This tutorial will show you how to create stylized dog tags from scratch, including the chain, using nothing more than a couple of marquees, layer styles and a few nifty tricks.

While intended for beginners, you’ll need to know your way around the basic tools before attempting this. It should take around half an hour or so to do.

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With this tutorial, we’ll go through the process of creating a very trendy header design that is all the rage in Web 2.0 styled websites.

We’ll cover creating trendy clouds, texturing, layer styles, glowing sparkles, trendy drips and even how to create a city and using funky fonts.

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This tutorial will show you how to take an image and split it into two personalities. One side will be dark and evil, the other light and sparkly.

The tutorial should take about 20 to 45 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, drop a comment and I’ll do my best to help you out.

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Here’s a fairly complete tutorial I wrote a few years ago to get you started with dark art. It should be detailed enough for a beginner to follow, but if you have any questions, just drop a comment and I’ll see if I can help you out.

You’ll need some basic experience with creating layers and know how to get around Photoshop. The rest should be covered.

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Here is a simple method of creating grunge borders for your websites or designs. This tutorial is aimed at beginners, but more advanced users might just learn something.

Once you get the hang of this technique, you will be able to produce jaggy, grungy edges in less than a minute with excellent results.

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