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19 Jul

Poor man’s photo enhancement

photography

ceahlau_thumbHey there everyone, I’m back with another sick tutorial. Today we’ll be talking about improving amateur pictures taken with a regular point-and-shoot camera. We’ll go over things like camera sensors and light, blur, focus and colors and how to deal

amateur
blur
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02 Jul

22 Visually Inspiring Guitars

inspiration

guitars_thumbHey everyone, this is sort of a special kind of post for me. Inspiration is as vital as breathing if you want to still be in the design game and so I see a lot of these kind of posts every day. Most of the time they picture designs, obviously, but sometimes

art
color
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01 Jul

The makings of a wine bottle

design

wine_thumbBon jour mes amis! Welcome to what seems to be another sick tutorial. Oh, no, it only seems to be. This one’s more like a case study … but with tips. Ok, so it kind of is a tutorial. Anyways, today I’ll be showing you how to make a wine bottle.

blend
blending
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07 Jun

Photo manipulation: Jump for joy

design

jump_for_joy_thumbPhoto manipulations have always been one of the most tackling and time consuming techniques in the graphic world. So today we’re diving into the wonderful and sometimes mind bending world of photo manipulations and all the madness

blending
brush
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31 May

What grinds my gears #3

grinders

gears_thumbYou know what grinds my gears? This week fonts grind my gears. Fonts on the web that is.
Between the CSS @font-face selector and the miriad of font replacement tools available the future of the web is looking quite bleak to me.

@font-face
angry
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24 May

The right type for the job

design

the_right_type_for_the_job_thumbHow do you choose the right font type for your web project? This is one of those questions I kept asking myself for a long time. I found that other blogs or e-zines dealing with this issue simply didn’t manage to dot the “i” for me. I suspect I am not alone in this

anti-alias
Arial
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