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Creating a Website (Part 2: The Design)

February 22, 2009 at 10:03 pm | Design, Design 101, Design Tutorials, Tutorials, Web Development | 8 comments

In the previous part of this tutorial, we conceptualized our website, which is a travel blog,  by deciding on a color scheme and structure and by brainstorming some ideas. Now it’s time for the fun part, designing! Open up Photoshop and let’s start. (more…)

Design 101: Reflection Effect

January 25, 2009 at 6:29 pm | Design, Design 101, Tutorials | 10 comments

This is a great technique that gives us a nice reflection effect. It doesn’t have to be applied to text, but for the purpose of this tutorial, we’ll use text. This is another nice and short tutorial also, only seven steps! Here’s the final result of the tutorial:

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Design 101: Giving Text Weight

January 14, 2009 at 9:53 pm | Design, Design 101, Tutorials | 4 comments

This is the first in a series I plan on doing called “Design 101.” It will consist of tutorials aimed at designers who are more at a beginner skill level. Steps will be in great detail, explanations will be given, screenshots will be added, and source graphics will be provided (Note: I will be using Adobe Photoshop mostly, but the walkthroughs can be applicable to any design software. Source downloads are always at the very end of the tutorial). (more…)