For inspiration we selected 5 images from some articles we've published here on Abduzeedo. From these images we took the elements we wanted to apply in our design such as neon lights, color overlays, light effects, stars, sparks, and blurs to give the idea of movement.
Open Photoshop and create a new document. I used for this tutorial the wallpaper size of 1900x1200 pixels. Right after that fill the background layer with black and with the Rectangular Marquee Tool(M) create a selection...
To begin, open a 750 x 500px file. We're going to use the "image1.jpg" file, which you may use from the final archive. After importing the image, let's darken it a little bit, and to do that, make a rectangle with...
We start selecting that cool eye picture... if you want both eyes to become Hulk eyes, that's double work. For this tutorial, I'm gonna use only one eye.
In this tutorial we're going to show you how to create a simple header effect in a few steps, and with some vector textures, try to create a little layout in Fireworks with 9rules.com as our reference.
The first thing you will have to do is create the 3D text. To do that you can use Illustrator. It has a very nice 3D filter and it will work just fine.