February 20, 2009 abduzeedo's blog

Fiery Fireballs in Pixelmator 1.4

Last year I created some images using fireballs, explosion, fire and smoke. Basically I only used brushes to create

September 16, 2008 aloa's blog

Web Picks #1 : SMOKE

Web Picks is a new series here on Abduzeedo. The idea of the articles is to choose a subject,

March 22, 2007

Creating Smoke

Some time ago I had posted an article showing how to create a smoke effect in photoshop, and to achieve

February 06, 2007

The Joomp wallpaper

Here I'm again writing about some stuff that I have done or seen online.

Featured Tutorial

Abstract Wallpaper in Pixelmator
Abstract Wallpaper in Pixelmator - 2 copies of Pixelmator giveaway
Following our series of Pixelmator tutorials, this week we will show you how to create an abstract wallpaper using the Quartz Composer filters. Even though the effect seems a bit complex, you will be surprise how easy is to create it in Pixelmator. It won't take you more than 10 minutes to reproduce this tutorial. And to make you really keen on doing that we will give away 2 copies of Pixelmator.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week 167 by Takeshi
Wallpaper of the Week 167 by Takeshi
The wallpaper of this week is an awesome image created by Emeric Trahand also known as Takeshi, a New York based art director and artist from Saint Etienne, France. Emeric's illustrative work is renowned for its surreal feel, the quality of its photomontages as well as the light treatments and colourful compositions. For more information visit http://cargocollective.com/stillontherun Desktop Version

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Designing Brand Identity - An Essential Guide for the Whole Bra
Book Suggestion: Designing Brand Identity
The book suggestion of this week is about branding and it's a recommendation from one of our favorite graphic designers out there, Roger Oddone. The book is called Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team and it covers everything you need to know about branding, from its definition to how come up with the most efficient strategy.