Black & White Photos of Shanghai
April 19, 2012 From Paul0v2′S Blog This photo series was taken back in 2010 by the Polish photographer Marvin Stavars. Shanghai is the largest city of China by population. A complete concrete jungle that you are able to experience by these photos, and get a feeling of how massive everything is. Enjoy! For more from Martin Stavars visit martinstavars.com Share
Creattica Redesign: Spectacular Photoshop Magic and Freebies
It’s a month of new beginnings over at our design and inspiration gallery Creattica. April has seen the site undergo a complete redesign with a whole new streamlined grid-style layout for its over 50 different categories. On top of that, Creattica now has better navigation, a new UI Elements section and a growing Freebies area of now over 700 items. All this and over 14,000 featured works from some 100,000 members. It’s quite the site! But that’s not all, let’s first take a look at some of Creattica’s top Photoshop work as well... Read The Rest →
How to Design a Logo: Sagi Haviv
A great logo is not about what one likes or dislikes. It’s about what works. And what we want to determine is: What problem is our client trying to solve? Often a company might want a new logo to freshen up its image, when really it should keep its logo but change its marketing. Look at Pepsi (PEP). It’s been years, and I bet few people could draw the new logo from memory. The old one they could, instantly. It was a perfectly good mark. Coke (KO), meanwhile, has had more success... Read The Rest →
Photoshop’s 10 Most Useful Features for Digital Artists
Final Product What You’ll Be Creating This entry is part 23 of 25 in the Digital Art for Beginners Session - Show All « PreviousNext » Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Digital Art for Beginners, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak will begin by teaching you how to draw in Photoshop. At... Read The Rest →
Create a Glowing Light Painting Effect
Final Product What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I will show you an easy, and very fast way, to create a light painting in Photoshop. Editor’s note: This tutorial was original published on Psdtuts in April of 2008. Step 1 Create a new document and place the photo, you can download the one I used at: Photo 1. Step 2 Here I placed a second image. I will use it to create the light effects. Here is the link for the next image:Photo 2. Step 3 With the Pen Tool(P), create... Read The Rest →
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (Director: Tarik Saleh)
The official video for Lykke Li’s second single I Follow Rivers. Directed by Tarik Saleh. I Follow Rivers is taken from ‘Wounded Rhymes’ released on the week of 28th (Feb) globally. Goto: http://LykkeLi.com for more information. Share
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: January 2012
A New Ending “Wishing everyone a lucky and successful year 2012!” Designed by Lina Itskovitch from USA. preview with calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440 without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440 Red “Photo taken at a friend’s house with one of her toys and my glass of rose wine. It’s perfect for a cold winter day, warmth for the soul and body.” Designed by Diana Samoila from Romania. preview with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 Caucasian Mountains “From Caucasus with love!” Designed by Ilona from Russia. preview with calendar: 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440 without calendar: 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440 Bloody January “Something to cure that New Year’s hangover.” Designed by Suety Kwan from USA. preview with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440... Read The Rest →
Great session to start your photoshop jurney
Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? Photoshop Basix, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor Martin Perhiniak, is a series of 25 short video tutorials, around 5 – 10 minutes in length that will teach you all the fundamentals of working with Photoshop. Share
40 Great Photography Portfolios For Inspiration
Here is a collection of fantastic photography portfolios. I think this will be worthwhile for anybody who is looking for some inspiration. Jeremy Cowart Koen Demuynck Mitchell Kanashkevich Joon Brandt Frederik Clement Brent Stirton Les Forrester Alberto Ovied Ashley Lebedev Jill Greenberg Paolo Boccardi Eric Ryan Anderson Lara Jade Corey Arnold Andrew Gransden David Hill Gavin Gough Your Beautiful Photography Dimitris Theocharis Robert Dann Chase Jarvis Jonathan Glynn Smith ... Read The Rest →
25 Outstanding Minimalist Website Designs
Minimalism is popular with many designers, primarily because the lack of clutter can help to create a positive user experience. While it is not a style that works in all situations (and what style does?), minimalism can be extremely effective when it is done effectively. It would seem that minimal websites would be easy to design due to the lack of excess, but achieving a high-quality minimal design can prove to be more difficult than expected. In this post we’ll provide some inspiration for you own work by showcasing 25... Read The Rest →
