Archive for the ‘Drawing’ Category

August 28th, 2010

How to Create an Iphone App Layout in Photoshop

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This tutorial will guide you trough the steps of a complete and beautiful layout of an Iphone App.

Along the way,we`ll learn how to create nice effects inspired by Iphone and Apple,we`ll play a bit with some blending options and we`ll integrate some custom graphics which will beautify the layout.

Also, we’ll take advantage of a few fundamental tools in Photoshop such as Rectangle Tool, Shape Tool and Marquee Tool.

August 16th, 2010

20 Best Free Calligraphy Fonts for Download

Calligraphy fonts go beyond usual typeface definition in typography. Calligraphy raises beauty above the functionality, so that a reader could not only perceive the meaning of letters but also receive aesthetic pleasure from reading the text, printed with calligraphy font. Originating from the ancient times, the art of creating calligraphy fonts is still popular these days. With the development of digital techniques in typography, calligraphy fonts have received wide popularization and are now commonly used in graphics and visual design, where it is necessary to deliver a special message in perfect form.

April 2nd, 2010

100 Creative and Smart Black and White Logo Designs

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When a good logo designer starts creating logos,he must have in mind 2 aspects:“Be Creative and Think Smart!” Also,the result of a clever logo design is its simplicity. Building the logo in black and white, the design become a brilliant one.

Take a look at these 100 examples of brilliant,creative and very smart black and white logo designs and be amazed by their simplicity.!

December 13th, 2009

Design a Clean Portfolio Website Layout in Photoshop

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Today I’ll take you through the creative process of designing a beautiful and clean portfolio website layout in Photoshop.

The layout will have incorporated a beautiful slider to show your work,an original Twitter integration,displaying your latest tweet and a social area where will be displayed your links to your social network pages.

November 27th, 2009

How to Create a Metal Piece with a Graved Text on it in Photoshop

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In this tutorial I`m gonna show you how to create a piece of metal with a graved text on it.

Along the way I`ll show you how to create effects like Metal Effect,Inner Graved Text Effect or Mirror Reflection Effect in Photoshop.We`ll use two custom elements:a Custom Font and an original Grunge Brush Set.

Check it Out!

October 6th, 2009

Design a Hand Drawn Wordpress style Website Header

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In this tutorial I`ll explain you the steps I took to create a hand drawn wordpress style website header in Photoshop.

I used some custom fonts,a paper pattern and a custom brush that I created exclusively for this tutorial.The steps for creating the brush are explained in the tut,so don`t worry,you don`t loose anything!Take a look!

September 12th, 2009

Design a cool and original jeans style Business Card in Photoshop

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This tutorial will guide you through the process of designing a professional jeans style business card. The tutorial features some great techniques, effects and layer styles in which you can use over and over for future projects.

The business card has the standard USA and Canada cut of 3.5×2 inches , approximately 10×5 cm.So if you`ll follow the tutorial,at the end you`ll be able to print the business card for your use,or why not,to start offering business card printing services.

Let’s get started!

September 1st, 2009

Design a Magazine style Wordpress layout + Offering the coded theme-MagaBlue

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Today I`m offering you something special.A tutorial of a clean and modern wordpress layout + The coded theme of the layout.

In the tutorial we`re gonna create a PSD layout in Photoshop for a clean Magazine style Wordpress theme,which may fits for any type of tasks,from a webdesign blog to a portfolio one and even for a business one.

The coded Wordpress theme is compatible up to 2.8.4 wordpress version and has a modern web typeface.The theme has standard 2 columns layout and is easy to be convertible as you want,as the PSD source of is also included in the package,or just follow the tutorial.

The demo is what you see.My current theme is the same with the theme I`m offering to you.

Have a look!

August 14th, 2009

Create a fumed text effect in Photoshop

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In this tutorial I`ll show you how to design a fumed text in Photoshop,using some brushes and some blending techniques.

Along the way I`ll share with you some tricks that I know which will help us creating an original text effect.

July 17th, 2009

Create a cool 3D text using Photoshop and Illustrator

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This week I created a post with the best 50 fantastic 3D text designs I found on the internet.Today I decided to make a tutorial to show you how you can design a 3D text.

You can use this technique to make dynamic logos that look great on promotional items, business cards, and just about anywhere you put them.