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Tutorial on WDD – Basics of the Mesh tool

  • Aug 22
  • illustrator, links

Brazilian freelance illustrator and art director, Marcos Torres, posted this nice Adobe Illustrator tutorial on Web Designer Depot. In the tutorial Marcos goes over building a Mario mushroom in Illustrator using the Mesh tool. I find this tutorial to be a good introduction to using the Mesh tool so check it out Basics of the Mesh tool in Illustrator.

Link to GoSquared Help Sheets

  • Jul 29
  • links

GoSquared has some great help sheets that I like having for quick reference. These are nice for when when you are switching between coding languages a lot and just need a quick reference. They also have a nice reference to glyphs on on the mac which is great. So heres the link take a look and download whatever pdfs you think might be helpful for you.

4 Inspirational Water Themed Fantasy Scenes

  • Jul 20
  • art, inspiration

With summer winding down to an end I thought this week it might be nice to take a look at some inspirational art from some amazing artist who are a part of the DeviantArt community. If you like their art click the link to go to the artist DeviantArt page. Most of these works are for sale, so if you really like it help the artist out and buy a print of their work. Read More …

Shirt Color Change Tutorial

  • Jul 12
  • photoshop, tutorial, video

Changing Colors
There are many ways out there to change the color of a shirt using photoshop. This is one technique that I personally like to use as I find that it leaves things open if you need to make modifications. It might be helpful if you look at this tutorial after you have looked at my layer mask tutorial from last week. Read More …

Introduction to Layer Mask

  • Jul 05
  • photoshop, tutorial, video

Layer Mask
This is a quick introduction in using layer mask. The layer mask is helpful when making selections and if you have not been using it then this is a nice quick introduction to the tool.
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CSS Background Techniques

  • Jun 29
  • CSS, HTML, tutorial, web

In this tutorial we will be taking a look at some different techniques for creating background images for a web page. It will start out basic with some creating a solid color background then move to more advanced stuff like combining transparent png files and using div tags to make layered backgrounds. We will also take a look at a couple neat CSS3 tricks.
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Using Action and Batch

  • Jun 20
  • photoshop, tutorial, video

Have you ever had an instance where you had a large set of photos that you had to make changes to but did not have the time to sit and make them? In this tutorial I will show you how to use the Actions window and Batch command in Photoshop to help you. The scenario is this, you have a set of photos that need to have copyright information added to the bottom left corner. Read More …

Interesting Form Layout

  • Jun 16
  • cool stuff, design, web
Example of Friendly Web Form

A friend of mine had introduced my to this site, particularly for their interesting take on a signup from. Instead of your typical blocks where you enter name, email and password Read More …

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