December 11, 2009 PauloGabriel's blog

Beautiful Social Media "Book Covers"

What if social media websites were books? What would their covers look like? Would it be minimalist? Would it be

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 185 by Perttu Murto
Wallpaper of the Week 185 by Perttu Murto
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Perttu Murto, a 26-year-old graphic designer, art director and illustrator from Finland. Perttu has been involved in graphics for more than 8 years and his work has been featured in several prestigious design websites and magazines. In 2007 he was selected as the Young Advertisement Designer of the year in Northern Finland.

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: New Vintage Type - Classic Fonts for the Digital Age
Book Suggestion: New Vintage Type - Classic Fonts for the Digital Age
The book suggestion of this week is about typography and it's a great source of inspiration. The book is called New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age and we have used it for reference in many tutorials here on Abduzeedo. Book Description