Photoshop Tutorials Perfect For Creating Abstract Wallpapers

Windows Vista Aurora Effect

David Leggett from Tutorial9 explains to you how you can create the Windows Vista wallpaper, often referred to as the ‘Aurora effect’. When you read this tutorial, you’ll notice that it’s actually pretty easy to achieve.

Abstract Light Rays

This tutorial shows you how you can create abstract light rays. This is a simple tutorial that is perfect for creating your own abstract backgrounds.

Create A Brilliant Light Streak In Photoshop

Lighting effects have become quite popular, and are an effective way to add bright eye catching details to a photo or illustration. In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks which can be used in different ways to add motion and brightness to your designs.

Colorful Tornado

Another tutorial that might be perfect for an abstract background. This tutorial shows you how you can create a colorful tornado in photoshop.

Luminescent Lines

In this tutorial you’ll create some thin flowing lines that look as if they emit light. This technique is fairly simple and is a great way to create an abstract wallpaper or looks good integrated into another image. This tutorial will mainly explore the brush engine and you will also learn how to create custom brushes and use them effectively, combined with some interesting layer styles.

Abstract Background Of Color Bars

This tutorial will show you a short but attractive way to create a graphic for backgrounds, wallpapers, greeting cards, designs, and all that other good stuff. You will learn a simple Photoshop trick that you can easily manipulate for your daily needs.

Create A Mac-Type Background

This tutorial is about making a “mac” style background. You can use these in all sorts of situations, including the obvious –your desktop– as well as part of your designs or for corporate work (Powerpoint presentations, Flash work, etc).

Space Lighting Effects In 10 Steps

This great tutorial from Abduzeedo shows you how to create a space lightning effects. They also illustrate that it doesn’t have to take you 2 hours to create something beautiful, because this tutorial takes you only 10 steps.

Stripy Abstract Wallpaper

This tutorial will show you how to create a stripy abstract wallpaper from scratch. This is a quick tutorial of only 6 steps!

Swooshy Lines Tutorial

This tutorial will teach you how to make an abstract ribbon-like effect using only Adobe Photoshop. This effect could be used for wallpapers, banners, websites…

Create A OS X Wallpaper

Learn to create the iconic wallpaper using effects, gradients, masks and blurring.

Colorful Light Effect In Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to create a super easy but at the same time beautiful light effect. This effect was inspired by a Sony ad for a cellphone called ‘Xperia’.

Chroma Wallpapers

This tutorial explains how to create a energetic, vibrant, colorful wallpaper, like the ones available at Color Charge. These lines, which we’ll call Chroma were highly inspired by the iPod Nano Ad from 2006 and some Quantum Chromodynamics nerdery stuff.