Kirk Nelson - Envato Tuts+ Profile

Courses

How to Use the PixelSquid Plugin for Photoshop
The PixelSquid plugin for Photoshop is an exciting new technology that provides the benefits of 3D elements without having to understand a 3D program or the...
Kirk Nelson
30 Jan 2017
Design & Illustration
1.3 hours
Design Fundamentals for Photographers
What do photography and graphic design have in common? Quite a bit, actually! They are both visual artistic media. If you are a photographer and you’ve never...
Kirk Nelson
25 Jan 2017
Photo & Video
1.3 hours
Mastering the Filter Forge Plugin for Adobe Photoshop
Filter Forge 5 is one of the most impressive plugins for Photoshop to come out in years. Its ability to create realistic custom-made textures is virtually...
Kirk Nelson
2 Jan 2017
Design & Illustration
1.3 hours
Cinemagraphs in Adobe Photoshop
Cinemagraphs are a fascinating blend between still photos and video. Normally these pieces are created by isolating a small portion of movement from a video...
Kirk Nelson
19 Sep 2016
Design & Illustration
42 minutes
How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop
In this Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ Instructor Kirk Nelson will help you tackle the fundamentals of using the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop in...
Kirk Nelson
7 Jun 2016
Design & Illustration
14 minutes
How to Plan and Storyboard a Photo Illustration Project
Have you ever had an idea for photo illustration, but didn't know where to start? The most successful photo illustration projects use custom photography....
Kirk Nelson
28 May 2016
Photo & Video
45 minutes
Mastering Blending Modes in Adobe Photoshop
Blending modes in Photoshop are a “workhorse” feature. They perform a lot of heavy lifting and make many of the other features a lot easier, with very little...
Kirk Nelson
21 Mar 2016
Design & Illustration
1.3 hours
Using Curves in Adobe Photoshop
Curves are one of the best utilities in Photoshop for making lighting adjustments to an image. This feature may seem complex at first, but once you...
Kirk Nelson
1 Feb 2016
Design & Illustration
10 minutes
Getting to Know the CC Libraries in Adobe Photoshop
As designers, we often need to store or share our design assets, whether it's with clients or our colleagues. Of course we can use file-sharing services such...
Kirk Nelson
15 Dec 2015
Design & Illustration
10 minutes
Working With Color in Adobe Photoshop
Any artist will tell you that the use of color is a major component of the design process, regardless of the medium. Digital art and photography are no...
Kirk Nelson
30 Nov 2015
Design & Illustration
1.3 hours
Building Your Own Actions in Adobe Photoshop
If you have used Photoshop for any extensive creative projects, you know that there are certain steps that you tend to do over and over again. This can be a...
Kirk Nelson
30 Oct 2015
Design & Illustration
1.4 hours
Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop
To expand your mastery of the vast array of features in Adobe Photoshop, this course delves into what Photoshop can and can’t do with video editing. While...
Kirk Nelson
30 Oct 2015
Photo & Video
1.7 hours
Texture Crafting in Adobe Photoshop
High-quality textures are an integral part of creating digital artwork with depth, realism and visual interest. One of the best ways of adding believable...
Kirk Nelson
28 Sep 2015
Design & Illustration
1.4 hours
Using Light and Shadow in Photo Manipulation
One of the most difficult tasks in any photo manipulation project is getting the lighting and shadows to agree. This can be particularly difficult if you are...
Kirk Nelson
14 Aug 2015
Design & Illustration
51 minutes
Advanced Adobe Photoshop Techniques
Hey Graphics Artists! Are you looking to take your Adobe Photoshop skills up a notch? Do you struggle with translating your vision to the digital canvas?...
Kirk Nelson
30 Jul 2015
Design & Illustration
2 hours
Mastering Light & Shadow in Adobe Photoshop
In this short course we will analyze how light and shadow work in the real physical world. Then we’ll look at how we can take those concepts and use them in...
Kirk Nelson
25 Jun 2015
Design & Illustration
1 hour
Selections and Masking in Adobe Photoshop
The concept of editing selected pixels is considered a core capability of Adobe Photoshop. It’s found in almost every workflow for almost any kind of...
Kirk Nelson
27 May 2015
Design & Illustration
2.2 hours
Practical Brush Effects in Adobe Photoshop
Have you ever seen an amazing effect in a piece of digital art and wondered how they did it? Maybe it was a figure in a column of smoke or a flaming ball of...
Kirk Nelson
24 Apr 2015
Design & Illustration
1.6 hours
Nature-Inspired Text Effects in Adobe Photoshop
Text effects are a very popular and exciting sub-genre of digital art. Creating text effects is a great way to learn new skills, and apply them in creative...
Kirk Nelson
16 Mar 2015
Design & Illustration
1.9 hours
Mastering the Wacom Tablet in Adobe Photoshop
One of the most valuable pieces of equipment for digital drawing is the pressure-sensitive graphics tablet. The leading manufacturer of these tablets is...
Kirk Nelson
17 Feb 2015
Design & Illustration
1.7 hours
Mastering Perspective in Adobe Photoshop
This course helps students to learn, practice, and apply the lessons of setting scenes in perspective using Adobe Photoshop. We will go over three different...
Kirk Nelson
29 Dec 2014
Design & Illustration
2.1 hours
Creative Photo Effects in Adobe Photoshop
This course aims to fit directly between the concepts of pure digital painting and photo filtering. Photo painting is the term that best describes the...
Kirk Nelson
25 Nov 2014
Design & Illustration
2.5 hours
Fluid Photo Manipulation: Transform, Warp, and Liquify
This course explores the Transformation, Warp, and Liquify tools within Adobe Photoshop. You’ll learn about the features at a beginner level, then work...
Kirk Nelson
31 Oct 2014
Design & Illustration
2.3 hours
Drawing Fantasy Creatures Digitally
Welcome to Drawing Fantasy Creatures Digitally. This course will teach you how to draw creatures that do not exist in reality. The element of fantasy...
Kirk Nelson
30 Sep 2014
Design & Illustration
2.2 hours
Fundamentals of Children's Illustration
This course will teach you how to create illustrations for children, with three hands-on projects in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. You’ll learn...
Kirk Nelson
23 Sep 2014
Design & Illustration
2.8 hours
Mastering 3D in Adobe Photoshop
One of the features of Adobe Photoshop we often overlook is the 3D feature. Photoshop lets you position and animate 3D models, edit textures and lighting,...
Kirk Nelson
10 Sep 2014
Design & Illustration
1.9 hours
Digital Drawing 101: Drawing Animals
This course blends traditional drawing techniques with modern digital tools to teach you how to draw a range of animals in different illustrative styles....
Kirk Nelson
27 Aug 2014
Design & Illustration
2.6 hours
Event Flyer Design
In this course Kirk Nelson will take you through the process of designing event flyers, from top to bottom. You'll learn how to incorporate graphic design,...
Kirk Nelson
4 Aug 2014
Design & Illustration
2.3 hours
Comic Book Art: The Human Form
The human form is one of the hardest things to master when it comes to comic book art, yet one of the most rewarding. In this course you'll learn how to...
Kirk Nelson
1 Apr 2014
Design & Illustration
3.1 hours
Advanced Photo Manipulation: Movie Poster Effects
Kirk Nelson is back with another course on advanced photo-manipulation techniques. This time he'll take you on a creative journey through the world of...
Kirk Nelson
17 Jan 2014
Design & Illustration
2.8 hours
Advanced Photo Manipulation Part 2
Photo-manipulation using Photoshop is so much fun and rewarding, if done right. Instructor Kirk Nelson is back to take you on another creative journey to...
Kirk Nelson
27 Sep 2013
Design & Illustration
3.6 hours
Advanced Photo Manipulation Course One
You can turn a photo into anything, but to make it look accurate and real, that takes some skill. Well that, and the right teacher to walk you through the...
Kirk Nelson
12 Aug 2013
Design & Illustration
3.7 hours
Digital Figure Drawing: Beyond the Basics
Figure drawing takes skill and technique, but once you’ve gotten the basics down, where do you go from there? Right here, where Kirk Nelson will show you...
Kirk Nelson
19 Jul 2013
Design & Illustration
2.4 hours
Photo Restoration 101
If you have a stack of older photos that you want to digitize and restore, you’ll need a certain skill set to do it correctly. With Photo Restoration 101,...
Kirk Nelson
26 Jun 2013
Photo & Video
3.5 hours
Introduction to Digital Figure Drawing
Whether you’re an artist or not, drawing the human body is a complex and difficult task. Drawing it digitally is a whole other ballgame! This course will...
Kirk Nelson
30 Apr 2013
Design & Illustration
3 hours
Digital Portrait Drawing
Whether you’re drawing a comic book for one of the big two or just want to create something magical for your living room, drawing digital portraits is a...
Kirk Nelson
19 Apr 2013
Design & Illustration
3.1 hours
Digital Drawing Fundamentals
Talented digital painter and designer Kirk Nelson is here to help you learn the fundamentals of drawing on a digital canvas. This course walks you through...
Kirk Nelson
13 Feb 2013
Design & Illustration
3.7 hours

Tutorials

How to Create and Use Luminosity Masks in Adobe Photoshop
Luminosity masks are selections created from the various levels of brightness found in an image. These can then be used to easily target an image's...
Kirk Nelson
28 Jun 2019
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Kaleidoscope Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Learn to create a fun kaleidoscope effect inspired by the effects in Zayn's "Pillow Talk" music video.
Kirk Nelson
6 Feb 2019
Design & Illustration
What Are Photoshop Actions and How to Install Photoshop Actions
What are Photoshop Actions? Why should you use them and how? This 60-second video will show you why Photoshop Actions should be an important part of your...
Kirk Nelson
11 Jan 2019
Design & Illustration
64 Awesome Festive Photoshop Christmas Filters & Add-Ons
Deck your digital halls with boughs of holiday pixels with this roundup of the best Christmas themed add-ons from Envato Market and Envato Elements.
Kirk Nelson
22 Nov 2018
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Tous-Les-Memes-Inspired, Isometric Scene Effect in Photoshop
Learn how to make use of Photoshop's guidelines, patterns and perspective warp features to create a dazzling effect inspired by the Tous-Les-Memes music video.
Kirk Nelson
27 Sep 2018
Design & Illustration
Photoshop in 60 Seconds: How to Present Your Designs Professionally
Take just a minute and learn how to use product mock-ups to present your designs with professionalism and sophistication.
Kirk Nelson
14 Sep 2018
Design & Illustration
How to Insert a Photo Into a Product Mock-Up in Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to add your own custom photos and artwork to a product mock-up purchased from Envato Market.
Kirk Nelson
13 Jul 2018
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Fireball Brush From Scratch in Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to safely throw real fireballs! Then see how to capture them digitally for custom brushes in Photoshop
Kirk Nelson
12 Mar 2018
Design & Illustration
Essential Resources for Photo Manipulation Artists
Photo manipulation is a craft. And, just like any other craft, it requires a special set of tools. Take a peek inside the toolbox and see what tools can...
Kirk Nelson
9 Jun 2017
Design & Illustration
30+ Premium Adobe Photoshop Brushes and Tutorials
If you're not making use of custom brushes in Photoshop, you are missing out on an amazing tool for improving your digital artwork.
Kirk Nelson
2 Jun 2017
Design & Illustration
Improve Your Photographic Composition Skills by Using Shape
In this video tutorial from my course on Design Fundamentals for Photographers, you'll learn how to apply the concept of shape to composition in photography....
Kirk Nelson
20 Apr 2017
Photo & Video
10 Tips for Improving Your Photo Manipulation Skills
Like any other skill, photo manipulation requires dedication and practice to improve. But there are so many different aspects to the craft that it can seem...
Kirk Nelson
12 Apr 2017
Design & Illustration