Post Apocalyptic Photoshop Tutorial

Ruins seem so trendy that there are even tutorials in the web to paint your own ruins with Photoshop.

How to Make a Dark, Post-Apocalyptic City Illustration
In this tutorial, we'll change a full of sunshine, ordinary photograph into a gloomy image of the world after destruction of mankind. Using simple tools, we'll turn lively streets into abandoned ruins overgrown with weeds.


Especially I like that confrontation between "sunshine, ordinary photograph" and "gloomy image".

It’s a wonderful page, and I notice a strong temptation to improve my own Photoshop skills to give my neighborhood a better look.