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How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character
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So, I decided to attempt to create a tutorial on how to create a unique illustrated cartoon character in Photoshop. It’s pretty straight forward and the skills you need for this is very limited as …

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How to Create a Realistic 3D “Stone” Text Effect
Thursday, 21 May, 2009 – 20:18 | 62 Comments
How to Create a Realistic 3D “Stone” Text Effect

In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a realistic “Stone” text effect. There are plenty of stone text effects out on the Internet but what I miss is the details in them. …

Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro
Saturday, 16 May, 2009 – 10:13 | 29 Comments
Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro

Those of you that’s been following my tutorials here on Minervity.com know that I like to make things look real when using Photoshop to create visuals for either user interfaces, web graphics or just plain …

10 Ways to Originally Impress Your Clients
Thursday, 14 May, 2009 – 4:57 | 27 Comments
10 Ways to Originally Impress Your Clients

OK, you are at a crossroad wondering what path to pick to find the best way to impress the clients you already have for them to hire you again. You have been thinking and thinking …

How to Create a Realistic Game Boy
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 10:47 | 50 Comments
How to Create a Realistic Game Boy

In this tutorial we’ll be learning how to create a realistic Game Boy using Photoshop CS4. With a little bit of poking around you can of course use Photoshop CS3 as well to complete this …

How to Create a Realistic iPhone
Saturday, 2 May, 2009 – 15:55 | 31 Comments
How to Create a Realistic iPhone

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a realistic iPhone image in Photoshop.The only necessary skills to get through this tutorial is the basic knowledge of how to use the most …

10 Professional Looking Free CSS Menu’s
Thursday, 30 Apr, 2009 – 7:05 | 38 Comments
10 Professional Looking Free CSS Menu’s

CSS has become quite a huge and popular way of formatting, styling and creating nice effects on your blog or website these days. There is an entire armada of websites that truthfully dedicate all their …

52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009 – 4:32 | 54 Comments
52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials

Are you struggling with the thought of designing your own website user interface? Are you thinking your designs are not up to the standards graphically? Well, no worries! It can sometimes be quite hard to …

21 Total Mayhem Photoshop Tutorials
Sunday, 26 Apr, 2009 – 22:08 | 24 Comments
21 Total Mayhem Photoshop Tutorials

Ever wanted to just cause havoc and destruction on the screen? Well, here are ## tutorials on how to achieve Total Mayhem on your screen with Photoshop. We’ve vacuumed the Internet to find the most …

18 Search Engines For Designers – Creativity Boost
Sunday, 26 Apr, 2009 – 8:13 | 74 Comments
18 Search Engines For Designers – Creativity Boost

As a designer it can sometimes be hard to find either inspiration, tutorials or that really perfect and important font or icon that you need for your design to stand out and reach your quality …

Minervity.com Milestone – 100,000 Since Launch 4 Months Ago
Saturday, 25 Apr, 2009 – 5:39 | 15 Comments
Minervity.com Milestone – 100,000 Since Launch 4 Months Ago

Yesterday Minervity.com had it’s first HUGE milestone. We breached 100,000 page views and that only after about 4 months after launch of the site. It’s truly amazing how well received the site has been. You, …