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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,…

Creating Seamless Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Hello and welcome to this tutorial! In this tutorial, we will be exploring how to use Adobe Photoshop to create seamless repeating textures. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner, this demo will provide you with the knowledge…

Photoshop Sticker Mockup Tutorial

Use your own drawings to make sticker mockups Create digital sticker mockups of your own drawings in a few simple steps. (Download working files) ArtBasics.online is a school I am starting for the aspiring artist to develop foundational skills. Stop…

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…

diModule | Adding texture to a brush

Adding texture to a brush | This process simulates how a textures surface such as canvas or gesso influence the texture. Applying a texture to the brush 1. add a texture [diModule | Creating texture] 2. open the brushes pallet|…

Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper

Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper from Scott E Franson on Vimeo. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop…

Coloring a line in Photoshop (video tutorial)

I am experimenting with creating some video tutorials. Please let me know what you think.

Creating a RGB Color Pallet that is CMYK Safe

I prefer to work in Adobe Photoshop in RGB Mode. RGB stands the primary colors of light which are Red, Green and Blue. When a book is printed the color mode that is used is CMYK. CMYK stands for Cyan,…

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…

How to add texture to a Photoshop brush

This brush stroke is made with the Hard-Round 19 pixles brush. This texture is scanned from a board that I textured with gesso. When the gesso dried, I painted over the complete surface with a thin acrylic wash of black.…