Feb 02

How to Make a Worn Vintage Beach Ad in Photoshop

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Photoshop, Tutorials

For my very first contribution to Design Instruct, I’ve written for them this tutorial on How to Make a Worn Vintage Beach Ad in Photoshop. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a worn out, low-saturation-colored vintage beach ad in Photoshop. We’ll use some beginner to intermediate level techniques such as the usage of brushes, editing colors, using filters, masking and a whole lot more!

Jan 27

Create an Old and Stained Newspaper Icon in Photoshop

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Icons, Photoshop, Tutorials

Since I really enjoy the grunge style, I will be sharing to you another awesome tutorial using my favorite style! In this Photoshop tutorial, we will learn how to create an Old and Stained Newspaper Icon from scratch. We will learn some basic to intermediate techniques in Photoshop such as making use of brushes, textures, masking, the burn tool and a lot more!

Jan 12

Create A Cute Vector Octopus in Illustrator with Simple Shapes

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Illustrator, Tutorials

In this Illustrator tutorial, we will learn how to Create A Cute Vector Octopus in Illustrator with Simple Shapes. This is a pretty simple illustration of an octopus using basic Illustrator tools and shapes.

Dec 28

Craft a Vintage Postage Stamp in Photoshop

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Photoshop, Tutorials

In this easy, step-by-step Photoshop tutorial, we will learn how to craft a Realistic Vintage Postage Stamp. This is a pretty simple tutorial making use of basic to intermediate Photoshop techniques and features such as masking, creating your own custom brush, configuring brush presets and color adjustments.

Nov 29

Recreate the New Moon Movie Title Treatment in Photoshop

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Photoshop, Tutorials

I’m sure everyone is familiar with the movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon. In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn to create a type similar to this movie’s title treatment. In this basic Typography tutorial, there will be no need for us to download extra brushes, tools or plugins as we will be using the most basic Photoshop tools and techniques and its default brushes.

Oct 21

Create a Realistic and Worn-Out Movie Ticket in Photoshop

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Photoshop, Tutorials

In this Photoshop tutorial, we will learn how to create a real-looking, worn-out movie ticket. It’s a pretty simple Photoshop tutorial involving some basic procedures which I’m sure will be very helpful especially for anyone with beginner skills.

Oct 08

Easy Steps to Design A Funky Retro Poster in Photoshop

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Photoshop, Tutorials

Some months ago, Dawghouse Design Studio has given away a free CSS template called Retrograde. I was very happy as it got a lot of downloads especially when it was converted into a blog template and made available to Blogspot users. Using similar elements as the template, in this step-by-step Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to create a Funky Retro Poster with very easy steps!