Beyond Photoshop: Finding the Perfect Design Tool
The market of applications to design user interfaces is a bit more crowded than it was just a few years ago. As a consequence, designers are expecting more from the software programs they buy, and they are starting to question if the tools they have been using for years...Read more
How to Create a Desolate Post-apocalyptic Atmosphere in Photoshop
In this tutorial we will use textures and lighting adjustments to create a Post-apocalyptic atmosphere in London. Rather than teach you how to blow up the tower bridge and add zombies crawling from the aftermath, this tutorial will focus almost entirely on creating a de...Read more
Style Guides: A Design Mock-up for the Responsive Web
Most designers follow a set process when creating websites, but now that we are in the world of responsive design, and websites are accessed on more devices than ever before. Using Photoshop to create design mock-ups is increasingly becoming flawed....Read more
Goodbye Fireworks, Hello Photoshop CC!
On May 7 Adobe announced their latest generation of creative tools now known as CC, and this week designers finally got their hands on the new and updated suite, including Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC. But as was also announced in May, Fireworks has not been included...Read more
How to Create a Furry Globe Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial we will be creating a globe covered in fur (or grass) using shapes, masks, brushes and layer styles. The techniques used in the tutorial can be applied to almost any shape or as a creative text effect....Read more
Why UI Designers Should Learn to Code
If you want to become a professional UI designer your skillset must go beyond the traditional graphic tools. You should learn how to turn your design into functional web elements. That's right: You should learn to code. When I first started my career as a graphic desig...Read more
Flat Design vs Usable Design
It is the word of the moment in the UI World. Flat. But what does this term mean exactly? Is it really the style that must be adopted to keep up with the times? In this article we'll take a look at what is by far the most popular trend in graphic and web design and eval...Read more
How To Create a Cartoon-Style Illustration in Photoshop
In this video-tutorial we're going to show you how to create a cartoon-style illustration of an ax in Photoshop. We will be spending time with layer masks, the pen tool, and Photoshop brushes. We will finally import and apply a vector pattern from Illustrator to Photosh...Read more