September 26, 2008 aloa's blog

Video Inspiration: Lakai's Fully Flared Skateboard Intro

Nowerdays there are tons of skatevideos out there. Skateboard was never as huge as now. And with all the good

Featured Tutorial

Creating a Colorful Light Effect with Pixelmator
Creating a Colorful Light Effect with Pixelmator
We have already published tutorials on how to create a really cool light effect in Photoshop and GIMP, now In this tutorial, I will show you how to create this super, simple light effect inspired by a design that I saw recently in a Sony advert. Step 1 Open Pixelmator and create a new document. Select 1440×900 pixels and then fill the layer with #121212.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week 183 by Anthony Harmon
Wallpaper of the Week 183 by Anthony Harmon
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Anthony Harmon; the creative director of SlashTHREE and Aharmon Design Group. Aharmon Design Group is a multi-disciplinary design firm based out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Founded by Anthony Harmon in 2007, the business grew quickly into a fully established, award winning studio. We have since been privileged to work with clients from around the world, large and small, in a variety of media. For more information visit http://aharmon.com/

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion - Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Gr
Book Suggestion - Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design
The book suggestion of this week is about colors, one of the most important skills for any designer. The book is called Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design and it's not only a very useful book, it's a very well designed one.