November 23, 2009 aloa's blog

The Provocative Work of Terry Richardson

Terry Richardson is one of my (if not "the") favourite photographer who's still alive. His mother - a stylist and

Featured Tutorial

Hipster Text Effect in Photoshop CS6
Hipster Text Effect in Photoshop CS6
A few weeks ago we posted a tutorial showing how to create a hipster text effect using Pixelmator. Now we decided to show you the same effect using Photoshop CS6. As we had said, we will be doing that in Fireworks and CSS as well. So stay tuned. So in this tutorial we will show you how to create a simple text effect with a very trendy hipster look. We will use just basic filters and layer styles to achieve the effect. The whole process won't take you more than 30 minutes.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #109 - Jacob Bian
Wallpaper of the Week #109 - Jacob Bian
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Jacob Bian, a digital artist and graphic designer from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The image mixes 3D objects with some light effects that are sort of retro and futuristic, something like from the 80s. For more information about the video Jacob we highly recommend that you check out his Behance Profile at http://www.behance.net/flareationalist or his DeviantArt profile at http://flareationalist.deviantart.com/

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.