Hey everyone! It seems that we have recently lost touch with the magic of Photoshop Layer Styles, until recently that is. So, in lieu of this, we have complied the ultimate roundup of 750+ style sets for you! Layer Styles are a great resource, and can really save heaps of time when designing something. They provide a great base of styles that are easily editable later on. It doesn’t stop there, don’t forget that they [...]

Photo manipulation is an art that requires lots of patience along with the expertise in Photoshop and other photo editing tools. With your creativity and imagination, you can manipulate any photograph the way you want! Now it’s all about your imagination and using Photoshop’s effects and other tools cleverly. You simply have to experiment with different effects to see what feeling they give you as having expertise in Photoshop can help you greatly in producing [...]

Introduction Logo design, I guess it’s one of the most difficult design because we need to embed meaning, branding and corporate identity into a simple piece of design. It’s really important to get it right at the first place and further enhance it in the future.We need to brainstorm the concept, do heaps of research to build an effective and unique logo. However, with the amount of resources and logo gallery websites, we can have [...]

In the previous two parts of this series on color theory, we talked mostly about the meanings behind colors and color terminology. While this information is important, I’m sure a lot of people were wondering when we were going to get into the nitty-gritty of actually creating some color schemes. Well, that’s where Part 3 comes in. Here we’ll be talking about methods for creating your own color schemes, from scratch. We’ll cover the traditional [...]

For picture to be perfect, sometimes it lacks some of the details. And then the questions arise. Where to look? What to look for? To speed up this photo editing process, people often choose the easy method of using resources. But the thing is – they are hard to find and costs you valuable time. Of course, most of us already know that a lot of things come from deviantART, but what will you do [...]

If you’re going to use color effectively in your designs, you’ll need to know some color concepts and color theory terminology. A thorough working knowledge of concepts like chroma, value and saturation is key to creating your own awesome color schemes. In Part 1: The Meaning of Color of our color theory series, we covered the meanings of different colors. Here, we’ll go over the basics of what affects a given color, such as adding [...]

Color in design is very subjective. What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and other times due to cultural background. Color theory is a science in itself. Studying how colors affect different people, either individually or as a group, is something some people build their careers on. And there’s a lot to it. Something as simple as changing the [...]

By Aaron Griffith Good business relationships rarely just happen. While a smitten designer and their starry-eyed client may start out well with a “honeymoon” of a successful initial project launch, things can get rocky fast. The once-anticipated phone calls requesting new designs that used to be welcomed are now dreaded, and the previously infrequent and brief revision requests are now hostile diatribes critiquing every aspect of a submitted project. Truly, if you thought that hearing [...]

With more than 11 months to go for year 2010, we certainly hope this article isn’t too late. Not too long ago we’ve put on a showcase of 49 innovative calendars created by creative designers all over the world. Today we are giving you some calendars, but the difference is – you can use them.