Web Design, Graphic Design, & Typography Weekly There's always great content from around the web. This week was no different in the fact that there is something for everyone. Whether you are into web development, typography, web design, web development, graphic...
Photoshop Template Triumphant I designed a new Website Photoshop template for you to be able to mockup your next website easily. The overall design is simple. The area above the fold features a large slider with text content and a signup button. You could have this...
Create a Christmas Card in Photoshop Easily If you're anything like me, this holiday season has flown by. Christmas is just around the corner, and you have only 1 weekend left to get cards out to your friends and family. With that being said, you don't have to settle...
Learn Photoshop With the Best Photoshop Tutorials Getting started in Photoshop isn't easy. It wasn't easy a decade ago when I got started with it. There were so many menus and filters that I didn't know where to begin. Back when I started, the method of learning was...
3D Candy Cane Text For The Holidays The holidays are here, and there’s no doubt that you will come across a few holiday-related design projects on your to-do list. Being able to create themed designs and artwork is part of the designer’s job description. Having...
Text effects are what make your headlines stand out. Whether you are designing a magazine cover, an inside spread, a poster, or a headline for a website, text effects get great attention. Today I'll show you how to create interesting glossy text in Photoshop shown...
The Point of Free Photoshop UI Kits Free Photoshop UI Kits are extremely useful to any designer. The point of a free Photoshop UI Kit is not to download it and just throw it into a project. The point is to download a free Photoshop UI kit and customize it to fit your...
Web Design, Graphic Design, & Typography Weekly This week has been a great week for web development, graphic design & typography. There are so many goodies that you'll be blown away. There are a lot of great Photoshop tutorials this week. One shows you how to...
A Look at Drop Shadows One of the most common design challenges across many mediums is creating depth when three dimensions are not available. Flat designs can be boring and monotonous. To combat this, it is our job to create designs that jump off the page. For years,...
Fabulous Free Photoshop Icon Sets Trying to find high quality free Photoshop icon sets can be a real pain sometimes. Everyone thinks they are a designer. Sifting through the garbage to find Photoshop files that are actually useful can seem like a tedious task. If you...
Making Your Typography Shine Sometimes you need to create a quick type treatment to dress up a project. This situation applies when flat text just won't do. You just need an extra something to make a headline or an important word stand out. Photoshop is great for...
Switching From Photoshop to Illustrator Adjusting to new software always seems intimidating, especially when it is packed with so many features, as Adobe products are known to be. Well-designed programs like Photoshop and Illustrator are flexible enough to accommodate...
Cool Stuff For Designers 8 There is a lot of cool stuff for designers this week. You will find a lot of stuff on web design and Photoshop. There is alo a lot of stuff on Wordpress, a contest for free themes and more. Here are some great links to check out! The...
Create a Futuristic Interface in Photoshop We go to the movies because they thrill us. We go there to escape reality and see things that just aren't possible in real life. Movies can bring fiction into real life, such as the comic books that we read, and the...
Polishing Your Photos For Pinterest Prominence Pinterest has become a hub for sharing images, inspiration, cool products, and more. users organize photos into different categories, with links back to the sites where they were found. Pinterest is an ingenious idea and...
Cool Stuff For Designers 5 This week there is a lot of incredibly cool stuff for designers. There are a couple of Adobe Illustrator tutorials to sink your teeth into. You will also find some useful Dropbox add-ons to extend its capability. Create a cool denim effect...
Create Silk in Photoshop Today I am going to show you how to create silk in Photoshop. Some might think this is a straightforward concept, but it can be difficult to create silk in Photoshop that has nice highlights. Highlights add dimension and make the silk look...
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet On Tuesday, I created a list of Photoshop keyboard shortcuts to help you save a lot of time. All of these shortcuts are extremely handy. I decided to create a one-page Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet for you to download....
Why You should Choose Design as a Profession I have a lot of friends that hear about my job and think "I would love to do what you do!" I love the enthusiasm, but I don't think a lot of people really know what is involved in graphic/web design, illustration, or...