September 26, 2008 aloa's blog

Video Inspiration: Lakai's Fully Flared Skateboard Intro

Nowerdays there are tons of skatevideos out there. Skateboard was never as huge as now. And with all the good

Featured Tutorial

Joomp Wallpaper
Creating Smoke
Some time ago I had posted an article showing how to create a smoke effect in photoshop, and to achieve that I used a photo of smoke and some photoshop filters. However, some people had said at the time that I should have done the smoke as well and it´s exactly what I will show on this post right now. I had previously thought about what would be the best way to create smoke in photoshop, and I’ve read some tutorials online and watched some episodes of the amazing pixelPerfect podcast, to find a good and easy solution for the matter at hand.

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Wallpaper of the Week #13
Wallpaper of the Week #13
I know we missed a week, but we have a great wallpaper for this week. It's from Chris Haines, a very talented designer from Australia and one of the depthCore artists. You can check his work out at http://www.neondistractions.com/.

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration
Book Suggestion: The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration
The book suggestion of this week is all about illustration and it's one of the books we check out when looking for inspiration. The book is called The Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration. We highly recommend that you check it out. About the book