Photoshop is fast becoming the choice of creative designers to try their hand on and give shape to their creative ideas. The tools and features it comes loaded with makes it the best bet. Designers across the globe are making efforts to learn how to make optimum use of its features and learn new tricks. While on the other hand there are many designers who love lending a helping hand to their fellow designers. How? With the help of useful Photoshop tutorials!

Each month we select some of the really helpful and best Photoshop tutorials for our designer friends to eliminate the need to spend hours looking for the right one. Below are the previous months’ lists of best Photoshop tutorials which we published followed by this the list of Photoshop tutorials of the month of August 2014. Take a look!

Best Adobe Photoshop Tutorials of July 2014

Best Adobe Photoshop Tutorials of June 2014

Best Adobe Photoshop Tutorials of May 2014

Best Adobe Photoshop Tutorials of April 2014

Best Photoshop Tutorials of August 2014

1. The making of ‘The Blue Monkey’

Thales Simonato de Oliveira has ccome up with a very nice tutorial which he named The Blue Monkey. He describes the process he used to create his version of Goro Fujita’s The Blue Monkey which is not less than the cute one.

2. “Queen of Fungi” – How to Turn Baby Photo into a Fairy Tale Composite

This tutorial will make you learn how to create magical photo manipulation by giving interesting effects in simple easy to follow steps. 

3. Elegant and glossy effect with fabric wrinkles and snake skin pattern

This tutorial spotted at Alfoart will make you learn how to create glossy fabric texture and apply snake pattern and decorative elements to it.

4. Create a colorful Pop duotone in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn to create vibrant fluoro colorful Pop duotone in simple and fun way making you go back to 80s.

5. Kandi Runner: Create a Pixel Art Sprite from Scratch

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a pixel art version of Kandi. Also, you will learn how to extend those skills to make a pixel art game sprite of your very own.

6. Master ZBrush creature-design workflows

Alvaro Ribeiro with this tutorial makes us learn how to translate a Jerad S. Marantz 2D creature concept using ZBrush and Photoshop.

7. Create a person made of water from a photo

In this photo manipulation tutorial, Jennifer Cirpici makes designers learn how to create a figure that appears made from water, working from a stock photograph.

8. Create a photo and vector mash-up

In this tutorial, leading illustrator Neil Duerden makes you learn how to create stylish images, starting from a basic model shot.

9. Guardians of the Galaxy Text Effect in Photoshop

This tutorial will make you learn how to make a golden metal text effect similar to the one you see on many Guardians of the Galaxy movie posters.

10. Learn How to Illustrate a Realistic Rocketship in Photoshop

In this tutorial,  you will lean how to create a retro styled rocket in Photoshop by exploring the importance of details in creating a complex illustration besides creating realistic surfaces.

11. How To Create A Dramatic Rock Formation

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a rock formation from scratch using Photoshop.

12. Create a Vivid Arabian Night Composite

With this tutorial you will learn how to create a beautiful Arabian night photo manipulation with Photoshop by following several blending tricks and composting tips to create a vivid vector-like landscape.

13. How to create unique Lady Portait Manipulation With Flower Patterns

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create this awesome photo manipulation of a lady portrait shot with flower patterns in Photoshop.

14. Giving Chrome Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial which we spotted at Abduzeedo you will learn how to create a chrome effect in Photoshop using just layer styles.

15. Design an Eye-Catching Voucher in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a nice clean looking design for a present voucher. Simply following the simple steps to learn new techniques and you will get the desired results.

16. Quick BW Landscape Editing

This tutorial makes you learn how you can get beautiful high contrasty effects on landscape shots.

17. How to Composite a Moon or Planet into a Photo with Photoshop

This tutorial spotted at Design Panoply makes you learn how to composite a moon or planet into a photograph using nothing but layer styles and masks in Photoshop.

18. Shiny Glass Text Effect

This tutorial will make you learn how to create a layered, classy, and elegant glass text effect using Photoshop’s Layer Styles in just few simple steps.

19. Stained Glass Peacock

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a beautiful stained glass effect Photoshop style in few simple steps.

20. How to Write in the Sand in Adobe Photoshop

The tutorial will make you learn how to combine the power of Layer Styles along with a couple of textures, brushes and selection options to create a realistic-looking sand writing text effect.

21. How to Create a Dynamic Poster You Can Use for Night Clubs

In this tutorial you will learn how to create abstract Dance night poster with Photoshop. Besides you will learn how to use dodge and burn tool to do basic and simple painting, smudging, masking, color adjustment, lightning and some more.

22. How to Composite a Moon or Planet into a Photo with Photoshop

This tutorial makes you learn how to digitally re-create a cross processed photo effect in Photoshop. The cross processed look comes from a old photography technique that helps creates color shifts and changes in contrast.

Have you written any such tutorial lately? Why not share your best Photoshop tutorials with our readers? We would love to add the same in our upcoming listicles. Leave a comment to know what you think of the ones listed above.