October 30, 2008 aloa's blog

Inspiration: Fractal Art by MistyWisp

Im asking myself why so few women do graphic design? Most of the great artists are male. But this MistyWisp

Featured Tutorial

Photoshop Quick Tips #11: Creating Glow Lines
Today I am going to show the basics of how to create a glow line, very easy but very useful. A lot of people have been using glow lines on their illustrations and it's really good to see a well worked piece with some good glow lines taking over, so let's learn.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week 20
Wallpaper of the Week 20
Another week and another great wallpaper for you. This week is very special because it's a another fantastic design created by Guilherme Marconi, this time however he designed the wallpaper with the user needs in mind, it's darker and with less elements, simply perfect. For more information about Marconi's work, visit his new website with an updated portfolio and much more at http://marconi.nu

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
Book Suggestion: Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
The book suggestion of this week is a very inspiring one for those in love with vintage typography, it's called Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age. It's definitely a book for when you need some extra motivation and inspiration. About the book Elegant, quirky, fluid, brutish, ostentatious— a visual resource of cursives and other typefaces that resemble handwriting.