2 December 2011 0 Comments

Create a Winter-Themed Holiday Card in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Stephen Petrany will demonstrate how to use various techniques to create a winter-themed holiday card in Photoshop. This tutorial will creatively utilize Photoshop filters and transformations to create a fantastic winter illustration. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members. If you are looking to take your design [...]

1 December 2011 0 Comments

25+ Free Social Icons Sets With Premium Quality

35 Sweet Social Icons by I'm Charlie – TheIssland Simple Social Icons PSD by Umar Irshad The Social Gunman by Emir Ayouni Tabs Classic: Social by Kevin Andersson Mighty Social Icons by Sam Dunn Tabs Color Social by Kevin Andersson Freshy Freebie – Social Icons by Martin Karasek Social Networks Pro Icons by artbees Social [...]

1 December 2011 0 Comments

Alfred: Personalized Food Recommendations

If only there was an app that didn’t suggest I go to the trendiest bar with the worst drinks thanks to Yelpers who don’t know a good cocktail if it was thrown on them. Or suggest restaurants that are close to me but I don’t frequent because the food is straight-up reheated cafeteria food. If [...]

1 December 2011 0 Comments

The Smashing Guide To Moving The Web Forward

    Many of us rely on open source tools, technologies and standards to help improve the work we do on a daily basis. None of this would however be possible without the hard work, commitment and dedication that others, just like you, have invested in giving back to the Web community over the past [...]

1 December 2011 0 Comments

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: December 2011

    We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This [...]

1 December 2011 0 Comments

A Guide To PHP Error Messages For Designers

    PHP is widely available with inexpensive hosting plans, which makes it a popular choice for developers who write software for the Web. From big platforms, such as WordPress, down to small scripts, such as ones to display image galleries or to send forms to email, thousands of script and products are out there [...]

1 December 2011 0 Comments

Best of the Web – November 2011

As you know, each month, we round up some of the best Photoshop-related content from around the web. This month, there were some excellent Photoshop tutorials and articles to choose from so please take a moment to review our favorites from November 2011. Photoshop Tutorials RAWZ Light Effects in Photoshop This tutorial on Abduzeedo explains [...]

30 November 2011 0 Comments

50 Unique Journal and Diary Apps

For those of you who are serial diarists or are always toting around a notebook in which to scribble all your genius ideas, memories or musings, why not combine your love of writing with your love for your iPhone? Here are 50 journal and diary apps, all of them as unique as the people who [...]

30 November 2011 0 Comments

Organize All Your Receipts With Lemon

If only there were a way to save all your receipts from getting washed, lost in your car or buried in the stacks of paper claiming most of the real estate on your desk — in a single, easily accessible place, right? With the Lemon app — designed to complement the services of Lemon.com — [...]

30 November 2011 0 Comments

The Perfect Paragraph

    In this article, I’d like to reacquaint you with the humble workhorse of communication that is the paragraph. Paragraphs are everywhere. In fact, at the high risk of stating the obvious, you are reading one now. Despite their ubiquity, we frequently neglect their presentation. This is a mistake. Here, we’ll refer to some [...]

30 November 2011 0 Comments

4 Easy Ways To Break In Your New Tablet

So you bought yourself a new tablet. Pen tablets are all the rage in the design industry as an extraordinary asset for any designer or artist. Their incredible technology allows artists to have the comfort of traditional pencil to paper methods without all the fussy mess or extra supplies. Whether your new to tablets or [...]

29 November 2011 0 Comments

Timeless design never goes out of style: 15 awesome classic supercars

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster – 1954 BMW 507 -1957 Corvette “Sting Ray” – 1967 Jaguar XKSS – 1957 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe – 1965 Porsche 356B Super 1600 – 1961 Ferrari Dino 246 GT – 1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupé – 1954 Alfa Romeo Stradale – 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series III – 1974 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR [...]