Design Links Tutorials

Eight Original “Advertise Here” 125×125 Graphics

One of the most popular formats for online advertisements, especially amongst blogs, is the 125px by 125px square ad. Who knows why. Perhaps the size makes it easy to use in both narrow sidebars in a single column and wider sidebars as well in two columns. Whatever the reason, it’s popularity is nice for both designers as well as advertisers. Designers because we can design around this block size when creating new designs. Advertisers because having a unified size means having to create less... learn more

Make Repeating Seamless Tile Backgrounds with Photoshop

This tutorial is a guest post by Pixblix.com Not every image will lend itself well to a repeating background. I like to select a portion of an image that already has a bit of a pattern to it and also has similar colors, say for example a group of flowers. For this tutorial, I’ve chosen an 800×600 portion from a picture of spring fruit tree blossoms. For now it is much easier to work with a larger image than a tiny one; you can resize the tile when it is finished. The objective... learn more

Creative Custom Die Cuts on Business Cards

A small custom built die might only cost you between $40-$80 from a reasonable die cutter. Even with your printer marking that up and the extra bindery time, a set of 1000 4-color custom die cut business cards will only run you about $400. If you have the budget for it, a die cut business card can be an extremely nice touch and the “little something” that sets yours apart. learn more  Read More →

(Mostly) Free Vector Downloads

Vector files, revamped for 2009! Originally compile in 2007, we’ve dusted off this awesome list of resources for finding free vector graphics to use in your designs. We cleared out the dead links and added some brand new places to find vectors for download. Are you ready for free vector images? As a designer it is always handy to have a collection of pre-made vector objects available to use in your designs. Here we’ve dug out the very best vector downloads for you. And, most of these... learn more

Creative Advertising

Our creative business cards post went down very well so I decided to take a look at some more print-based design today. I scoured the net looking for creative examples of advertising. Some are funny, provoke discussion or are just damn clever. Enjoy these examples … learn more  Read More →

Creative Business Cards

Your business card carries the brand of your company and represents yourself, a well designed and printed card can impress and make people take notice and remember you which is what you’re aiming for. A badly designed or printed card can leave a bad impression or even worse be simply forgotten. I’m currently researching creative business cards as I felt it’s about time I made some up for my company, there are many examples of great business cards and today we will be showcasing... learn more

Cool Workspaces

Designers need somewhere great to work to do their best work – be it a desk with 4 huge screens and a mountain of technical equipment or a laptop sat in your garden it helps the creative process along. Here we scour the internet for examples of workspaces; some good, some bad, some cluttered, some clean – we take a nosey at where we people are doing their work … learn more  Read More →

Pixel Art Tutorials

Pixel art is a technique that appeared when the early 2d computer games first appeared, the technique then seemed to disappear when 3d games became popular. Now with mobile gaming and a thirst for retro-cool, pixels are coming back. In this article we will take a look at some examples of great pixel art and then learn some of the techniques involved – all you need is any graphics program from MS Paint to Photoshop and lots of patience. Lets get cracking … learn more  Read More →

GIMP Tutorials

The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a free piece of software available for Windows, Mac and Linux Operating systems for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. If you don’t want to pay for Photoshop, it is a viable alternative. To help you get to grips with it, we have dug out the best Tutorials for you … learn more  Read More →

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