5 Awesome Articles from Web Designer Depot

5 Awesome Articles from Web Designer Depot

Over the last year, the design community has grown quite a bit. It’s always exciting to see new design blogs spring up adding their own distinct flavor and perspective to the community. Every now and then we see…

Vector Splats: 21 Amazing Splats for Illustrator

Vector Splats: 21 Amazing Splats for Illustrator

Several months ago I created this set of 21 Vector Splats for my friends at Vectortuts+. Typically, I like to let several weeks go by before I post one of these sets on this site but for whatever reason…

Interview with Wendell Fernandes: User Interface and Icon Designer

Interview with Wendell Fernandes: User Interface and Icon Designer

This week I had the opportunity to chat with Brazilian-born user interface and icon designer Wendell Fernandes. Wendell was one of several designers who brought us the new Monster.com. In addition to Monster.com, Wendell has also worked with…

Mystical Light Effects: 20 Stunning High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Mystical Light Effects: 20 Stunning High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Nothing “wows” a client like including stunning light effects in their designs. Bright lights and brilliant colors often seem to hypnotize clients. This is one of the reasons you see these types of graphics used in feature films…

Win a MacBook Pro, an Xbox 360 Elite, a Nintendo Wii, and Much More!

Win a MacBook Pro, an Xbox 360 Elite, a Nintendo Wii, and Much More!

Police issued a terrifying warning to the members of the design community at a press conference held today at City Hall – No brand is safe! This, as news comes to us that 10 of the world’s most…

Designing for the Film Industry: A Chat With Go Media’s Jeff Finley

Designing for the Film Industry: A Chat With Go Media’s Jeff Finley

This week I had the opportunity to chat a bit more with Go Media’s Jeff Finley (@jeff_finley). You may remember back in May when Jeff and I spoke a little about his company and his experience as a graphic artist.…

Ink Blots: 20 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Ink Blots: 20 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

There are very few things more satisfying than converting a boring, clean design into a messy grunge layout. There are tons of ways to do this using brushes; sprays, drips, and splatters are all excellent brush types to use…

How to Get Noticed on Twitter

How to Get Noticed on Twitter

Twitter users obsess about numbers. The next time you talk with some one about Twitter, see how long it takes for them to ask “how many followers do you have?” I suppose it’s only natural for people to worry…

Tape: 57 Fantastic Photoshop Brushes

Tape: 57 Fantastic Photoshop Brushes

Tape has become an essential element for any sort of digital scrapbook or collage. As with just about every type of graphic, in Photoshop, there are several ways to achieve almost any effect. Creating realistic tape can be a…

What Used to Drive Me Nuts About Designers

What Used to Drive Me Nuts About Designers

My first company was bootstrapped – which meant that I would use a number of contractors when I won a project. As time went on, the company grew and I hired full time designers, developers, and project managers.…

Create a Stunning Flash Slideshow with Mono Slideshow 2.0

Create a Stunning Flash Slideshow with Mono Slideshow 2.0

Last week we announced that our friends are Mono Slideshow had been generous enough to donate 3 licenses of their fantastic slideshow software to the readers of this website. Today, we are announcing the winners.

If you’re not familiar with…

Chalkboard: 15 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Chalkboard: 15 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

I don’t know about you guys but when I was in elementary school I used to volunteer to wash the chalkboard. I can’t remember exactly why I used to do this. Was I sucking up to the teacher?…

How to Avoid Client Chaos With Effective Screenshots

How to Avoid Client Chaos With Effective Screenshots

Some days, it seems like clients are just trying to be impossible. You ask them to click a screen shot image to see it at full size, and they continue talking about how the font in the thumbnail…

3 Readers to Win a Free License for Monoslideshow 2.0!

3 Readers to Win a Free License for Monoslideshow 2.0!

Hello everyone! Guess what? Today we’ve got another exciting giveaway for you guys! Our friends at Monoslideshow were generous enough to donate 3 licenses of their awesome flash slideshow software to 3 lucky readers of this website.

If you’re just now…

Acrylic Brush Strokes: 57 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Acrylic Brush Strokes: 57 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

You may remember several months ago that we published a set of Illustrator brushes on Vectips that resembled realistic paint brush strokes. Since then, we have received several requests for a similar set of Photoshop brushes. It’s taken some…

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