May 23, 2008 aloa's blog

Interview: Paul Willocks

A few days ago i wrote an article about some very cool brushes from PaulW. It was so popular that

May 21, 2008 aloa's blog

1000+ great free Photoshop brushes by PaulW

My friend PaulW has uploaded a lot of great Photoshop brushes over at DeviantArt.com . If youre interested in abstract

Featured Tutorial

Super Cool Retro Poster in 10 Steps in Photoshop
Super Cool Retro Poster in 10 Steps in Photoshop
A couple of weeks ago Amanda (@amlight) published a few articles showing stylish posters and albums with a very retro style, very simple but at the same time really cool. The articles really inspired me so I decided to create an Abduzeedo poster for myself just to play with Illustrator and Photoshop. So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a very cool poster in just 10 steps. We will use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, but you may use other tools. I'm working on the Pixelmator version as well.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #118 by Abduzeedo
Wallpaper of the Week #118 by Abduzeedo
The wallpaper of this week is an image I created for a tutorial for Digital Arts Magazine. The idea of this image was to play with patterns and displace, so the design combines a 3D cubes pattern with an image of a girl totally deconstructed using the perspective of the cubes. The tutorial will be available soon, but stay tuned because I will post the PSD file so you guys can take a look at how I did it.

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.