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In this tutorial I will show you how to make Peter Petrelli from 'Heroes' explode from radiation. This is a cool effect that you can use on many different objects.

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In this tutorial we will take a look at creating one of those small details which can really make a design. Once you have read this tutorial it is my hope that if you ever have to create a “grundgy” looking design you will automatically adopt this technique for areas of it. We are going to take a look specifically at applying rough texture to type but the way in which we do this can also be applied to imagery, logos and anything else that may need to look worn out or distorted. This is a simple technique but one I have found must useful to know about as it gives you another card to play in a creative brief. Also I hope that this tutorial sparks off other ideas and that others can write in and let everyone know about how they create worn out graphics.

Grunge & Textured Art Tutorial: Post-Processing of your Photography.

This effect builds on the basic grunge technique, and focuses on Photoshop's Blending Modes and the Eraser Tool. Let's get started!

Look around and you’ll see lots of trends in the world of design: trendy colors, trendy website looks, and trendy fonts, to name a few. One of the “hot” looks in Photoshop-processed photos is the “gritty” look—one that brings out tons of details, almost to the point of being overdone. Needless to say, this isn’t ideal for portraits of high-fashion models, but with the right subject, this look is easy to achieve and very effective. We’ll also take a peek at a popular look for type: the grungy, roughened look. This technique uses a layer mask and filters, a combination that offers many different possibilities.

Create Freakish Zombie in 11 Steps with this adobe photoshop tutorial.

In this Photoshop tutorial we will create a cool virtual duct tape effect using the texturizer and layer styles tools.

It seems like everywhere I look these days designers are using more and more handmade objects in their work. From pencil sketches and fabric scans to paper scraps and household odds and ends these items are making their way into our work. In this Photoshop tutorial you’ll learn how to create a retail "hang tag".

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a cool old photo transfer edge effect using a piece of stock photography, an alpha channel and the burn and dodge tools.

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a Custom Brush using a folded piece of paper and then how to use that brush to create an old piece of paper.

t seems like the grunge style is the hot thing for everybody to do. Despite it being popular, a good grunge style needs to be executed properly. Many artwork I have seen feature a grunge style for the content and other important areas, but they forget about the border! I think the border is very import in creating a grunge styled work. In this tutorial, you will learn an easy way of creating decent looking borders. Let's start!

The world’s first photographic process was announced in Paris in 1839 by Louis Daguerre. It used a silver-plated copper sheet that was sensitized with iodine, exposed, and then developed in mercury vapor. Early images were of architectural subjects or landscapes, but soon the process was also used for portraiture, and it became particularly popular in France and America.

Adding urban flavour to your artwork is easy. Derek Lea defies convention with the Brush tool, and explains how presets work… Photoshop’s Brush tool doesn’t necessarily have to be used for painting. It can be a useful stamp for creating instances of stencil or stamp art as well. Instead of painting a stroke, you can use a single mouse-click to create an impression of your brush tip on the canvas. Granted, it doesn’t sound too impressive until you imagine using compelling artwork as a brush tip instead of a hard- or soft-edged ellipse. Arguably the most important thing to consider, in addition to the technique of stamping instead of painting, is that you need to get your artwork on the tip of that brush.

When you want to create convincing imperfections within your digital work, forget filters – the resources you need are all around you… Make no mistake, environmental conditions will have an adverse effect on the longevity of any artwork posted outdoors. But that which is detrimental to quality also produces a new form of beauty. That beauty can be found in the distressed effects that are the direct result of weather, or normal wear and tear caused by activity in the immediate surroundings. Many digital artists recognise the beauty within these tactile imperfections, but more often than not, the reproduction of these effects is less than impressive. The first thing you need to accept is the fact that filters won’t do the job for you. A filter may promise everything from dust to scratches to photocopier-style imperfections, but the results are rarely authentic. If you want the job done right, do it yourself. Keep an eye out for naturally occurring patterns in things like rust and peeling paint. These can be useful when manipulated and incorporated into alpha channels.

The following tutorial will help you create a box similar to the one shown on the left.

Great news! I’ve finally completed the tutorial that you’ve all been waiting for. This tutorial will discuss how to create a fantastic grunge layout in Photoshop. It uses some techniques that are fairly common, and a couple that I’ve not seen discussed elsewhere before.

In this Photoshop tutorial we will be creating an aged ace of spades using multiple layers with various blend modes and a nice overlay trick with a photo from iStockPhoto. This technique also works quite well for creating an aged paper effect.

Today I’m going to be teaching you how to create dirtied grunge text in Photoshop.

In this tutorial, we’re going to explore some non-destructive image editing. With these techniques, you can bring out the best in an image, or absolutely destroy the graphic, but still keep the original photo intact.

In this tutorial I will be teaching you how to add a grunge scene style to your photos.

Ok, today we are going to look at how to make grunge / worn style type to use in your art. The process is actually quite simple, and you can get endless variations.