August 30, 2008 aloa's blog

Inspiration: Manifest Hope Contest

I've never seen so much design production of a president at any other election. I love the Obama Illustration (see

Featured Tutorial

Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop
Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop
This past Friday was the Abduzeedo meetup here in my hometown of Porto Alegre. It was really cool, we had a lot of fun and a lot of beers! When I was leaving I noticed the neon sign outside the pub and it really inspired me to create a tutorial on how to acheive that type of effect in Photoshop. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a nice light effect in Photoshop. We will use Layer Styles and Blend Modes to simulate a neon text effect.

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Wallpaper of the Week #43 - depthCORE HEIST
Wallpaper of the Week #43 - depthCORE HEIST
The wallpaper of this week is super cool, it's an image from the new depthCORE chapter called HEIST. It was created by Theo Aartsma from Sumeco, http://sumeco.net, a Dutch designer with an impressive portfolio.

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.