www.photoshoptower.com Tutorials

Sleek Template
In this tutorial l will show you how to easily create a website template using a few fundamental design techniques that even a newcomer to photoshop could undertake with ease.

Hand Held Interface
In this tutorial l will explain the techniques used to create an MP3 player/handheld style interface. You can use the techniques taught in this tutorial to create an interface layout or even to create icons for your website.

Header Creation
In this tutorial we will be creating the header for our layout.

Frame Creation
In this tutorial we will be creating the frame work for our layout design.

Easy Silhouette
In this tutorial l will show you a few techniques used to create an easy one, or two town Silhouette. Also know as "iPod people", or the "cell shading" technique. This can work with virtually any photo, but for the purpose of this tutorial l'm going to use a photo of a our pooch.

Classy Header
In this tutorial we are going to create a simple, clean business header that will work great for nearly any professional business website.

Skate-Or-Die
This is a short tutorial explaining how l had made the "Skate-or-Die" image that l've used as an avatar on a couple of community forums. This tutorial will basically show you how to take any photo (preferably a dramatic action pose) and turn it into a great looking "grunge" type poster.

Beveled Control Buttons
In this tutorial we're going to create rounded 3d buttons that look like they're popping right off of the screen.

Mega Tech Layout
In this tutorial will show you how to build a soft tech site from the ground up. There are several techniques covered in this tutorial that you will definitely have to master if you plan on designing web layouts as a profession, or just as a weekend web warrior. In any event, this tutorial should get you off the ground on the road to utilizing photoshops built in utilities for designing web layouts.

Abstract Grunge Effect
In this tutorial l will show you how to utilize photoshops layer options to create an easy abstract/grunge background that is very popular for personal sites, wall papers, and even signature backgrounds.

Crystillic Ice
Learn how to create this cool crystalized ice effect for your header and banner backgrounds.

Alien Embryo
In this tutorial we will create an abstract cosmic alien embryo looking mass. These are great for desktop backgrounds, or for banner/sig backgrounds. I also have used portions of these in tech headers. After doing this tutorial you should pick up several fundamental photoshop creation techniques.

Red Giant
In this tutorial l will show you a technique used to create a great star-field with an exploding red giant. This effect is extremely easy to create and looks great for a desktop background, or a signature.

Unique Technology Layout
In this tutorial l will show you step by step how l created this mock layout for a technology website. This layout would work great for a company that develops software, or hardware. Or offers specific internet/customer relations services.

Guts
In this tutorial l will show you how to create the effect of lava crust or photoshop guts as l like to call it for your signature, which really gives a great look to your banner or signature backgrounds. This technique could also be used to create awesome desktop backgrounds and/or webpage backgrounds.

complex cluster
In this tutorial l will teach you how to create a great looking plastic flower icon. The steps in this tutorial can be altered in any way to create a completely different logo for your company or website. This effect is extremely easy to produce, but yet looks great in the end and compliments any company, e-commerce or graphics based website.

Shatter Background
In this tutorial l will show you how to create a shatter background that looks great in signature/banner backgrounds. This is a very easy technique that is used all over the place on message boards these days.

Spun Tunnel
In this tutorial you will learn how to create an abstract tunnel that looks great as a header background, or a signature banner.

Faux Render
Well after reading this tutorial you will be able to create a faux render that looks like it came straight from one of those expensive 3d rendering software packages but in reality was completely generated within photoshop. All you need is a little imagination.

Render Layout
This is part 5 in a 5 part tutorial to easily create a render layout out of a simple render in about 20 minutes.