January 28, 2009 aloa's blog

Interview: Alex Haigh from Thinkdust

Thinkdust is an indepented design studio founded by Alex Haigh who worked for great companies like Nike, Sony and made

Featured Tutorial

The Avengers Poster in Photoshop
The Avengers Poster in Photoshop
Super Bowl is always a great time to see some nice movie trailers and previews. One that caught my attention was for the new The Avengers movie. I am looking forward to watching this movie but I also was looking forward to trying to recreate that poster in Photoshop. So in this tutorial we will show you how to create the shine effect of The Avengers poster using only Photoshop. We will pretty much play only with Layer Styles and the Brush Tool (B).

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #112 by Oit8doi2
Wallpaper of the Week #112 by Oit8doi2
The wallpaper of this week is a super cool image created by Bruno Borges AKA Oit8doi2. Bruno was born in Rio de Janeiro but it's currently based in São Paulo. His work is very colorful with a little bit of te 80s influence like this wallpaper. For more information visit Bruno Borges visit http://www.oit8doi2.com/ Desktop Version

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Typology- Type Design From Victorian Era to the Digital Age
Book Suggestion: Typology - Type Design From Victorian Era to the Digital Age
The book suggestion of the week is one of my favorites, it's called Typology: Type Design From Victorian Era to the Digital Age and it covers a lot of art history always linking with types and typography. It's a must read for those starting out their careers or even willing to dust off their typology and typography skills. About the book