OK, Post number two in two days on a rather weighty topic… don’t expect this forever! I am prepping for a presentation, and using this to collect my thoughts, as well as provide a place to point to during the presentation… there is no way I can get to all this detail in a presentation, [...]

Winter, the most beautiful and the coldest season of the year is here with all its beauty and attractiveness. The subtle beauty of the winter attracts almost everyone with its appealing snowfalls, the taste of hot chocolate, the adventure of snowboarding and the fun of making snowmen.
We all enjoy the charm of Winter; how serene [...]

This is the post dedicated to the creative examples of mascots and characters in graphics design. In this post, we will give you an idea in one place to see an attractive usage of characters to get viewers attention. It helps you to boost up your creative men who are willing to create the new [...]

Art and design magazines are designers close companion. Not only it feeds us with latest trends and news in the design industry, it’s also a good source of inspiration, particularly useful for those who hit the design block frequently.

Just in case you weren’t aware, there’s a huge pool of free design magazines on the net; [...]

A while back I was contacting by an artists word who I had seen before, but didn’t know it. Charlene Chua is a self taught and extremely talented illustrator of the female form. We art talking about boring sketches or your typical sexy pinup girl, no Charlene has created a style that is [...]

For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative Adobe Adobe Illustrator tutorials and Resources, so you can now rest assured that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done.
Due to this phenomenally vast amount of vector packs, brushes, patterns available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, [...]

Minimalism, in the context of design, refers to simple, unadorned designs that embody only the most basic and fundamental needs. In art, it is a movement that has its roots in the post-World War II era, started by highly regarded minimalist artists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, and Robert Morris. [...]

by Vailancio Rodrigues and the Smashing Magazine Editorial Team
You have to use Adobe Photoshop for a really long time to understand its potential completely. There are many things you can do using its endless features. You need to discover them and decide how to use them in new and innovative ways to create the [...]

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months.
And to make them a little bit more distinctive from [...]

By Jacob Gube
Grunge is a popular trend that gives designs a more organic and realistic look. It also provides a stark contrast to the simplistic, polished and rigid Web 2.0 trend, opting instead for a less uniform and more elaborate form of design.
We’ve discussed grunge style in modern Web [...]