September 08, 2008 aloa's blog

Inspiration: Liu Bolin

Liu Bolin is a very creative artist. He does an exhibition about humans, that becomes a chameleon. The human body

Featured Tutorial

Surprise behind the curtain in Photoshop
Surprise behind the curtain in Photoshop
In this tutorial I will show how to create curtains and other nice effects in Photoshop. When I was traveling I was always thinking about some ideas for wallpapers for Abduzeedo. Concepts that would show what the blog is about and of course, related to the Space subject. That was when I had this idea of an alien behind curtains. Anyway, for this tutorial we will use some images from iStockphoto and Google Images, and as usual some neat lighting effects. You probably know how to create some of the effects but it's a good exercise on how to turn an idea into an image.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week 171 by Fabian De Lange
Wallpaper of the Week 171 by Fabian De Lange
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Fabian De Lange, a graphic designer from Heerlen, Netherlands. Faab as he is also known has some strong typography work, as this one he is sharing with us for the wallpaper of this week For more information visit http://www.behance.net/fabiandelange Desktop Version

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: The Lean Startup
Book Suggestion: The Lean Startup
The book suggestion of this week is a must read in my opinion, it's The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries. I read this book in a few days and it was one of those books that you know they will be useful and will you help you to improve in your career.