Amazing Designs Using Smoke Typography

January 4, 2010

Using smoke in a design can produce some amazing visual effects, as presented in this collection. Also included in this post are design resources.
Smoke Typography Showcase
Intuition Smoke
By Hautalken

Dissolve
By estheticcore
Smoke+Type
By Daniel Gordon
By Daniel Gordon
By Daniel Gordon
By Daniel Gordon
Smoke Typography
By Richie Thimmaiah
Smoke
By Giampiero Quaini
By Giampiero Quaini
War
By Marcelo Vaz
By Marcelo Vaz
Exhausted
By Mignonne Meekels
Spark Me
By Cam Hilsman
Smoke
By Rick [...]

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HDR Photography Toolbox

December 21, 2009

Image credit – Winter Wonderland II by Philipp Klinger
Taking amazing photos is something many aspiring amateur photographers strive for. And HDR effects can really make your images pop.
Below is a complete toolbox to get you started with HDR photography on your own. Whether you want to go all out and learn how to take real [...]

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Tutorial, Design a Slick Business Card

December 13, 2009

Most business people need their very own business card.  In this post it will be shown how to create a standard two-sided business card design in Adobe Photoshop.

Final Result

Set up the Photoshop canvas
1 Open a new Photoshop document that is 3.75 x 2.25 inches. Make the resolution 300 pixels per inch and set the [...]

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Evolution Analysis of Movie Poster Designs

December 8, 2009

In this collection, an analysis of how poster design developed over the years.

Scarface
1932
The original Scarface movie uses some good design techniques such as the silhouette-style shadow and some mid-saturated colors.

1983
The typography of the 1983 Scarface remake is elegant and easy to read.

The Mummy
1932
The composition of the original The Mummy movie is great, but it [...]

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40+ Excellent Tutorials on Digital Cartoons

December 6, 2009

In this post, can find an amazing 40+ tutorials on drawing cartoons with Adobe Illustrator and we hope it would expand your creativity and imagination to be the next Walt Disney.
Happy Sun Character
Learn how to create fun sun character tutorial in Illustrator. This intermediate tutorial is great for logos, children illustrations, and other projects relating [...]

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How to Make Beautiful Photoshop Typography, a Tutorial

December 1, 2009

In this Photoshop type treatment tutorial for beginners, you’ll discover a quick and easy process for making captivating gradient text.

Final Result
Below, you can see what we’ll be creating together. You can click on the image to see the full-resolution version.

Set up the Photoshop document
1 To start, let’s set up the Photoshop [...]

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Five Amazing Graphic Designs

December 1, 2009

In this post a fantastic collection five recent articles that showcase the art of amazing graphic designers.

The Magnificent Art of Adi Granov
One of the most incredible modern illustrators is the Bosnian Adi Granov. He first came into the spotlight in 2004 when he worked on the Iron Man miniseries Extremis. Since then, he has [...]

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25 Extra Resources for Photoshop Users

November 24, 2009

There are plenty of resources available for the Photoshop user, however you never get enough of knowledge sources, here are a few more places where to get educated about Photoshop.
1. PSD Fan

2. PSD Learning

3. Photoshop Lab

4. PS Wish

5. Photoshop User TV

6. Planet Photoshop

7. PSD Core

8. Photoshop Essentials

9. Good Tutorials

10. Photoshop CS Tutorials

11. Photoshop Guides

12. Adobe [...]

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Amazing Resources for iPhone Development

November 22, 2009

In this post article you can find  70 tools, tutorials, and resources to help you get started developing your own iPhone apps. There’s everything from basic tutorials to templates to resource libraries to help you on creating a great app site.
Tutorials
How to Get Started with iPhone Dev
A very thorough article on how to start developing [...]

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Be A Photoshop Expert Using 25 Free Resources

November 18, 2009

The Internet is the perfect place to learn pretty much anything, Photoshop is no exception. The popular image-editing software gets quite a few evangelists ready to spend their time to teach their techniques. In this collection you’ll find some of the best websites to become a Photoshop expert.
1. PSD Tuts+

2. Photoshop Lady

3. Tutorial9

4. Photoshop Roadmap

5. [...]

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