Photoshop is a very versatile graphics software and one of the things that it can do is creating beautiful artworks and illustrations. Background design has always been a vital part in any kind of design be it a simple website design, a product advertisement or any other kind of design.
There are numerous Photoshop tutorials of background around on the Web and sometimes it can be difficult to try and find the best ones. Here in In this article, we have collected some of the best amazing backgrounds Photoshop tutorials that you can use in more ways than one. You can use this as a website background, inspiration or as a base for an artwork.
1. Colorful Balls illustration in Photoshop CS5
You will learn how to create abstract colorful illustration using simple tools and techniques like Ellipse Tool, Brush Tool, Gradient Tool, Layer Style, etc.

2. Create an Apple Wallpaper in Photoshop
In this tutorial artist is going to share with you an amazing apple wallpaper tutorial. This tutorial is very effective and easy.

3. Create an Interplay of Abstract Light Streaks
This tutorial is inspired by the work of the Lichfaktor collective. You should really take a look at their pictures, which are pure urban poetry.

4. Create an Easter Egg Wallpaper
Since it’s nearing Easter time, here’s how you can use some Photoshop techniques to paint Easter Eggs and make your final design into wallpaper.

5. Create Mosaic Effect in Photoshop
The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to get one very interesting mosaic effect in Photoshop.

6. Color Nuke – Special Effects
In this tutorial you will learn that how to make a full of colors wallpaper.

7. Animated Rainbow Wallpaper
In this tutorial, I will show how I created the Rainbows wallpaper.

8. Hexagon Bokeh Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a digital bokeh effect with hexagons. We will use the brush engine, patterns, blend modes and basic filters to achieve this effect.

9. Advanced Glow Effects
In this tutorial, we’re going to create some really sharp-looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the Pen Tool and Color Blending.

10. Abstract Starfield Background
You will learn how to mix different shapes, brushes and blending modes in Photoshop CS5 to create awesome space scene.

11. Digital Star Effect
We’ll transform a photo into a series of circles. This is done by combining several filters.

12. Windows 7 Wallpaper Tutorial in Photoshop
Mario is going to share with you an awesome Windows 7 wallpaper tutorial. This tutorial is very effective. You can make many wallpapers to follow these instructions.

13. Create a Wood Background in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial, we are going to create a wood background. We are going to create the wood from scratch and turn it into a pattern.

14. A Cool Lighting Effect In Photoshop
In this tutorial, artist will show you how to create that effect we saw on the screen at the Macworld San Francisco.

15. Create Artistic Abstract Shapes
In this tutorial, designer will show you how you can use Warp tool plus to create great looking abstract shapes to decorate your design.

16. Create a Light Burst Background
Here’s a fun and easy way to make dramatic light burst style backgrounds.

17. Create Colorful Valentine’s Day
If you want to learn how to create Colorful Valentine’s Day card with shining heart, using simple shapes and gradients in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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