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This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the lightning effect used in the recent Sky logo version. While you can see this type treatment on posters around the UK I first discovered the beautiful glossy typography in their ads on TV. I loved it instantly so I decided to write a tutorial on how to create this type effect in Photoshop. A little knowledge of the program is required, though I believe you should be able to follow the step by step instructions whatever your degree of expertise.
You will learn tricks about selections, blending modes and colour overlays. If there’s any questions please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to address the issue. I hope you enjoy it. Read the rest of this entry »

With pleasure I release the latest PS brush set containing 17 High Resolution Paint Splatter Photoshop Brushes. The brushes are between 2440px to 2500px large which makes them ideal for both print and web projects. It was great fun to create these splatters and splashes. All you need is a straw, watercolours and thick paper to make your own.  As always these hi-res Photoshop brushes are free for  commercial and personal use. Using splatters, drips and splashes is a design trend which doesn’t seem to fade anytime soon so I hope that you can put the brushes to good use. Read the rest of this entry »

This set contains 17 High Resolution Clouds Photoshop Brushes. The brushes are between 2176px to 2500px large which makes them ideal for both print and web projects. While the volcanic ash caused great disruption for air travel it allowed me to shoot these cloud photos without any plane trails in the sky.  As always these hi-res photoshop brushes are free for  commercial and personal use. I hope you can put them to good use. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »

Last week I released the Plain Fabric Textures Set 1 and today you get the 12 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes that go with them. The Plain Fabric brushes are between 2300px and 2500px large which makes them ideal for both web and print projects. There’s textures of different fabrics, such as wool, denim, cotton and synthetics. Use them grunge up your designs and give them a more organic feel. I encourage you to combine different brushes to get even more random results. As always you may use these Plain Fabric Photoshop brushes for personal and commercial projects. I hope you enjoy them. Read the rest of this entry »

This tutorial will teach you how to create a Spiral Galaxy in Photoshop using nothing but filters and simple transformation tools. The tutorial is aimed at beginners and you’ll learn techniques involving different transformation modes, the clouds filter, selection option and using blending modes. Should you run into any trouble feel free to leave a comment to enquire about it. So lets get started. Read the rest of this entry »

This set of 11 Free Scaffolding Grunge Vectors was specifically created with large print designs in mind, but they can be used in web projects too. It’s a common technique to slightly destroy large type in ads and other print campaigns. Using vectors for this purpose is ideal as they can be scaled to any size without loss of quality. All vectors were made using images of scaffolding which were then traced in Illustrator. I’ve also included a short tutorial on how to make the most of these excellent freebies to grunge up type.
Don’t stop there though. Let your imagination wander and get creative. As always these freebies are free for use in both personal and commercial projects. Read the rest of this entry »

This post is part of the free calendar wallpaper series. Each month I create a new wallpaper featuring the current calendar. Looking at the same image over and over again is not very stimulating. Hence having a new desktop background each month should help getting your creative juices flowing. November 2009 Calendar Wallpaper is entitled “Parting Ways” and has been created entirely in Photoshop. I hope you like it.

As always the November 2009 calendar wallpaper comes in the following resolutions and non-calendar versions are also included:

• 1920×1200 (suitable for 1440×900)
• 1600×1200
• 1280×1024
• 320×479 (iPhone, non-calendar version only)

Previews:

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For this set of brushes I wanted to create something with a little body and depth, and I really wanted to accentuate the wisps and pieces of the brush strokes themselves. With that in mind, these brushes are perfect for textures, overlays, and even poster making, letting you achieve a great organic feel. This set has a total of 9 Acrylic Texture Brushes all hovering at exactly 2500px. As always these are free for personal and commercial use. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »

High Resolution Photoshop Brushes and Textures are the most popular items here on fudgegraphics. Since the goal of this blog is to give you what you want I’m happy to release the latest Photoshop Brush Set. There’s a total of 14 Hi-Res Brushes made from various light grunge textures. Some are over 2 years old, others have been taken during my last trip to New York. The set contains concrete, wood and even fabric texture brushes. As always the sizes are a stunning 2500px by 2500px and you may use them in personal and commercial projects. Previews and download after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the Retro Cosmic designs made popular by James White of Signalnoise. All you need is a copy of Photoshop and some time on your hands. In this particular example we’re going to create a retro cosmic rainbow but the techniques explained can be used in combination with any shape and colour.

Preview:

This is a cutout of the final design that will be created in 10 easy steps. So let’s get started. Read the rest of this entry »