Author Archives: Eli
- November 17, 2008
- Check it Out: Inspired Inspirers
I’ve just stumbled upon a new and interesting website, Inspired Inspirers. A bit of a mouthful of a name, but the content is quite interesting, and that’s the main thing.
From the site:
Inspired-Inspirers is a place for people who inspire the world to show us who inspires them.
Every 2 weeks a new issue is released showcasing [...]
- November 16, 2008
- Photoshop CS4, Apparently
An advertisement for the new instalment of Adobe Photoshop - CS4. This is seriously a cool ad, but I’m still happy with CS3 for now.
You can view the making of set on Flickr, or view the complete version fullsized.
- November 16, 2008
- Beautiful Business Cards Found on Flickr
Flickr is a great source for finding inspiration if you know what to search for. I searched for business card designs and found an amazing resource for print inspiration. Check out this short roundup
Rhythm KitchenAbnormality World
Bubi Au Yeung
- November 13, 2008
- 50 Must-Have Photoshop Brush Sets
Another nice roundup from the folks over at Smashing Magazine, and they were kind enough to include a set of brushes from Design Blurb in the list
From splatters to paint strokes to textured brushes, this roundup has all of the best quality brushes from around the net all in one place. Well worth [...]
- November 9, 2008
- 20 Free Fabric Textures
I’ve never been able to effectively use fabric textures in my designs, or any other sorts of texture, for that matter, but I really would love to learn how to more effectively use them in web design. Here is another nice collection of free textures from Lost and Taken.
Check it out. Well worth a download [...]
- November 9, 2008
- 40 Great Web/Graphic Design Resources
Another nice roundup of resources from a new and upcoming design Blog, Think Design: 40 Great Web/Graphic Design Resources.
- November 8, 2008
- Photoshop Freebie: Watercolor Brush Set
I thought I would write about the newest freebie from Fudge Graphics, a set of cool, watercolor brushes for Photoshop.
Seriously a nice set of brushes here, well worth a look. I’ve added them to my collection, and they await being used. The set is composed of 14 brushes, and are all an average of 2500×2500 [...]
- October 30, 2008
- Neat Photoshop Toolbar Badges
Seriously considering getting a set of these limited edition, metallic hand-pressed badges. They look so cool!
Definitely worth a look just for the eye-candy value, but I will most likely be buying a set if they ship to Australia.
Edit: Just after hitting publish on this I went and placed an order!
- October 23, 2008
- Photoshop Tutorial: Designing a Poster for a Portable Gaming Device
I know Design Blurb needs more content, but my good pal from Photoshop Lady requested that I write him a tutorial, so I did. You can view my newest Photoshop tutorial over at Photoshop Lady. I had a lot of fun making this one, because I actually recently purchased a GP2X F-200
- October 23, 2008
- High Resolution Textures, Tutorials & Resources
Another nice roundup from Noupe, this time for textures: 50+ High Resolution Textures, Tutorials and Resources. Definitely worth a look if you’re just getting into using textures in your designs.
It’s always nice to see some of my tutorials from PhotoshopStar still being included in roundups, too
