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Design 101: Creating a Streak of Light

February 20, 2009 at 6:48 pm | Design 101, Tutorials | No comments

This is a cool technique and really easy to do. I used it in Clarion Media’s current splash/under construction page:

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Favorite Design Resources

February 10, 2009 at 6:31 pm | Design | No comments

The web is a great resource for designers. There are TONS of websites out there that offer free stuff like brushes, icons, textures, vector graphics, and other awesome stuff. That being said, I wanted to share with you some of the sites that I go to for design resources. I’m sure you’ll find these places very helpful to your designing. Let me know what you think and if there are any site you think I should add! (more…)

Design 101: Installing Photoshop Brushes

February 3, 2009 at 3:55 pm | Design, Design 101, Tutorials | No comments

Here’s a quick tutorial on installing brushes for Photoshop. There are a TON of free brushes you can download online which can be very useful when it comes to designing. My favorite place to download brushes is DeviantArt because they have a massive collection. Before we do this tutorial, we obviously need a brush to install. Brushes usually come in packs with multiple brushes in a pack. Head over to DeviantArt or anywhere else that has brushes and download some. Here is the brush pack I’ll use for this tutorial. (more…)