30 Beautiful Photoshop Illustration Tutorials
Illustration is usually done in vector graphics applications like Adobe Illustrator or CORELDraw. But with the robustness of Adobe Photoshop, designers who don’t have access to vector graphics software can achieve vector-like objects and compositions with it.
In this collection, you’ll find 30 brilliant illustration/drawing tutorials using Adobe Photoshop from top-notch Photoshop tutorial sites.
1. Floating in Air USB Key Illustration
2. Realistic Wine Bottle Illustration
3. Vector-Looking Cat Illustration
4. Vector Style Illustration in Photoshop
5. Veilside Fortune RX7
6. Drawing with The Pen Tool
7. Vector Coffee Cup
8. Blue Vector Character from Pencil Sketch
9. Detailed Compass Icon in Photoshop
10. Merry Christmas
11. Drawing Homer Simpson
12. Cartoon Hot Air Balloon Scene
13. Amazing Retro Rainbow Curves
14. Splashy Leaf Wallpaper In Photoshop
15. Creating a True .EPS File Using Vector Masks
16. Simple Vector Logo Design
17. Custom Sim Cards
18. Realistic Decorated Wine Bottle Illustration
19. Super Retro Style Game Controller
20. Delicious Green Apple Illustration
21. Super Shiny Pencil Icon
22. Billiard Balls in Photoshop
23. Custom Mac OSX Style Ring Binder Address Book
24. Illustrate a Traffic Cone Icon in Photoshop
25. Create a Brilliant Vector Lighter
26. Photoshop Scissor Icon
27. USB Pen
28. Photoshop Weighting Machine
29. Drawing a Car Lineart in Photoshop
30. Create an iPod Touch
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If you enjoyed this collection, be sure to check out the first collection of this series of Photoshop tutorials.
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This was published on Oct 12, 2008
25 Comments
liam Oct 12 2008
Holy shit, that “Veilside Fortune RX7″ tutorial just made my day, and it looks amazing.
Stevedave Oct 12 2008
Why wouldn’t you just use Illustrator and just do these the easy way?
Jacob Gube Oct 13 2008
@Stevedave: I personally use both. I use Illustrator for vector graphics that need to be scaled like logos which can go on a business card or a billboard. With that said – and this is especially true for designers just starting out – if you don’t have access to the educational version of Adobe products (man, I miss college), you may have a hard time affording Illustrator and Photoshop. I would have to agree with you in that Adobe Illustrator is much easier to use when it comes to vector illustration, and it’s the right tool for stuff that need to scale.
NaldzGraphics Oct 13 2008
these are freaking nice list. some of them are new to me:)
thanks for the share.and also thanks for the include of my two tutorial
Ronald
freakingcupcake Oct 13 2008
Exactly… Illustrator… why not? Way easier there. None-the-less, sweet shit. Helped me out with some homework for a few classes.
graphicartist2k5 Oct 13 2008
i think anyone can “afford” creative suite, as long as they know where to look for it. ;)
that said, i prefer to use photoshop for quite a few vector-based projects. maybe it’s because i use it so much, but i do like using illustrator for logo designs, and anything else having to do with typography. honestly, i don’t see why adobe hasn’t integrated illustrator with photoshop, and just made it one program that can do all sorts of vector-based things that are done primarily in illustrator, and all the raster-based things that are done in photoshop. the new version of photoshop will have more 3d capabilities than cs3 did, so why not just integrate illustrator right into photoshop, and then adobe would have one HELL of a killer program?
Designer Oct 13 2008
this is absolutely unbelievable….. top class.
Arjen Oct 13 2008
Very nice list you’ve got here! Thanks for sharing, I’ll Digg it!
Brad Oct 13 2008
Super awesome!
Jacob Gube Oct 13 2008
In the spirit of the topic of this post, I dug up the first vector illustration (can’t believe I still had it!) that I created when I was in college. I used Adobe Illustrator 10 at the time. It’s very rough and I used a stock photo for reference so it’s not freehand, but for the fun of it – here it is: My First Vector Illustration.
Have you got any vector art you’d like to showcase? Got links to your first ever digital art project? Share it with us over here, I’d love to see your artwork!
business Oct 13 2008
Absolutely remarkable! I’m going to make an effort to try all of those tutorials and recreate those.
Thomas | Brush King Oct 14 2008
Great List Thanks :)
David Oct 14 2008
Excellent resource. thank you.
arbon Oct 15 2008
These are the same ugly crap I see everywhere. Where is the good stuff?
Dainis Graveris Oct 17 2008
oh, great the few 5 tutorials are new for me :) thanks! :)
UTogger Oct 22 2008
Every one of these has the Illustrator “look.” It’s neat to know the same effects can be created in Photoshop. Cool!
zoolo BOY Nov 21 2008
Thanx, a lot of very useful stuff!
kiran Nov 24 2008
Superb…Thanks for sharing.
web design Nov 25 2008
Wow, the “Green Apple” illustration is superb. The reflection of light and addition of moisture is top notch graphics work.
River Dec 01 2008
These things are beautiful!I’m a student interested in illustrations,and I draw pictures both with pencils and Photoshop.
First time to come here.
Theraisa K Jun 28 2010
Wow, those are some great illustrations. I will definitely be trying out a few in my spare time!
madhu Sep 02 2010
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!these r amazing………..
Nisha singh Jul 28 2011
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!VERY NICE………………
Nisha singh Jul 28 2011
VERY NICE………………
LM Aug 29 2011
Cripes, I was doing this level of work way back circa 2000 as a web designer/developer using PS 4 and illustrator 6. Funny how things haven’t progressed that much even though the software has by leaps and bounds…