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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 ...

60+ Amazing Poster and Advertisment Tutorials

Everyone in the business world knows the importance of posters and ads in advertising for specific products. Posters are an integral part of advertising. An eye-catching, attractive poster that conveys a professional, compelling message about a product, service or event will invariably hold the user's attention.In this article, we have ...

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 Photoshop Tutorials For Sky and Space Effects

Humans have always had an infatuation with the air above us and the space around our planet. With Adobe Photoshop we can create new images or enhance existing photos to include the sky and space as a backdrop. There is virtually no limit to what can be done with some ...

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 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 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 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 ...

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 ...

Space Explosion Photoshop Tutorial

Digital space art is one of the most inventive and beautiful art genres of this era. This tutorial shows you how to create your own space scene using three stock photos and Adobe Photoshop. The majority of the effects use the brush tool, layer effects and the filter gallery. You ...

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 ...

45 Apple-Inspired Photoshop Tutorials

For years, Apple has had a huge impact on designers and graphic artists across the globe. The simplicity and sharpness of the Aqua interface in Mac OS X strongly influenced the way new products were being presented and designed. It’s not only the design of products that makes Apple’s products ...

60 Beautiful Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

Christmas is a holiday of love and family. It is the time of year when people come together to celebrate, when they realize that some things are more important than others. So why don’t you impress the people who are important to you with some unique Christmas cards or beautiful ...

The Ultimate Round-Up of Fireworks Tutorials and Resources

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 ...

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing

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Category: 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

60+ Amazing Poster and Advertisment Tutorials

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Best Of

70 Beauty-Retouching Photoshop Tutorials

50 Photoshop Tutorials For Sky and Space Effects

50 Stunning Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Adobe Fireworks Tutorials and Downloads – Best of

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Best Of

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects

Adobe Flash Tutorials – Best of

Space Explosion Photoshop Tutorial

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

45 Apple-Inspired Photoshop Tutorials

60 Beautiful Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

The Ultimate Round-Up of Fireworks Tutorials and Resources

Web 2.0 Tutorials Round-Up

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing

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