Archive for May, 2008
Our latest Adobe tutorial round up showcases several of the latest Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials from the best design tutorial sites. You will learn how to design soft stylized 3D type, how to quickly pick complementary colors, how to make a map in Illustrator, how to create an interstate road sign and how draw a vector home cinema.
Round 2 of the U-Printing International Poster Design Competition is coming very soon! This round will be a photo manipulation round where designers will take source images and manipulate them to create amazing poster designs! We expect to launch the contest May 8th so stay tuned for more official announcements.
As some of you know I am a graphic designer. Right now I freelance from home and run several websites including this blog, my graphic design forums, t shirt blog and a clothing line. I have also been going to school full time, but I will be graduating very soon. Once I graduate I plan on finding a steady job in New York as a graphic designer, while continuing to work on my website and other projects.
Typography is an essential aspect of design life, and choosing the right typefaces for projects is an ongoing battle! Wouldn’t it be nice to have a reference book of typefaces to refer to when searching for that perfect font? Well FontBook is the type bible for designers, typographers, studios, publishers, historians, and anyone else interested in digital type, but its more then just a reference book.
I am happy to announce the winners of our 3D Wall Flash Component Giveaway sponsored by flashloaded.com. Flash loaded offers tons of great flash components, flash templates, flash movies, sounds and more and they were kind enough to give us two expensive 3d wall flash components to give away to our readers.
CSS galleries are sprouting up all over the place, but not many websites cover the entire design spectrum like DesignFlavr Does. They showcase Flash Websites, CSS Websites, Illustrations, CG Art, Advertisements, Photo Manipulations and much more on a daily basis. The entire site is neatly organized by categories, tags and even by colors! You can also subscribe to their feed to get the latest inspiration in your rss reader.