Background of flowers and butterflies

Create a background with 600x600 dimensions and 72 dpi and paint it with the gradient (instrument adobe photoshop gradient tool ), like in the picture where are indicated also the color codes.

Ornamental design - Floral background

Create a new file with dimensions 600x600 and 72 dpi and paint it with the color ffbe00.

Yellow background illustration

In this tutorial you will learn how to create Yellow background Illustration. Let’s create a new document with dimensions 300x300 and 72dpi. Paint it with the color, which code is indicated with red.

warp speed effect

Step 1 Create new document 300px x 300px, background white. Step 2 Create new layer and fill it with white. Pick Marquee tool, select Fixed Size, Width 300px and Height 10px. Click somewhere on document. Now we have selection 300px x 10px. Step 3 Go to the FILTER - NOISE - ADD NOISE and select values as I did: Step 4 Press CTRL + L on keyboard to go to the levels menu. Make histogram look like this: Step 5 Press CTRL + T to transform selection. Pull the upper side of selection t

Unique Abstract Effect - Plasma-like, shiny.

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a unique abstract plasma-like effect like this: To be totally honest, I don’t know what the heck you could use this for, but it does look cool! STEP 1 Create a new document, make it large 300*300+, make the background black, then make a new layer, get a soft brush out (one of the default ones) if you have other brushes out, go to ‘Reset Brushes’ give it a radius of around 80px, and hardness 0%. Draw a white dot in the middle. STEP 2

Geometric Abstract

In this tutorial we will create a wonderful geometric abstract background effect that looks very good as a banner or signature background. This effect is almost entirely made up of various preset filters and shapes, therefore is great for the beginner to intermediate photoshop digital artist.

The Enigmatic Space Ball

Sometimes it's just cool to make crazy 3D objects that you can use on futuristic web sites or incorporate into a logo or whatever. Here is a neat lil' one I came up with mostly by accident. 1) Open a new document to whatever size you want and proceed to the shape tool as highlighted to the right. We're going to do a gray looking planet so I chose a medium gray to make my circle. 1a) Fill the circle into your document but make sure you leave enough space around it for the shadowing we will

Abstract Vectoring

In this tutorial will learn abstract vectoring.

Aurora scene – the polar light

Create new document in PhotoShop, with, let?s say: 400 x 700 px. Make gradient on background with colors: #001d60 (top) and black (bottom). Duplicate background layer, set it?s mode to Darken and opacity to 75%. Use Filter > Render > Clouds.

Beehive on a Fire Style Background

Start by applying a gradient to the background.fiery background that could be used for a site header.

Creating glowing stars abstract background

In this tutorial you?ll learn to create abstract glowing-stars background for your design in PhotoShop.

Retro Style Background

In this tutorial we'll be making a retro 60's TV show background. It's a great design to display products, services, or to use on banners. These things are easy to make if you know the right techniques.

Attractive Background Effect

Start by creating tile 3 shape using custom shape tool. Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Scale it down and rotate 45°. Similarly create another duplicate. Scale, rotate and fill it with black color. Select all the shape layers and press Ctrl+E to merge. Duplicate the layer and hide it. From filter menu select artistic>>plastic wrap. Apply settings as shown.

Simple Fractal

In this tutorial l will show you one way to create a fractal effect in photoshop with very few steps. This technique is 99 percent filters; therefore anyone can do it regardless of artistic abilities; or inabilities in some cases heh.

Retro Desktop, Wallpaper

Learn to create a unique retro desktop, wallpaper. And it's easy to do!

Sinedots

When it comes to creative image design, Adobe Photoshop is one of the best graphics applications available in the world today. That is not to say, however, that it cannot be improved via the use of nifty add-in filters and tools. This tutorial details the usage of one such plug-in, Sinedots, and shows how you can use the power of mathematics to create some pretty darned nifty abstract graphics - useful for forum signatures and psychedelic imagery.

Electric arcs tunnel background

Create this abstract and futuristic tunnel background effect in Photoshop. Start by creating a new layer. Fill the layer with blue color. From filter menu select render>>lens flare. Apply settings as shown. From select menu apply color range. Pick black as sample color.

Fabric Folds

In this tutorial, we'll learn to create a background image that looks like multiple folds of silk fabric. This is a great effect and technique for your collage artwork, as it is easy to blend or fade in with other elements of a collage piece.

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.

Cool Abstract Background

Start by creating a new file. Select gradient tool and apply gradient settings as shown. Apply the gradient to the background. Apply the gradient three times using random centers. Duplicate the layer and change the layer mode to multiply. Select both the layers and press Ctrl+E to merge. From filter menu select artistic>>plastic wrap. Apply settings as shown....