Photoshop > Drawing and Basics

'Pen Tool (P)' created candy cane shape mixed with 'Blending Styles'.

Combining a background texture with Smudge and Path features creates these realistic, yet, simple, 3d tentacle effects.

Combining 'Options Bar' features and Pen Tool manipulations for maximum control over those shapes.

Introduction to the basic use of Photoshop's Shape Tools.

Creating transparencies to indexed .gif files solely within the 'Save For Web' panel.

Creating multiple Selections with the 'Magic Wand Tool' to achieve this knockout effect.

Simple 'Ellipse Shape', combined with 'Blending Styles' creates this Orb.

Appling a 'Layer Mask' to a complex selection can achieve a nice knockout effect without destruction to your original pixels.

Introduction to using the 'Background Eraser Tool'to effectively knockout the background of an image.

Using the 'Smart Highlighting' for precise 'Brush Preset' highlighting proves an effective knockout affect for some images.

Paint a powerful Selection into place by using the 'Quick Mask Mode'.

Using the 'Extract Tool' default setting can produce easy knockout results.

Experimental combinations of Blending Styles can produce some interesting results.

Experimental combinations of Blending Styles can produce some interesting results.

Experimental combinations of Blending Styles can produce some interesting results.