Tutorials added on December 11, 2008

Following on from part 1, 26 more talented designers submit there favorite websites that they designed for clients, themselves or for experimental purposes.

Merry Christmas everyone! To celebrate this fabulous event, I’ve create a set of Christmas icon for you! I decided to release them in vector. There come in .ai, .eps and 60px X 60px png.

Want to surprise your relatives and friends with original Christmas card? You’ll find in this post 45+ Beautiful Christmas Cards which you can use for inspiration. Wake-up the artist that sleeps in you!

This task we'll see how to create an impressive illustration of a background with stars and planets in Adobe Photoshop.

Beautiful dynamic night light brush pack by m-ajinah.

In this tutorial we will create a colorful illustration of Santa Claus and a beautiful Christmas Tree in Adobe Photoshop.

This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to copy yourself multiple times within the same image.

As promised when releasing the December 08 Calendar Wallpaper I’ve written a tutorial on how to make it. This is my first ever tutorial and I hope you’ll like it. If there’s anything which is not clear please ask. I’m here to help. In order to achieve the space like scenery with the glowing lines we will use Illustrator and Photoshop. You’ll learn how to add subtle effects using textures and different blending modes. So here we go.

Do you like winter? Personally I do. Snow, frosty weather, skating rings, snowball fights, evenings near fireplaces, and of course Christmas and all warm and pleasant feelings related to this magic holiday - everything makes me feel elated and thrilled. At the same time winter is a time when I get homesick what makes me closer to my near and dear ones. And on this occasion I would like to bring to your notice a wonderful collection of winter illustrations and 3D images that captured my attention and fully reproduce all winter charm and delights. So, wrap yourself warm and enjoy!

Flourish brush pack created in Photoshop CS3. please do not use for commercial use without the authors permission.

Be transported to amazing fantasy worlds and get inspired with these amazing wallpapers that take you to the limits of your imagination. Here’s a collection of 40 outstanding fantasy wallpapers.

Learn how Jerad creates the 300 Movie Effect in Photoshop Camera Raw.

Learn how to create a great looking splash page/under construction page with glowing particles.

With the steady rise of Mixed Martial Arts in the mainstream and the new followers of the sport, you would think that the marketing teams for the fighters would know that their target demographic spend hours every day online and would probably be their biggest promoters. But judging by the style of the following 25 websites from 25 of MMA’s top fighters, I am assuming they didn’t get that memo.

Here are 12 free high quality icon sets useful for web design.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to combine stock images and 3D text into a cool poster. We'll use an icy theme for it and color it the way we want. You'll see it's not that hard to create a simple appealing poster with effective use of text and imagery.

Learn how to create a fresh and stylish mobile phone advertising with photoshop.

his is a new addition to the PSDTUTS PLUS section. Learn all about how to design and prepare your Photoshop files for printing with specialty inks and UV gloss varnishes from an expert in the field. Mark takes you through the details you need to know in order to create professional results. Learn more at the jump!

I hope everyone had a good weekend, how about starting off the week with some free icons! My friends over at Artua Design Studio have graciously handed over a super cool icon set for me to give away. As you can see the icon set has a Wall·E theme, and contains 8 super detailed icons. Icons include Media Player, My Applications, My Computer, My Documents, Network, Recycle Bin (empty), Recycle Bin (full), and Search. You can download both PNG’s and ICO formats, enjoy!

One of the things I’ve seen around quite a bit lately is a transparent rainbow gradient effect on a dark background. It seems to me that flashy transparent gradients are in these days. They make me think about magic. Today I’ll show you how you can create a magical rainbow color flame. OK, maybe I’m using too many words in a row here, but it’s the best I can do to describe this. I should tell you upfront that for this tutorial basic knowledge of Photoshop is needed.