June 12, 2009 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial will teach you how to make a cool “Love Design” wallpaper for you iPhone, obviously not everyone has an iPhone so if you wanted you could use the techniques and scale it up to a wallpaper for you desktop for instance, the main idea is to teach you how to get cool effects.
Tags: Apple, Design, iPhone, Photoshop, Tutorial, Wallpaper
October 16, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial is an addition to the previous wallpaper tutorial I did, as that got such a good response I thought I would make another wallpaper this time using different methods to achieve quite a unique look.
Tags: Color, Colour, Grunge, Photoshop, Texture, Tutorial, Wallpaper
October 6, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial will show you the steps and techniques used when creating a CD icon which can be used on websites etc… Very useful as the same techniques can be applied when making other icons/images
Tags: CD, Compact, Design, Disc, Icon, Photoshop, Tutorials
September 18, 2008 in Designing, Website News/Updates by Steve Tolley
This tutorial is possibly one of my favourites as I love the outcome, we are going to create a desktop wallpaper with a bit of a difference, we will use a range of techniques and most importantly we are going to use our imagination and creativity skills,
Tags: Colour, Creativity, Pen, Photoshop, Tool, Tutorials, Wallpaper
September 12, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial is an add on from the Poster article the other day, we will create a Retro/Grunge style poster using the pen tool some textures and playing with text to make it look more retro,
Tags: Colour, Grunge, Photoshop, Poster, Retro, Tutorial
September 4, 2008 in Designing, Web Graphics by Steve Tolley
This tutorial will show you how to create a grungy style banner that can be used on posters or on websites, it is a very simple process and therefore quite a short tutorial but offers techniques which can be used on any project,
Tags: Banner, Brushes, Grunge, Photoshop, Poster, Tutorials, Website
September 1, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial is quite a long one, so I would go get a drink now if I were you, OK we are going to make a MacBook Pro in Photoshop using shapes and different blending options, combining these two simple things we get a realistic vector outcome which can be used in many different situations, so…let’s begin,
Tags: Apple, Book, Mac, MacBook, Photoshop, Pro, Tutorials
August 30, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial will show you how to make the cool image you often see behind the social bookmark links at the bottom of posts on most websites, some are more elaborate than others which helps to make your social bookmarks stand out more, I will show you how to make the background image and what techniques i used in order to get the effect I have ended up with, they are basic steps but ones that can be applied to other situations,
Tags: Background, Bookmark, Bookmarking, Design, Image, Photoshop, Social, Tutorials
April 6, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial will show you how to get a nice polaroid image effect just using standard shapes and images, not difficult to follow and can be used in many projects, e.g. Family Holiday Photos, Weddings etc…
Very easy to follow and not complicated to complete PSD files included incase you need any extra help.
Tags: Design, Photoshop, Polaroid, Tutorials
April 5, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley
This tutorial will give you some useful tips on how to create a professional looking logo using simple design techniques and how to showcase your work using basic Photoshop lighting options, very useful when looking at logo design for your own website or maybe just to learn abit more how Photoshop works
Tags: Design, Logo, Photoshop, Showcasing, Tutorials
March 27, 2008 in Designing, Web Graphics by Steve Tolley
This tutorial has proven to be very popular as it shows how to make a sign/banner for a business or website using a variety of blending options to show light and shadow, which leaves you with a great effect at the end which would really stand out on any website/image.
Tags: Banner, Blending Options, Photoshop, Sign, Tutorials