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How To: Make a placard with copper text

This how-to video tutorial shows how to make a placard or card out of PCB copper board. Learn how to remove the copper from a piece of PCB leaving behind the desired text in the copper finish for a fancy text.

How To: Make ceramic pottery start to finish

This comprehensive pottery sequence from Watchmojo.com will show you the basic steps of making pottery. You will be guided through the basic pottery making processes of wedging, prep, shaping, removing, firing, and glazing.

How To: Vacuum Formsheet plastic with household materials

This video will teach you the process of vacuum forming sheet plastic into 3D shapes using the $40 make-it-yourself vacuum former from this "Instructable."

How To: Make a stencil for street art

This video will give you tips and pointers on the process of making stencils for your street art. The require material for making this stencil will be wheat paste, paper, ink, and other things.

How To: Modify shoes

This video shows Thomas Maiorana of Boot y Amor follows up to his CRAFT: 07 article with tips on how to make your own shoes, as well as modify existing shoes.

How To: Make a shrimp from a straw

This is a tutorial on how to make a shrimp from a drinking straw and a pair of scissors. This is a nifty arts and crafts project for the summer, or doing on the side of the road for money. Everyone will be astounded by your shrimp-making skills.

How To: Draw a circle with the dot trick.

Check out this video to learn how to draw a circle with a dot in the middle without lifting your pen. It can really work.

How To: Take UV Pictures

This video will show you how you can take UV (ultraviolet) pictures with any basic camera. In a few easy steps, you too can be seeing the world in a whole new way.

How To: Create DIY shoes with Make & Craftzine

Thomas Maiorana of Boot y Amor gives tips on how to make your own shoes like the ones from craft magazine. DIY (do it yourself!) by hacking into the shoes!

How To: Make a wooden red robot sculpture

Sculptor Chris Yates demonstrates how he makes a wooden red robot sculpture from start to finish.

How To: Make straight lines

Learn how to make a simple device out of stuff you can find around the house (including a bubble tape container). You'll have straight lines each time you use this device.

How To: Make a bikini cover-up for summer with Threadbanger

Don't get caught in an awkward situation without the proper gear. Corinne from Threadbanger shows you how to make a simple bathing suit cover-up out of an old towel and Rob takes you on a tour of some wacky wears he found on the web.

How To: Make a zipper bolero with an old t-shirt

Check out this video to learn how to make a zipper bolero with an old t-shirt. It's a bit of a complicated project, but you'll get it after watching this video. Make sure you have a sewing machine! These awesome tips are from threadbanger.

How To: Sit and hold your brush in Chinese style painting

This video will instruct you on how you can properly hold your Chinese calligraphy brush and how you can properly sit while painting Chinese calligraphy, and painting in the Chinese style.

How To: Draw and paint Al Gore

This video is a time lapse drawing and painting of former Vice President Al Gore. Attempt to make "Mr. Global Warming" look like Mr. "hottie" Global Warming. Stage 1 is a pencil drawing. In Stage 2, scan the drawing, adjust the mid tones digitally, and then reprint it. In stage 3, do an underpainting with markers (both paint and illustration markers). In stage 4, build up layers of opaque and quick drying acrylic paint to get a fanciful Al Gore. In stage 5, do the detail work (such as drawing...

How To: Draw a caricature in a different way

This is one of the ways that artist Merrill Kazanjian makes his caricatures. He shows the viewer how to make a traditional/digital hybrid (tradigital) collage portrait. Look for interesting eyes, noses and mouths from different photographs. Make an oval for the head and paste down the facial features. Watch to learn more.

How To: Make a toga out of a sheet

Whether you're hosting a sophisticated soiree or a raging bash, toga-themed costume parties add an amusing element to the event. See how to make your own toga out of a bed sheet by watching this how-to video, and you'll be kicking it Roman-style in no time.

How To: Draw freehanded like an architect

First in a series of many tutorials on "retro" architectural drawing as it used to be done pre-computer. This sequence will teach you how you can draw basic shapes and other textures in order to draw an architectural structure.

How To: Draw race cars

Does your budding artist also love race cars? A professional illustrator shows you how to draw a sports car, a dragster, and a Formula One car.

How To: Use a manual SLR 35mm camera

Haven't quite appreciated the beauty of a digital camera yet, but still don't know all about that manual SLR of yours. This video serves as a manual to the workings of your SLR 35mm camera.

How To: Screen print CDs with a homemade CD platen

Using the DIY CD Platen and Nazdar 59000 Series Ink, you can print on CDs and DVDs with excellent registration and print quality. This is a simple demonstration on manually printing CDs with a 2 color design.

How To: Assemble a CD platen to screen print onto CDs

If you have ever screen printed, you most likely have been asked to print CDs. Here is a simple way to create a CD platen for under $15. This type of printing generally requires a vacuum frame, but not if you use the DIY CD Platen. It holds the CD in place extremely well and can be used to print more than one color. Print one color and let it dry completely before printing additional colors.

How To: Apply foils to T-shirts

This video is a simple instructional video on how to apply foils to tee-shirts. Screen print your design first and apply the technique shown for excellent durability.

How To: Convert images to spot colors using Photoshop

In screen printing, Photoshop can be a powerful tool. If you have a jpg, tif, eps, or other type of file in which you can't alter, printing from Photoshop will give you too many separations. Here is a way to take a simple design in Photoshop and convert it to spot colors in order to print solid colors instead of mixing inks.

How To: Use the TV mode on your dSLR

This video is an introduction to making the most of Shutter Priority mode (Tv Mode) on your SLR.

How To: Understand depth of field in photography

A brief explanation for newcomers to the art of photography to help them understand depth of field, an important aspect of the craft.

How To: Use the modes dial on your dSLR

A tutorial giving an overview of the Modes dial on your dSLR to help you make sense of the various different settings.

How To: Use the AV mode on your dSLR

Watch to understand the AV (aperture priority) mode on your digital SLR and how to use it.

How To: Light with diffusers in photo shoots

Learn how to use some simple lighting with a Gary Fong Whaletail flash diffuser, the sun, and finally with a second diffuser, the Gary Fong Origami.

How To: Make money with your camera

A tried and true idea for getting your photography business going, or just making some extra cash.

How To: Distinguish the Gary Fong Clear & Cloud Lightspheres

Learn the differences between the Gary Fong Clear and Cloud Lightspheres and when to use each of them.

How To: Use a Gary Fong Puffer Pop-up flash diffuser

Learn how to use the Gary Fong Puffer, a diffuser for pop-up flashes.

How To: Attach a Gary Fong Whaletail to your flash

This video is a demo showing how to attach the Gary Fong Whaletail flash diffuser to your flash.

How To: Get a spinning effect in your photography

Learn how to make it look like the subjects of your photos are spinning by changing the shutter speed and making the background streak.

How To: Make the eyes pop in your photos with Photoshop

Here's how to make the eyes in any picture pop in Adobe Photoshop in under 60 seconds.

How To: Use Photoshop for free

Say you're interested in using Photoshop for your photography, but you don't want to spend the money on Photoshop Elements or CS3. What to do? Well, Adobe has a solution for you! It's called Photoshop Express, and it's free. Check out our interview with Tom Hogarty of Adobe, as well as a preview of what you can do today with Photoshop Express.