Tips on Logo Design and Tutorials — Tutorials

I love all the old Las Vegas style neon signs that still litter the streets of our cities. There is something nostalgic about them that always makes me feel like a kid again. Today, I want to show you how you can easily create this same effect with text in Photoshop. We are going to be playing a lot with layer styles here which, in my opinion, is one of the greatest features in Photoshop. This is an intermediate Photoshop tutorial that you may want to bookmark because you never know when you might want to add a neon sign text effect to one of your designs.

Everyone loves Mac and everyone loves background designs so today, I thought that I would combine the two and show you how to create a slick, Mac-like background design in Photoshop. This is an intermediate Photoshop tutorial in which you will be using the Gradient Tool, the Pen Tool and the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Enjoy!

Here is the final design that we will be creating:

Today, I want to teach you how to add a cool neon effect to text. This is an intermediate Photoshop tutorial where you will be playing with Gaussian blur, layer styles and rendering. As per ususal, I have included a short video tutorial at the end of this post. Experiment with the tools that you learn about here and have fun creating your very own stunning neon design.

Knowing how to create custom brushes in Photoshop is a vital tool for every designer. It is a pretty easy technique that really only takes a few minutes to learn. Today, I am going to teach you just that. First,  you will learn how to create a standard custom brush in Photoshop and then, I am going to show you how to apply this technique to create your very own custom smoke brush in Photoshop. Follow the steps below and watch the helpful video tutorials as well. Good luck!

I love typography and I love making designs with type. Today, I want to teach you how you can use type to create a cool background design in Photoshop. This is an intermediate tutorial in which you will be using the type tool as well as different blending modes. This beautiful typography background design can be used as poster art, in your website designs and even for your business cards.

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