With a new year comes new tutorials, freebies and amazing inspirational articles; and the first month of the new year certainly didn't disappoint. This month we have a great article on the Best Rolling Stones magazine covers, as well as a tutorial on how to mix 3D elements with both Photoshop and Illustrator. So let's get into another roundup!
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Create a Furious Pink Panther
This is a tutorial for an amazing t-shirt. It takes a modern twist on the old Pink Panther, the artist uses some simple stocks and combines them to make a great vibrant design.
Merge 3D With Photoshop & Illustrator
Here we have a very cool tutorial, this one shows you how to make a 3D render and then edit it in Photoshop as well as Illustrator. The author explains some great composition skills that he used to create this high tech winter scene.
Photo Strip Tutorial
This tutorial shows you how to re-create the iLife package logo. It is a very simple tutorial that helps you create a very professional looking illustration.
Business Card Design
Here we have a great tutorial that shows you how to create a very clean and professional looking business card. If you are looking to create some business cards for yourself, then check out this tutorial.
60+ Retro and Pop Styled Tutorials
This is an amazing round-up focused on the best Retro and Pop Styled designs on the net. All of these tutorials are informative and give off some good looking final products.
Creating a Customized Product and Label
This tutorial shows you how to create a vector product, and then create a good logo for it that would match with the product.
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60 Most Wanted Tutorials, PSD's, and Resources
Another great roundup, here we have the 60 most wanted tutorials, resources, and brushes. Every designer should check this one out, a lot of great resources and other sources of inspiration.
Photoshop Brush Destroyed Heraldry
This is a free high-resolution pack of brushes. The pack has destroyed heraldry brushes, they are all 2500px, so this is a must download for all.
Fingerprint Brushes
Here we have another brush pack, this one is filled with great fingerprint brushes. They will give a nice unique look to all types of art. So check this out.
Flavours Icon Set
This is a great simple icon pack, it has icons for twitter, RSS feeds, and various other cool looking icons.
Flickr Texture Archive
The guys at Bittbox compiled some great free stocks and loaded them all into a Flickr group. Every designer should check this out.
Free Wordpress Theme
This is an awesome freebie, Crazyleafdesign featured a professionally made wordpress theme. If you have an account then you should definitely download this amazing theme.
Watercolor Textures
This is the 5th part of Outlaw Design's watercolor textures. They are great and colorful so everyone should download all of their packs.
Beauty of Urban Decay
This is a compilation of some amazing photographs of urban parts of the city. Every designer should check this out because some of the photographs are just amazing and inspirational.
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5 Complimentary Skills to Graphic Design
Here is a great informative article showing you 5 extra skills that would help to make you a well rounded designer.
Best Rolling Stone Magazine Covers
This is one-third of an article written by the guys at Inspiredology. They feature the best Rolling Stone magazine covers over the years. This is a great source for inspiration, so check it out.
Current Web Design Trends
This is another informative article showing the current design trends of 2009. Some interesting trends are featured here. So check it out.
Advice for Graphic Design Students
If you are currently enrolled in design school, or are planning to enroll then you should definitely read this article. Various artists give advice to the designer who wishes to go to design school.
What to Expect with a Wacom Cintiq
This is an article specifically written for the Wacom Cintiq owners. The author of the article shows you what to expect with this tablet and shows you how to properly set it up.
Graphic Design Portfolios that Rock
This article features some amazing graphic design portfolios. The designs here are very inspirational and are worth a look if you plan to create a portfolio for yourself.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )DKumar M. February 1st
Nice Round-up Emil… Thanks For Sharing !!
( )Saurabh Shah February 2nd
Nice one… more of them i have seen before .. anyways.. keep it u
( )insic February 2nd
nice as usual. keep it up.
( )rosstejero February 2nd
Astig, thaks for this list.
( )Naldz Graphics February 2nd
Nice Roundup.Great work as always
( )Thomas February 2nd
Great Roundup
( )NICKSn February 2nd
Nice round up! One again very nice.
( )Fadli February 2nd
u are in the first list on my favorite…
( )i like the tutorial, they all give great lead here, enjoy it!
thanks again
Deddy February 2nd
Perfect Roundup!
( )Timothy February 2nd
Nice list.
( )SEBASTIAN February 2nd
Great roundup, but I think you mean rolling stone magazine not rolling stones magazine
( )Oliver February 2nd
Thanks for featuring my iconset “flavour” on this month’ roundup!
I am glad you liked it!
Cheers from Bonn, germany,
( )Oliver
Sineload February 2nd
Great list, I haven’t seen a lot of these before.
( )Eric Shafer February 2nd
Featured here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/web-picks-10/
( )Mat February 2nd
The retro tutorial site is down.
( )ArtBox7 February 3rd
Great collection. Thank you!
( )b00m February 3rd
Payts kaayo! Tnx PSDTuts.:)
( )bala February 8th
Great in web
( )Alex February 10th
Great works.Thanks!
( )Theodorsen February 11th
Cool links
( )shdw February 11th
that panther thing is just unbelieveable! <3
( )SocialEngine Templates August 30th
Graphic Design Portfolios that Rock are defenitely rockin’ .. a lot inspiration there.. actually a lot of inspiration in all the links! Thanks for the post, tuts!
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