August 26, 2008 aloa's blog

2 x iStopMotion 2 Express (for MAC) Giveaway

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Featured Tutorial

Reader Tutorial: Colorful Light Effect in GIMP
Reader Tutorial: Colorful Light Effect in GIMP
I was browsing the other day and saw a Sony-Ericsson Xperia X1 with a beautiful wallpaper on it and thought to myself "Can I make one that looks like it but using only GIMP?" And guess what? I could! And with this tutorial so can you. Step 1 We first create a new document, you can make it any size, though I used 1600 x 1200. Setting by default Black as your Foreground color, we can ask in the advanced options to use it as our background.

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Wallpaper of the Week #66 - James White
Wallpaper of the Week #66 - James White
The wallpaper of this week is awesome, it's the Tron Legacy artwork created by James White. Well I think James doesn't need introduction anymore. His work is amazing and this design is not different.

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Why We Buy - The Science of Shopping
Book Suggestion: Why We Buy - The Science of Shopping
The book of this week is not a design book per se but it's an incredible book. I have just finished it and I got so much valuable information that can be applied in my day to day job as designer. The book is called Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond by Paco Underhill.