Just in time for Halloween, learn how to make this cartoonish eyeball in Photoshop. Get creative with the iris and pupils to make something monstrous!
This eyeball was actually inspired by a ring I bought at the Buskers this summer.
So pop open Photoshop and head on past the break!
Starbursts/sunbursts have always looked cool to me. It probably stems from my affinity for all things Japanese, but they’re just so fun to make and use and look at. In this tutorial I’ve included about a billion different ways (or four) of making starbursts in Photoshop – each looking a bit different than the other.
So flip a coin, roll a die, or hope for divine intervention, and pick your path so we can get started already!
What if everything you touched turned to gold?
Now you can have that power – without the donkey ears.
This is a tutorial on turning objects into gold with Photoshop. I find this works better on smooth, shiny, or artificial items – although this can be applied to living things the effect is not as convincing.
This tutorial was suggested by Mizaks, owner of The Critical Critics.
Have you always wondered how to get a photograph to have such nice, rounded edges?
Well, using masks, there is an easy way to do that in Photoshop. And the effect doesn’t stop at curved edges! If you can lasso it, you can mask it.
(thank you knmt for sending me this tut!)
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create spiffy-looking complex geometric shapes using pre-defined Photoshop shapes. The final effect looks pretty cool, almost like tattoos, and they are dead easy and fun to make!
Let’s get started.
Regular readers of the Minty Ferret may have realized that I’ve recently added a favicon to the site. Favicons are little images that show up beside the web address and bookmarks – just look above. See the ferret paw-print? That’s a favicon.
So here’s a quick tutorial on making a favicon and uploading it so it works on your website.
Open a 16×16px document.
Design your favicon. You only have a small area to work with, so keep it simple! You might want to stick to just a letter, a portion of your logo, or something uncomplicated that represents your website.
Now select File > Save for Web.
Although favicons are .ico files, there is no option to save it as such in Photoshop. We need to save it as a .gif and then use a third-party software to convert it to a favicon-friendly file.
Once you’ve finished saving it as a .gif, head on over to Favicon from Pics. Upload your .gif image to their site.
Now download the provided file to your computer.
Unzip the folder…
And upload the favicon.ico file to the root of your website.
Add the following code between the HEAD tags on every page you want your favicon to show.
Note: If you’ve done this and your favicon is still not working, you have have to specify the full path to the icon. For example, I had to use http://mintyferret.com/favicon.ico instead of /favicon.ico to get it to work.
Upload the revised files to your webspace. And there you have it! Your very own favicon.
Looking for favicon inspiration? The Favicon Gallery has a nice list of favicons for you to peruse.
Here I will give you a very quick tutorial on how to make diagonal lines / stripes in Photoshop. However, if you’d rather have them ready-made, scroll to the bottom of the post to download my Diagonal Line Patterns for Photoshop.
First, open a square canvas made of odd-numbered pixels. I used 15×15px in my first few patterns and then expanded it to a 25×25px canvas.
Now grab the pencil tool and set it to 1px.
Now you simply have to make the shapes shown below to achieve the desired effect. Every single one of these are included in the Diagonal Line Patterns package at the bottom of the post for you to download.
  A 1-px line |
  A 3-px line. Notice the added dots at each corner to make the pattern seamless. |
  A 5-px line. As the width increases, you need to compensate for that by filling in the corners in a diagonal fashion as well. |
  A 7-px line. |
  A 7-px line, this time on a 25×25px canvas. |
  A 9-px line. |
  A 11-px line. |
  A 13-px line. |
And so on and so forth. Then simply select Edit > Define Brush Pattern to create your Thick Diagonal Stripes pattern!
The patterns you can download below are the same as those shown above, and will look something like this once you’ve loaded it up into Photoshop:
And without further ado, here is the link to download the package. If you make anything with this pattern that you wouldn’t mind sharing, please contact me or post a comment and I’ll gladly showcase your work here!
>> Download the Thick Diagonal Lines Package Here <<
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Learn how to make those Calendar Icons you frequently see on blog sites.
PSD files for this Photoshop tutorial are included, and a package of free Calendar Icons are available for you to download as well!
Now for a bit of fun. 
This simple tutorial will walk you through the steps of creating a LOLCAT.
Using Photoshop and Imageready, you can easily design animated banners for advertising campaigns.
Here is what the final result will look like:
Diagonal Lines & Stripes
A very quick tutorial on how to make thick diagonal lines and stripes. FREE patterns are available to download!
Mask Your Photo
Have you wondered how to get a photograph to have such nice, rounded edges? Using masks, there's an easy way to do that!