60 Beautiful Christmas Photoshop Tutorials
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Christmas is a holiday of love and family. It is the time of year when people come together to celebrate, when they realize that some things are more important than others. So why don’t you impress the people who are important to you with some unique Christmas cards or beautiful personal desktop wallpaper?
In this post, we present 60 beautiful Christmas Photoshop tutorials. You’ll learn how to design Christmas trees, snow globes, snowflakes, Christmas candles, Christmas balls and much more. Some designers go even further, taking the time to draw Christmas illustrations or replace old icons with festive ones. Often, designers will draw Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and friends or create a Christmas theme for their website layout.
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Christmas Wallpapers
- The Santa Claus Wallpaper
Learn how to create a funny, festive Christmas wallpaper with Santa Claus.
- Night Before Christmas
This illustration is well suited for children. Allover rounded corners.
- Beautiful Christmas Vision Tutorial
This tutorial teaches you how to use pen tool, paths, smudge tool to to create a Christmas 3D effect in Photoshop.
- Abstract Christmas Wallpaper
Abstract wallpaper in red with some gifts and stars.
- Christmas Night – Making of
A sophisticated collage. The sky over Christmas.
- Creative Cards
A snowman in a suitable landscape.
- Christmas ornaments wallpaper
Warm colors are always perfect for Christmas. Golden balls, some loops and stars.
- Christmas Backgrounds
Christmas balls with reflection.
- Christmas Balls Wallpaper
Red Christmas balls with a frame made of stars.
- Snow Landscape
A snowy landscape with large snow buildings. Santa Claus lives there maybe.
- A Very Snowy Tutorial
Dozens of snowflakes in detail.
Christmas Tree
- Merry Christmas Greeting
Learn how to create a flashy Christmas illustrations with snowflakes and a Christmas tree.
- Tree in snow
Create a Christmas tree in a snow landscape.
- Draw a Christmas tree
The perfect Christmas tree. Large, straight and discreetly decorated.
- Christmas Trees
Comic Christmas trees in a rounded style.
- Many trees
Many Christmas trees in a beautiful snowy landscape.
- Abstract Christmas tree
A Christmas tree, whose shape is formed from stars. Some curves support to keep the tree form recognizable.
- Merry Christmas tree design
Again: Stars guarantee for the shape of the tree.
- Fresh Christmas Tree
Some ornaments and stars give a Christmas tree.
- Christmas Wallpaper
An abstract Christmas tree. As in a dream or underwater.
- Christmas tree design
In an illustration styles shaped Christmas tree.
Christmas Balls
- Christmas Ornament
Learn how to make a shiny glass ornament with a snowflake motif for the holidays.
- Christmas Tree Ornament
Christmas ball with a motive. A snowman over the self-designed ball.
- Christmas Balls Design
Two Christmas balls with bands and stars.
- Christmas Glass Ornaments
Shiny balls, which were decorated.
- Christmas lights balls
Golden Christmas baubles with glowing lines in the interior.
- Glowing christmas ball
This tutorial describes how a ball gets a shine.
- Ornament balls
An illustration with several balls and stars.
- Christmas Balls
Three Christmas balls with a reflection.
- Christmas ornament balls
Three balls, three samples. A good alternative to the shiny versions.
Decoration
- Decorate with Colored Lights
Create a garland only in Photoshop.
- Christmas Candle Bridge
Some candles on a nice stand.
- 3D Snow Globe
Not only the snowman or the landscape is designed in this tutorial. Even a snow globe.
- Cute X’mas Candle
A candle with a bit of decoration and a stand. All thanks to Photoshop.
- Christmas Holly tutorial
The traditional decoration in comic style.
Holy Text
- Wrapped Text Effect
A few letters wrapped as gifts.
- Frost
An ice-cold lettering. Frozen letters in Photoshop.
- Snow on Text
Create artificial snow on the letter.
- Merry Christmas
A very simple effect for beginners.
- Merry Christmas Card
A Merry Christmas. Includes a wreath.
Christmas Cards
- Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree
Learn how to easily create a picture with Santa Claus and a Christmas Tree.
- Christmas card
A Santa Claus, some fir trees and congratulations revealed this beautiful card.
- Christmas color conceptual graphic
A rather abstract illustration with a few stars and lines.
- Gifts snowing
Gifts fall from the sky. A dream comes true.
- Christmas Greetings Postcard
Very large packages. Here is the result of a card in the grunge style.
- We wish you a Merry Christmas
A cute snowman in a beautifully designed snowy landscape with some trees.
- Christmas Greeting
It has everything: candles, pine branches, Christmas balls and stars.
- A nice Christmas card
A Christmas card in the Web 2.0 style.
- Last-Minute Holiday e-Card
Golden glitter forms a Christmas tree. That also like Santa.
- Draw Merry Christmas Illustration
Some Christmas balls with different design.
More Christmas Stuff
- Christmas Shiny Background
How to make a sock with a seasonal pattern in Photoshop.
- Christmas Brush Set
30 Xmas Brushes, most are 100×100, some slightly larger.
- Snowflakes
Create your own Snowflakes step by step in Photoshop.
- Christmas RSS Icon
Adorn the RSS icon with a Christmas tree.
- Santa’s Sleigh Drawing
Santa has forgotten his sleigh. Your chance to take off.
- Pretty Girl in Christmas Suit
Santa Claus girl. Very sexy.
- Christmas Blue Candle
An abstract candle on a green pattern.
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph leads us through Photoshop.
- Christmas bell
Design a Bronze christmas bell with handle.
- Christmas Hat
The hat of Santa Claus. Just as we know it.
- Web Layout
Designing a Christmas-Themed Web Layout.
- Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree
Santa Claus, a snowy landscape and a large Christmas tree in the background.
- Christmas Ornament Tutorial
a christmas ornament made out of shrinkable plastic and adorned with my favourite itsy bitsy buttons.
Related posts
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Paulo
December 16th, 2008 3:10 pmVERY COOL POST!!!
Happy xmas for everyone! SM stills the #1!!
;)
nanto mago
December 16th, 2008 3:49 pmcool .. but not what I’m looking for…
aurel
December 16th, 2008 4:27 pmvery nice
merry xmas to all ya
Greg
December 16th, 2008 4:34 pmNice images, but how incredibly hollow and superficial. All sanitized and secular, not one recognizes that the holiday is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!
David
December 16th, 2008 4:41 pmOveruse of ‘Beautiful’ Fail.
Cristian C
December 16th, 2008 4:49 pmSM Rocks !!!! Thank you !!!
Guillaume Pelletier
December 16th, 2008 5:06 pmSome of these are really nice or quite novel. There are some, however, that don’t live up to the standards I would be expecting from Smashing Magazine. Perhaps a shorter list would have been better in this case.
You guys are my first source of inspiration, keep up the good work!
Edit: Oh and by the way, link on last image seems like it points to the wrong place…
Andrew Houle
December 16th, 2008 5:39 pmCool list. Thanks so much for including a MyInkBlog tutorial :)
Romain
December 17th, 2008 2:09 amI hate xmas and this “beautiful”(???!!!) post.
It’s very better usually.
Thanks for your work
Darth Vader
December 6th, 2011 8:35 amfor christmas ill blow up your planet. happy holidays.
linh
December 17th, 2008 2:22 amjust another awesome post
thx
Beppone
December 17th, 2008 3:20 amThanks again for your nice tutorials. Merry Xmas.
Beppone
December 17th, 2008 3:26 amsorry.. posts … not only tuts :)
fernando
December 17th, 2008 3:53 amCool!
Thanks
iuliux
December 17th, 2008 4:17 amhalf cool, half low quality…
ok, half +1 cool :D
hey man
December 17th, 2008 9:24 am“Some ornaments and stars give a Christmas tree.
The hat of Santa Claus. Just as we know it. ”
it sounds like this was written by someone who doesn’t speak english.
Doesn’t anyone edit these posts?
ted
December 17th, 2008 9:54 amThis is going to be VERY handy. Thanks a lot for providing this. I was a complete noob at photoshop but there are so many online tutorials that anyone can learn. Thanks again
eSeM
December 17th, 2008 11:42 amAll nice tutorials, Good job rounding them up.
Chocho
December 17th, 2008 11:44 amI think this Christmas is a bit depressing. You can tell by looking through this post…
Karen
December 17th, 2008 7:20 pmWhat a wonderful collection of inspiring works with tutorials to boot! Seeing images like these make me think quite differently than Chocho above — Christmas is the celebration of Light coming to a dark world. Thanks for keeping the spirit of joy alive through your fine work and then being a poor magician to tell us how you did it! Kudos!
iren
December 17th, 2008 7:45 pmgreat,cool **
Acher
December 18th, 2008 12:15 amwow, very beautiful,,
hedong
December 18th, 2008 2:02 ambeautiful,,
emao
December 18th, 2008 2:03 amwow, very beautiful
goma
December 18th, 2008 4:33 amC’mon guys, don’t mind about the overused “beautiful” or “me doesn’t speak english”.. It’s Christmas! Well 60 is way A LOT! But it’s ok!
Thanks for this post!
Steave
December 18th, 2008 8:01 amSM Rocks !!!! Thank you !!!!!
Rebecca
December 19th, 2008 6:58 amWow! I wish I would have discovered this before I sent out my Christmas cards! These tutorials can help me with travel photos as well (Travel-Writers-Exchange.com). Maybe I’ll take one of my photos from the UK and create a “Christmas” design using a picture of Edinburgh Castle.
Toan
December 20th, 2008 12:13 ammost of them are not *smashing*
im :D
December 24th, 2008 3:14 pmok nice man :D me not have :( XD me copy :D
aka_sova
December 26th, 2008 5:03 amThanks a lot!
Dea
February 24th, 2009 2:21 amFull with great ideas, nice work end helpful information and free of course.
I just need this tutorials. Thanks for sharing with others.
I always wont to know how somebody creates a wallpaper. Now I get a picture.
sacar
March 12th, 2009 5:42 amnice]
Pedro
November 19th, 2009 4:08 amNice & useful tools, thanks.
Gautam
December 16th, 2009 3:20 amNice ones!
Needed the hat graphic.. :D
Ebenezer Scrooge
December 16th, 2009 7:28 amI HATE X-MAS !!!!!!!!!!!
WillP
December 22nd, 2009 7:26 pmThis is very nice. Thanks for sharing.
The Grinch
December 6th, 2010 7:35 amAmen to that
WillP
December 22nd, 2009 7:29 pmThis is very nice. Thanks for sharing
photoshoprocks
November 16th, 2010 8:12 ammannnnn this is sweeet
neil
November 16th, 2010 8:30 amcall me boyzzzz <3i love this
Victoria
November 27th, 2010 6:36 pmThanks for the tutorial. Made me fall back in love with Photoshop!!
Robert
December 6th, 2010 7:34 amEverybody loves Raymond
bob coy
December 6th, 2010 7:36 ami love chris
christian and
dan
oh and i love jesse
Thunderous71
December 7th, 2010 11:02 amDone my own video on how to do this too inspired by these excellent tutorials
http://www.crashtutorials.com/?p=4
Alexandra
December 13th, 2010 6:38 amI hope these articles will be helpful for Christmas ideas searchers : alfoart.com/christmas_fairy_wallpaper_1.html
vandana
December 19th, 2010 3:33 amvery nice pictures i like it very much
Anand Chowdhary
July 6th, 2011 7:18 amSmashing !!!! :D
Black
September 22nd, 2011 7:31 pmAmazing work Dirk! You’ve shown me the reason why I should give it a try in Web design :) Thanks for sharing!
Black @ Polar Express Train Set of Lionel
alex
September 28th, 2011 8:25 amvery cool tutorial help me a lot in my photoshop class
Andy
September 30th, 2011 2:14 amGoogle food.
hayden baros
November 16th, 2011 1:07 pmgreat job
shaiju
November 17th, 2011 5:08 amvery nice tutorials …..
Mike
December 1st, 2011 10:22 pmFantastic list of Christmasy tutorials, thanks for sharing!
breanna
December 13th, 2011 7:00 amthis is just to much work right here !!!!