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35 Incredible Digital Painting Tutorials

Art is not restricted to any medium, nor is digital painting. Yes, you read that right: "digital painting." It is a new trend in today’s technologically brilliant world that won't go away any time soon. Here, we’ve gathered 35 tutorials to inspire you to display your creativity through digital painting. ...

The Ultimate Round-Up Of T-Shirt Design Tutorials

Among all of the graphic designers in the world, many of them have probably had a go at designing some cool artwork for t-shirts. The t-shirt, after all, is one of the world's most purchased products, and a lot of us wouldn't know what to do without them!If you have ...

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials (via @smashingmag) -Although web design is everywhere nowadays (even when we're not at the computer it still manages to squeeze it's way in to our everyday life), print design is still a huge part of the design industry and is everywhere we look: ...

Back-to-School With 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Learning is a process which continues throughout the life of an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. Along the way, designers find the task of mastering Adobe Illustrator a large obstacle which requires practice and experience in using the vector-based application. Practice comes in the form of tutorials, which offer tips, ...

Urban Art Tutorial in Photoshop and Illustrator

Photoshop and Illustrator, as we’ve all come to realize, have revolutionized contemporary design and illustration, unleashing the creative potential of artists the world over. Through this tutorial, we’ll take you through process and technique, from sketch to Photoshop to Illustrator, so that you can learn skills to complement your ample ...

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing

Traditional drawing is certainly way harder than digital and it is true that people are able to progress much faster digitally, but one should learn the traditional type of drawing and painting before starting digital drawing, since it often lays out the foundation for screen design. This article contains a ...

The Ultimate Collection Of Maya 3D Tutorials

Ever wonder how animated films like Ice Age are made? Maya is the answer. Maya (or Autodesk Maya, having recently been acquired by Autodesk) is powerful 3D modeling, animation, texturing, rendering and visual effects software.Maya was developed for the film industry and is now being used for design, visual effects, ...

Mastering Photoshop With Paths

Anomalously residing within the pixel-gridded world of Photoshop are a series of tools waiting to break out of the canvas' inherent squareness. Mastering these tools opens the stage for a higher level of flexibility, full of clean lines and non-destructive editing. Presented here is a guide to help you build ...

Discovering Papervision3D: Best Design Practices and Tutorials

Papervision3D (PV3D) is a popular open source 3D engine for Flash. It enables to create advanced three-dimensional objects displayed real time right in the web browser. With Papervision3D designers bring an impressive visual experience and user interaction to the web visitors. Interactive environment captivates and gives an opportunity to enjoy ...

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

HTML5 and CSS3 have just arrived (kinda), and with them a whole new battle for the 'best markup' trophy has begun. Truth to be told, all these technologies are mere tools waiting for a skilled developer to work on the right project. As developers we shouldn't get into pointless discussions ...

The Ultimate Round-Up of Fireworks Tutorials and Resources

Fireworks was originally created as an image editing and web design application by Macromedia, for quick web mock-ups, and optimizing images for the Web. It has since been transformed into a powerful environment for designing and prototyping applications that integrates easily with Dreamweaver, Flash and Photoshop &ndash making it, perhaps, ...

50 Excellent 3D Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Adobe Illustrator is one of the best applications for making graphic artwork like logos, print designs and Web pages. As time goes on, more and more Illustrator techniques are introduced by talented designers and artists in the industry who achieve some of the best results on the Web. One hot ...

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Best Of

When it comes to graphic design, Adobe Photoshop is usually the first option to consider. However, the software itself is a quite tough nut to crack — and definitely extremely hard to master. For instance, the concepts are not always intuitive and it’s not always clear when to use what ...

70 Beauty-Retouching Photoshop Tutorials

Beauty retouching is probably one of the most popular application areas in which Adobe Photoshop is used extensively. There are two simple reasons for that. First, Photoshop offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out skin and hair, optimize body proportions and emphasize some beautiful details. And second, if ...

50 Stunning Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Photoshop’s text and layer tools can be used to create some really awesome effects. We’ve put together a list of 60 of the best tutorials we could find to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques. You’ll find some really cool grunge and glass styles ...

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Best Of

Over years Adobe Illustrator has become the standard application when it comes to illustration design. Artists, illustrators and graphic designers use Illustrator to create vector-based graphics which — contrary to raster-based editors such as Adobe Photoshop — can be easily rescaled without the loss of quality. E.g., Illustrator is often ...

Adobe Fireworks Tutorials and Downloads – Best of

Adobe Fireworks is the industry leader for prototyping and rapid web-site building. Some of you may not be aware of this, as you may be using Photoshop for each phase of web-site production. The articles, tutorials, and resources gathered here will convince you of the power of this application. Fireworks uses ...

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects

Lighting effects in Adobe Photoshop are used to add flare and polish to images. They communicate feelings of creativity, technology, magic, and fantasy. Creating beams, glows, motion trails, rainbows, or an assortment of other lighting effects, give your images ambiance and depth. Now it’s time for a sparkling dose of related ...

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

HTML5 and CSS3 have just arrived (kinda), and with them a whole new battle for the ‘best markup’ trophy has begun. Truth to be told, all these technologies are mere tools waiting for a skilled developer to work on the right project. As developers we shouldn’t get into pointless discussions ...

Adobe Flash Tutorials – Best of

Although usability evangelists often consider Flash to be a usability nightmare, used properly, Flash can provide users with a rich and interactive interface which would be impossible otherwise. Today Flash is the de-facto standard for interactive elements on the Web as most users install Flash plug-in by default. And in ...

The Ultimate Round-Up of Fireworks Tutorials and Resources

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing

Web 2.0 Tutorials Round-Up

Web 2.0 can be beautiful. In fact, many designers manage to create really amazing, particularly dark and fresh web-designs, which are visually appealing and make a great first impression. However, if you are planning on designing a web 2.0-project, you probably should ...

60+ Beautiful Logo Design Tutorials And Resources

When we talk about a famous brand, the first thing that comes to mind is its logo. The logo is the most essential component of any personal brand and also the hardest part to execute. A logo must be appropriate, aesthetically pleasing and a reflection of the company’s credibility. Furthermore, ...

Icon Design Tutorial: Drawing A Pencil Icon

by Vu Tran and Min Tran Nowadays we can see icons everywhere, from a game console to web applications. Icons are getting more and more popular and play an important role, maybe the most important role in user interfaces. However, the resources about icon design are not that popular which is ...

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials (via @smashingmag) - Although web design is everywhere nowadays (even when we’re not at the computer it still manages to squeeze it’s way in to our everyday life), print design is still a huge part of the design industry and is everywhere we look: ...

Retro Rainbow Tutorials and Design Showcase

Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of ’70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly ...

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Category: Tutorials

35 Incredible Digital Painting Tutorials

The Ultimate Round-Up Of T-Shirt Design Tutorials

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials

Back-to-School With 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Urban Art Tutorial in Photoshop and Illustrator

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing

The Ultimate Collection Of Maya 3D Tutorials

Mastering Photoshop With Paths

Discovering Papervision3D: Best Design Practices and Tutorials

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

The Ultimate Round-Up of Fireworks Tutorials and Resources

50 Excellent 3D Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Best Of

70 Beauty-Retouching Photoshop Tutorials

50 Stunning Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Best Of

Adobe Fireworks Tutorials and Downloads – Best of

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

Adobe Flash Tutorials – Best of

The Ultimate Round-Up of Fireworks Tutorials and Resources

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing

Web 2.0 Tutorials Round-Up

60+ Beautiful Logo Design Tutorials And Resources

Icon Design Tutorial: Drawing A Pencil Icon

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials

Retro Rainbow Tutorials and Design Showcase

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