Posted by The Photoshop Roadmap News on March 1, 2011 ·
In this tutorial, you will learn how to enhance eyes using a variety of precise selection and color adjustment tools. The eyes are the most important part of any portrait and this tutorial will show you how to make them pop.
Posted by The Photoshop Roadmap News on March 1, 2011 ·
From whimsical tourist icons to sleek airplane silhouettes, these free resources have your travel needs covered.
Posted by James Qu on February 28, 2011 ·
Hey Guys, I’m here to announce the 3 lucky winners of DeviantART 3 Months Premium Membership Giveaway, randomly chosen from all members of the PSDVault DevaintART group!
And the winners are:
~REAVEN-ART
~BrettUK
~mazeko
Congratulations to all the winners and you will shortly receive a DA note and your premium membership from PSD Vault!
For those who missed out – there is always another [...]
Posted by Alex Sawyer on February 28, 2011 ·
e-commerce web designs must be buyer-centric and allow quick, intuitive navigation of the sales process. Most of us use ecommerce websites at least on a weekly basis, as a method of buying things online or pre-shopping before going out to the mall, but some ecommerce designs are easier to use than others. Allowing the user to find what they are looking for in the right size, color, flavor or [...]
Posted by James Qu on February 27, 2011 ·
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop. I will introduce a few tricks with quickly combine texture with stock image to create great looking effect, plus a few lighting techniques to give your work a great finishing touch. Have a try!
This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky – if [...]
Posted by Eric Shafer on February 27, 2011 ·
Logo design inspiration is helpful not only for aspiring logo designers, but also for web and graphic designers as well. Because modern brands must be coherent and complete across all mediums, web designers and graphic designers must learn to operate within the constraints of an established brand image, and thus, they must stay up-to-date with the latest logo design trends. Logo designers also [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on February 26, 2011 ·
Does your current desktop background still impress you? Is your desktop wallpaper becoming boring? Today is the day to change you desktop background with a brand new, good looking, Apple inspired wallpaper. Take a look at this 35 awesome pieces of art, choose one and enjoy your internet life with a great desktop wallpaper!
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Posted by Mickel on February 26, 2011 ·
Every week we share top-notch quality content for the creative people following our Twitter feed. To keep up with this great content, you can either follow us on Twitter or you can catch up with our weekly round-ups like this one at pixeltango.com! Here is the links of the week that we found the most appealing for creative people like you. Have fun! See also...Favorite Creative Links of the Week (6, [...]
Posted by Alex Sawyer on February 25, 2011 ·
Tilt shift photography is an amazing photographic technique, where real sized objects appear to be in model miniature. By using selective focus combined with rotation and motion of the camera, the miniature effect is created. Tilt shift photographs are growing in popularity as a fun technique for photographers.In this post, we’ve gathered up 30 stunning tilt shift photos that will get you [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on February 25, 2011 ·
Font is one of the key elements in any design related project. As a freelancer, having a serious bunch of good and various fonts is a must-have. For this reason, I gathered 30 great and very clean fonts, ready to be added to your typography collection. From books, reports, magazines to brochure and posters, you can use them for any type of project you want!
Calluna Sans
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Posted by James Qu on February 25, 2011 ·
In this tutorial, I will show you a quick and clever way to Create Realistic Rain Drop via Brush Tool in Photoshop. Personally I think this is the most efficient way of creating rainy effect, have a try :)
This is a basic tutorial great for beginners who would like to have a practice on the use of brush tool and various other features.
Here is the effect you’re aiming to achieve:
A practical [...]
Posted by Eric Shafer on February 24, 2011 ·
Tumblr is a popular microblogging platform that is great for personal blogs, thoughts, artistic journals and other uses. While there are some very fancy Tumblr themes available, some of the best free Tumblr themes are minimalist Tumblr themes. Minimalistic Tumblr themes generally involve soft, unintrusive colors, clean typography and plenty of white space, which makes them easy to read.In this [...]
Posted by James Qu on February 23, 2011 ·
Welcome to the 33rd volume of “Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of PSD Vault Flickr Group”, which is a showcase I run regularly here on psdvault.com featuring some fantastic, highly-creative design works in the PSD Vault Flickr Group.
Hope you enjoy those works as much as I did and find them inspirational! Meanwhile, if you have some cool designs and would like to be featured here on PSD Vault, you [...]
Posted by Alex Sawyer on February 23, 2011 ·
e-on Vue is a computer graphics software package that is designed to emulate nature. Used in a variety of feature films including Avatar and Pirates of the Caribbean, Vue is one of the most powerful environment creation softwares on the market today, perhaps rivaled in popularity only by Terragen. Vue is a simple program to start using, but it takes significant skill, effort and knowledge to [...]
Posted by Mickel on February 23, 2011 ·
The many ways of vehicle design impress and inspire most of us. Sleek aerodynamic designs combined with rough edges in fantastic compositions makes vehicle design more than just design, it's art! In this post we are showcasing some of the most beautiful vehicular graphics artworks available online to date. Fasten your seatbelt and jump in to be inspired! See also...20 of the Most Loved Photo-Manipulations [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on February 22, 2011 ·
Many people are facing with a real problem when they need to choose a web hosting service for their websites. There are so many questions to put, what package should I choose, do I need a big package, will the servers crash and the site will be offline? Well, these questions should not a problem anymore because I found the best solution for them. WebHostingBuzz is a leading provider of web hosting [...]
Posted by Maria Nemenman on February 22, 2011 ·
Bored of the forgettable rectangles of card that get shoved into your wallet? A business card needn’t be boring. Don’t think of it as a business card; think of it as card is a piece of card that tells people who you are and what you’re about – an extension of your business website. It’s a vehicle for getting across your personality. In the pile of business cards that grows on a person’s [...]
Posted by Alex Sawyer on February 21, 2011 ·
Matte paintings are one of the coolest types of digital art, because of the variety of techniques that can be used, the limitless number of effects, the requirement for artistic skill and the functionality of the artworks. Most matte paintings are used as backdrops, establishing shots or promotional artworks for videogames, film, TV and other media. When given to a compositor, a matte painting [...]
Posted by James Qu on February 20, 2011 ·
Abstract Photoshop Brushes are extremely useful in adding a few extra flavours to your design. Because they are meaningless and beautiful at the same time, you will have a lot of freedom in apply them and make your work looks cool. Best of all, you can combine brushes and a series of Photoshop commands to create some absolutely crazy designs at ease.
In this post, I will showcase 200+ Fantastic Abstract [...]
Posted by TimothyBlake on February 20, 2011 ·
A recent obsession of mine within web design is paying attention to the finer details within a site such as a buttons. Web designers rarely pay attention to buttons therefore it can sometimes be overlooked, and designers can be unaware on how to create well designed buttons therefore we have listed 20 of best design tutorials which will equip you with great skills to create buttons.1. Quick Tutorial: [...]
Posted by Rafiq Elmansy (admin) on February 20, 2011 ·
As a widely used application, Photoshop is an image editing tool that provides a design to be used by graphic designers, web designers and photographers which add do design tasks and photo editing.
One of the smart tips is not to start from scratch which others usually or normally do in making a design. Based on this, you can use Photoshop PSD templates instead of starting everything from nothing. [...]
Posted by Alex Sawyer on February 19, 2011 ·
3D Studio Max tutorials have a lot of ground to cover, ranging from the various modelling techniques and tools to texturing tutorials, lighting tutorials, rendering tutorials, animation tutorials and compositing tutorials. It is 3D Studio Max’s versatility and power that makes it one of the most popular 3D software packages available, but it also means there is a bit of a learning curve.If [...]
Posted by James Qu on February 19, 2011 ·
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this Dark, Super-Natural Magic Figure with Fire Element in Photoshop. We will be revising the techniques shown in recent tutorials, including masking, vexel hair, and basic retouch skills. Have a try!
This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky – if you’re having difficulty with it, I suggest you go to the basic [...]
Posted by Tara Hornor on February 18, 2011 ·
Fantasy illustrations are a favorite for many, maybe because the imagination can really run wild in the creation process. Add a beautiful woman into the scene, and you have a stunning piece of art that speaks to nearly anyone. Damsels in distress, she-devils, dragon fighters — a woman can become nearly any character desired and viewers still recognize her femininity. This fantastic retention of [...]
Posted by Adriana Designioustimes on February 17, 2011 ·
Typography is a vast field covering everything from text for print to web typography, and everything in between. With all sorts of unique jargon such as kerning and serifs, it can be quite overwhelming to wrap your head around when initially jumping into the design field. However, having a solid grasp of typography is important for any designer, whether you focus on the web, print or some other [...]