Natural textures are some of the most fascinating of all, allowing us to get up close and personal with the world we live in. So often, natural phenomena like the texture of sand, the ripples on water and the vessels running along a leaf’s surface go unnoticed, which is why it’s great to take a […]

This is good news for people who want to use professional fonts in their web designs, about 120 fonts of the Adobe collection have been added to Typekit. You can see all the Adobe fonts available on Typekit on that page, you can also learn more by reading the FAQ. I’ve been very excited when […]

Most graphic and web designers have a fairly good knowledge of Photoshop or other image creation tools. However, some people take their expertise and talent by spending countless hours working on it, the result being some stunning digital artworks. The following collection introduces you to twenty amazing digital artists and one of their creations. 1. […]

For most designers you will have had the question, “can you fix this photo for me?” asked at more than once in your lifetime. Whether for family or friends, or that one design job that requires you to retouch an image, here is a tutorial that will help you enhance and retouch a photo. In […]

That’s it, starting last week Adobe CS5 products have started to ship, you can buy yours now and get free shipping until may 31, 2010. Student and teachers editions also get free shipping.

In this tutorial I will show you how to create cool water typography effect in Photoshop playing with stock photos, blend modes and filters. We will also use some water splash brushes and smooth gradients to give a splish-splash feel to our design. For this tutorial I have downloaded a few things; water splash brushes […]

If you saw some of the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS5, you’re probably eager to upgrade to this version. If you are an Amazon client, you can also pre-order it from Amazon! Free shipping! If you are going to buy the box, take advantage of this offer and get free shipping on your order. […]

Urban Cursor is a GPS enabled object designed to facilitate social interaction and play in public space. It was created for the Ingravid festival in Spain, and placed in a square in the city of Figueres. You can see how people interacted with it there.

An official Photoshop iPhone app is now available, and the good news is that it’s free. Visit the official website for more information.

On his blog, John Nack shared some info about a Flash CS5 demo. This got me to discover the videos of the Adobe Max sessions and waste my afternoon on it. So if you’re not afraid to spend a lot of time on it, don’t click here.

While Photoshop is not the most appropriate tool to layout type, it can be pretty amazing when it comes to create illustrative typography effects. The following Photoshop tutorials will teach you some of these great text effects. 1. 3D typography in Photoshop Long tutorial (count 8 hours for completion) to learn how to create 3D […]

These free Photoshop brushes should make it much easier to create your own vintage design. Although these packs are free, make sure you read the usage requirements before you use them in your projects. 1. 1960’s News Ads 2. Old Maps 3. Vintage Birds brushes 4. Old paper brushes 5. Book ornament brushes 6. 70s […]

Futurorg is the online portfolio of Timothée Mathelin, aka Shift, a french designer with mad Photoshop skills. I’m only sharing some of his personal Photoshop artworks here, but he also presents some interesting photography or commissionned graphic design work in his portfolio, go take a look.