Who Picozu Is For

Picozu is a site for people who make pictures and want to get better at it. Our subjects are Digital Art, Photo Editing, Design Software and Creative Tutorials, and we write for beginners finding their feet as well as for more experienced readers who simply want a second opinion on a technique.

Making and editing images

Digital Art articles look at drawing, painting and illustration on screen, including brushes, composition, colour decisions and building a habit of practice. Photo Editing deals with adjusting, retouching and preparing photographs, with attention to restraint as well as technique, since a lighter touch often reads better than a heavy one.

Tools and how to learn them

Design Software covers applications, plug-ins, file formats and workflow questions. We describe what a tool actually does, where it falls short and what it asks of your computer, so you can decide for yourself. Creative Tutorials break projects into steps that can be followed in order and adapted to whatever program you already own.

You do not need expensive equipment to follow along. Many of our ideas work with free or entry-level programs, and where a technique relies on a paid feature we say so early, which saves readers from reaching step six before finding out they cannot continue.

Standards we hold ourselves to

Instructions are checked against current software behaviour and official documentation, because menus and features move between versions. When a method depends on a particular release or setting, we say so. Older tutorials are reviewed and updated or marked as dated.

If a step no longer works or a credit is missing, email [email protected] with the article and the details, and we will fix it.