This explains how to implement a simple tech look to your design. This method can be adapted to make interfaces or other trendy things. When trying to achieve the tech look, always stick to thin(much thinner than this example) and straight lines.

Tutorial how to make make snowflakes in photoshop.

Using the vector options you can rid parts of a vector shape. See how...

Matt Kloskowski shows how to use Smart Objects in Photoshop CS2 with Illustrator to make your life easier.

To start with, create a new image with the dimensions 4x4 pixels using a transparent background. Once open, zoom in as far as you can go (1600%), select the pencil tool and set the thickness to 1 pixel, create a square in the center of the new image making sure that you do not fill the whole...

First, open a new document. transparent Background. try to use a size that you are most comfortable working with. I will be using a 350x150 document.
Either go to Edit -> Fill or just Ctrl+A, Shift+F5. Select Foreground Color, which should be black. If it's not, make it black.

1. Create a new document 200 x 200 pixels
2. Fill the background black
3. Place 3 lens flares (Filter->Render->Lens Flare) Diagonally
4. Filter->Sketch->Chrome and use the settings Detail 10 Smoothness 5
And thats basically it, you can colourize it...

The Eyedropper Tool defines the foreground / background color.
In the Toolbox, select the Eyedropper Tool. Click somewhere on your image to define the foreground color. Look how foreground selector on the Toolbox changes...

1. For this sig background start with a 300 x 300 image, and you can make a selection later for the part of this that you would like to use.
2. Press D to reset your colour palette.
3. Filter > Render > Clouds...

Here we'll create a wooden woman.
1) Get two images, here i use a picture of a woman and a picture of wood(the wood is not that good,but oh well,i wanted to make it pretty quick).
2) Bring both of the images in photoshop, open a pretty big new file, transparent...