Everybody has dreams, but most of us don’t have clear and measurable goals to work towards. Writing them down is a key to success and regularly seeing them will apparently motivate you.

Today we will create a cool wallpaper with Photoshop, a few stock photos and tons of fun. Plus, there are quite a few tips and tricks you’ll learn along the way, it’s definitely worth reading. The tutorial is thoroughly explained, it reveals not only the technical aspect, but also how the ideas comes to life and how they morph to fit seamlessly in the same design.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Completion time: 1-2 hours
Tools: Photoshop CS3

Having an idea is just not enough. You need to make that idea happen. You need to pick the right idea from 100 ideas, shape it and develop it.
As a designer and a creative professional, you have lots of ideas. You need to take those ideas to the next level. In this case, the next level is to put your ideas on paper. So you need to elaborate sketches. This doesn’t mean that you must have really good drawing skills – you will create rough sketches, which are quick and cheap.