The Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2015

It’s been a great year here at Photoshop Tutorials and we want to thank all of our writers for creating some of the best Photoshop tutorials we’ve seen. Here’s a recap of the best tutorials from 2015.

How to Create a Mysterious Matte Painting Landscape in Photoshop

Learn how to create this beautiful mountain landscape in Photoshop. This tutorial shows how to develop a amazing and meditative landscape of the mysterious East theme out of a plain background using photo manipulation, photo montage techniques coupled with some painting inside Photoshop.

How to Create a Beautiful Underwater Surreal Scene in Photoshop

I’ll show you how to make a beautiful underwater surreal scene; A fisherman with the ‘fish’ submarine. Learn how to combine different stocks together step by step by using adjustment layers, masking, brush tool, and learn how to make light and shadow too. This Photoshop tutorial will improve you the photo manipulation techniques.

How to Create a Dark Mysterious Hideout from a Rough Sketch

Learn how to create a dark mysterious hideout in a rocky mountainous place in Photoshop. How will we find this tutorial useful? Well, I won’t brag about this tutorial, so I have to tell you that I won’t promise you special or sophisticated techniques used in this tutorial. However, by reading and following this tutorial, you will be amazed on how simple and essential techniques like blending, masking, color adjustments, basic painting and some others can be easily applied to create a nice scenic panorama.

Create a Firing Medieval Scene with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a firing medieval scene with disintegration effect. You’ll learn how to combine stock images, use debrish brushes, work with fire, make a cool atmosphere and create lighting effect.

Create This Charming Magician with Enchanting Effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create this amazing photo manipulation in Photoshop with plenty of magical details. Also, you will learn how to create a fiery leopard, interesting and useful effects that I created as well as working with the Photoshop tools in getting the desired scene and much more!

How to Paint a Woman Portrait from Scratch

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to paint a woman portrait from scratch. You’ll learn some basic rules to form your painting, the tips to paint effectively, how to use brush and take care of the details. A graphic tablet is highly recommended for this tutorial.

Create a Cute Television Icon from Scratch

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a cute detailed vintage television icon from scratch using Photoshop. The detailed step by step guide will help you to understand the process of its creation. So let’s begin!

Create This Magnificent Sniper Artwork in Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a professional and beautiful poster. I will tell you the basic idea of creating a poster, interesting techniques and teach you by my example. I’ll tell you about a few filters of the new version of Photoshop and their capabilities, and show how to create a realistic picture, a beautiful toning to the image and much more.

Create a Dreamlike Photo Manipulation of an Emotional Girl with a Dramatic Lighting in Photoshop

Learn how to this emotional photo manipulation of a girl in a dreamy background. In this tutorial you will learn how to create dramatic light effect, make motion in leaves, and create a focal point through lighting and elements. Beside that you will learn non destructive techniques that will help you work flow easier and efficient.

How to Turn Your Simple Portrait into a Sci-Fi Character in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing futuristic photo manipulation and you will learn how to turn a simple portrait into an amazing images of a futuristic stranger and unusual atmosphere. You will create something new in this genre and learn many useful techniques.

How to Create a Realistic Water Cube in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will use basic and advanced techniques in order to create a realistic water cube. Intermediate Photoshop users should feel right at home but the beginners can also follow it. Let’s begin!

Create a Troublesome Underwater Scene with a Big Green Monster in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will create an underwater scene with various elements and an overall mysterious atmosphere. We’ll use most of the Photoshop power tools: layers masks, adjustment layers, smart objects and more. It helps if you’re an intermediate user but beginners will also be able to follow this tut and learn about various precious techniques. Let’s begin!

Create This Dark Matte Landscape Composite in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can create a dark, misty and ominous scene of a dark mountains by combining different stock images. We’ll create a misty scene of mountains and light from afar. You’ll also practice some essential manipulation, blending and lighting techniques.

How to Composite Your Own Space Scene from Scratch

In this tutorial, I will tell you in detail on how to use the functions of Photoshop in creating stars, planets, nebula and combine them into a unified and harmonious composition, color adjustments and more. You will learn a lot of useful and interesting techniques in space-art and Photoshop. See this tutorial and learn how easy it is!

How to Create a Catwoman Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a Catwoman artwork using a range of photo manipulation techniques. You’ll learn how to create a dark night city scene from several stock images, practice some retouching techniques as well as enhance the light and contrast of the scene.

Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop

You will know, how to make this epic photo manipulation in medieval-fantasy style. I’ll show you, how to mix stock, use transforms and how to change colors on further photomanipulations. You will know, how to use blurs and colors in making perspective in photo manipulations. I’ll show as well, how to use Topaz Clean 3 plug-in in works.

Born of the Dragon – Create This Symbolic Gothic Composite in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn, how to make this gothic and symbolic photo manipulation. I’ll show you basics of Photoshop, like making night or create lights and shadows. You can read extra tips about photo manipulations and you will learn, how to make living tattoo! You will be making better photo manipulations and works in the future, by reading this.