Tutorials added on December 2, 2008

Find out how to apply the old vintage sepia toning effect on your image in this beginner friendly Adobe Photoshop tutorial.

In this adobe photoshop tutorial, it will show you how to create a set of Mascot characters. The way is similar to our previous cartoon character designs. You have prepared some sketches. After scanning your sketches, you can process your painting in the same way as described in this tutorial.

As the Christmas approaches, it’s time to get a new look to your desktop. In this post we present 40 Creative Christmas Wallpapers to decorate your desktop in a personal and special way. Happy Christmas to you!!!

Utilize simple design elements to build a clean and CSS-friendly layout in Photoshop.

Do you like brushes? I'm addicted to brushes...I save everything as a brush. Everyone knows how to define a brush preset: it can take you 5 minutes to create one. What do you think if I say you can do that in 0,5 seconds? Let's see how!

A stylish, dark and tabbed navigation polished with gradient overlays.

Tiled backgrounds are great for both website backgrounds and in all kinds of Photoshop work. They are particularly useful when working with textures where you need a larger overall background than the small image you have to work with. In this quick tutorial I'll take you through taking a texture and turning it into a background image ready for seamless tiling.

I absolutely love this time of year! I figured I’d help get everyone in the Christmas spirit by sharing some awesome Christmas related tutorials I’ve found. Have a look, I hope you enjoy them!

While I was at the in-laws house last week for Thanksgiving I took a little break from the extended family to drive around and shoot some textures. I shot about 200 images, most of which will be posted on here in the next couple of weeks.

This time I have choose the logo designs which is having more than 3 colors. My favorite Swiss base designer David had done almost all logos in more than 3 colors which I love them lot. And I had incorporated some of the logos done by me. (See, Designer Rambal). Initially I thought that I should not include any of my work in this site. (Kreative Garden). But, this article has come, I don’t have any option. I included mine. The people can say that, the logo design should be 1 or 2 colors. This is because of the cutting down the production cost or easily implementing anywhere. But evolving the web and its technology, some logos are being displayed only in web. In my concern, those logos can have more than 3 colors. That is necessary too.

Calabria is a set of 20 free and exclusive vector icons that can be used on websites, logos and more. These icons are absolutely free for both personal and commercial uses and you can go ahead and download yours now.

In this tutorial I step you through the process of creating this image of a Phoenix from scratch.

My name is Nick La. I’m the creator of N.Design Studio, Web Designer Wall, Design Jobs on the Wall, and Best Web Gallery. Ever since I was a kid, I alway liked art (such as drawing, painting, etc.) and design in general. I was introduced to Adobe Photoshop by my high school art teacher and I fell in love with it instantly. From that moment, I knew I wanted to be a graphic designer.

We are always in the search of great free resources, tips and tricks, etc for our readers. Every day, we works hard to find new resources and features them here for you. Today, we have another great post Discover The Best Of The Web on SmashingApps. In this, we will find and make a list of 31 Incredible Resources And Inspirations For Designers Like You To Discover The Best Of The Web In November. Maybe, we could not cover all of the best from around the web but we will try our best to cover as much as possible.

Business cards are a useful resource for any business, for designers in particular it gives an opportunity to create something a little out of the ordinary and artistic to showcase their creative flair. Follow this walkthrough in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign to create your own double sided business card design, resulting in a print-ready file to send to your favoured print firm.

It's pretty amazing how much colour and background can change the look and feel of a website. In this tutorial we're going to put together a quick, simple but effective layout and then create variations using backgrounds, photos and patterns. We'll also look at how to make seamless tiled backgrounds out of a photo, methods for ending a single photo and simple ways to create pixel patterns. In short it's a jam packed tutorial!

Typography can be one of the most fascinating elements of design. Whether it’s web design, album art, posters, or any other type of graphic design, typographical inspiration can be a great resource for designers. With that in mind I’ve compiled this collection of beautiful typographical works.

Christmas is coming and we would like to present especially for you 25+ Beautiful Christmas Icon Sets which you can use for your web site or your desktop.

I am going to show you a quick and easy variation on metallic/silver text.

Beautiful roses in PSD format so you can export them with backgroun or without a background and use them in any project you like. Just be sure not to use them for commercial use please.