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Expanding the area of a texture

Hello and welcome to this tutorial on how to increase the area of a texture in Photoshop. If you’re a graphic designer or digital artist, you know that a quality texture is essential for creating high-quality designs. In this tutorial,…

Tutorial: Basic Repeating Pattern

Repeating pattern from Scott Franson on Vimeo. This Tutorial shows how to create a basic repeating pattern. Choose a pattern size and create a new document. (The resolution matters. My default is 3×3 inches at 300 pixels per inch) Draw…

Tutorial | Basic Color Harmony

Harmony in a Color Pallet from Scott Franson on Vimeo. This Tutorial shows one way to use Adobe Photoshop to create color harmony. Mixing a bit of one color into the other colors in your pallet will give the colors…

Scratchboard, Linocut Tutorial

Dylan this is for you. I will add to the instructions soon. This is just the beginning of a tutorial you requested. The tutorial is a work in progress. The title of the piece is Sleeping Beauty. The directions assume…

Coloring a scanned line in Photoshop

This is the most re-requested tutorial that I teach in the digital Illustration class. While many of the processes are interesting to try, this process is one that nearly every illustrator will need to use at some point. The result…

Adding a Watermark to an image

Step 1: Create 2 layers in Adobe Photoshop. One with your image and one with the desired watermark in black. Step 2: On the layers palette click the effects button at the bottom and select Bevel and Emboss from the…