Not your average pixel effect tutorial, let me show you a nice little trick where you apply the normal square pixelated effect and turn it into checkered, diamond looking photo pixels.
An awesome tutorial suitable for Photoshop beginners and intermediates where we create a cool looking gas planet from scratch, by applying a couple of rendering functions and a few tricks.
A bit longer Photoshop tutorial, but still very suitable for beginners, where you will learn how to carve a random text into human skin from scratch and make it look realistic.
Let's create that simplified black and white effect on a photo using threshold adjustment and make a so called Internet meme or a motivational poster ready to be printed on an A4 size paper.