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| URL : | http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Arts / Graphic Design | |
| Posts on Regator: | 527 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.9 | |
| Archived Since: | March 30, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
How To Create a Military Style Emblem Logo Design
If you’ve been a reader of my blog you’ll know I love a good badge or emblem style logo design. I’ve done a couple of tutorials before and featured plenty of great examples in showcases. Today I fancied creating another logo of my own, so I used the IGN Alliance network my @spoongergaming alter-ego is [...]
My Top Links of the Week for March 29th 2013
I regularly post links to interesting design tutorials and articles over on my Twitter and Facebook accounts, but in case you missed them here’s a roundup of my top pickings from my recent browsing of the web. This week we have some great content from SpyreStudios, Codrops, Psdtuts+, DzineBlog and Design Instruct.
12 Free High Res Dry Brush Stroke Photoshop Brushes
I recently received some great comments about my old Photoshop brush packs from way back in 2009, so I thought I’d get busy and create a fresh set to add to the collection. This free pack of Photoshop brushes features 12 bristly dry brush strokes with whispy lines and detailed edges, perfect for roughing up [...]
Art & Design Inspiration Fix for March 22nd 2013
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Jay Roeder, Justin Van Genderen, Dan Matutina, James White and Lauren Hom. Lead and Ink by Jay Roeder [...]
30 Inspiring Hand Drawn Lettering Poster Designs
I love browsing for hand letting artworks, not only are they a great source of design inspiration, they often promote inspirational sayings or lyrics which can lift your mood on a bad day. This post showcases 30 fantastic hand drawn lettering illustrations, each one boasting the quaint irregularities, textures and character of hand crafted type. [...]
MightyDeals Giveaway for Access All Areas Members
This week MightyDeals have arranged another great offer for Access All Areas members. They are giving away any of their current deals to 3 lucky winners! Fancy some new stock vectors, a T-Shirt design kit, or maybe a handy set of icons? Log in and add your comment to be... Show More Summary
How To Create a Simple Landscape Scene in Illustrator
Today’s Illustrator tutorial is perfect for beginners. You don’t need to be a master illustrator to create cool artwork, just using simple shapes and limiting yourself with a small colour palette can result in some great designs and artworks. In this tutorial we’ll use Illustrator’s basic shapes and tools to create a stylized landscape scene [...]
Art & Design Inspiration Fix for March 8th 2013
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Moshi-Kun, Blanca Gómez, Doaly, Fernanda Suarez and Dean Falsify Cook. Alien by Moshi-Kun Bye Bye Summer by Blanca [...]
Create a Trendy Retro Landscape Design in Photoshop
My number one most popular tutorial from last year described the process of creating a trendy retro cityscape in Photoshop. I’ve noticed the retro and vintage styles are still in vogue, so today let’s take a look at creating another design that captures the abstract theme of old album art. Follow this step by step [...]
CSS Hat Photoshop Plugin Giveaway for Members
Have you heard of CSS Hat? If not you really should check it out! CSS Hat is a plugin that turns Photoshop layer styles into CSS3, instantly! It's not hard to imagine how much of a time saver this will be when coding up your website designs from the Photoshop... Show More Summary
50 Inspirational Branding & Identity Design Projects
Print is definitely not dead! No matter how big the web becomes the tactile nature of printed material will always form a crucial part of a brand’s overall identity. This post showcases a huge collection of inspirational branding and identity projects with each example presented in a neat layout, often with clever complementary objects that [...]
Art & Design Inspiration Fix for February 22nd 2013
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from DKNG Studios, ?rtomir Just, Martín Azambuja, Dan Christofferson and Craig Henry. Big Top Pee-wee by DKNG Studios Revolved [...]
How To Make a Cool Cinemagraph Image in Photoshop
No doubt you’ll have heard of the term Cinemagraph since it exploded onto the Internets. Originally coined by Photographers Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, a cinemagraph is a clever revival of the classic animated GIF. It combines features of video and photography to create a the illusion of a still image but with cool motion [...]
Business Card Design Template for Premium Members
Vandelay Premier has been a supplier of some really great resources to the Access All Areas section here on Blog.SpoonGraphics. This premium business card template is especially useful for anyone looking to spread the word about their services and network at events and conferences. Show More Summary
How To Create a Retro Style Race Poster in Photoshop
I recently put together a little vintage style poster to let my friends know about a karting event I’m organising for my stag do. I know lots of my readers are also big fans of the retro style and I had loads of fun creating the design, so I thought I’d share the process as [...]
Art & Design Inspiration Fix for February 8th 2013
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Aaron Horkey, Dzeri Dela Rosa, Pavlov Visuals, Adam Trageser and Tad Carpenter. Graveyard Poster by Aaron Horkey Femme [...]
Free Light Leak Texture Pack To Retrofy Your Photos
Light leaks effects are one of the key ingredients for giving your photos the retro style treatment. You can quickly achieve a basic light leak effect by simply painting a splodge of red in the corner of your image, but you can’t beat the authenticity of a proper light leak overlay. This free pack of [...]
Circlebox Textures Giveaway for Premium Members
This week Access All Areas members have the chance of winning what must be the largest texture pack I've ever seen! The Paint and Paper textures pack from Circlebox Creative contains 100 high quality artist textures for both personal and commercial use. Show More Summary
How To Create a Classic Tattoo Style Vector Illustration
Follow this step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a vector illustration inspired by the classic tattoo art of Sailor Jerry. Our dagger and heart design will use clean black linework and perfectly formed shapes combined with vector textures to add an element of shading and appreciate the style of traditional tattoo art. A [...]
Art & Design Inspiration Fix for January 25th 2013
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Kontest, Sebastian Martinez, HaiDang, Maxim Nikitin and Jay Rogers. Apocalypse Creatures by Kontest Stocked in the Mist by [...]