Quick-Tip: How to Make an Easy Faux Pencil Sketch Effect
Quick-Tip: How to Make an Easy Faux Pencil Sketch Effect

Looking for a quick way to turn photos into a pencil sketch? This beginner tutorial will show you how you can use just three layers to create the effect and it’s all done nondestructively.

Free Download: 3 iPad and iPad Mini PSD Mockups
Free Download: 3 iPad and iPad Mini PSD Mockups

Download this set of realistic iPad & iPad Mini mockups! These mockups are a great way to display your iOS app or UI and they’re very easy to use. If you’re a SparkleStockmember, you can download all 12 mockups!

Free Download: 3 Realistic Android Mockups
Free Download: 3 Realistic Android Mockups

These Nexus 4 Android mockups are the perfect way to display your new app and they look so realistic that you can even . You can place any image inside and it takes seconds. Simply drag and drop your photo into the Smart Object and you’re done. Try them out!

Freebie: 5 Grungy Paint Overlay Textures
Freebie: 5 Grungy Paint Overlay Textures

Looking for a quick and easy way to add grungy overlays? Try out these paint overlay textures. Simply place them over your image, change the blending mode, and you’re done. These textures are great for photos, vector illustrations, and digital paintings.

Freebie: 8 Beautiful & High-res Frosted Backgrounds
Freebie: 8 Beautiful & High-res Frosted Backgrounds

Looking for some beautiful backgrounds for your website, iOS/Android app, or advertisement? Download these frosted backgrounds for your next project! And no, they’re not the typical Photoshop-gaussian-blur photos. These backgrounds by SparkleStocklook great because they’re created with real in-camera blur that you can’t get digitally. Try them out!

Create This Striking Fairy Tale Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Create This Striking Fairy Tale Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Learn how to composite landscapes like the ones you see in Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings), add dramatic lighting effects, and more with this Photoshop tutorial. This tutorial will show you techniques such as creating a breathtaking landscape from multiple photos, adding dramatic rays of light, and using foreground/middleground/background to create an interesting scene.

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