written by ushurani – In this tutorial I will show you how to create realistic cat fur. It takes some patience to get to the desired result, but eventually you’ll end up with a super cute, furry kitten! This tutorial is written for beginners.

Icons can come in incredibly handy for both web and print design. They are a great and very simple way to add graphics to text areas, overall making it a much easier and better experience for the user.

In this tutorial we’ll use Photoshop CS to create a shiny new chain. We’ll cover creating shapes using a knockout techniques with Shape Layers to applying some fairly sophisticated contours with Layer Styles. This tutorial will help you rethink how Photoshops Layer Styles work and by the end you’ll not only have a damn sexy chain, but have learned some new techniques by thinking out...

This tutorial steps you through the process of using YQL to create a Twitter status updater using JavaScript. Source code included.

Almost 2 years ago, I wrote a Photoshop tutorial that became quite popular. Its effect was a sort of explosion of mental waves, like a powerful superhero attack. Because of the tutorial’s popularity, I decided to recreate that effect in Pixelmator. In this tutorial, we will play with a few filters such as blurs, clouds, and distortions. Additionally, we will mix some photos and blendings in order...

We have a great tutorial sent by one of our readers, Chanito from Panama. In this tutorial he will show you how to create a good 3D type explosion with Adobe Illustrator, Cinema 4D and Adobe Photoshop. We will use basic tools to make this artwork. Good Luck!!

I started Zee back in 2004 with a friend of mine, Fabiano Meneghetti. Throughout these years we have learned a lot, from our successes and of course from the failures. It’s part of the game right, even though we try to succeed more than fail. One of this mistakes, was to partnership with people that did not share the same thoughts that we have, with different perspectives and ideas.

Basically, in this tutorial I’m going to be showing you how to create a photo effect like the one in the below image, it’s pretty much all accomplished by using color curves and color levels, as are most photo effects, right? Start by finding some appropriate picture to use it in this tutorial. I used a [...]

Here I’ll show you how to make funny colorful Christmas balls using Photoshop techniques. First of all, you should create a new document about 500×500 pixels and fill it with white color. After that select the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create selection as on my picture below. Fill selected area with color of #580001 on the [...]

We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your photo manipulation skills to the next level, then we have a great tutorial for you. Learn how to add ivy that appears to naturally climb a building. And of course, this technique could be applied to just about anything. Learn more at the jump!

We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your 3D poster skills to the next level, then we have an awesome retro tutorial for you. Learn how to make and put to use Stereoscopic 3D images in Photoshop. Learn more at the jump!

Regular expressions can be scary…really scary. Fortunately, once you memorize what each symbol represents, the fear quickly subsides. If you fit the title of this article, there’s much to learn! Let’s get started.