The State of Online Education

It’s a nice thought that “we’re never done learning”. One quick look around you at the world and it’s hard to come to any other conclusion than “yup, most of us do actually stop learning very soon on in life”. It’s a shame too, because if we didn’t, we’d have… read more

HTML5 Best Practices for Designers

HTML5 has also removed, changed or depreciated over 50 attributes. The following attributes are allowed but it is best to use an alternative solution:

border attribute on <img> is required to have the value "0" when present.  This is another form of inline styling, so use CSS instead.
language attribute on <script>… read more

Create a Psychedelic, Funky Line Art Portrait

In today’s Illustrator tutorial, I’m going to show you how I created a retro, psychedelic, funky, 70s inspired portrait using link art, bold colors and the handy Swirl Tool.

I’ve always admired the bright colors, delicate line art and psychedelic patterns of the work of Marleen Weijman aka WomanWithAGun. Although I’ve… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.125)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

25 Useful Photoshop Background Tutorials

25 Useful Photoshop Background Tutorials

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Why Good Photography Isn’t About the Gear

This is a guest post by Phil Hill, a travel photographer from the UK based in Australia. You can see more of Phil’s great work at his travel photography blog or follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

With the release of the Nikon d800 and the Canon 5d mk3 many people will have no doubt begun checking their… read more

40 High Quality Adobe Illustrator CS5 Tutorials

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up an amazing collection of high quality Adobe Illustrator cs5 Tutorials from around the web. You’ll find everything from How To Create a Dirty… read more

80 Useful (Free) jQuery Plugins to Enrich Your Site’s User Experience

Most of you already aware that jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. it’s also known for fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. Or in developer’s words “write less, Do… read more

25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects

25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects

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Twenty Advanced CSS Tutorials

Twenty Advanced CSS Tutorials

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Natural Light Techniques to Make Amazing Travel Portraits

Being on the road often limits the amount of gear we want to take with us as photographers. By learning and getting more comfortable with natural light we can not only help lighten our bags, but it’s one of the most powerful ways to create dramatic images. Depending on the… read more

35+ Amazing Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials

35+ Amazing Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials

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Easy Steps To Creating A Mail Envelope Icon In Illustrator

Easy Steps To Creating A Mail Envelope Icon In Illustrator

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Wallpaper of the Week 196 by Timothée Mathelin

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Timothée Mathelin. A graphic designer from France. His influences are from everywhere, from skies to David Lynch and The Designers Republic to Baroque.

My main influences come from everyday’s life. Just a bird on a wire or a falling leaf… read more

Photoshop CS6 Tutorials: Create Oil Painting Photo Effects

Photoshop CS6 Tutorials: Create Oil Painting Photo Effects

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13+ Fresh Photoshop Tutorials – How to Design a Website Template

13+ Fresh Photoshop Tutorials – How to Design a Website Template

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3D Motion and Position of Text Characters with After Effects

3D Motion and Position of Text Characters with After Effects

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40+ Fantastic Cinema 4D Tutorials to Blow you Away

40+ Fantastic Cinema 4D Tutorials to Blow you Away

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Useful WordPress Tools, Themes And Plugins

If you’re looking for some great ways to improve your WordPress workflow, read on for a massive collection of free themes, plugins, tools and tutorials. These resources were all linked via the Smashing Magazine Twitter stream, Facebook stream, and other social-media streams around the Web.

These awesome resources have now been… read more

Guidelines to Follow when Building for the App Store (iOS & Android)

There are a lot of factors to consider before building and submitting a mobile application. Developers have plenty of resources on the web for consulting official documentation. But there are some traits you should consider about the overall process.

Whether you are building for Apple or Android-powered devices will… read more

Vector glossy and metallic ninja stars in Illustrator

Vector glossy and metallic ninja stars in Illustrator

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How to Add Facebook Like Box to Your WordPress Manually

How to Add Facebook Like Box to Your WordPress Manually

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40+ Easter Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials & Freebies

40+ Easter Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials & Freebies

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The Most Epic Collection of Photography Links (Since Last Week)

It’s been an action-packed week in the world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy compiling a list of the best links to tutorial, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone here.  The Toad loves to follow the work of incredible artists and photographers, and loves… read more

Photo Effect Tutorials for Designers by Photoshop

Photo Effect Tutorials for Designers by Photoshop

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Photoshop CS6 Beta Is Here!

You’ve probably seen some sneak peaks over the last few months, but now it’s official. Photoshop CS6 Beta was just announced. Adobe’s been releasing public betas for a few versions of Photoshop now. It gives people the chance to test it out before it’s ready for prime time. There’s definitely… read more

How to Illustrate a Vector Vacuum Cleaner

Do you want to illustrate a vector vacuum cleaner? You’ll learn some excellent vector illustration techniques in this tutorial, as well as use powerful Illustrator tools, such as: 3D tools, Opacity Masks, and Blends. Follow along, while creating your own impressive artwork.

Step 1

Sketch a vertical elongated rectangle, shown below. You… read more

How Much Code Should Web Designers Need to Know?

This is an interesting topic which isn’t often discussed between web designers. Getting started in Adobe Photoshop is difficult, and you feel an exhilarating rush when you complete your first web project. But what good is a website mockup if you can’t build it?

Arguably designers by definition do… read more

LCD Style Effect in Pixelmator

Digital LCD effects are very common but they still impress me especially in terms of light effects. The way the light gets blurry on the edges and super strong in the center is simply amazing. I have been doing this kind of effect for quite a long time but… read more

22 Creative and Unique Photographs of Hallways

Famous photographer, Jim Richardson, once famously said “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” While that piece of advice says a lot about subject selection, many photographers will know that it’s not always possible. Furthermore, many take challenge from making the mundane… read more

Create a Cute Easter Themed Collage in Illustrator & Photoshop

Create a Cute Easter Themed Collage in Illustrator & Photoshop

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Freelance Bootcamp: Finding Clients

For those of you who are following along with Freelance Bootcamp over on Tuts+ Premium, you’ll be into the second chapter of content: Running Your Business. The first couple videos in this chapter, “How to Get Your First Client” and “How to Find Your Ideal Client” deal all with… read more

Extensive Collection Of jQuery Drag And Drop Plugins

jQuery allows you to create stylish yet user friendly websites that are not only pleasing to the eye but also are very lightweight and load quite quickly. This is the reason why jQuery has a special place in the field of web development. jQuery is getting better day by day… read more

100+ Tutorials To Help You Create A Professional Business Card

100+ Tutorials To Help You Create A Professional Business Card

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Creating a Swinging 60s Room in Adobe Illustrator CS5 – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, you’ll learn how to go from basic sketch concept, which was inspired by a past era, as well as stock, and then set to vector an aged retro living room. The final artwork is complete with vector textures, a television, chair and folded fabric using… read more

WordPress plugins for user-submitted & user-generated content

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What Every Beginner Needs to Know About Product Photography

Photography is more than just sunsets, memories of vacations, family gatherings and weddings – it’s actually in our life every single day.  Product photography ranges the gamut from cereal boxes and billboards, to the photos you see on Amazon and every other online retailer.  Someone takes those photos, and those… read more

50 Useful Responsive Design Tutorials and Tools

50 Useful Responsive Design Tutorials and Tools

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Collection of Nature & Environment Illustrator Tutorials

Collection of Nature & Environment Illustrator Tutorials

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8 Plugins & tutorials to create unique presentational & scrolling website

8 Plugins & tutorials to create unique presentational & scrolling website

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Debugging WordPress Themes and Plugins With Eclipse and Xdebug

Debugging WordPress Themes and Plugins With Eclipse and Xdebug

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.124)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Developing WordPress Themes Using Responsive Frameworks

Developing WordPress Themes Using Responsive Frameworks

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Freebie: Brilliant CSS Social Buttons

Freebie: Brilliant CSS Social Buttons

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Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

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55 Gorgeous Dance Photo Manipulations and Tutorials

55 Gorgeous Dance Photo Manipulations and Tutorials

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25 Photoshop Tutorials Released in February 2012

25 Photoshop Tutorials Released in February 2012

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The Secrets to Compelling Black and White Portraits

Black and white photographs can portray a higher level of timelessness than color images. The lack of color also gives us a better sense of the time and mood behind a portrait.  Because of these characteristics, black and white photography has maintained a strong presence in portraiture. Since the eye perceives black… read more

Quick Tip: Using the Print Booklet Feature in InDesign CS5

Sitting at the bottom of the File menu within InDesign is the Print Booklet feature. This feature has the potential to virtually cut out imposition time and for that reason it should not be overlooked. As print machines, paper sizes and ways of working vary I will try to keep… read more

Aperture Five – The Adjustments Panel

In the final part of this current series on Apple’s Aperture, we are going to have a brief look at one of the program’s most powerful features, the Adjustment Panel.

Situated in the Inspector Window, the first thing you will see at the very top is the histogram. As well as… read more

Wallpaper of the Week 195 by Bram Vanhaeren

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Bram Vanhaeren. Bram is 20 years old and studies cross media design, after 2 years freelancing together with his brother. He’s been developing his style since his first pen tool experiments in Illustrator about 5 years ago. Bram’s style ranges… read more

A Showcase of Corel Draw Tutorial for Creative Designers

A Showcase of Corel Draw Tutorial for Creative Designers

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Excellent Illustrator Tutorials to Make Perfect Icons

Excellent Illustrator Tutorials to Make Perfect Icons

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Give A Perfect Touch to your Photos using Photoshop Tutorials

Give A Perfect Touch to your Photos using Photoshop Tutorials

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Photoshop Guide: Changing Hair Color In Photographs

Photoshop Guide: Changing Hair Color In Photographs

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20+ Carbon Fiber Backgrounds , Patterns and Tutorials

20+ Carbon Fiber Backgrounds , Patterns and Tutorials

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Daily Inspiration #1083

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Photography Links That Will Rock Your World

This week has been filled with great photography, tutorials and interesting blogs as shared by some truly gifted artists.  The photography community has been busy, and Toad Hollow Photography has compiled this list of some of the very best pieces encountered during their weekly adventures.  We sincerely hope you enjoy… read more

15 Beautiful Yet Free Ribbons PSD Files

Having a good collection of high quality PSD files is a valuable asset for a designer. This is because PSD files allow them to make required changes and complete their job on time without requiring much effort. In today’s assortment, we are presenting a high quality collection of 15 appealing… read more

Join the FreelanceSwitch Community on Google+

We’re excited to let you know that now, in addition to Twitter and Facebook, you can get involved with the FreelanceSwitch community over at Google+! We’ll be using Google+ to let you know about our latest articles, interesting content from around the web, and news.

We already have over… read more

Illustrator Quick Tutorial: Vector 3D Warped Logos In Gradient Color

Illustrator Quick Tutorial: Vector 3D Warped Logos In Gradient Color

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50 Time Saving Photoshop Actions to Boost Your Images

You’re a creative talent. The last thing you probably want is to be stuck performing the same task a hundred times on different images. Adobe programmers understand this. It’s why they created Photoshop Actions.

With Photoshop Actions, a set of otherwise repetitive tasks can be applied automatically, freeing you… read more

25+ Impressive & Useful Photoshop Tutorials

25+ Impressive & Useful Photoshop Tutorials

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The Modules of Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is an essential component of any digital photographer’s toolbox. As with all post-processing software, Lightroom is a program that photographer’s can use to improve and organize their visual art. Yet, Lightroom is unique in many ways. Unlike other popular post-processing software, Lightroom is a modular program and has… read more

40+ Excellent CSS3 Menu Tutorials

By presenting different tutorials on our site, we tend to help our fellow designers who are looking for a more specific and interactive medium to learn certain techniques and skills. And, for today’s session we have come up with 40+ truly amazing and valuable CSS3 menu tutorials. Though, there are… read more

Awesome Photoshop CS5 Tutorials and New Tips

Awesome Photoshop CS5 Tutorials and New Tips

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Quick Tip: How to Quickly Recolor Complex Objects with the Appearance Panel

Vector designers often faced with a problem when they need to change the colors in their work. The usage of the Recolor Artwork function is not very effective sometimes, and some of the changes can’t be done that way. Today I will tell you how to quickly recolor a difficult… read more

How to Create a Tractor Illustration in Illustrator – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, you will learn how to create a tractor illustration. Learn how to build pixel perfect graphics in Adobe Illustrator CS5. We’ll use multiple tools too build basic shapes, color them, then add texture and shading, with a complete workflow. The professional vector techniques you’ll learn… read more

Freelance Training from Tuts+ Premium

Are you a passionate freelancer, or looking to make the leap into freelancing full time? We’re excited to announce that FreelanceSwitch has partnered with Tuts+ Premium to offer in-depth video courses and eBooks for freelancers as part of a monthly membership.

What you’ll get:

Freelance Bootcamp video course from James Clear… read more

Photoshop Tutorials: Create A Rusted Iron Chain.

Photoshop Tutorials: Create A Rusted Iron Chain.

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Antarctica: Photographing the End of the World

As perhaps the worlds last remaining unspoiled and intact wilderness, Antarctica has many rules and regulations governing how people must behave in this pristine land, the one that always sticks with me is “Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints”. Despite it’s remoteness, more and more photographers are taking… read more

Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 2

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Custom Skateboard Jam. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Create Your Own Skateboard Design, Round 2

The… read more

20 Fresh Photoshop Tutorials That Will Make You a Better Designer

20 Fresh Photoshop Tutorials That Will Make You a Better Designer

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Daily Inspiration #1080

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Do You Make These Catastrophic Mistakes in Family Photography?

Family portraits that may be hanging in your grandparents house probably don’t look very fun, but you still enjoy them because they are photos of your loved ones.  It seems that having a formal family photo taken every year or every few years comes into vogue as soon as it… read more

Easy Steps to Creating an Mail Envelope Icon in Illustrator

Easy Steps to Creating an Mail Envelope Icon in Illustrator

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25 Useful Photoshop Tutorials for Photo Manipulation

25 Useful Photoshop Tutorials for Photo Manipulation

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Film vs. Digital

A Guest Post by Rebecca Lily

With the comeback of film over the last few years, many digital photographers are questioning whether or not to make the switch.  This is a decision I had to ponder myself as well.  Is it worth adding a Contax 645 to the arsenal and shooting… read more

How to Create Random Images from Post Thumbnails WordPress

How to Create Random Images from Post Thumbnails WordPress

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Drawing to Illustrator Tutorial

Drawing to Illustrator Tutorial

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Changing Hair and Makeup to Create a Retro Style in Vector Portraits

By making simple changes to hair and make up, you can alter a vector portrait to create a retro or vintage style. In today’s tutorial I show you how to recreate a 20s and 60s style on a vector portrait.

Introduction

If you’ve been a reader of Vectortuts+ for a while, you… read more

Aperture Part 4 – Metadata, Rating and Searching

One of the most powerful features of Aperture and indeed Adobe’s equivalent, Lightroom are their powerful key-wording and rating systems. In this tutorial we will have a basic look at Aperture’s metadata and rating system.

Image Information in Browser Mode

Firstly we are going to have a look the image information in… read more

Daily Inspiration #1079

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

How To Make Web 2.0 Glossy Buttons In Photoshop

How To Make Web 2.0 Glossy Buttons In Photoshop

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Wallpaper of the Week 194 by Rob Shields

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Rob Shields for the new Slashthree’s ‘Fairy Tales’ exhibition. There some incredible artworks and it’s incredibly inspiring.

In an attempt to recreate the nostalgic memories of childhood, the Slashthree Collective selected ‘Fairy Tales’ as the theme of its eighteenth exhibition…. read more

The Easiest Way To Cut Out Photos In Photoshop

The Easiest Way To Cut Out Photos In Photoshop

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Simplicity in 27 Portfolio WordPress Website Designs

Simplicity in 27 Portfolio WordPress Website Designs

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Tips for Designing a Compact Website Layout

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It can take a lot of additional effort to build mobile-specific website templates. HTML and CSS have come a long way but there are still plenty of standards and loopholes to jump through. And with the mounting increase of various mobile devices there are more platforms… read more

7 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials with Vector Elements

7 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials with Vector Elements

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Book Suggestion – Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

The book suggestion of this week is about colors, one of the most important skills for any designer. The book is called Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design and it’s not only a very useful book, it’s a very well designed one.

Since color… read more

20 Famous Logo Design Tutorials You Will Want To Learn!

20 Famous Logo Design Tutorials You Will Want To Learn!

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How To Do Keyword Research (What You Need to Know?)

Search-engine optimization (SEO) is a main ingredient in website upkeep and an inescapable part of online marketing. The process of keyword research is vital to good SEO. Keyword-stuffing used to be the master card in terms of SEO, but those days are gone. Keyword research still carries weight, and website… read more

25 Wonderful Black and White Countryside Landscapes

Something about getting out into the countryside makes us all want to pull out a camera. The open fields and fresh air are great, but they also allow a lot of opportunity for great photography. These shots show what can be done in black and white with a little talent… read more

Great Photography Links to Procrastinate With!

The Toad has been busy hopping all over the internet this week finding the best links to tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This weeks list showcases a series of really great images and blog posts sure to be enjoyed by the photography fan in all… read more

ImagePrint 9

Raster Image Processor for Professional Printing

If you do high-volume commercial or fine art inkjet printing and want to use possibly the finest ICC profiles and page layout features available, ColorByte’s ImagePrint version 9 fits the bill. ImagePrint is a raster image processor (RIP) designed to work with Epson inkjet… read more

Behind The Scenes Of Tourism New Zealand (Case Study)

In 2011 we saw the rise in popularity of two relatively new trends: responsive Web design and the use of HTML’s canvas. While some websites had experimented with both, in the last 12 months we’ve seen these trends move from the fringes firmly into the mainstream.

Responsive Web design is more… read more

Tuts+ Premium Pack – Linear Faces

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Von Glitschka. It’s filled with 12 illustrated linear faces. Each is completely vector, available in AI and EPS formats. Log in or Join Now to get this exclusive download. Learn more at the jump!

New Tuts+ Premium… read more

50 Detailed Icon Design Tutorials for Photoshop

We are visual creatures. As much as we like to think we appreciate the inner quality of things, the reality is that we start off judging every book by its cover. It comes as no surprise then that icons have a huge impact on how we experience the… read more

Illustrator Tutorials

Illustrator Tutorials

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21 Creatively Captured Moon Reflections in Water

Nothing can be quite as evocative as the moon for a lot of people (not just photographers). Something about it attracts us. When you combine it with water and reflections, a little visual magic happens. We think this collection of photographs shows that magic. Don’t forget to add your own… read more