November 04, 2008 aloa's blog

Interview: Photomanipulation by Joan Charmant

This time, we have a very special interview. Joan Charmant is a software engineer who started doing photo manipulation very

Featured Tutorial

Reader Tutorial: The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio
Reader Tutorial: The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio
There we are about one month since my last tutorial with Abduzeedo! And here am I again with another tutorial for you guys! First I wanted to thank Abduzeedo again for giving me this great opportunity for sharing my knowledge. I will show you how to create a super light effect using blending options, shapes and tools in Photoshop.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week by  Rik Oostenbroek
Wallpaper of the Week by Rik Oostenbroek
The wallpaper of this week is an amazing design created by Rik Oostenbroek specially for the Abduzeedo 4th Anniversary. If you don't know Rik, he is a 20 year old self taught Dutch digital artist with more than 5 years of experience. Rik has done work for clients such as Mazda, Panasonic, Volkswagen, Palm and others, and we are super happy that he presented us with this beautiful wallpaper, and also a poster, but that is a little secret for another post. For more information about Rik visit his Web site at http://secretshowcase.com/.

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Visual Complexity - Mapping Patterns of Information
Book Suggestion: Visual Complexity - Mapping Patterns of Information
The book of this week is a book I just got from a friend. It was in my wish list for a long time. The book is called Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information and as the reviews says, it's about our ability to generate information now far exceeds our capacity to understand it.