An Introduction to Rembrandt Lighting For Portrait Photographers

If you’re a beginning photographer, chances are you’re still in the process of building up your arsenal of studio lighting. Being able to get the most out of a small lighting setup can be crucial to your photography. For those working with a one or two light setup, Rembrandt lighting can… read more

Montreal Meets 2 / MMTWO

Next month, I will be heading again to Montreal in Canada for the second Montreal Meets. I am pretty excited to meet my friends James White and François Hoang, but also Radim Malinic, Shelby White and Scott Hansen. I am also looking forward to meeting some of my Canadian friends… read more

50 Mind-Blowing Levitation Photography

Levitation by Nadia Kim

Levitation by DigitalRev

Levitation by Damon Dahlen

Levitation by Tony Romano

Levitation by Sally Wittenoom

Levitation by kh2rac

Levitation by Vanilla Twilight

Levitation by Hayashi Natsumi

Levitation by M Chen

Levitation by Angie Windsor

Levitation by James Crawshaw

Levitation by Aubrey Green

Levitation by David Nguyen

Levitation by Damon Dahlen

Levitation by Ryan Carey

Levitation by Andrew Wong

Levitation by Gem… read more

Creative Filter Effects for the Indoor Photographer

Indoor photography scares the bajesus out of most photographers, and rightly so.  On-camera flash, off-camera flash, ambient lighting and then throw people into the mix and it’s enough to make a grown man weak in the knees.  Utilizing filters on lenses and flashes can change any photograph, using them specifically… read more

Smashing Email Newsletter Turns Two Years Old: Comment and Win!

Two years ago, we launched the Smashing Email Newsletter. Today, we’d like to reflect on some of the greatest newsletter articles of the past year and celebrate this anniversary with our 100,000 readers with a fabulous book giveaway!

Back then, we planned to launch the Smashing Newsletter only if we had… read more

15 Detailed Responsive Web Design Tutorials

15 Detailed Responsive Web Design Tutorials

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How to Create a Snowman in Adobe Illustrator

Although we should get ready for the spring arrival and nice weather, half of the world is still covered with snow. For those who already have a nice weather and are not able to create a Snowman with the real snow, we will show you how to create it from… read more

Tutorial: Create 5 subtle background patterns

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.123)

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

Creative Fuel #1: Gridset, Status Board PSD, AP Rebrand & More

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Creative Fuel is a periodic collection of design and creativity awesomeness found around the web. Find out about new apps and services, the best freebies, and other significant news from the design community!

Gridset

Mark Boulton has announced Gridset, a tool for making incredibly custom grids. Instead of grabbing… read more

Screeny 2: The Still Beautiful, Newly Updated Screen Recording Utility

Screencast recording and screenshot capture is an interesting space in the application world. There are a lot of selections that accomplish a variety of different things and many of the same things. You have the super robust, every feature you can think of type of application all the way down… read more

The 7 Essentials of Crowd-Funding Your Next Photography Project (and How We Funded Ours)

Crowdfunding is a relatively new phenomenon that has emerged over the past few years to help creative people fund their personal projects, including photographers. Kickstarter was the first company to offer this type of platform and others such as emphas.is and IndieGoGo have emerged since. Crowdfunding is a unique way… read more

Illustrator Tutorials Roundup – February 2012

Illustrator Tutorials Roundup – February 2012

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Adobe Photoshop Tutorials: From Beginners to Advanced Tips

Once or twice a week I like to come up with articles that really expose my viewers to the various types of tutorials that they need to get their latest design projects off the ground. I have rounded up an amazing collection of high quality tutorials on how to make… read more

Presenting Your Work in a Vintage Polaroid Frame

In today’s beginner tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a vector Polaroid, with minimal use of the Pen Tool. I’ll then show you how you can use it in combination with another illustration to frame it.

Introduction

When my partner and I first got together, he was trying to… read more

Stunning Photo Manipulations Featuring Water

Nature provides great inspiration for digital art, and water is one of the most visually impressive aspects of nature. Many photo manipulators choose to work with water as it’s fluidity, opacity and reaction to light are all great foundations of art. Water also brings with it tremendous energy. The splashes,… read more

Hollywood Designers Featured on Video – and a Filter Foundry Exclusive Promo!

We’ve teamed up with Filter Foundry to give you some videos to devour for a change, from Hollywood designers who have exclusive tutorials up on their network! They’re also generously giving You The Designer readers an exclusive promo code to sign up on Filter Foundry with, for free. Check all… read more

Superb Typography Designs To Get Inspiration For Designers [Tutorial]

Superb Typography Designs To Get Inspiration For Designers [Tutorial]

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Grow Your Professional skill Using Photoshop Tutorials

Grow Your Professional skill Using Photoshop Tutorials

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10 reasons why you should not follow tutorials

10 reasons why you should not follow tutorials

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Illustrator Quick Tutorials: Creating A Vector Flower

Illustrator Quick Tutorials: Creating A Vector Flower

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How to Use Photoshop Curves to Correct Exposure and Colour

In this brief tutorial, we will demonstrate the power of the curves tool in Photoshop to adjust exposure and color. The shot I am using has the potential to be a good photo, but as it was very much a quick grab, there was no time to adjust exposure or… read more

Creating Rough Old Paper Backgrounds In Photoshop

Creating Rough Old Paper Backgrounds In Photoshop

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A Collection of Mountain Photography for Inspiration

A Collection of Mountain Photography for Inspiration

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How to Design a Ribbon in Photoshop

How to Design a Ribbon in Photoshop

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Wallpaper of the Week 192 by LeRoi3

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Leroy van Drie, also known as LeRoi3. LeRoi3 studied at the ‘Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht’ in Holland and now he’s working for a design agency called ‘The Others’.

For more information visit http://leroi3.com/

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Video Tutorials for Learning Web Design

Video Tutorials for Learning Web Design

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Free Design Tutorials: 15 + Graphics Design Tutorials

Free Design Tutorials: 15 + Graphics Design Tutorials

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20 Tutorials to Build Really Useful WordPress Plugins

20 Tutorials to Build Really Useful WordPress Plugins

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10 Inspiring Pixelmator Tutorials from PXM Tuts

10 Inspiring Pixelmator Tutorials from PXM Tuts

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How to Give A Manipulation Touch in Your Photos [Tutorial]

How to Give A Manipulation Touch in Your Photos [Tutorial]

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Awesome DC & Marvel Comic Digital Artwork by Juan Doe

Awesome DC & Marvel Comic Digital Artwork by Juan Doe

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Getting started with Responsive Web Design 100 articles and tutorials

Getting started with Responsive Web Design 100 articles and tutorials

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Inside The WordPress Toolbar

The WordPress Admin Bar, first introduced in version 3.1, debuted to mixed reactions. A Google search for “wordpress admin bar” returns multiple articles about how to disable or remove it. Version 3.2 of WordPress introduced new features and functionality, and version 3.3 has not only further enhanced it but integrated… read more

Balio UI Kit – Freebie from WDD & MightyDeals

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In the beginning of the week we presented you with a great Giveaway by MightyDeals and to close the week in the same mood we have some exclusive freebies for our readers. Offered to you by WDD and MightyDeals, the Balio UI Kit is an absolutely… read more

Creative 3D Bar Graphs in Illustrator

Creative 3D Bar Graphs in Illustrator

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Enough Photography Links to Give You a Coronary

Many great photographs and posts have been made this week online in the field of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy compiling a list of the very best pieces. This weeks list contains some of the most outstanding tutorials, photography and interesting blogs as found by the Toad…. read more

Design a Grungy Western Movie Poster in Photoshop

Design a Grungy Western Movie Poster in Photoshop

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Collection Of Zbrush Tutorials You Would (Really) Like To Learn

Didn’t hear before about Zbrush? Let us define it for you; ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool with which you can combine 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing as well as painting. It is an amazing tool that brings “pixol” technology into play. pixol technology puts in lighting, color, material, as well as… read more

How to Animate Your Google+ Profile

We have previously highlighted some really striking animated Google+ profile pages. Now we’re showing you how you can make your own animated profile with a simple online tool.

While some Google+ users have highlighted their methodology, and InMotion Hosting offers an awesome, advanced Photoshop tutorial for professionals, our walkthrough can be… read more

Interview with Vector Artist Alexey Oglushevich

Today our guest is a great Russian vector artist, Alexey Oglushevich who won a Grand Prize of CorelDraw International Design Contest in 2009. You would probably be surprised to know that Alexey is a metalworker by education, but he reached success and got recognition in the vector art world. Alexey… read more

CSS3-Only Tutorials and Techniques for Your Next Design

Today we are showcasing some of best tutorials and techniques that will help you create beautiful and functional designs by using only CSS, focusing primarily on the properties of CSS3. All with absolutely NO JAVASCRIPT. For the most part, the techniques we have highlighted below, can be used… read more

Fascinating and Colourful Photographs of Creepy Crawlies

While they might make our skin crawl, they indisputably offer photographers a heap of opportunities for great macro photography. Creep crawlies are everywhere and with a macro lens, a reversing ring, some extension tubes or a macro bellows, you can get some amazing images. Check out this collection of creepy… read more

Photoshop Ghost Tutorial in Gothic Setup

Photoshop Ghost Tutorial in Gothic Setup

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Creating A Simple Cartoon Animal Face In Illustrator

Creating A Simple Cartoon Animal Face In Illustrator

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5 Unmistakable Lessons That Model Shooting Teaches You

Working with models can be rewarding and frustrating, often all at the same time.  For many photographers shooting falls more into documenting, even if you are composing the shot.  If you think about it, wedding, engagement, family, landscapes, birding, photojournalism, and even macro photography are all ways to document what… read more

Best of Tuts+ in February 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start! Psdtuts+ — Photoshop… read more

Edit and Create on the Go with Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad

On Monday, Adobe launched its Photoshop Touch application for the iPad. This long sought after app runs on the iPad 2, and not on the iPad 1, and it requires that you have iOS 5 installed. The app costs $9.99 which is at the high end of the price range… read more

Best of the Vector Web – February 2012

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating photorealistic vector illustrations, drawing with a graphics tablet, designing vector characters, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition to… read more

Jeff Huang’s New Work

One of our missions at Abduzeedo is to help designers and digital artists to promote their work. That’s the reason we are always featuring updated portfolios like the one that we will featured today from Jeff Huang.

Jeff Huang is a multidisciplinary freelance Art Director and Illustrator based in New York… read more

36 Awesome jQuery Accordion Plugins and Tutorials

36 Awesome jQuery Accordion Plugins and Tutorials

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Cinema 4D Tutorials: 40+ Wickedly Fantastic Tips And Tricks

The latest major motion pictures are utilizing 3D animation and motion graphics more and more these days. With movies  like The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man coming to the theaters soon, we have decided to put together a stunning collection of must have Cinema 4D tutorials…. read more

A Nice Dose of Python Tutorials For Professionals

A Nice Dose of Python Tutorials For Professionals

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Aperture Three – Viewing the Images

Aperture is about viewing and managing your images and as such your primary workspace is going to be the viewer. As we mentioned in the last tutorial, Aperture’s main window can be used in three basic modes, Browser, Split View and Viewer and in this tutorial I will discuss some… read more

Quick Tip: Enhancing Textures Using Photoshop

Quick Tip: Enhancing Textures Using Photoshop

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17 Creative Uses of Lens Flare (And How to Get The Effect Yourself)

For many years in photography, lens flare was actively avoided by photographers. Flare, which is basically light scattered within the lens due to unplanned reflection and lens impurities, was considered as something that ruined a photograph. Equipment like lens hoods were invented to help prevent it. But times change and… read more

Tuts+ Premium Pack – Business Icons

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Anastasiia Kucherenko. It’s filled with 10 illustrated business icons. 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

Create a Mosaic Portrait Using Adobe Illustrator and Scriptographer Plug-in

In today’s tutorial we will learn how to create a vector mosaic from a raster image using a Scriptographer plug-in, which allow us to widen the standard functions of Adobe Illustrator. To create a vector portrait we will use the scripts developed by Russian designer Vladimir Seregin.

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The Eclectic Work of Mike Harrison

Mike Harrison is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary freelance art director, designer and illustrator, currently based in London. Through the years of crafting himself and his career he has experimented with almost every style and discipline in the book and still continue to try new techniques and mediums on a regular basis…. read more

Aperture Software (Part Two) – Introducing the Interface

In the first of this series of tutorials, I showed you how to import images into Aperture, Apple’s image management software for Mac OSX. With the images now safely in an album we are going to have a closer look at the basics of the Aperture interface.

Lets start at the… read more

20 HDR Photographers Worth Watching

Do you need a twist on your photographic inspiration? Check out the following HDR photographers. The techniques they use to create surrealistic images combine multiple exposures to capture a wider range of value and color.

Since most HDR photography is used to achieve difficult exposures with wider dynamic ranges,… read more

30+ Outstanding & Useful Photoshop Tutorials For Your Inspiration

30+ Outstanding & Useful Photoshop Tutorials For Your Inspiration

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Wallpaper of the Week 192 by PerfectHue

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Jason Benjamin AKA PerfectHue. Based in Boston, MA, Jason is currently studying graphic design at Massachusetts College of Art with a focus in web design, typography, and information architecture.

In the past Jason has served in a web designer/developer role at… read more

Simple Vector Pie Graphs from Illustrator

Simple Vector Pie Graphs from Illustrator

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Best of the Week #211

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

25 Creative Menus And Navigation Tutorials of Photoshop

25 Creative Menus And Navigation Tutorials of Photoshop

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Compilation Of 12 Best Websites To Learn Ajax

Compilation Of 12 Best Websites To Learn Ajax

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All About jQuery: Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins and Tutorials

Every designer knows that jQuery is not only a handy tool, but it is also very popular and widely implemented. Thus, they try to master their jQuery skills. If you fit into this category then this post of over 40 fresh and cool jQuery plugins and tutorials is for you…. read more

15 New Useful HTML5 Examples, Tutorials and Techniques

15 New Useful HTML5 Examples, Tutorials and Techniques

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Learn Photoshop in 30 Days

Are you an Illustrator guru, but a noob at Photoshop? Not to worry. We’ve released a 30 day course that will help you feel comfortable and confident using all of Photoshop’s most important functions, like layers, the brush tool, blend modes, smart objects, and lots more! In one month, you’ll… read more

Creating a Photorealistic Vector Illustration

Creating a Photorealistic Vector Illustration

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Explode Your Brain With All of These Great Photography Links

This week has been full of great tutorials, photography and truly interesting blogs to enjoy and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy collecting links to share with everyone.  The end result is this comprehensive page of great resources to visit showcasing incredible talents and posts in the exciting field of… read more

26 Fresh jQuery & CSS3 Tutorials From 2012

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Web developers create some awesome jQuery & CSS3 tutorials. Today we want to list some of the best from 2012. Enjoy!! If you like these tutorials you might also want to check out our previous posts below.

Animate a Custom Dialog Box with CSS3 and… read more

Showcase Of Useful CSS3 Tutorials And Techniques

Tutorials are one of the easiest and most convenient ways to learn new techniques and skills; this is the reason why you see dozens of fresh tutorials on the web. In today’s assortment, we bring some incredible CSS3 tutorials that will help you learn new techniques without difficulty. For the… read more

Create an Embroidered Patch Style with Adobe Illustrator – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, learn to bring a little bit of nostalgia to your designs with a set of embroidered patch style pictograms. In this tutorial you will learn how to layer fills, strokes and special effects in the Appearance Panel to create a complex embroidered patch image using… read more

Breathtaking NASA Photos

Unless you can afford a ticket to space ($200,000 with Virgin Galactic), the only way we will ever be able to clearly view our planet in its entirety or any distant galaxies is through the photographs released by NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Agency). So, here are… read more

43 Best jQuery Carousel Sliders, Plugins, Tutorials and Examples

43 Best jQuery Carousel Sliders, Plugins, Tutorials and Examples

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15 Useful Web Layout Tutorials

15 Useful Web Layout Tutorials

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How to Create a Photo Manipulation of an Assassin with a Flaming Arrow in Photoshop

How to Create a Photo Manipulation of an Assassin with a Flaming Arrow in Photoshop

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8 Ways Pinterest Is Inspiring Projects

How is Pinterest inpsiring you to take action?

As Pinterest looks to turn the corner from buzz-worthy startup to mainstream social network, everyone seems to be talking about it. Most unique about it, though, is the way it inspires people to pin project-related content, be it recipes, design ideas, or wedding… read more

25+ Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Vintage Graphics and Retro Illustration

If you’re looking to improve your vector design skills, learn how to use Illustrator on a deeper level, and discover how to create vintage vector graphics, then you’ve landed on the right article. We’ve assembled a collection of tutorials that show you how to create vintage illustrations, and retro graphics… read more

Web-Drawing Throwdown: Paper.js Vs. Processing.js Vs. Raphael

Before drawing anything in a browser, ask yourself three questions:

Do you need to support older browsers?If the answer is yes, then your only choice is Raphaël. It handles browsers all the way back to IE 7 and Firefox 3. Raphaël even has some support for IE 6, although some of… read more

Illustrator Tutorials: 70+ Awesome Hot New Tips

Once or twice a week I like to come up with articles that really expose my viewers to the various types of tutorials that they need to get their latest designs off the ground. I have rounded up an amazing collection of high quality Illustrator CS5 tutorials that you will… read more

Ever Wanted to Know How a Pro Gets “That Look” in a Shot?

Recently, we were lucky enough to receive a review copy of Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook from the good folks who work with Kevin. It’s a new addition to Kevin’s already impressive work in education material and we have been going through it quite thoroughly. For those of you who like… read more

27 Photos of Waves To Get You Through the Day

For those photographers who are lucky enough to live near the coast, many will know that waves are a never ending source of great photographic opportunities. From abstract through to coastal landscapes and waterscapes, they can be photographed in an infinite amount of styles. This collection showcases some of those… read more

All & Everyone (iLove Capitalism)

Image done for PSDTuts+ Premium tutorial located here.
Model courtesy of Marcus Ranum.

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10 Evergreen Strategies To Boost Your Freelance Writing Career

Are you a freelance writer? Then you’re very important in today’s web marketing.

Every business that’s done online revolves around content marketing. In fact, the web is powered mostly by written words. Your ability to combine common words into concise sentences could lead to income opportunities for you.

But writing in… read more

9 Awesome Mac Apps For Taking Screenshots and Screencasts

If your job requires you to take a lot of screenshots or screencasts of what you’re working on (for example, if you write for Mac.Appstorm), you might soon find that the built-in apps that your computer came with to do the task, are sometimes not powerful enough.

Today we’re here to… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.121)

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

30 Days to Learn Photoshop

Do the tutorials on Psdtuts+ go a little bit over your head sometimes? Not to worry. We’ve released a 30 day course that will help you feel comfortable and confident using all of Photoshop’s most important functions, like layers, the brush tool, blend modes, smart objects, and lots more! In… read more

Black and White Landscapes – Enriching Tones and Textures.

This is a guest post by Tom Dinning. Check out Tom’s free book offer on his site.

I’m partial to a bit of colour as much as the next photographer. Blue skies, turquoise ocean, verdant pastures all make for picture post card stuff.

But when it comes to emphasising textures, tones and… read more

16 Must-Read Tutorials for New HTML5/CSS3 Techniques

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The year 2012 has kicked off with a booming design and web industry. More developers are entering the web than ever before and it’s the perfect time to brush up on your coding. These tutorials I’ve added below are fresh off the presses and will help… read more

Apple Aperture – Learning the Basics

For Mac users one of the most powerful image management programs on the market is Aperture. In this series of tutorials I will take you through the basics of Aperture, to give you a working knowledge of the program. If you do not have a copy, Apple have provided a… read more

How to Build a Custom Login Page Design for WordPress

If you are a heavy WordPress user then it’s likely you’re interested in deep customizations. There are a slew of plug-ins available, but some tasks are just easier to perform yourself. As an example, the login/register forms are often unfitting to match the template of most websites.

But thanks… read more

Wallpaper of the Week 191 by Mike Harrison

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Mike Harrison,a self-taught, multi-disciplinary freelance art director, designer and illustrator, currently based in London.

Through the years of crafting myself and my career I have experimented with almost every style and discipline in the book and still continue to try new… read more

30 Really Fresh and Stunning Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

30 Really Fresh and Stunning Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

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Photoshop Tutorials – Fantasy art scene

Photoshop Tutorials – Fantasy art scene

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35 Expert HTML5 Tutorials Using Functional Methods

35 Expert HTML5 Tutorials Using Functional Methods

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20 Great Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

20 Great Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

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Beyond Burberry: How London Fashion Week Is Ramping Up Digital

Burberry might be the hot ticket when it comes to pioneering digital initiatives during London Fashion Week, but that doesn’t mean a wealth of other British brands aren’t giving it a go as well.

Participating fashion and media brands are once again focusing on reaching mass consumer audiences throughout the week…. read more