I've been writing tutorials inspired by skateboard deck designs for a few weeks and today it's not going to be different. I'm very addicted to that, I love the ideas some of the designers have and for this tutorial I will recreate a really nice effect with lines forming a star. However I will go a little bit further and I will transform it in a light effect and add a nice pattern overlay. Everything using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Patrick Monkel, a freelancer graphic designer based in Culemborg, The Netherlands. Patrick runs a small design studio called Monk Design and have worked for clients such as Dunlop, WNF, Nationale Nederlanden, ING and Trespa.
For more information visit Patrick Monkel and Monk Design visit his Web site at http://www.patrickmonkel.nl/
The book of this week is not a design book per se but it's an incredible book. I have just finished it and I got so much valuable information that can be applied in my day to day job as designer. The book is called Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond by Paco Underhill.
