13 Jaw Dropping Photorealistic Object Tutorials for Photoshop Users

If you're a serious user of Photoshop and hope to grow as a graphic artist, the ability to create 3-D style drawings of objects is definitely a skill you want to develop, and not for the obvious reasons (producing eye candy). If you can learn how to create photorealistic illustrations of objects in Photoshop, you don't have to rely on stock photography for your graphic design projects. You can just whip them up in Photoshop yourself and save the money you would've spent to purchase an image from a stock image company.

Because of this important skill, many Photoshop masters have generously written some great tutorials showing users how to make everything from HDTVs to mp3 players. Initially when you view the finished results of these tutorials you may feel intimidated by them, believing that you must have traditional painting or art skills to complete them. Don't let the graphics scare you. Not only are no artistic skills needed, all that's required really is an intermediate understanding of Photoshop's drawing and layer mask tools, as well as a familiarity with the layer styles palette.

THE LIST OF TUTORIALS

Blackberry Mobile Phone
Learn how to to make a slick, Madison Avenue type image of a Blackberry placed against a black leather background in this easy to follow tutorial.

Make a Sony Ericsson S500
Visit this stunning tutorial to find out how to create a hyper-realistic illustration of a Sony Ericsson s500. The end result is so amazing, it looks like it could've been rendered in a 3-D program.

Creating a Vinyl Record In Photoshop
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make a vinyl record in Photoshop, complete with grooves and highlights.

Vinyl Record
Couldn't get enough of the previous tutorial? Here's another one that demonstrates how to render an old fashioned record album in Photoshop. It's slightly more stylized than the previous tutorial. However, the record label is done much better.

Realistic 3D Rack Server
If you need to design a web hosting website and can't afford to buy stock images of servers, this tutorial will give you exactly what you need.

Make a Realistic LCD HDTV from Scratch
As the title says, this tutorial teaches visitors how to create a beautiful, glossy LCD HDTV television set.

3-D mp3 Player
Make a sleek 3-D-style illustration of a black and silver mp3 player with this tutorial.

Compact Disc Icon
Although this is a tutorial about making a small icon, it can also be used to make a large-sized, photorealistic image of a CD.

Bamboo Fun Tablet
This tutorial teaches how to create an absolutely gorgeous looking illustration of a Bamboo drawing tablet. The end results are so amazing, you won't believe that it was all done in Photoshop!

Designing Loox Pocket PC
It's long and arduous, but once you've completed this tutorial that takes you through the steps of making a Loox Pocket PC in Photoshop, it'll all be worth it!

HTC Touch Diamond
As you can tell by this compilation, creating glossy mock-ups of electronic devices are all the rage. But it's with good reason-- they're the most fun to do. Here is yet another tutorial showing how to create a digital device, this time the HTC Touch Diamond.

Create iPhone from Scratch
With all the various devices on this tutorial list, it was only inevitable that the iPhone would show up. Here is a great lesson showing how to create one in Photoshop in just 10 steps.

MP3 Player Design
Mock up an original, stylish looking silver mp3 player in Photoshop using this tutorial.