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No Effects Poster Pt. 1 – The Beer

No Effects Poster Pt. 1 – The Beer

Today we will be working with the most basic tools in Photoshop and creating a very simple illustration, to practice using only the most basic effects. There will be three phases to this tutorial in order to get our final product. Today we will start out by designing a simple glass illustration, using only shapes and the paint bucket tool. Let’s get started…
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The Importance of NOT Using Effects

The Importance of NOT Using Effects

Alright guys, I know that you would love to see another tutorial, and believe me we have plenty for you, but I wanted to take some time out to discuss something very important in the design industry that seems to be lacking lately. I know that part of this is our fault as we have not released a tutorial to date stressing the importance of not using too many effects.
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Simple App Log In Screen

Simple App Log In Screen

Today we will be designing a simple log in screen for an iPhone/Android App. Apps are the newest rage and as a designer chances are you will be asked to design some kind of screen for an app or at least to change up the design for an app, so we decided that we will start doing more app tutorials, as well as other tutorials. Now, let’s get started…
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Ushering In A New Year!

Ushering In A New Year!

Today we usher in a new year, the start of 2012! This year is filled with superstitions of world ending tragedies and new beginnings. For us, at least, we are focusing on the new beginnings portion of this year. This year we have so many plans for you guys and have a new tutorial set up, a new shop, a new design, and plenty more to come this year.
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Coming Soon Page :: PSD Sitebuild

Coming Soon Page :: PSD Sitebuild

Today we will be entering the third step of our Beginning to End Series, coding our Coming Soon Page. If you haven’t viewed the photoshop tutorial you can view it here.


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Coming Soon Page :: Photoshop CS4

Coming Soon Page :: Photoshop CS4

Today I will be showing you how to create a simple coming soon page in Photoshop. We will be using Adobe Photoshop CS4 and will be using the very basic tools of Photoshop to create this tutorial.
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Create a Nature Scene

Create a Nature Scene

Today I will be walking you through the process of creating a simple nature scene in Adobe Photoshop. I will be using CS5 to do this tutorial, but it will work in any variation of Photoshop without too much changing. As always this is what you will be creating:
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Interview With Web Design Guru Orman Clark

Interview With Web Design Guru Orman Clark

I am proud to bring you a little more information on yet another Web Designer in our community. This man has brought freebies to the design community every day since the inception of his website, and continues to amaze us with his free work. Along with sharing his amazing talents with the rest of the design community he also has released a few Premium WordPress Themes (which can be found below) and they have been a great success.
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The Pros and Cons of Using Illustrator

The Pros and Cons of Using Illustrator

I recently started using Adobe Illustrator in addition to my main program Adobe Photoshop. This has gotten me thinking of an age old debate, Photoshop or Illustrator? Now, you can never do all the things in illustrator that you can in Photoshop and likewise in Illustrator, but what about for the every day things that you work on like icons or characters?
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Create a Despicable Me Style Minion

Create a Despicable Me Style Minion

Today’s tutorial is brought to you by the motion picture (fancy name for movie) Desipicable Me.  This tutorial was inspired by my 6 month old son who can, believe it or not, sit through the entire movie at least twice a day without any form of unhappy faces or noises. He laughs at the movie (yes laughs), and is just awestruck by it. Since it is such a vital tool to getting through the work day (wonders of a freelancer) I wanted to dedicate a quick tutorial to the cute little guys. Enjoy!
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HV-Tumblr Theme Pt. III – PSD2HTML Conversion

HV-Tumblr Theme Pt. III – PSD2HTML Conversion

Today I am proud to bring you guys Pt. III of the HV-Tumblr Theme Series. This episode in the series we will finally begin coding up our document. In order to create the perfect Tumblr Theme you need to make sure that your HTML is full stable with filler content before starting to add the Tumblr tags and removing things we don’t need, which is what we will be doing today! Let’s get started…
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A Brief Guide to Getting Started in Identity Design

A Brief Guide to Getting Started in Identity Design

This isn’t going to be your typical tutorial in the sense that it’s not so much about technology as it is about design itself. It really doesn’t matter if you know how to use Photoshop or Illustrator if you are doing the wrong things with them. Tools are just tools, and they only ever obey their master’s bidding.
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