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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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5 Different Ways To Create Stylish Contact Form Layouts
Saturday, 18 Apr, 2009 – 18:38 | 54 Comments
5 Different Ways To Create Stylish Contact Form Layouts

We have all struggled with the contact for layout. What to include, how much info and how the layout should grace our ever so beautiful website design. I myself had quite a struggle finding the …

14 Invaluable Tools To Check The Real Worth of Your Design Work
Sunday, 5 Apr, 2009 – 10:26 | 68 Comments
14 Invaluable Tools To Check The Real Worth of Your Design Work

The value of a designers work is probably the hardest thing to estimate for any freelancer. Overestimate and you will probably lose the project. Underestimate and you can be sure that in time clients will …

What Type of Creative Geek Are you? – The 56 Geek Types
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 16:30 | 75 Comments
What Type of Creative Geek Are you? – The 56 Geek Types

Introduction
So, ever so often you might think of yourself as a geek. A geek in all it’s awesomeness. (Why think otherwise?) But did you ever start thinking about WHAT kind of geek you are? Everything …

The Ultimate Collection of The Best Ornament Photoshop Brushes
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 16:54 | 25 Comments
The Ultimate Collection of The Best Ornament Photoshop Brushes

Introduction
There is something appealing about hand drawn ornaments and ornaments in general. They can bring that extra edge to any design and could makes the whole design come together in a beautiful way. There are …

10 Signs You Really Need To Get A Life
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 – 23:23 | 79 Comments
10 Signs You Really Need To Get A Life

Introduction
We have all felt it. We have all been thinking about it. The, in some cases, harmful amounts of man years we spend deciphering the ones and zeros by simple clicks on a computer screen. …

The Ultimate Collection of The Best Grunge Photoshop Brushes
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 – 1:22 | 13 Comments
The Ultimate Collection of The Best Grunge Photoshop Brushes

So many brushes scattered around the Internet. In fact in too many places to actually value them important enough for your project sometimes. Just the time it would take you to find the right one …

10 Ways to Stay Creative While Exhausted
Wednesday, 25 Mar, 2009 – 20:09 | 84 Comments
10 Ways to Stay Creative While Exhausted

Introduction
Have you ever wondered how to keep staying creative even though you have hit the infamous “zombie” mode? Well, I thought I would scout the Internet for the 10 most effective ways how to keep …

The Ultimate Collection of The Best Light Swirl Photoshop Brushes
Tuesday, 24 Mar, 2009 – 13:15 | 53 Comments
The Ultimate Collection of The Best Light Swirl Photoshop Brushes

Introduction
There are some really great Photoshop brushes out there really worth using. Professional, Hi-Res and free for anyone to use as they see fit. However, they are  all scattered around. Have you been searching for …

The Death of All Kite Design – Must Have!
Monday, 23 Mar, 2009 – 17:32 | 15 Comments
The Death of All Kite Design – Must Have!

OK, so we all tried out our wings (not literary) when we were young (younger, lol) in the form of kite flying. I vividly remember how I had one of those cheap, plastic, diamond shaped, …

72 of The Most Killingest Modified Computers Ever
Friday, 20 Mar, 2009 – 15:08 | 61 Comments
72 of The Most Killingest Modified Computers Ever

When buying a new computer most people don’t care about its design. Then we have another group of people. The ones that just can’t live with the thought of being just like the average Joe. …