Scenes From World War II Photoshopped Onto Today's Streets - Rebecca J. Rosen A photography project reminds us that soldiers surrendered and prisoners marched on the same streets we walk along every day. January 27, 1945, Auschwitz (Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse) "It is a bit like painting with history," says Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse. She got the idea for her project, "Ghost of History," a few years ago when she found some old negatives at a flea market in Amsterdam, where she lives. The process for making the images is pretty simple. Upper image unknown; lower image Tom Timmermans The hope is to get people to "stop and think about history, about the hidden and sometimes forgotten stories of where they live." One the images she believes is the most interesting is this one taken on Rue Armand Levéel in Cherbourg, France. Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse In this image, of soldiers running across a the Avenue de Paris in Cherbourg, she's made the last man of the bunch more transparent, as though to suggest that perhaps he didn't make it. I've collected a few more of her juxtapositions below.
53 Killer Photoshop Illustrator Effects and Tutorials It’s always fun to experiment different techniques and learn how to work with various aspects of Adobe Photoshop to spice up boring pictures and make them into works of arts and masterpieces. So, if you’re interested in learning some new skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced user, these Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials are for you. Below you will find an incredible amount of amazing colorful artwork to inspire any designer, also we’ve selected some of the best adobe tutorials hand picked to enhance or highlight whatever action is going on in the photo. Neon and Glow Effects Tutorials Create cool neon effects Tony Ariawan shows you how to use warping, layer masks and simple colour tweaking for a high-tech look that’s out of this world. Creating a Glowing Neon Effect in Illustrator Create a glowing neon effect in your illustration that can grab an audience’s attention with its beauty and uniqueness. More Neon and Glow Effects All things Beautiful Smoke Effects Tutorials
modern graphic design inspiration blog + vintage graphics resource How To Master Photoshop In Just One Week :: Elite By Design Elite By Design Web Design & Photoshop Inspiration Follow me on Twitter blog > How To Master Photoshop In Just One Week How To Master Photoshop In Just One Week So you want to master Photoshop huh? Part two will be coming up in a couple of days, so feel free to take your time going through these resources. Part two has been posted. . . Familiarizing Yourself With The Photoshop Interface . The Interface Video: Photoshop 101 – The Interface . Photoshop Crash Course . Getting Started In Photoshop . Photoshop Tool Basics . The Tools Photoshop’s Toolbox . The Selection Tools . Video: Burn, Dodge, And Sponge Tools . Painting Tools . Drawing And Type Tools . Retouch And Healing Tools . Understanding Blending Modes . Pen Tool Basics . Pen Tool Learning How To Use The Pen Tool . Video: Vector Tracing And The Pen Tool . Photoshop Paths Explained . Drawing With Photoshops’ Pen Tool . Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts . Shortcuts 18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts . 28 More Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts .
17 Sites for Web Design Inspiration Now that anyone can learn to code, and probably should, web design and development are becoming more and more personal in both approach and learning curves. There's a plethora of ways to tackle web dev and code, and professional designers and developers are no different. We asked several developers from various online publications what their favorite sources are for design and code inspiration, and the results are as varied as the projects these professionals make themselves. In addition to following various makers on Twitter, these developers cited everything from Reddit to social web apps to coding blogs and general inspiration sites. Check out their responses below, and let us know what your favorites are in the comments. 1. Image: The Great Discontent Tim Wong, senior designer at The Washington Post, pointed to The Great Discontent, a site that features interviews of people in creative fields and presents them with a focus on engaging visuals. 2. Image: Polygon 3. Image: CharlesApple.com
40+ Killer Typographic Posters, Photoshop Effects and Tutorials Jun 22 2008 We cannot escape typography; it’s everywhere on the web. In most modern designs it is used to not only present information but also be read by the users. Today we’re going to take a look at 40 stunning typographic posters, along with step-by-step Photoshop tutorials which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your works. You might be interested to check other related posts for some inspiration: Typographic Posters 1-The Gift v2 by MrBadger 2-Typography by fabianohikaru 3-TechnicalLove by Mrgraphicsguy 4-Beauty by Mrgraphicsguy 5-Stel Christian Cambas Poster by SeBDeSiGN 6-Oriental Pages_Page32 by Malikanas 8-Tony Rohr’s Ring 9-State To State 10-Good Morning Stranger by Nicolas Alexander 11-Smoke + Type by Daniel Gordon 12-Futura by Craig Ward 13-Ink and Water Don’t Mix by Craig Ward 14-Bckyrdflw Promo by Andrew Dyjak 15-Birthday Flyer 16-Children of the Idiom by Pablo Alfieri 17-Drasik 18-Drasik 19-Crowdsourcing 20-Avatar: 15 Minute In Calcutta 21-Rolling Stones Rolled Gold
The Most Helpful PSD to xHTML and CSS Tutorials | Presidia Creat Creating a design in Photoshop may be somewhat tricky and time consuming, but every designer knows that it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Once you come up with your perfect design, you have to figure out how in the world you’re going to turn it into useable code. Sometimes the solution just presents itself easily, but most of the time, there are some serious headaches involved (“why is this working in Firefox and not IE?!!!!”). So today, we’re going to look at the best and most helpful PSD to xHTML+CSS tutorials on the internet. Hopefully it will increase your productivity and help you to create better user interfaces. Tutorial: Coding a Layout From PSD to CSS/HTML in Easy Steps HV Designs PSD->CSS From PSD to HTML, Building A Set of Website Designs Build a Sleek Portfolio Site from Scratch (Code Part) How to Convert a PSD to xHTML Creating a CSS Layout from Scratch CSS Template Tutorial Encoding a Photoshop Mockup into xHTML and CSS Coding your First PSD
Photo Strip (Photoshop Tutorial) This is a Photoshop tutorial on how to create a beautiful photo film strip, as seen in Apple's iLife package design ('06 version) and DigitalMash website. The warp tool will be used to create the twisting effect (so, you need Photoshop CS2 or above to complete this tutorial). With the completion of this tutorial, you will be able build a photo strip with your own photos or artwork. View Final Image Download Photoshop File 1. First, create a strip with the Pen tool (either in Photoshop or Illustrator). 2. Choose 3 photos of your choice and stack them together. 3. Adjust the layer opacity to 40 or 50% so you can see the guideline underneath. Repeat this step for the rest of the strip. 4. Organize the layers into groups (ie. strip 1, 2, 3, 4). Load selection from the shapes you created in step 1 and add a layer mask for each group (so you get a perfect smooth curve). 5. In masked group 1, create a new layer above the strip. Repeat this step for the other strips. 6. 7. 8. Bonus Tips
Flyer Design for a sports event Whether you're selling your house or opening a new home based business, a flyer is one of the cheapest but highly effective ways to grab attention. In this tutorial will create a flyer for a sports event. Create a new document of the flyer size. Take an image of player. Using your favourite cutout method creat a out of the player. Copy and paste the player cutout on the main file. Apply settings as shown below. This will give a post to rise look to the player. From bottom of the layer palette select new adjustment layer and select hue/saturation. From bottom of the layer palette select new adjustment layer and select Levels. And select the player layer.Double click the layer to open layer style window and apply settings as shown.
Tutorial - Snowglobe in Photoshop 6 or Higher (Page 1) Snow Globe in Photoshop 6 or higher Software Used: Adobe Photoshop 6.0 For this tutorial you'll learn how to create a snow globe from scratch using Photoshop 6 or higher. Before you begin you'll need to save the snowglobe.zip file to your hard drive (right click on the link and choose save) then extract the files. I've used Windows keyboard shortcuts throughout the text of this tutorial. Special thanks to forum member Linda for inspiring this tutorial. This is a long one (6 pages), so before you get started, you might want to get yourself comfy with a snack and a beverage. Variations on a Theme See several examples of snowglobes created in Corel Photo-Paint by Desktop Publishing Guide Jacci Howard Bear. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) 11.) 12.) 13.) 14.) 15.) 16.) 17.) 18.) Continued --> If you enjoyed this tutorial, why not share it with a friend? Questions?
Feebs.nl - Video's voor ICT'ers en Professionals 40 Web Design Artists And 102 Websites Worth Watching | 1stwebde I am continuing Top DeviantArtist worth watching series and now I stopped to the best web designers I could find. I only listed those artists, whom layouts I found to be really unique and inspiring, taking classical web design actually to the next level. These layouts are really artworks with amazing details, You usually don’t see browsing through the web. Consider this article as inspirational article now and if You choose to watch those artists, then inspiration blasts in long term. At first I wanted to pick only 2 website examples from each artists, but there was several so amazing webdesigns, where I couldn’t stop and picked 3 or 4 examples. Consider checking also crazy designer portfolio roundup from year 2012 for even more inspiration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. blind91 – Sebastian (18), from Germany 7. kakkr – from United Kingdom 8. mindfuckx – Jan Van Lysebettens (24), from Belgium 9. nodethirtythree – from United States 10. tehacesequence – Marcin (25), from Poland 11. 12. 15. 18. 19. 20.