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CS5 Launch

March 29, 2010 in Other/Misc by Steve Tolley

The time has come for Adobe to launch the next version of their much loved software Adobe CS5 is coming, and at the time of writing this it is only 13 Days away!

The “Love Design” iPhone Wallpaper

June 12, 2009 in Designing by Steve Tolley

This tutorial will teach you how to make a cool “Love Design” wallpaper for you iPhone, obviously not everyone has an iPhone so if you wanted you could use the techniques and scale it up to a wallpaper for you desktop for instance, the main idea is to teach you how to get cool effects.

Helvetica – Why is it SO Popular?

November 17, 2008 in Articles by Steve Tolley

The other day I was thinking about what font to use for a some Photoshop work I was doing, and whilst searching through the many different fonts I had, the one that jumped out at me was Helvetica I don’t quite know what it was about the font that stood out so much to me, was it the simplicity, the beauty or something else, this got me thinking and so I did some research…

Making a Compact Disc Icon

October 6, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley

This tutorial will show you the steps and techniques used when creating a CD icon which can be used on websites etc… Very useful as the same techniques can be applied when making other icons/images

Top Designers and THEIR Inspiration

September 16, 2008 in Articles by Steve Tolley

In the 2nd part of my design inspiration article series I asked 2 TOP Designers/Photoshoppers to let me know what inspires THEM in order to see how they come up with their ideas and what artists, websites, sources etc…they use, here are the answers that I got,

Design Inspiration – Posters

September 10, 2008 in Articles by Steve Tolley

This article will get your desiging juices flowing, Part 1 in a series of design inspiration articles, this one will look at modern and old posters, I have hand picked the ones that I believe are the best at giving you ideas, they have certainly given me some,

Making A Social Bookmark Background

August 30, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley

This tutorial will show you how to make the cool image you often see behind the social bookmark links at the bottom of posts on most websites, some are more elaborate than others which helps to make your social bookmarks stand out more, I will show you how to make the background image and what techniques i used in order to get the effect I have ended up with, they are basic steps but ones that can be applied to other situations,

Simple Web 2.0 Logo

April 11, 2008 in Text Effects by Steve Tolley

This tutorial is very simple to complete but still gives a nice finish to a cool Web 2.0 style logo for a website etc…only takes around 5 minutes to complete and shows some good techniques which can be used in the future when designing other Web 2.0 Style objects.

Simple Polaroid Design

April 6, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley

This tutorial will show you how to get a nice polaroid image effect just using standard shapes and images, not difficult to follow and can be used in many projects, e.g. Family Holiday Photos, Weddings etc…
Very easy to follow and not complicated to complete PSD files included incase you need any extra help.

Logo Design and How To Showcase Your Work

April 5, 2008 in Designing by Steve Tolley

This tutorial will give you some useful tips on how to create a professional looking logo using simple design techniques and how to showcase your work using basic Photoshop lighting options, very useful when looking at logo design for your own website or maybe just to learn abit more how Photoshop works