FREE STUFF to make designing easier!

At CG textures, you can find a huge selection of high res textures from all different kinds of categories. Seriously, there are tons.

and if its images you seek,

StockXChange is full of tons of high res images. You have to sign up for a username and password, but after that you're good to go.

You Suck at Photoshop...

I would like to present to you the most hilarious tutorials I have ever seen. A friend at an advertising agency in the US sent them to me to share with all of you in case we were looking to brush up our design skills....

It's called "You Suck at Photoshop".

Click here to check out the series. They really are priceless, and you might actually learn something!

Can design really make a difference?

The website psdtuts.com recently put together a collection of some shocking ads from all over the world tackling the issues of poverty, homelessness, and world hunger.

The concepts behind the ads are really well thought out and many of the design approaches used are shockingly simplistic, but the end results are quite powerful.

Some heavy stuff: Here's the link.

Don't mess with Helvetica.

After watching the Helvetica film, I gained a new appreciation for the precision in this classic typeface's forms. I agree with the type designer in the film who said he could sit there and try to figure out how to improve the font, but would probably go crazy trying to do it. The font is just too perfect.

But along comes Microsoft, who takes no mind to stomping all over Helvetica, and releases a font no graphic design professional would ever use willingly: Arial.

Arial will always live in the shadow of Helvetica, so what's the point? Other than fooling those who don't know any better into using it, Microsoft basically accomplished nothing through the production of this wanna-be font.

Feel the same way I do? Check out this link and Beat Arial to a pulp! http://www.mimeartist.com/helvetica/

Cool Design Industry Site

I found this cool website about the design industry. It's a good place to find out what's going on in the here and now and also lists a bunch of cool design websites recommended by subscribers to the site.  

It even has a job board for postings and free lance opportunities! 

Here's the link! : http://www.qbn.com/

This is just a test...

my first post!