As we aim to help the community and provide you with the best possible resources, we’ve put up a list of seven great stories and resources, from our colleagues, which you probably should check out. Selected stories were published in the past week and were found amongst many other great stories. We made this a traditional Monday post where we point out those that we think were inspiring, helpful, and even funny to read. Of course, they are related to what we do here and that includes design, inspiration, resources, and everything else in between. One for each day of the week. Enjoy.
Monday – 50 Fresh New Tutorials From Around The Web
Story found on designrfix.com
Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of November. You’ll find everything from old style typography sign in photoshop, to designing a love wallpaper for your desktop. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?
Tuesday – 22 Tutorials To Create Shiny Effect Using Photoshop
Story found on pelfusion.com
Creating different effects is very interesting to do with Photoshop. There are many effects that you can create using Photoshop, which you can search on internet but here i have compiled 22 tutorials to create shiny effect using Photoshop. There must be more tutorials on creating shiny effect but here i tried to collect the best ones for you.
Wednesday – 40 Fantastic Features Of Typographic Art
Story found on designora.com
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. The digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users. Today, typography is often used in advertising to reflect a company’s brand,to impress the reader and to convey different messages. Here are 40 collections about the latest and most amazing typography for your appreciation and inspiration.
Thursday – 90+ Top Notch Free Wordpress Themes
Story found on tripwiremagazine.com
Wordpress is popular for many reasons but I honestly think the main driver for Wordpress it the endless availability of both free and premium Themes. What makes Wordpress unique I think is that a lot of great web designers use it for their own portfolios and blogs. It is not mainly used by coding geeks and focussing more on technicalities that look and feel.
Friday – Incredible Black And White Typography
Story found on designinformer.com
Today, we will be focusing on black and white. In the world of design, black and white definitely have their place. Using black and white can definitely add a touch of class as well as a classical element to a design. Just take for instance, black and white movies. Because of the lack of color, these movies automatically generate a classic feel.
Saturday – Complexification In Design By Jared Tarbell
Story found on richbugger.wordpress.com
They say “True magic comes from mathematics”. The world of design is deeply embedded with equations and curves, which is quite unfathomable to those who don’t respect art. If you really admire art and design, you are bound to see the difference. Meet Jared Tarbell, a computer scientist who simply loves Actionscript and Flash. His works of art are nothing but hundreds of lines of codes written so intricately that the results of those codes are simply amazing.
Sunday – Free Leather Textures
Story found on tutorialfreakz.com
This texture sunday i have created some Free Leather Texture for you. They are all unique and can only be downloaded here on tutorialfreakz.com. You can use them for free for personal and commercial use, but you cant sell them and cleam them as yours. Have fun using them.
