a href="http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/" >Absolute Cross</a>
Basics, text effects, interfaces, fire, brushed metal, photo colorization, stars/nebulas


<a href="http://janeecake.home.att.net/tutorials.htm" >My Janee</a>
Basics, shapes, airbrush, text effects, textures, image restoration, frames


<a href="http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/tuts.htm" >Eyes on Design</a>
Patterns, plastics, bevels, buttons, pixelation, rust, pipes, eyes, crhome, interfaces


<a href="http://www.deepspaceweb.com/sections.php" >Deep Speace Web</a>
Using photoshop, text effects, colorization, wood, spheres, popdots, starbust


<a href="http://www.thinkdan.com/tutorials/photoshop.html" >
ThinkDan</a>
Scanlines, shadows, layers, masks, screen capture, gradients


<a href="http://www.savvy.net/photoshop.htm" >Savvy Photoshop Tutorials</a>
Dots, glow, tiles, airbrush, cutouts


<a href="http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tut_fx.htm" >Tutorials-FX</a>
Reflections, crystals, edges, explosions, lightning.


<a href="http://www.phong.com/tutorials/" >Phong</a>
Slime, anti-aliasing, stones, wireframe sphere


<a href="http://robouk.gdesign.nl/tuts/ps.html" >Robouk-Designs</a>
Plastic, tenticals, polygons, 3d box, mac os text/buttons, puddle


<a href="http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials.html" >Planet Photoshop</a>
Blending, croping, outlines, custom shapes, textures, lighting


<a href="http://www.stewartstudio.com/tips/phototip.htm" >StewartStudio</a>
Basics, text effects, texture, interface elements, corrosion


<a href="http://www.screaming-art.com/tutorials.php" >
Screaming Art Designs</a>
Screws, engraving, chains, sparkles, blood


<a href="http://www.digitaltropic.com/tutorials.htm" >Digital Tropic</a>
extraxting images, neon, water, circle patterns


<a href="http://www.perfectpixels.com/index.cfm?method=photoshop" >PerfectPixels</a>
Custom brushes, transparecy, pen tool, page curls, wet paint


<a href="http://www.distortion.co.uk/freebies/tutorial.html" >Distortion</a>
Beveled items, cloth, outline, stone textures


<a href="http://www.arraich.com/ps_intro.htm" >Jays Arrcaich Tips</a>
Using photoshop guides


<a href="http://www.stridingstudio.com/tutorials/" >
Striding Studio</a>
Pop dots, wireframe, grunge, clouds, 3d text, image manipulation


<a href="http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop.shtml" >GFX^TM</a>
Digital Displays, strokes, light rays


<a href="http://europa.spaceports.com/~beatop/tutorials.htm" >Spaceports</a>
Marble, sphere, vinyl record


<a href="http://www.bizark.com/learn/" >Bizark</a>
Eyeball, waves, buttons


<a href="http://www.carbonfour.com/tutorials/" >Carbonfour</a>
Grunge, pen, tech lines


<a href="http://nebulus.org/index.html?pg=tutorial_ps.asp" >Nebulus</a>
Photoshop in 21 days


<a href="http://www.wastedyouth.org/tutorials/index.html" >Wastedyouth</a>
crystals, night vision, image overlaying, grid, soundwave, metal rings


<a href="http://www.masteratwork.com/ed/7denierave/" >Eddie Designs</a>
Eyeball, sparkles



Photographs and Pictures

<a href="http://www.bciusa.com/index9.html" >Bruce Coleman USA Stock Photography</a>


<a href="http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/" >Public Domain Photos and Images</a>


<a href="http://www.ditto.com/" >Ditto.com image search</a>


<a href="http://www.freefoto.com/" >FreeFoto</a>


<a href="http://www.freeimages.co.uk/" >Free Images</a>


<a href="http://www.istockphoto.com/" >iStockphoto</a>


<a href="http://www.photo.net/" >Photo.net</a>


<a href="http://www.snagyourpic.org/" >SnagYourPic</a>


<a href="http://www.snap-shot.com/" >Snap Shot Wallpaper</a>


<a href="http://www.visipix.com/index.htm" >VisiPix</a>


Fonts

<a href="http://www.1001fonts.com/" >1001 Fonts</a>


<a href="http://www.coolarchive.com/fonts.cfm" >Cool Archive Font Gallery</a>


<a href="http://www.freepcfonts.com/index.html" >Free PC Fonts</a>


<a href="http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/typoasis1.htm" >TypOasis</a>


<a href="http://www.themeworld.com/fonts/index.shtml" >ThemeWorld Font Empire</a>

[Zhou Gongjin]

My 4 Beginner Tutorials

I'll be making other tutorials later on when I have time, but that seems so far from now.

[Yue_Clover]

Thank you for all the links.
I find it so helpful.

[Ajora]

Hi everyone! I'm new here...
And this is supposed to be my first post...Oh, I pick this link from my friend's journal...hope you all like it

http://chaosshattered.deviantart.com/journal/6836628/

[LizavetaVath]

This site looks very cool ^^. I also learn a lot on it :p thx

I'm also new here ^^

[Pi Ka Chu]

Does anyone have a hint for mixing oil color to get a human skin pigment?

[Kristina]

just go to www.deviantart.com and browse the resources. . .there's literally tons.

[Lady Wu]

Can someone give me a quick explanation of palettes and compression and stuff?

The reason why I'm asking:

I'm trying to make a new background logo for the Legend of Lu Bu mod. I know the image has to be 640x400, 256 colours. Not having any fancy graphics-making tools, I just took an image, converted it to a .gif (to get it down to 256 colours), then saved it back as a .bmp. (At least MS Paint tells me that I saved in 256 colours...)



When I tried to import the image (using van's RPGViewer---a fan-made tool for importing and exporting images from a whole bunch of games), the colours got all weird:



RPGViewer's FAQ suggests that it's a palette issue. That sounds like what happened because when I imported an image that's only slightly modified from the original, I don't get this problem.

So isn't 256 colours just 256 colours? Why would there be an issue with palettes? And is there a way to get around this (match the new image to the palette of the old image)?

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PS: Ok, I fixed it:



(Ended up downloading a trial version of Photoshop.)

But yeah, I'd still want to learn a bit about palettes and stuff.