Valentine’s Day is around the corner and designers are eager to try out their creative skills. With the holiday comes a time of bright colors, attractive graphics and shimmering effects which can make for some romantic manipulations. We have collected some very useful tutorials, which will help you use Photoshop patterns, brushes and much more to create awesome Valentine’s graphics of your own.

These handy graphic design tutorials will give you easy to follow steps to create a range of Valentine’s inspired pieces. From abstract greeting cards to awesome illustrations to lovely manipulations, wallpapers and more. Enjoy and start working on these Valentine’s Day graphic design tutorials for your Valentine.

The Tutorials

Mind Blowing Valentine’s Day Photo Manipulation Tutorial
Create a sweet romantic manipulation using Photoshop with a few stock images. The tutorial will also guide you through how to use adjustment layers effectively to create mood variations.

Love Me – Photoshop Manipulation Tutorial
This beginners’ tutorial will help you create a fantastic manipulation using only a few stock images. You can also learn to add more realism to the manipulation by creating some shadows.

Create Abstract Colorful Valentine’s Day Card
Use simple shapes, brushes and gradients in Adobe Photoshop CS5 to create a colorful abstract card with shiny hearts.

Make a Plush Material & Embellish a Custom Logo In It
Learn to create plush material by simply adjusting your brush size without using any external resources. Add a custom logo to the plush material to create a personalized plush graphic for Valentine’s.

Impress Your Loved One This Valentines With A Custom Made Love Card
Learn to design an angelic Valentine themed card using custom shapes, colors and different shades. Then using a few stock images you can create some cute finishing touches following the steps in the tutorial.

Making of Be My Valentine
Here’s a step-by-step walk-through to create a sparkling Be My valentine illustration of a doll-like girl.

Happy Valentine’s Day Card
Learn to create, color and use gradient overlay effects on a Bokeh pattern to create this Valentine’s Day greeting card.

3D Valentine’s Day Typography Tutorial
Photoshop tutorial to create a fantastic love illustration using 3D type, techniques for enhancing the image, layering and post effects.

Create a Stylized Valentine’s Poster
Learn to create a stylized Valentine’s Day poster using basic techniques and compositions with some simple, color overlay blending options.

Sweet Red 3D Love Text Effect
Learn to create this sweet red 3D text effect with brushes, and to transform styles and layer styles to create a lovely Valentine’s Day graphic.

Make a Heart in Photoshop
Learn to use custom shapes and layer styles to create a vector heart in Photoshop with 3D effects.

Shiny Heart On The Dark Background
This tutorial will teach you how to create an abstract heart using a splash image and the Scriptina font.

Photoshop Heart Tutorial for Valentine’s Day
Learn how to create a beautiful swirling grunge heart design in Photoshop, using layer styles and cursive fonts to make swirls.

Create a Magical Flaming Heart Illustration in Photoshop
Make a flaming heart illustration in Photoshop using the warp feature and a few stock images.

Create A Heart Icon In Photoshop
Learn to create a heart icon in Photoshop using several gradients and custom shapes, to create a glossy heart icon.

The Stone Heart Photo Manipulation Tutorial
Create a surreal photo manipulation learning a variety of techniques including the use of some cropping, color adjustments and blending.

Create Festive Background for Valentine’s Day with Abstract Hearts
The following tutorial will teach you how to use layer styles, brush style and more to create a festive background.

Make a Cool Vector Wallpaper in Photoshop
Learn to make a vector wallpaper in Photoshop with shadows, illuminations and color adjustments.

Valentine Photoshop Wallpaper with Jeans Heart
Learn how to create a Valentine’s heart with denim and leather-like patterns complete with a stitching effect.

Create Abstract Valentine’s Day Illustration With Hearts
This tutorial will walk you through the steps to make a striking abstract Valentine’s Day illustration using gradients, brushes and custom shapes.

St. Valentine’s Day Photo Manipulation
Create a stunning photo manipulation with a glowing background, some swirls and rendering some 3D effects.

Create A Beautiful Love Wallpaper
Create a photo manipulation with the use of such elements like cloud mist, music, and heart shaped brushes to give life to this manipulation.

How To Create Waved Valentine Background With Hearts
Learn to create a waved Valentine’s background using custom shapes, the pen tool and layer styles.

Valentine’s Day Card Tutorial
Learn to use the Paint Bucket tool, layer styles, brush styles and light blending modes to create a lovely Valentine’s Day card.

Create a Conceptual Image of a Couple Jumping from High Cliffs
Learn how to create a fantastic lover’s leap like conceptual image by combining stock photos, Photoshop brushes, and textures.

Create Colorful Valentine’s Day Card With Shining Heart
Learn to use simple shapes and gradients in Adobe Photoshop CS5 to create shining hearts and a colorful waved background.

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Nearly every designer loves freshly-made, free Photoshop brushes that can be used in your designs as it is one of the most widely used graphics programs on the market. It is what some would call an incontrovertible truth. This is the reason why designers are constantly browsing the web in search of all the latest brushes to add them to their arsenal.

We have previously posted many collections of high quality Photoshop brush packs, and today we are bringing our readers another fine collection of over 50 fresh Photoshop brush sets that are sure to delight even the most discerning of designers. These high quality brushes are simply out of this world, and are all free to download and use in your projects.

This round up includes 50+ packs containing more than 500 brushes of various styles and for a range of effects. With some grunge, light effects, ornamental, abstract, paint strokes, paper, and splatter type brushes, there is a little something for everyone. Enjoy!

Note: Licenses of every brush set varies, so be sure to check that information before using them.

Photoshop Brush Packs

Glowing Swirl Brushes ( Download )
This high quality set contains 8 high resolution brushes to add glowing swirl effects.

Free Faded Splatters
This free brush set contains 10 faded ink splatters. Download and enjoy!

Grass and Plant SET 3 PS ( Download )
This set contains 10 top quality grass and plant based brushes.

Sujune Diablo
Download this set of 9 brushes to give your designs a bit of a grunge and abstract look.

Stone Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 11 high resolution stone brushes for adding some natural grit and stone patterns.

Celestica Brushes
This set contains 9 brushes that you can use to add crystalline patterns to your design.

Blow Brush PS
If you are looking for some awesome blow brushes then this set of 4 unique brushes is simply a must have.

Ink Smear Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 5 brushes that were made by dipping a Q-Tip in red food coloring then simply “drawing” on a piece of paper with it. Each brush is 2500px wide. Enjoy!

Rough Background ( Download )
Incredibly useful grunge brushes that will fill up your backgrounds with a coarse texture.

Grunge Border PS Brush Set ( Download )
This set contains 11 free high resolution grunge borders. The grunge lines were created by rubbing a graphite stick over straight edges of different objects.

Bokeh Brushes ( Download )
With this set, you will get 8 high quality bokeh brushes.

Ornamental Butterflies 2
This is an awesome set of Photoshop brushes that contains 35 excellent and high resolution brushes that you can use to add beautiful butterflies to your designs.

PS Cloud Brushes ( Download )
This set that contains 12 brushes, you can use to create clouds in your designs with ease.

Antique Postcard Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 6 hi-res(2500px) antique postcard Photoshop Brushes. This can act as templates for your design or as a way to add some age and texture to your work.

Number of Water ( Download )
If you want to create numbers out of water, this set of brushes was made for you.

KaRTaL Butterfly Brushes ( Download )
Here you will find 3 brushes for CS5 that you can use to add beautiful butterflies to your works.

APs Brushes: Scar Face
These 12 brushes will help you create scarred faces quite easily and in no time.

Abstract Brushes ( Download )
Fifteen medium to large scaled abstract brushes designed especially to add energy and interest to your artwork. A great tool for any abstract piece.

Plaztique’s Lace Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 5 pixel brushes perfect for creating lace trimmings or fancy borders.

Ink Splatter Brush Set
In this brush set, you will find 20x Photoshop splatter brushes to create flawless splatter effects.

Fractal brushes ( Download )
This set contains 12 large fractal brushes that can be used for all kinds of web projects.

Swoosh Brush Pack v.1 ( Download )
We all know how hard it can be to create print worthy swooshes, well now with this set you can simply click and colorize.

Different By Design Abstract Brush Pack ( Download )
This set contains 6 simple and hi-res brushes. This is a freeware brush pack.

Love Birds Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 30 love birds brushes, they were created in Adobe Photoshop CS4 & Inkscape. They are free for personal & commercial use.

Snowflake Brushes ( Download )
This set contains twenty-four individual snowflakes, with four variations to each.

River Side Brushes ( Download )
This exclusive brush has been designed to be used in CS5 in order to add a beautiful river side effect.

Shoujo Wonderland Brushes
This excellent set contains 24 Photoshop brushes that you can use wherever you want.

Subtle Wood Brushes ( Download )
This set contains five subtle woodgrain Photoshop brushes that can add some quick surface and texture to your designs. They offer some great attributes like knotholes and some different grain patterns. Each brush is 2500×2000.

Ink Splatter Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 5 hi res ink splatter brushes, each brush is 2500×2000.

Abstract Brush Set ( Download )
This set contains 2 exceptional abstract brushes that every designer must have.

Trend Element ( Download )
This awesome set contains 4 brushes to make your designs trendier and stylish.

Scratches Photoshop Brushes ( Download )
This set of Photoshop brushes contains 14 scratch patterns that you may prove to be just what you are looking for.

Crane Brushes ( Download )
These 2 brushes are perfect for adding some visually alluring effects to your designs and make them look more appealing.

Bokeh Brushes ( Download )
These 5 versatile and re-usable bokeh brushes will be a valued addition to your toolbox. Each brush is 2500px wide.

Melting Texture Border Brush ( Download )
This is a collection of 9 melting effects texture borders created in Photoshop CS3.

Thin Smoke Brushes ( Download )
Download this useful set of Photoshop brushes if you need some high quality thin smoke brushes.

Brick Photoshop Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 6 diverse and hi-res brick wall brushes. Each brush is 2500×2000.

Industrial Zone Grunge Brushes ( Download )
The set includes various industrial type brushes, from grunge/floor textures to gears, and from machines to industrial buildings.

Halftone Brushes Pack 2 ( Download )
Pack of 17 halftone Photoshop brushes free to download.

Psycho Grunge ( Download )
It contains 99 vector Photoshop brushes of 2500px resolution. Download for free.

Floral Fireworks ( Download )
In this set, you will find 2 brushes for PS to create stunning fireworks effects in your designs.

Grungy Arrow Brushes ( Download )
This pack contains 25 grungy arrow brushes made with Photoshop CS4. There are different types of arrow symbols so you can easily integrate them in your designs.

Free Falling Sparks Brush Set ( Download )
This free Photoshop brush set contains 10 falling sparks brushes. This set is great for creating abstract lighting.

Line Art ( Download )
This set contains 5 line art Photoshop brushes for adding artistic lines in your projects.

Concrete Wall Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 7 hi-res concrete brushes. Each brush is 2500×1800 and will add some instant grunge, texture, and atmosphere to your designs.

Star ( Download )
Download this brush set and start creating astonishing stars in no time.

Watercolor and Salt Photoshop Brush Set ( Download )
This brush set contains 10 watercolor splatters over salt. The salt soaks up the watercolor giving it an interesting texture.

Noise and Dust A Free Photoshop Brush Set ( Download )
An awesome brush set for adding a bit of dust and noise to your designs.

Ribbon Brushes ( Download )
Download 14 large ribbon brushes to add to your designing tools.

Lightning Brushes Photoshop ( Download )
Create awesome lightning effects in your designs with this outstanding set of Photoshop brushes that contains 19 variations.

Moon Brushes ( Download )
This set of brushes will allow you to create the different phases of the moon using the 10 different brushes it includes.

Cloud Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 10 high-resolution cloud brushes for Photoshop. Brush sizes range from 879px to 2295px.

Scratchy Grunge Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 7 scratchy grunge brushes, these brushes come from an interesting source, microscopic photos of some hand-scratched 35mm film.

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The business card remains one of the most effective ways of promoting yourself and your brand offline. Business cards are regularly exchanged at conferences, expos, meetings, interviews and more. With so many printing services offering fantastic deals (large quantities of cards at low rates); it is a relatively irrelevant expense for those who truly want to network. Add to that the number of free business card templates available, and getting your business card design right is easier than ever.

Today we would like to show you 50 free Photoshop business card templates to help you design your perfect business card.

Photoshop Business Card Templates

1. Technix business card

2. GFX-Design

3. Free Business Card PSD v1

4. 5 Business Card Template Packs

5. Business Card template 1

6. Business Card Template

7. 4 More Salon Business Cards Photoshop Templates

8. corporate AND

9. corporate AND 2

10. A Business Card Template Pack

11. Exclusive business card

12. 2 Free Tech-Themed Photoshop Business Card Templates

13. Business Card

14. Splat Business Card with PSD

15. 4 Blue Personal Business Cards Templates

16. Black business card

17. 4 Elegant Wedding Business Card Templates in PSD

18. 4 Asian-Inspired Personal Business Cards Templates

19. Business card

20. Login Form Business Card

21. Business card

22. Business Card Template

23. Free Modern Business Card

24. Free Modern Business Card – II

25. Business card templates

26. Crispy business card

27. DS Free Business Card Print Template

28. deviant_ID Card Template

29. ‘Elegance’ Business Card PSD

30. Business Card PSD Template

31. Free Business Card PSD

32. Org Bookkeeper Business Card

33. Blue Business Card PSD

34. Seextwood business card

35. Clean Business Card PSD

36. Green Business Card PSD

37. Fashion business card

38. Present. of Businesses Suite

39. Free Minimal Business Card

40. Ideas free business card PSD

41. Psd Business Card Mock-Up Vol 1

42. Chromatic Blue Business Card

43. Free Business Card PSD v5

44. UpSide Business Card Free Psd

45. Free Colored Business Card PSD

46. Floral Business Card

47. Free Fresh Blue Business Card

48. Business Is Business Free PSD

49. PSD business card preview

50. Gold Business Card Free PSD

Do you know of any other great free Photoshop business templates? If so, please share the link in the comment area.

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Nature is a popular subject amongst the Photoshop community, and subsequently is featured in a lot of photo manipulation work. Nature is really the perfect subject for photo manipulations as it’s so visually engaging. Think of the four elements, or a beautiful landscape, or a fierce animal. All these things are products of nature, and all of them are visually engaging.

When done right, integrating nature into your Photoshop work can produce some truly fantastic works. That’s why today we’ve compiled a range of incredible photo manipulations based around the theme of nature to inspire you. Each of these works is beautiful in it’s own right, but try to notice recurring patterns amongst them. Most of them have vibrant colors, great lighting and a keen sense of detail. It’s also worth noting how often various elements of nature can combine to produce wonderful results (for example the fusion of fire and water).

Example of Photo Manipulations Featuring Nature:

Our Kingdom
A very striking photo manipulation that makes great use of light effects. The central lion and horses actually take on the appearance of a light painting, and their eerie glow gives them an aura-like feel. The gold on black color palette works beautifully, and helps the detail lighting and smoke effects really pop. The swirling whirlpool in the center of the piece draws the eye, and provides a huge amount of depth, giving the impression of an endless abyss.

Out of Frame Nature
A bold and vibrant photo manipulation, this composition uses an out of frame technique to make it more unique. Water has been manipulated to pour out of a central hanging frame, whilst a mix of various photographs/landscapes are combined to create a scenic environment.

Ice Queen
This photo manipulation really makes you feel the chill! Using a limited blue/white color palette and some great icy effects the final piece is really engaging. The glowing central figure is what draws our eye, as most of the lighting in the piece is centered around her. The surrounding environment has been constructed by blending multiple winter landscapes to create a fantasy background. Ice textures have been applied over the entire composition to give an added layer of detail and distress.

Animal Textured Typography
A really creative concept, using various animal textures and surfaces to construct unique animal typography. Each letter has been hand designed, with some cool 3D effects, great lighting and huge varieties in surface. Extra visual elements have been included to really capture the character and life of each animal (for example trunks, tongues and tails).

Illuminati
Illuminati is a striking photo manipulation featuring a neon-lit owl. A lot of work has gone into this composition, as you can tell from the beautiful details of the background texture to the subtle nature of the lighting. The generally grayscale color palette gives extra emphasis to the colored, glowing lights weaving around the owl, as well as the creature’s piercing eyes. The owl itself has been given a hand-drawn effect, using a variety of Photoshop brushes and filters.

Ascendii Nature
A busy, yet effective photo manipulation, combining various places and scenes into a single cohesive piece. There’s some great blending happening in this piece, such as the tree branches enveloping the earth and the addition of leaves/plants over the doorway. Overall this composition is fun and fantasy filled!

Volcano
This photo manipulation is a relatively simple concept, but is executed beautifully. The base of the volcano is blending perfectly into the man’s hair, and the artist has even made the lava flick out like a stray strand of hair to complete the look. The attention to detail is great, as light from the burning lava is cast down onto the man’s head. The contrast between the vibrancy of the volcano and the washed out man’s face also creates a nice level of contrast.

“Tree House”
One of my absolute favorite nature themed photo manipulations. The artist has constructed an artificial floating landscape from various stock photos, and then seamlessly blended them together. He carefully extracted several tree routes to give an overgrown effect, and finished off the piece by applying a subtle paper texture – giving a final fantasy storybook feel.

Rapture
Rapture is a fairly famous photo manipulation, and it’s not hard to see why! The details and colors of this piece are simply astonishing. The artist has photo manipulated the tree branches to break off and float up into the sky, defying the laws of gravity. Combined with the light source coming from the top of the composition we imagine some alien presence pulling the man and branches upwards. Further focus on the man is given by the glow of the background landscape and sharper highlights on his torso.

Jellyfish Typography
Beautifully lit typography comprised entirely of jellyfish! The artist has photo manipulated dozens of jellyfish to construct lettering, and then applied additional lighting and coloring to bring out the natural glow of the deep sea creatures. A cool example of how nature carries with it a lot of natural beauty.

Sing
An awesome photo manipulation that constructs a woman entirely from flower petals. I love how the petals range in size from fairly large in the foreground, to absolutely tiny in some of the facial details. The end result feels light and airy, and the soft pastel colors make this very easy on the eyes. You can see that a lot of work has gone into shading and shaping the petals to create realistic depth and surface. Further detail is provided by some colorful sketchy lines in the background.

Kreativa Studio Lettering
Kreativa Studio have come up with a unique typographic photo manipulation featuring several elements of nature. They’ve done really well to capture the varying densities, textures and lighting of nature’s elements. The water feels deep, blue and gaseous, whilst the greenery feels lush and healthy. I like how the letter seems to contain an entire world, including cloudy sky, sun and even ships! This piece is elevated by the attention to detail, such as the thin stream of water gushing out of a crack in the side of the lettering. The lighting is also effective, as the light from the underwater scene illuminates the surface which the letter rests on.

Mother Nature
Mother Nature is a beautiful natural composition with plenty of great details. The woman’s hair has been blended with glowing strands of grass, and further grass has been applied for accessories such as her bracelets. The rich green color palette gives an overbearing natural feel to the piece.

Unleashed
Unleashed is a dark and vibrant photo manipulation. The floating tiger heads really capture the ferocity of the animal, and the lighting/lightening effects swooping up with them add to their energy. Interestingly the tigers have been places in an incongruous space setting. However, despite the unusual setting the composition is really beautiful, using a beautiful rich purple color palette with stunning blue highlights.

Tidal Wave
Taking note from The Day After Tomorrow this is a photo manipulation of epic proportions! Photoshop has been used to show the true destructive force of nature as a monster wave washes through a huge bridge. The artist has skillfully combined two images of vastly different dimensions to construct a fantasy scenario. Most impressive is how cohesive the lighting is, making the outcome truly believable. I also like the attention to detail shown in the extra splashes of water as the wave hits the bridge.

Zen
Zen is a magical photo manipulation that truly distorts the laws of physics. The floating rocky landscape feels very dreamlike, which is accentuated by the subtle fog cast over the scene. The colors have been blended well to give everything a slight pink/purple hue, and the varying sizes of floating rock help establish a lot of depth/perspective.

Isla
I’ve seen this photo manipulation concept attempted a few times, but this is surely one of the more successful outcomes. Plenty of details are introduced to make the underwater hippo more believable. Take a look at the subtle bubbles coming from his mouth, the clouds of sand where he’s moved his feet and the lighting cast upon him from the water.

Beach Disaster
Another cool natural disaster scene that’s been constructed entirely in Photoshop. This composition features a tidal wave, which has been blended well with the surrounding beach scene. It’s also inspiring to check out the photo-manipulated sand castle, whereby an actual castle has been manipulated to look like it’s constructed from sand. The running children and splashes from the young boy add an extra dimension of energy and panic to the scene.

Heaven
The title of this photo-manipulation is really fitting, as this composition instantly suggests freedom and peace. The true color and vivacity of nature is captured in the bright, vibrant flowers that weave around the woman. The implication is that the woman is truly at one with nature, as it flows around and through her. The piece is accentuated by the pastel, abstract background and subtle clouds overlapping the dancer.

Wall
Wall is a stunning photo manipulation used for an Advanced Photoshop tutorial. The composition combines several wooden crates, each which is covered with it’s own natural landscape. The detail in this piece is immense, including detailed windows with light flooding out of them, openings emitting bubbles, and paint splattering outwards. The design has a lot of depth, in part due to it’s intense shadows and highlights. The eye is drawn naturally down the design to the chair at the base. A great example of using shapes, size and perspective!

Mother Nature
A really impressive manipulation, that you actually have to look at closer to fully appreciate. The overall composition is vibrant and attractive. However, the real mastery lies in the central figure, which has been artfully constructed using many branch/root stocks. The way that the artist has blended, warped and adjusted these branches into a realistic wooden figure is really inspiring.

Fire Flower
This burning flower is a wonderful example of combining several elements of nature. The two concepts of flower and fire would not usually be associated with one another, yet once combined they create a piece that is both elegant and intense/ominous. The plain background really lets you focus on the intense flames and lighting coming from them. I love the subtle use of sparks/light speks on the petals.

Element
Element is a beautiful typography illustration that has a very natural feel to it. The artist has manipulated branches to construct elegant lettering. They have then shaded/lit the lettering expertly, and introduced further elements such as the leaves, grass, sculpture and bird. This is a good example of how photo manipulation can really capture the texture and essence of an entity. You can almost reach out and grab the branches, and they don’t appear the least bit fake.

Keep on Fire
Keep on Fire is one of those photo manipulations that puts you right in the middle of the action. From the falling statue figure to the fierce flames we really feel the intensity of the scene. The juxtaposition of fire and water is a great visual combination, seamlessly integrating both natural elements into a cohesive piece. The lighting in the piece is superb, as the amber flames cast out a subtle glow on the surrounding rocks and figures.

Nature
Another bright and vibrant piece combining multiple elements of nature. This design has manipulated flowing waterfalls, cloud formations and trees to combine to a fantasy sky landscape. The background is unrealistically bright and colorful, yet helps enhance the fantasy setting. Elements are well blended together, retaining the sharpness and movement of the flowing water rather than over-blurring or masking it.

Contemplation
Contemplation is a very detailed photo manipulation and integrates several natural elements. The entire central structure is set against a scenic backdrop, whilst the buddha sits amidst a dazzling variety of flowers, scrubs and falling leaves. The design uses a very naturalistic, autumnal color palette, ranging from deep yellows/oranges to rich greens.

Wildlife Poster
This photo manipulation is for a fictional wildlife TV show. The central zebra has been masked off using various splatter brush sets in Photoshop to create a grungy, abstract edge for the animal. The backdrop is a glowing African landscape, enhanced by details such as the subtle zebra stripes overlaid, as well as a build up of light effects to draw your focus towards the center of the design.

The Choice
One of my all time favorite photo manipulations concerning nature. The message created is clear – a choice between a lush natural landscape or one destroyed by the actions of man. The piece is visually striking, with great contrast between the verdant greens of the right half, and the orange flames and barren gray landscape on the left. The two halves have been blended really well, with details such as the overlap of leaves, or the light cast by the flames showing how the two halves leak into one another.

Extraordinary Island
Another photo manipulation that distorts reality. The artist has created a hugely detailed natural island, which is all but submerged in a tumultuous sea. The perspective and angle of the sea is clearly impossible, yet works really well as part of a fantasy landscape. Further depth is added by the birds flocking towards the island, which through their larger size help establish perspective (especially when compared to the animals on land).

One With Nature
One With Nature is exactly what the title suggests – an epic photo manipulation that truly integrates man with nature. Almost every part of the model has been worked into the natural setting in some way, from his afro hair (constructed from a hedge), to his central core, entwined around the earth. The details and lighting on this piece are really engaging, and the floating leaves help to establish depth and movement. The sharp glowing edges on the man give more definition and impact.

Collegium
Collegium is a bright and vibrant photo manipulation that uses the earth as the central focus. The artist has constructed various landmasses stemming out from the water, which are clearly of unrealistic proportions. However, the final result is really fun and friendly, and has plenty of depth. I love how the fantasy world moves from a tropical paradise at the top, to a desolate frozen land at the bottom. Interestingly the rays of light from the upper left logo are continued out to light the entire piece.

Act
A hugely creative concept that really captures the essence of nature. The idea of holding nature in your hands helps to make it palpable and comprehensible. I love the 3D effect given to the water in the bottom hand, which is especially impressive if you notice all the floating debris and detail in the water. The pouring water coming from the top hand is artfully done, and creates a really natural transition between the two nature scenes.

Striking Nature Scene
A deceptively detailed photo manipulation. The man’s torso has been constructed by many layers of weaving tree branches, which blend down seamlessly into a root formation. The muted colors of the piece ensure that you focus on the central figure, and the weaving tree routes help guide your eye this way.

Nature’s Defiance
This piece creates a great juxtaposition between the man-made and the natural. Ultimately it is nature who wins in this scenario, as the huge tree overwhelms the urban surroundings. The composition effectively positions nature as superior to man in several ways. Aside from the obvious size of the tree, it is clearly more colorful than the duller surroundings (thus it draws the eye more). Additionally the swirling light effect around the trunk of the tree gives the structure a magical element which sets it apart from the boring surroundings.

Earthcology
This bright, verdant composition uses a pink butterfly to form part of this planet’s structure. Everything from the lighting the color palette has been amplified to make this piece stand out, and it’s really effective. The detail in the butterfly is immense, including a series of complex patterns that appear to have been superimposed over the wings. The various bushes and trees constructing the planet have been blending and warped to form a realistic planet structure, which is surrounded by a bright glow, helping it stand out even more against the dark blue background.

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In today’s session, we are bringing a collection of some amazing and useful Photoshop resources that will help you in creating your own dulcet patterns in your designs. With Photoshop, designers can save themselves plenty of time and wind up with improved results by taking advantage of readily available freebies. Which is what brings us here today.

This is a round up of dozens of fresh and free Photoshop patterns. The resources featured here are all offered in downloadable PAT format that can be used in Photoshop. Here is the complete list. Enjoy!

Important: All patterns are free. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the patterns for commercial use, they can change from time to time.

The Patterns

Decorative Patterns
This is a set of 8 decorative patterns, included both the PAT file and the seamless JPG files.

Colour Pattern Pack
A pack of 8 jpegs and a PAT file for Photoshop containing beautiful colourful patterns.

Coffee Patterns
This set contains coffee patterns (vector .PSD and .PAT). A great addition to your collection of free vector patterns!

Animal Patterns
This set contains some awesome animal skin, fur and feathers patterns.

Clocks Pattern
This set contains clocks pattern (vector) made in Photoshop. This stylish clock photoshop pattern is available in PSD (vector shapes) and PAT file formats.

Besida’s Patterns 01
This set contains 24 beautiful patterns by Besida.

10 Seamless Plaid Patterns
The patterns are available in both Illustrator and Photoshop format and can be imported as a .PAT file in Photoshop or as an .AI file in Illustrator.

Colorful Rainbow Marble Patterns
It contains four colorful seamless patterns. Made in Photoshop CS5.

A Free Google Plus Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
This is a simple great striped Photoshop and Illustrator pattern based on the Google Plus colours.

Hand Drawn Summer Petal Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
A great hand drawn petal pattern available to be used within commercial and non commercial design projects. The pattern is free and available in two different colours which are black and white.

Colourful Abstract Geometric Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
This colourful geometric pattern includes 6 different colour variations to be used in commercial and non commercial design projects.

3D Cube Patterns
A set of 8 high resolution Photoshop 3D cube based patterns. Feel free to use these as you want in personal and commercial projects.

Geometry Seamless Patterns
This set contains some seamless patterns absolutely for free. They can be a great addition to your beautiful designs and because they are all vector-shape layers, you can scale them as you’d like, and easily change their color.

100 Photoshop Zigzag Patterns
The download includes a PAT file with 100 zigzag pixel patterns with transparent background, vertical and horizontal.

Colorful Wooden Patterns
24 colorful wooden patterns, free for personal or commercial use.

WE LIKE STRIPED: 30 striped patterns
This set contains 30 free striped patterns. PAT file + gif images.

Photoshop Pattern for Packaging Designs: Abstract Circles
This set contains Photoshop patterns with abstract circles (.PAT file and photoshop vector pattern – circles shape layer in Photoshop). This free photoshop pattern is perfect for packaging designs – gift box & wrapping paper designs, book covers, tablecloth designs and much more.

Batik Overlay
This set contains 10 beautiful Batik Overlay patterns.

Photoshop Fabric Patterns: “My Favourite Socks” ))
This Photoshop fabric patterns set contains 7 knit fabric patterns in PAT file format. Download and use in your projects.

A Free Sunshine Cloud Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
This is a great summer pattern. The set includes hand drawn sun and cloud vector elements combined together to create a great pattern.

Wooden Patterns
2 wooden patterns, free for personal or commercial use.

16 Abstract Pattern
This set contains 16 abstract patterns.

Black & White & Tiled All Over Patterns
This set contains simple black and white seamless tiles.

Deluxive Snow Flakes Tile Patterns
Set of 10 + bonus tile patterns for Photoshop and other applications. Image files included.

Photoshop: 14 High Resolution Geometric Pattern
Here is a set of 14 geometric patterns for Photoshop in high resolution. Modules with geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, hexagons and the like.

Sea and Ocean Fish Vector Pattern
This set contains sea & ocean fish vector pattern (photoshop psd and pat files). This pattern will be a great addition to your collection of free Photoshop vector patterns.

Water Colour Pattern
The pattern is available in 2 different colours.

Starry Sky Photoshop Vector Pattern (PAT, PSD)
This set contains sky vector pattern for Photoshop with white stars and a transparent background, a valuable resource in your design tool box.

Free Dotted Photoshop Patterns
Nice pack of 29 dotted Photoshop patterns free to use.

22 Hexagon Photoshop Patterns (PAT)
Seamless hexagon photoshop patterns (or honeycomb patterns) with transparent background. There are 22 patterns in all in this PAT set, 11 white and 11 black ones. Enjoy!

15 Seamless Pixel Patterns
This set includes 15 seamless pixel patterns for creating visually subtle effects for your design backgrounds.

10 Tileable Photoshop Patterns
This set includes 10 tileable patterns for Photoshop. These patterns can help you enhance your design visuals. And of course they are quick and handy!

Summer Sunflower
This is a great sunflower pattern to be used in commercial and non commercial design projects.

A Great Simple Abstract Pattern
A great simple abstract Photoshop and Illustrator pattern. The pattern comes in two different colours to give you a few more options.

Simple Decorative Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
A simple but decorative pattern. The pattern is available for Photoshop and Illustrator and in two different colours.

14 Abstract Patterns
This set contains 14 basic abstract patterns.

Abstract Squared Curved Photoshop And Vector Pattern
A cool abstract squared curved pattern which reminds one of a mosaic effect. This pattern is available in five different colours and alongside a Photoshop pattern file which can imported directly into Photoshop.

Beige Grunge Free Patterns
A set of 10 Photoshop seamless beige grunge patterns that you can be use for adding texture to your projects.

32 Photoshop Patterns: Subtle Pixels
This set contains 32 super subtle, Photoshop pixel patterns.

A Glossy Diamond
A glossy diamond Photoshop and Illustrator pattern. The pattern is also available in 2 different colours.

Tileable and Repeatable Pixel Perfect Patterns
A set of seamless and repeatable PSD pixel patterns. More than 60 patterns ready to use with a simple .PAT file. Just change the background color and you will have unlimited possibilities.

15 Abstract Patterns
A beautiful pack of 15 amazing abstract patterns.

Blue Stripes 1 Pattern Set
30 various stripe patterns with bluish gradients for Adobe Photoshop. Some stripes are horizontal, some are vertical, and some are at angles.

Gold Free Pattern
A wonderful set of six Photoshop patterns for your golden artworks, cards or websites. There is one Photoshop .pat file and six individual and seamless .jpg files. The patterns are made on PS CS5.

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It goes without saying that high-quality PSD files are some of the most precious resources for a designer. This is the reason why even the most skilled and experienced designers are constantly on the look out for new PSD files to add to their toolboxes so they are armed and ready for whatever their next client or project has to throw at them.

The fact that PSD files can easily be edited and modified as per your own needs and requirements makes them the preferred choice of the designers for getting their work done efficiently and swiftly. In this roundup, we are showcasing a collection of over 40 high quality icon sets that are available in PSD formats so that you can edit them at your ease. Enjoy the resources.

The Goods

All psd icon sets are free. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the psd’s for commercial use, the license can change from time to time.

Free Google Plus Icons Set
Google Plus Icons, set of free 13 different social icons (almost every style is included). Each icon of G+ from this set is available in different px size. Source PSD files are grouped and layered, so you can easily copy and paste icon design elements and create custom icons.

Key icon PSD
A beautiful icon of a key in PSD and PNG formats.

Yes, no icons (PSD)
The icons are created in Photoshop using shape layers to help you have no problem in resizing them. Also, these icons are isolated on transparent backgrounds in PNG format in sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128, 64×64 and 32×32.

Twitter bird PSD icon
The icon is designed in Photoshop using vector shape layers so this means that you can easily increase the size without losing the quality. The Twitter birdie is also isolated on transparent background in sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 and 64×64 pixels for use in your web works.

3D Glossy Icon Set: 20 Free Icons (with PSD)
This set features beautiful, pixel perfect, glossy 3D icons. Each icon comes in 5 sizes (PNG format), with Photoshop PSD files in case you would like to tweak the icons.

Clean mono icons (vector PSD)
A set of 12 monochromatic icons in vector shape PSD format. These icons come in both normal and hover states, and each icon is isolated on a transparent background in size 32×32 pixels for use in your web design needs.

Flavours Icon Set
This set contains 177 icons in a resolution of 48×48 pixels. The files are available in both PNG and PSD versions, so you can modify the files as you wish.

Help icon (PSD lifebuoy)
This is a realistic life preserver icon in Photoshop format. The icon comes with full source layers along with PNG images on transparent backgrounds in sizes 512, 256, 128 and 64 pixels.

Mango fruit PSD icon
The mango icon is a highly detailed design created with vector shape layers in PSD format. Each part of the mango graphic is isolated on a transparent PNG background as icon so you can easily use it in your web project needs.

No-Smoking sign PSD & icons
This icon comes as transparent PNG files categorized as no-smoking sign with cigarette, without cigarette and the cigarette isolated on sizes 512×512, 256x256x, 128×128 and 64×64 pixels.

Movie clapperboard PSD & icons
These two icons come in fully separate layered PSD files along with their icons on transparent backgrounds in sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 pixels which is useful for your web related projects.

Email icon PSD
These email icons (both the open and closed envelopes) come in fully layered PSD files and you can easily increase and decrease the size of the icons as they are created using vectors.

Facebook icon PSD
This set contains a simple, beautiful facebook icon complete with PSD.

Free Icons (with PSDs): 30 E-Commerce Icons
These icons come in 3 different sizes (128×128, 64×64, 48×48) along with a fully-editable and layered Photoshop PSD file for each icon.

Simplito: A free social icon set
The icons are provided as JPGs, PNGs and as a master PSD file for easy alterations.

Business user icon
This is a pretty wonderful business user icon in PSD and PNG format. You can use the icon for web applications, websites, forums, avatars, admin account, etc.

18 vector web icons
Beautiful web icon set in vector PSD and PNG formats. The set contains 18 excellent highly usable icons for your web works.

gCons: Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers
A set of free all-purpose 32×32px icons for designers and web developers (100 icons). The icons come in 12 different colors and are available in PSD, PNG, JPG and GIF formats.

The Ultimate Free Web Designer’s Icon Set
The set consists of web application icons, user interface icons, e-commerce icons, general use icons, desktop icons, blog icons, smiley icons, button icons, keyboard icons, national flags icons, popular online services icons and many others.

StormTrooper Icon
This set contains various sizes of this geek-chic Storm Trooper icon PSD for Star Wars fans.

Android Icon
This set contains some outstanding Android icons.

Free Social Media Icon Set
This package includes 42 64×64 icons in both PNG and PSD formats.

Kaching – Exclusive Free eCommerce Icons
The icons are available as PNGs (48×48 and 400×400) and also include the source files in PSD and Illustrator format so that you can customize it however you like.

Mini Social Icon Set
This set includes 25 Layered social media Icons in PNG JPG & PSD Format.

Setway Icon Set
This set contains 36 icons in JPG, PNG & PSD Format.

Modern compass icon (PSD)
Blue compass web icon. Stylized and modern looking graphic in PSD format. Edit with Photoshop to customize pointing direction.

Modern office telephone icon
A modern looking office telephone isolated on white. Perfect for a website contact or support page graphic in PSD format.

iPhone style – Mail icon
This set contains beautiful iPhone style mail icon PSDs.

Silver computer database icon
A silver, computer database graphic in PSD format. A simple icon for web hosting services, corporate servers, data symbol etc.

Excellent settings icon
This set contains an amazing set of settings icons with PSD files. The icon, created with care to pixel perfection, comes ready for scalability.

iVista Icon PSDs
This set contains 8 beautiful selected iVista PSDs.

OpenPhone
This set contains some really outstanding iPhone style PSD icons.

Computer processor, CPU icon (PSD)
Modern computer chip, CPU icon. A very detailed and photo realistic illustration in PSD format. Isolated on white, no shadow, with clipping path.

iKons 4 CS4
This set contains some stylish Adobe CS4 icons with PSD files.

Magnifa Pro
A beautiful magnification glass icon with PSD file. Perfect for use it as a dock icon or for any of your search icon needs.

PSD Avatar Icon Set
The set contains five avatars which could be used as icons as well. The icons are available in PSD format.

Radar screen icon (PSD)
Hi-tech, blue radar screen with target indicators in PSD format. If you would like to change the backlight color, play with the hue/saturation layer.

PLATE dock icons
This set contains 22 PNG icons (512 x 512 px) + PSD template.

Free simple icon
This set contains some beautiful and simple icons including PSD and PNG files.

Ish
This pack contains 9 icons, PSD and PNG format, 256 x 256 pixels.

Second free PSD icon pack
This set contains some simple and varied icons complete with PSD file.

iPhone 4G Black Icon and Psd
This is a sleek and stylish looking black iPhone 4G icon and PSD.

Sleek Volume Icon
For your sound/volume icon needs, this sharp, stylized set is the perfect fit.

Shopping bag icons
This is an excellent and very useful download to help you in your shopping / ecommerce related graphic needs, available in 3 color variations: green, brown and red. Each graphic is contained in a named folder with full layers for easy customization. Also, all the graphics are scaled down to 256x256px and 128x128px in PNG format to serve as transparent icons.

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