Create Funky Green Day Pin or Badge

Photoshop | September 17th, 2010 5 Comments

Do you know Green Day? of course almost everyone knows. In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll create a badge or button (in Indonesia we call it pin) for this most famous punkrock band in the world. In Photoshop you can make cool and funky pin or button with just a few layers. We’ll set the layer structure up so if you want a badge with a different picture you can simply change the top image to create a new badge and you can easily reuse the main part of the badge.

Amazing Photomanipulation and Space Art by Erik Schumacher

Digital Art | September 8th, 2010 No Comments

Inspiration can come from anywhere, and one of them is from seeing other people’s work. Today I visited deviantART and I’m very amazed by Erik Schumacher’s photomanipulations. Here I will show you these great works, I hope this will inspire us.

Bokeh Twitter Background

PSD, Twitter Background | September 4th, 2010 1 Comment

Bokeh now become very popular, both in photography, graphic design and web design. I think the bokeh will also be really cool if it is used as a twitter background. And today I’ll give you full PSD layered digital bokeh for your twitter background. Download it and feel free to edit this bokeh background.

Making Shiny Calligraphy

Photoshop | September 1st, 2010 No Comments

In this photoshop tutorial we’ll use shapes, gradient, and some layer styles to create a sparkling and shiny Arabic calligraphy. You know what’s calligraphy?

Wonderful Graphic Design and Typography by Steve Goodin

Design, Digital Art, Typography | August 28th, 2010 No Comments

Steve Goodin, a.k.a Demen1, is one of the best known poster and flyer designers. He is 29 years old and currently live in Sacramento, California USA. He is currently working in the Creative department as a Motion Graphics Designer for a new media agency here in Sacramento known as Wirestone. He has been working in the Motion Graphics field for about four years now and he is constantly learning something new and he feel very blessed to be able to do the work he do. Steve Goodin is pretty pro with meshing together the strengths of 3D software and photoshop to produce some freaking amazing posters. There is no missing his unique design style and highly detailed typography. I just collect some of his work and I’ll share with you. Check it out!

36 Awesome Icon Design Tutorials

Web Roundups | August 24th, 2010 No Comments

When we visited the design tutorial sites, it’s likely there will we find a tutorial to make an icon, a familiar topic for people who love design. Every designer, whether he is a beginner or a professional will someday, in his career create icons for his client or his portfolio. Creating icons can be extremely fun, provided you do it the right way. Most importantly, you should learn the basic principles of icon design first, the importance and functions of icons on web sites and in user interfaces. This might take a long time but trust me, its the right way. You should also learn how to use your imagination and creativity to reflect the characteristics of the icon effectively. Neatly designed icons can make a website more attractive and easier to use and aesthetically more pleasing.