This past month I came across a huge number of creative and interesting Photoshop tutorials. Many of theme have a very familiar theme, the holidays to come. Designers have outcome themselves trying to make the most beautiful Christmas composition, the most creative and stunning new year wallpaper and so on. Besides seasonal tutorials, I also found some other awesome tuts worth checking out. Enjoy!

Today we will create a cool wallpaper with Photoshop, a few stock photos and tons of fun. Plus, there are quite a few tips and tricks you’ll learn along the way, it’s definitely worth reading. The tutorial is thoroughly explained, it reveals not only the technical aspect, but also how the ideas comes to life and how they morph to fit seamlessly in the same design.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Completion time: 1-2 hours
Tools: Photoshop CS3

Today we will create a movie poster inspired by “Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole” movie using Photoshop, stock photos, brushes and Paint Tool SAI – a free drawing application, similar to Photoshop but with alot less technical features and more settings for brushes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Completion time: 2-3 hours
Tools: Photoshop, Paint Tool SAI