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The 50 Best Adobe Illustrator Tutorials from 2009
Since the year is winding down, we thought it would be helpful to go back and pick out the best Illustrator tutorials that were published in 2009. The year was full of great tutorials, and 50 of the best are featured here. For more Illustrator tutori...
50 of the Best Free Icon Sets of 2009
A few weeks ago we launched IconFever, a site dedicated to helping designers find the icons they need. Today we’d like to feature some of the best free icons that were made available throughout the year, from a wide variety of designers. These ...
25 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Portfolio Sites
Designing a quality portfolio website is a must for any aspiring designer. In this post we’ll look at 25 tutorials that will lead you through the process of designing a portfolio site in Photoshop. Hopefully these tutorials will teach you some ...
35+ Photo Editing Tutorials for Photoshop
Photoshop provides photographers and designers with almost unlimited potential to edit photographs to achieve the desired results. In this post we’ll feature 35 excellent tutorials that teach various tricks and techniques. If you like these tut...
25 Outstanding Lighting Effect Tutorials for Photoshop
Lighting effects are a great way to make an impact with a design, and there are plenty of options for creating these effects with Photoshop. In the past we have published collections of Photoshop tutorials for lighting effects and they drawn a lot of...
Trends in Pricing Page Design and Layout
Pricing pages are very common for sites of web apps, web hosting and other types of services. These pages are critical to the success of the company because they will have a significant influence on the visitors who are trying to make a buying dec...
50+ Useful Photoshop Plugins
One of the great things about Photoshop (and others from the Adobe Creative Suite) is the ability to extend the possibilities with 3rd party plugins. In this post we’ll feature more than 50 plugins/extensions/add-ons for Photoshop, some are fre...
30 Tutorials for Designing Fun and Creative Characters
This post features tutorials for designing various characters and cartoons in Illustrator and Photoshop. Characters are often used for branding websites or companies, so it is certainly a useful skill. For other tutorials, you may be interested in:...
Approaches to Showcasing Work in Your Portfolio Site
The examples in the post show a variety of different ways to show off your best work. Many are using JavaScript, jQuery sliders are especially popular right now. Others will make use of Flash, and some will use only CSS and HTML. Electricurrent Ele...
45 Tutorials for Learning Pixelmator
Pixelmator is a popular image editor for Mac OS X. While Photoshop is the industry standard, Pixelmator has a lot to offer for Mac users. In this post we’ll feature 45 tutorials for using Pixelmator, including a number of video tutorials. Some ...
27 New and Fresh Illustrator Tutorials
If you're interested in learning some new tricks and improving your skills in Adobe Illustrator, there are plenty of great tutorials out there that will lead you through the process. In this post we'll feature some of the best Illustrator tutorials t...
60+ Helpful Resources for Portfolio Design
One of the most important things a designer can do for his or her business is to create an attractive portfolio site that communicates effectively with visitors and draws in potential clients. In this post we will look at various resources and articl...
17 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Creative Advertisements
Advertisements often display a lot of creativity in design, and Photoshop is an excellent tool for those who are designing advertisements. Fortunately there are a number of tutorials specifically for designing advertisements, and others that demonstr...
9 Characteristics of Well-Designed E-Commerce Websites
E-commerce web design and development presents some unique challenges that you won't always face with other types of web design. For sites that exist primarily to sell products, it's very easy to look at sales and have a measuring stick to use when e...
25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects
With some creativity you can create amazing text effects with Photoshop. In this post we'll feature 25 of the best tutorials for creating 3D text effects. There are a variety of different types of effects, so hopefully you can find some new tricks to...
Keep an Inspiration Notebook to Retain Offline Design Inspiration
Finding inspiration is important to designers of all kinds. For web designers there is plenty of design inspiration available online through gallery sites and design blogs that compile posts for inspiration. This abundance of potential inspiration...
Photoshop Tutorial Hall of Fame
Many of the most popular posts on this blog are collections of Photoshop tutorials in specific categories. I thought it would be helpful to also do a post that features the best tutorials of all kinds. This post links to more than 60 excellent tutori...
30 Text Effect Tutorials for Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator provides designers with an excellent opportunity for creating amazing effects with text. This post features 30 of the best tutorials on the subject. While there are more tutorials available for working with text in Photoshop, I thin...
25 Photoshop Tutorials for Working with Textures
Being able to work with texture in Photoshop gives you endless possibilities for your design. There are a variety of different approaches when it comes to adding texture, some are simple and others are more advanced. The 25 tutorials featured in this...
20+ Tutorials for Working with Photoshop’s Tools
There are a lot of great Photoshop tutorials online that will teach you all kinds of techniques and tricks, but sometimes you may find that the basics of the tools are not always covered in the tutorials. If you're looking to step up your Photoshop s...
12 WordPress Plugins for Theme Development
One of the great things about using WordPress as a content management system is the huge community of users and all of the resources that are available. While all plugins could be used by theme developers, the ones featured in this post have features...
30 Photo Manipulation Tutorials for Photoshop
With Photoshop, amazing results are possible for photo manipulations. In this post we'll feature 30 tutorials for creating your own photo manipulation. The tutorials shown here will teach a wide variety of techniques and will work towards end results...
40 Photoshop Illustration Tutorials
While Adobe Illustrator is the preferred tool by most designers for illustrating and drawing digitally, Photoshop can also be used for some types of illustration. This post includes a selection of tutorials that cover the process of drawing various o...
25+ Photoshop Tutorials for Poster Design
For Photoshop users who are interested in experimenting and learning something new, poster design is an excellent way to practice. Last year I published a collection of tutorials for designing posters in Photoshop. Since other outstanding tutorials h...
3D Design Inspiration
As a result of a reader request, today we're featuring 40 excellent pieces for your own 3D design inspiration. There is a wide variety of subjects and artists represented here. If you see something you like, click through and you'll be able to find m...
25 Tutorials for Using Illustrator and Photoshop Together for Outstanding Results
Photoshop and Illustrator are two of the most indispensable tools for web and graphic designers. For those of us who are always looking to learn more and improve skills, there are plenty of great tutorials out there for each of these programs. Most ...
40 Photoshop Tutorials for Amazing Lighting Effects - Part Two
One of the most popular posts of 2008 on this blog was 40 Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects. Since it has been close to a year since that collection was put together, a number of excellent tutorials for working with lighting effec...
11 Tutorials for Business Card Design
Business card design can be tricky if you're not familiar with the process. As you'll see in these tutorials, there are a number of different programs that you can use to create business cards, but setting up the layout properly and getting it ready ...
35 Photoshop Tutorials for Realistic Results
Sometimes it's amazing how realistic a Photoshop creation can look. In this post we'll feature 35 tutorials for creating realistic effects in Photoshop. Some will show you how to illustrate an object from scratch, while others teach how to edit photo...
35 Excellent Church Websites - Part Two
Several months ago I published 50 of the Best Church Websites, which has been one of the more popular posts on the blog. Since I published that collection I've come across many other noteworthy church sites, so I thought I would add a second post on ...
