Great PS tips!

Here is a great list of Photoshop tips that will help your workflow!

Mixed art!

Here's a new piece in which I combined three different animals. I combined a horse, zebra and a cow. I used different blending modes and shadows to make this piece, and overall, I think it turned out pretty well. 

Enjoy. -Colton P.

Complete one of the blogs on the linked page: http://smashmaterials.com/2011/12-best-surreal-photoshop-tutorials-ever/.

Poster tutorial.

Your task is to complete one of these tutorials. I want you to change the text within the poster to something in which you have an emotional investment.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/how-to-create-an-ice-cold-poster-with-3d-text/

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/how-to-design-a-rockin-80s-party-poster/