August 30, 2008 aloa's blog

Inspiration: Manifest Hope Contest

I've never seen so much design production of a president at any other election. I love the Obama Illustration (see

Featured Tutorial

Photoshop Quick Tips: Neon with Layer Styles
Photoshop Quick Tips: Neon with Layer Styles
I have posted about how to create the neon effect in Photoshop a couple of times, however I still get emails from readers asking me how I did the light effect I use on the Abduzeedo logo. So I decided to simplify the process and show you how to create the this effect in very simple steps using basically Layer Styles and a few brushes. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. I'm using 1920x1200 pixels. Fill the background with black.

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Wallpaper of the Week #142 by Tara Babando
Wallpaper of the Week #142 by Tara Babando
The wallpaper of this week is a painting by Tara Babando, an artist based out of Montreal, Canada. She is a fashion designer by day and a painter/ artist by night. For more information about Tara, you can always check her website at http://tarababando.com, her Flickr account (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarababando/) or follow her on Twitter http://twitter.com/TaraBabando Desktop Version

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Symbol
Book Suggestion: Symbol
The book suggestion of the week is called Symbol and it's a great book for those willing to learn more and improve their design skills on symbols.