A collection of links to tutorials and resources on the often touchy subject of Graphic Design theory… 45 Lessons on Graphic Design An Introduction to Graphic Design Graphic Design (Wikipedia) Graphic Design Basics 8 Elements of Design: Line – A line is simply a series of dots, or points, in space. That line can be [ Read More ]
Some Photoshop goodies, some Illustrator items, and a nice selection of design inspirations. 2000 Free Photoshop Patterns 40 Photoshop Effect tutorials 30 Photoshop Actions for Touch-ups 30+ Photoshop wallpaper tutorials 20+ Photoshop icon design tutorials Illustrator: Envelope Distort with Grids Negative space in logo design Type-based logo inspiration Poster Showcase Vector Artworks
A BIG (40!) collection of links to various disaster tutorials for Photoshop… Surreal Apocalypse Apocalyptic Wormhole Devastating Twister Apocalyptic City Underwater Apartment Ice Age City Nuclear Disaster Alien Invasion Catastrophic Tsunami City in Chaos Flooded City Dragon Attack Colliding Planets Nuclear Fallout Explosive Fire City Warzone Apocalypse Xmas Card End of the World Space Collision [ Read More ]
Another collection of cool Illustrator Tutorials… got a couple of great tutorials on creating vector artwork from photo references! Psychedelic Design in Photoshop and Illustrator How to Turn a Photo into Vector Artwork Creating Vector Portraits Creating ‘Natural, Hand-drawn’ Vector Graphics Using the Variable Width Tool for Illustration 5 Cool Tricks and Tools for Illustrator
Vectors rock. They rule. They roll. And so on. But mostly, they are a great way to create clean, highly adjustable and scalable designs for a variety of purposes. Here are some new Illustrator tutorial links to get your vector groove on… Vector Diary BittBox – Averaging Points Latest Illustrator Tutorials from ProDesign Tools Skyje [ Read More ]
Some examples of incredible Illustrator art pieces, plus a few artists’ galleries. http://www.ebypaidrick.com/Gallery.html http://www.bertmonroy.com http://www.arabezier.com/Gallery.htm http://homepage3.nifty.com/highside/gallery.htm http://i-evermind.deviantart.com/gallery/ http://www.illustratorworld.com/users/enikone/ http://www.illustratorworld.com/gallery/ http://www.nickdiggory.com/ http://www.real-trace.com/page1/gall1.html http://www.krop.com/techvector/ http://lifeinvector.com/category/vectors/ http://www.khulsey.com/masters_yukio_miyamoto.html http://www.wizard2.com/
A collection of graphic design web sites that have various resources (brushes, textures, etc.), many of them free to download… Graphic Design resource sites: http://www.photoshop.com/ http://sixrevisions.com/category/resources/ http://designm.ag/category/resources/ http://designmodo.com/freebies/ http://inspirationfeed.com/category/resources/ http://colorburned.com/ http://thinkdesignblog.com/ http://www.melsbrushes.co.uk/ http://www.webanddesigners.com http://www.webdesignbooth.com/ http://www.digital-photography-school.com http://www.computerarts.co.uk/
A collection of links to various text effect tutorials, mostly via Photoshop. http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/25-tutorials-for-creating-detailed-graphical-text-effects http://designmodo.com/30-new-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/ http://designm.ag/resources/30-awesome-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/ http://skyje.com/2011/04/photoshop-3d-text-effect/ http://www.ozoneeleven.com/tutorials/astonishing-remarkable-3d-typography-illustration-photoshop-tutorials/ http://designm.ag/inspiration/363d_typography_designs/ http://www.psdvault.com/text-effects/design-a-dawn-of-war-style-concrete-text-effect-in-photoshop/ http://designm.ag/resources/30-must-see-text-effect-illustrator-tutorials/ http://designm.ag/resources/create-a-cool-text-effect-in-photoshop-with-a-single-texture/ http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/2010/08/09/30-cool-3d-text-effects/ http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/text-effects/design-a-retro-typography-poster-in-photoshop.html http://tutorials-share.com/2011/07/40-amazing-photoshop-illustrator-text-effects-tutorials/
Here are some examples of cool resume designs: 30 Amazingly Creative Examples of Designer Resumes 27 Impressive Resume Designs 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work 38 More Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work 25 Examples of Super Creative Resume Design 30 Artistic and Creative Résumés 30 Beautiful Designer’s One Page Resume Samples How To Create A [ Read More ]
Here is an awesome list of business card design tutorials; this list was gleefully ninja’d from another site, as it is just too good to not pass along… enjoy! Cool list of Business Card Tutorials, ninja’d from: http://www.webanddesigners.com/50-top-business-card-tutorials/ Design an Abstract Business Card Cardboard And Torn Paper Business Card Design a Print Ready Business [ Read More ]
