A Step by Step Guide to Designing an Indie Film Poster
I've always been a fan of film poster design. I think it's the whole idea of creating a story from a single image. Taking just a piece of a film and, telling enough about that film with one design, to entice the audience to see more is a challenge for a designer. But it...Read more
How to Create Animated Pre-loaders using only CSS3
Pre-loaders are essential on the web, they enhance the user experience by providing visual feedback to the user whilst waiting for content to load. CSS3 pre-loaders are an alternative to image based pre-loaders and have the advantage of being scalable and Retina ready....Read more
Create Your Own Custom Social Share Count Buttons
If you're tired of using the built-in styles of Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and StumbleUpon's like and share buttons, you're not alone. Here's how we implemented them here on Medialoot.com using PHP and jQuery. You may want to be familiar with HTML, CSS, and javascript ...Read more
How to Create a Vector Rustic Wood Texture with Illustrator
This tutorial will guide you step by step through the process that I personally like to use to create rustic looking, vector wood grain patterns in Illustrator. This is my preferred method because it doesn't rely on tracing bitmap textures, and the result is much more r...Read more
Quick Tip: Create an Easy Woodcut Shading Effect in Illustrator
There's something appealing about wood carved block printing. I'm drawn to it's one color simplicity and the techniques used to achieve shading due to that limitation. I admire the thick hash lines and borders and the amount of time it would take to create those by hand...Read more
Create an Easy Nebula Text Effect in Photoshop
This nebula text effect is both quick and easy using a few simple tricks in Photoshop. The technique would work great for posters or book and magazine covers. Using the same basic techniques, it can also be easily modified by varying the text, brushes and background. Le...Read more
How to Create a Vintage Style Folded Logomark in Illustrator
Adding a folded effect to a logomark is a great way of adding depth and character to a simple shape. There is something very intriguing about a 2 dimensional graphic which possesses 3 dimensional properties. This tutorial will walk you through the process of designing a...Read more
How to Create a Minion Style Character in Illustrator
Despicable Me introduced us all to minions, those hilarious small, yellow creatures whose impulsive actions and love of bananas have made them universally recognised and adored. Today I am going to show you how to create your very own minion style character in this Illu...Read more