Tutorials
Using the Patch tool (destructive editing, I know!)
Tips & Tricks
Design Resources
Considerations & Methods for picking your colour palette.
Inspiration
The amazing geometric patterns of Andy Gilmore.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Monday Link List, volume 10
Tutorials
Build an isometric cityscape pattern using Illustrator & Photoshop.
Creating an animation with Photoshop.
You should all listen to Colin Smith– this guys knows everything about Adobe’s Creative Suite.
A great round-up of Icon Design Tutorials.
How to create a Film Strip border from scratch.
Tips & Tricks
Mastering exposure problems in Camera Raw.
The best way to convert to Black & White.
Using Black & White adjustments to control an images tonality.
Capture swatches from any image.
Inspiration
Lynda.com is offering some documentaries about creative process, agency insights and other inspirational topics for free.
Resources
Advent calendars for the web-inclined.
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is offering selections of its’ collection for free, online.
Photoshop.com Album: Fall 2011
Monday Link List, volume 9
Tips & Tricks
Exporting design elements from Photoshop for web or applications.
Photo Effect Actions
Retro Look and Instagram Style.
100 Actions and How to Make Your Own.
Smashing Magazine’s Ultimate Photoshop Actions Collection.
70 of the best Photoshop Actions.
And yes, there is some repetition in those lists of actions, but still lots of inspiration.
Something for the holidays
A typographic advent calendar from the good folks at Fontdeck.
