Yearly Archives: 2008

90+ Graphic Design Blogs - Blogs about Graphic Design, Web Design, Typography, Photoshop

October 31, 2008 – 11:31 pm

Do you like to keep up with up and coming news about graphic design, typography, web design, and design industry news? We have come up with a list of almost 100 quality graphic design blogs and we thought that we would share this list with you.

By admin Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Design News, Graphic Design, Graphic Design 101, Graphic Design Resources, Lists, Web Design 18 Comments

Grunge Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw, & GIMP

October 29, 2008 – 11:41 pm

As designers, we have all been collectively designing a LOT of grunge websites, posters, brochures, logos, etc. If you haven’t yet jumped on the grunge train, then you should check out some of these great ‘how to grunge it up’ tutorials for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, and GIMP.

By admin Posted in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, GIMP, Graphic Design Effects, Graphic Design Tutorials, Lists 7 Comments

GIMP Resources Part 2 - Ultimate List of GIMP Sites, Plugins, Tutorials Oh My!

October 22, 2008 – 9:46 pm

This is Part 2 of our GIMP Resources Articles. We have put together a huge list of online GIMP resource sites such as GIMP Tutorial Directories, GIMP Brushes, GIMP Color Palettes, GIMP Gradients, GIMP Patterns & Textures, GIMP Podcasts & Blogs, GIMP Communities, GIMP Forums, GIMP Art Galleries, and GIMP Plugins & Scripts.

By admin Posted in Design Software, Design Tools & Utilities, Free Design Stuff, GIMP, Lists 3 Comments

GIMP Resources - Ultimate List of GIMP Sites, Plugins, Tutorials Oh My!

October 22, 2008 – 8:40 am

GIMP is a great free alternative to Adobe Photoshop that is used by thousands of graphic designers and digital artists. We have put together a huge list of online GIMP resource sites such as GIMP Tutorial Directories, GIMP Brushes, GIMP Color Palettes, GIMP Gradients, GIMP Patterns & Textures, GIMP Podcasts & Blogs, GIMP Communities, GIMP Forums, GIMP Art Galleries, and GIMP Plugins & Scripts.

By admin Posted in Free Design Stuff, GIMP, Lists, Plugins and Filters 4 Comments

Label Package Design Creation Process from Start to Finish by Expert Graphic Designer Lauren Peone

October 15, 2008 – 7:00 pm

This article was written by Lauren Peone, Creative Director of laurendesigns. Lauren is an expert freelance graphic designer who has been in the design and fine art business for over 10 years. She has documented the design of a package label from start to finish (along with other helpful tips) in order to help other graphic designers.

By admin Posted in Design Project Management, Graphic Design, Package & Label Design 11 Comments

Web Based Image Editors - Online Photoshop Alternatives for Image Editing

October 6, 2008 – 1:21 pm

With Adobe recently launching their online version of Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Photoshop Express - you might be wondering if there are other quality image editors online. You don’t have to wonder anymore. We have put together a list of more than 30 web-based picture editors that are great alternatives to Photoshop Express. I am not saying that any of these online image editing tools are better than Photoshop Express, but they are all quality tools that can be used to create great image effects.

By admin Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Design Tools & Utilities, Lists, Photos & Clip Art 6 Comments

Freelance Graphic Design Jobs and Web Design Jobs - We’re Rolling in Them

September 30, 2008 – 2:54 pm

We have set up a script to take the freelance design jobs from dozens of freelance sites, graphic design forums, web design forums, job boards, and graphic design job sites. This script is set to automatically update this job board several times a day so you can be assured that you are looking at regularly updated freelance graphic design and web design projects on this aggregator.

By admin Posted in Design Careers, Design News, Design Tools & Utilities, Free Design Stuff 6 Comments

Fonts FAQ - Answers To Your Questions About Fonts

September 25, 2008 – 8:41 pm

I get questions about fonts all the time and I wanted to write a post that would help many of you. Today I am answering many questions about fonts that will help you in your daily graphic design tasks.

By admin Posted in Design Tools & Utilities, Fonts 4 Comments

Productivity Tools for Efficient Graphic Designers to Automate Design Process

September 20, 2008 – 2:41 pm

You will find that a lot of these tools can automate your graphic design process by actually doing the tedious repetitive tasks that slow you down. There are a ton of tools listed here, so make sure to bookmark this page.

By admin Posted in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Colors and Design, Design Project Management, Design Tools & Utilities, Lists, Plugins and Filters, QuarkXpress 3 Comments

Logo Design Process of Inspirational Graphic Designer Jon Sandruck

September 11, 2008 – 10:45 am

Logo Design Process of Inspirational Graphic Designer Jon Sandruck
Do you want to learn about the logo design process from a logo designer who is going to have two of his logos to be included in the inspirational Logo Lounge 5? Then please welcome the very talented Jon Sandruck. Today Jon Sandruck is going to detail [...]

By admin Posted in Design Project Management, Lists, Logo Design Tutorials 13 Comments