Best of the Web – November
Dec 3rd in Web Roundups by Collis
Tutorial Wrap
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Vector Polishing Techniques
In what is easily the best tutorial of the month, Nick La of WebDesignerWall shows us some techniques to make your vector illustration work really rock.
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Water Spirit - Drawing Fire
Fire and flame effects are always cool, and this effect made using the Smudge Tool is no exception.
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The iMouse
Some tutorials have almost no practical application, but are fun to do anyway. The iMouse is one of those. The good thing is no matter how useful the end result, along the way you inevitably learn something new!
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Smooth Glass Type
I love text effects and awhile back we had a transparent text tutorial right here on PSDTUTS. Luxa.org has their own and it's a neat effect, definitely worth a visit.
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The Pen Tool Tutorial
The Pen Tool is one of those tools that a lot of new Photoshoppers struggle with initially (I know I did!). So this PhotoshopSupport overview is a great starting point if you're still getting to know it. And remember the pen is mightier than the ...
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Drawing the Human Eye
Ever wonder how people illustrate eyes in Photoshop? Wonder no more, because Jezebel is spelling it out for us. While you're there, check out some of the other awesome tutorials on offer (especially the pixel graphic ones!)
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Creating a Space Scene
If there's one thing Photoshop has been used for since the dawn of time, it's drawing space scenes. From planets to starfields, we've seen it all. In this tutorial Sunjo shows us how the best do it!
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Snowy Christmas Illustration
Yep it's December alright, and the holiday season is invading even our Photoshop workspaces. If you need to make Christmas cards or promotions, then you'll find this tutorial to put together a cartoony snow scene very handy.
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Creating a Smooth Web Interface Column
This is a simple but handy effect for designing Web sites and it's well explained.
(FREE!) Download Picks
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FONT: Mank Sans
In case you haven't realised from my monthly font choices, I really like slim, sans-serif typefaces and Mank Sans fits the bill nicely!
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STOCKPHOTOS: StockVault
In the last few years, access to good, quality photos has really been revolutionized. Between cheap stock sites and Flickr, all of a sudden anyone can get great images. StockVault offers tons of images for free and the quality is not too bad at all!
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BRUSH RESOURCE: VBrush
Judging by the fact that the homepage is last dated from 2004, I don't think VBrush is going to change very frequently. Fortunately, the site has some 160 brush sets for download, including some great grungy ones.
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CUSTOM SHAPES : Revolution Collection
Some cool Soviet-esque shapes for your Photoshop CS via DeviantArt and Hebedesign
Article Wrap
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The Secret to Getting a Lot of Web Design Work
Ok, so I wrote this one myself over at FreelanceSwitch, but what's wrong with a little shameless self-promotion :-)
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Tips for Presenting Your Work
Over on the PSDTUTS Flickr group, there's been a little discussion on what to do when a client asks for bad changes. This article on ThinkVitamin has some good pointers on handling presentations.
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Is good design just a formula?
Ravi asks whether people are designing by numbers and whether that even works? A neat post that strictly speaking went up on Dec 1st, but who's counting!
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12 Invaluable Sites for Web Design and Inspiration
It's not the most innovative list around, but hey those really are 12 good sites to check out, so I thought it was worth including!
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7 Things to Avoid in Web Design
I always enjoy Thuiven's notepad entries, and I liked the fact that number 7 on this list is "Bad Content." As the writer notes "poor content = poor website." Ain't that the truth!
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Jonathan Solichin December 3rd
Nice round up. Very interesting tutorials this month.
( )Marko Novak December 3rd
Very nice set of tutorials and articles. I specially liked The Secret to Getting a Lot of Web Design Work.
( )BernardBlack December 3rd
Nice wrap
( )Fred December 3rd
Best round up yet!
( )Ben Gribbin December 3rd
I’m a new reader here, and this site truly is great, theres only 1 thing I’d liek to see….
MORE POSTS PLEASE
I cant wait till the next one
Does anyone know any tutorials on actually how to create one of those cool vector illustrations, with all those ribbon like items?
I keep trying, and failing
( )Joefrey Mahusay December 3rd
Thanks for sharing of these very inspirational and educational links
Two thumbs up Collis!
( )PLaTinUM December 3rd
Keep them coming, very nice work.
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( )jens December 3rd
Thanks
( )David December 3rd
Really nice and good tutorials keep it going^^.
( )Machiel Veltkamp December 3rd
Thanks indeed for the nice round up of tutorials freebies and articles!
This is many cup’s of coffee worth of reading and learning.
A big “Thank you” from Milan.
( )Mark Abucayon December 3rd
wow, did collis made all of this? youre really one of a kind- whats the secret collis? hehehe/ first of all thanks for this very useful and nice tutorial you shared to us. Many of us readers and freelancer waited your right ups and tuts… I like this one “Water Spirit – Drawing Fire”. keep posting collis you did a great job..
( )Brian December 3rd
Great resources and articles. I remember seeing most of those as they came out last month.
( )Umberto - Italy December 3rd
Hi there… is this just “overlay” or “multiply” to you? Tutorial could be cool and compliments to the author!
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b00m December 3rd
Best of the Web posts are good…And this is good too =) …. I’m looking forward to BftW (best of the web) – December…
( )Constantin Potorac December 4th
I really love the iMouse tutorial. Really amazing what an Apple fan can do.
( )Mr_LeE December 4th
love it mate love it
( )Ravi Vora December 4th
Great list of links, and thanks for including my article!
( )Sunjo December 4th
Thanks for including my space signature tutorial up there.
( )Chris December 4th
Haha – “the pen is mightier …” – A classic Saturday Night Live skit for those of you who didn’t pick up on that. Seriously though – I need to learn how to use that damn pen tool…
( )Ignacio December 4th
This site needs almost one tutorial per day.
( )shipshaq December 4th
i love it
( )Dor December 4th
Hey Collis,
Thanks for showcasing my article, I really do appreciate.
Good day
( )Zeb December 4th
More inspiration !
Cheers
( )Chito December 4th
this one: Water Spirit – Drawing Fire failed this site’s standards. the flame doesn’t look too realistic. i would suggest choosing tuts that would equal psdtut’s quality!
other than that those tuts/dls/articles really helped me in my recent project, thanks
( )The_Standard December 5th
This is an excellent round up – i must say that this is a wonderful site and keep up the good work contributers.
( )Mark Abucayon December 6th
Nice work done I really love this tuts… Keep it up..
( )Hauff December 6th
Where’s the updates?
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Luxa December 13th
Great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed the Glass Text tutorial.
( )Greg December 13th
Great sites, I love the 12 inspirational sites and the fire drawing tutorial.
( )mmhan December 16th
Great Stuff, Thanks
( )Charlotte Web Design December 19th
Thats an informative list. Thanks for putting that together. I did not know about stockvault.
( )barat March 15th
No way … my tutorial is on the list
I’m proud 
( )r4ge October 7th
great list.
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