Hi. I’m Hero, and this is my website.
I’m a surfer, photographer and graphic designer currently splitting my time between the waves in Southern California and the deep powder snow in Park City, Utah. When I’m not surfing, snowboarding or behind the lens of my camera I write Photoshop tutorials for you to enjoy.
In a former life I was a young and ambitious designer, climbing the corporate ladder two rungs at a time while simultaneously selling my creative soul for pennies on the dollar. Don’t get me wrong, I loved every minute of those 80 hour work weeks. But after years of pandering to pot smoking executives and grabbing my ankles for a long and distinguished list of demanding clients I woke up to discover that it wasn’t making me happy anymore. So I got out, moved on. Took some time to travel, surf, and re-discover.
These days I design when a project inspires me, I write tutorials when I feel creative, and I do other things when I don’t. So if a week goes by without a new tutorial, just know that I’m not trying to neglect you or deny your insatiable thirst for all things Photoshop… I just wasn’t feelin’ it. But one day soon I’m sure I’ll be feelin’ it again and on that day I’ll shower you with Photoshop lovin’ all day long.
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25 Comments
Wow love the new design!
I just wanted to thank you for all the great tutorials. Your my hero!
Colette
Hey Hero, I’m kinda new to web design and Photoshop and am always looking for good tutorials. I’m a member of Lynda.com, which is great for learning the various tools of the trade, but your site is the best bar none for using those tools to achieve real world, professional effects. I love your stuff. Keep up the great work!
Tom in Virginia
Excellent, keep up the good work!
Dave
i love your tutorials! thank you hero
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You are my Hero, Hero. Is that really you, or did you just enhance an image from a GQ magazine?
Love the new site and the continual inspiration! Every time I drop in I learn how to do something different, but also find inspiration to see how things work in different combos. Thanks, Hero!
Jazz
LINTCOLLECTOR, Yes that’s actually me.
love the new design. hope things are well dude. keep it up!
DIGGLES! Dude, thanks for stopping by!
Stumbled upon your site, but your tutorials inspired me to get into PS a lot more. Great work - very well written and easy to understand.
Hero.. we want more tutorials from pshero
Sharing knowledge with a free open mind, its always the path to some mind evolution (at least in my opinion).
Wish to thank you, all the great stuff you´ve made here, and above all, keep on riding the photoshop wave. What makes this a great space, is the clear method of teaching, for all kinds of photoshop users, and with great final results.
Best photoshop spot in the web !
PAULO! Thank a lot man. It’s readers like you that keep me writing. Thanks for the kind words and your regular comments!
Keepin’ in real Hero.
Great work on the tutorials here man, and please don’t worry about updates, the outstanding quality is well worth the wait.
I definitely enjoy your tutorials!
Definitely one of the best PS tutorial sites around. You give awesome step by step instructions without belittling your visitors.
Shalom and L’Chaim!
I hit your tutorials by chance, but I am glad I did. Clean and to the point instructions make life that much easier. I wish I could give up the 80-hour weeks like you did.
Enjoy life and carry on with educating - the most noble of arts.
Fidias
This has really helped me in photoshop man! Thanks!
I figure it’s time for me to offer my thanks, after all I have read pretty much every one of your tutorials. The great thing about your tutorials is the detail and precision; I learn much more than simply the object of each tutorial. For example, I now use a variety of keyboard shortcuts, and it is all thanks to you.
Thank you much!
p.s. I just saw that amazon link, I will use that every time I shop there for sure.
DUDE YOU’RE THE BEST
Lucky that I found your site. its really really great tutorial. All I had just basic retouch my photos, now I’ve got great tutorial by Hero.
Please carry on.
Love you, Hero.
Thanks LUCKY8, I love you too.
Just found your site. Thank you for such great tutorials. I look forward to trying them out. Btw, yeah..enjoy ur life offline as much as you can…be happy =)
Wow! Love your site and tutorials; beautiful stuff. I can’t tell you what reading about “selling my creative soul for pennies on the dollar” has done - I thought it was just me and I was being an ungrateful brat. You have inspired me to explore other areas of creativity, and do what I want, rather than “pandering to pot smoking executives and grabbing my ankles for a long and distinguished list of demanding clients”. You ARE my hero!
RONI. Always glad to help. Do yourself a favor though and don’t burn any bridges on your way out.