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Notepad Chaos: A Free WordPress Theme by SmashingMagazine
“We are glad to release Notepad Chaos — a free professional WordPress-theme. The theme has 2 columns, a quite vibrant design including “personal” design elements such as handwritten headings, stick-it-notes, clips and pins. The theme was designed by Evan Eckard especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.” Another beautiful FREE WordPress theme released by SmashingMagazine.com…
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High-Res watercolor brushes and textures
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Rendering a Striking Matchbox in Photoshop
“This tutorial consists of creating a digital illustration in Photoshop of a box of matches. We’ll be creating the matchbox cover design, the striker on the matchbox from a pattern, and placing the cardboard texture on the box. We’ll also create the matches and align everything into a 3D perspective.” A really impressive tutorial from…
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Photoshop Brushes – Fractals by ekamanganese
“This is the second set of fractal brushes I made for Photoshop, the brushes are a higher resolution this time. The same licensing rules apply as the last set i made. Let me know if you use them, I’d love to see some of the works made using these.” An excellent Photoshop brush-set by ekamanganese.Download…
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Using Ink Drops in Your Digital Compositions – tutorial
We all love Photoshop and its effects, but sometimes it’s great to get your hands dirty when creating elements for your graphics. Ink drops can add a creative and energetic element to your designs. This tutorial demonstrates techniques to creatively work ink drops into your compositions. This tutorial by PSDtuts.com is a great example on…
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PSDTuts Photoshop Video Channel
“When it comes to learning, everyone has their own preference, whether it’s through images, words or … by watching! That’s why I’m happy to announce that we’ve opened a Photoshop Video Channel at the very cool Vimeo video site for anyone and everyone to contribute to!” If you prefer watching videos rather than reading tutorials,…
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Create a textured background image
“A tutorial by Elliot Jay Stocks: It seems that a fair amount of people want to know how I create background images like the one on this site. Well, the lovely chaps at .net magazine have given me permission to re-publish the tutorials I write for the mag on elliotjaystocks.com, so, from issue #168, here’s…
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How To Destroy The Web 2.0 Look
“In the beginning, there was not light on the web. It was awfully crowded with dancing marquees, tedious frames, unbearable midis and annoying spinning @’s. It was the dark ages of the web. Then refreshing empty spaces, vibrant, high contrast colors, lovely gradients, big text, original gloss shine effect, diagonal lines and of course reflected…
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The Design Trends of 2008
“So what’s hot now? Pencil sketches, handwritten notes, card stocks, watercolor effects, collage art, script fonts, grungy and splatter ink backgrounds (glossy gradients are not “in” this year). Another trend to be on the lookout for are the vintage and retro styles which I’ve posted earlier this year. Here is a list of 82 sites…
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Free Acrylic Photoshop Brushes
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Create a Vibrant Digital Vector Collage
“In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Fireworks CS3 and Illustrator CS3 together. You’ll create some illustrative vector elements to add to the final composition. You’ll also mix in photos and light effects. Learn how to use a cool paper background and tips to improve your workflow.” In case you haven’t visited Vectortuts.com yet,…
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Trendy Geometric Lines Design Tutorial
A tutorial by blog.spoongraphics.co.uk Starting with the design application of Adobe Illustrator create a group of vector based geometric lines at dynamic 45 degree angles, then follow the walk through to rough them up with brush textures in Adobe Photoshop resulting in a cool and trendy design style. Click here to view the tutorial
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