Today I’ve got a free texture pack that’s a little different, but I hope it will help you create some cool effects in your artworks. This pack contains 6 high resolution plastic wrap text...
Question Time is back! After hearing how many people found my old question time videos useful I decided to get back into the swing of creating them, this time with some fancy new equipment. In this w...
One of the most important Photoshop skills you need as a Designer is the ability to clip out images of various detail using masks or selections. Whether you’re creating designs for print, web o...
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we hav...
My absolute favourite style of motorcycle is the custom “bobber”. I love the stripped down appearance and the raw vintage styling. It’s my plan to chop up a bike of my own one day, ...
If youve found the collection of design resources from the Access All Areas section here on Blog.SpoonGraphics useful, you might be interested in the FanExtra Networks premium membership. With over 2...
One way to create an absolutely unique logo design is to craft the lettering by hand, as opposed to selecting an existing font. This allows the designer to create the perfect logo with their own cust...
Every year since the start of Blog.SpoonGraphics in April 2007 I have created a special anniversary post celebrating the growth and success of my little blog. Despite being a pretty big milestone thi...
Awwwards, the online showcase of the worlds best website designs, recently released an awesome book full of design inspiration, titled The Best 365 Websites Around the World 2011. As the title sugges...
Follow this step by step tutorial to create a cool abstract lines design with awesome vibrant lighting effects. We’ll use Illustrator’s easy tools to create the vector linework then add a...
Logos don’t always have to feature perfectly designed abstract icons or devices, sometimes a basic hand drawn sketch or doodle can express the casual or fun values a brand is aiming for. This p...
This week Access All Areas members are being treated to a fantastic Light Web Element/Button Kit from PremiumPSD.com. The kit features a range of crisply designed buttons, icons and interface element...
I’ve posted loads of Photoshop brushes and textures over the years, but this is actually my first set of completely vector grungy design resources. This bumper pack contains a bunch of textures...
I’m sure we all remember painting with sponge (or potato!) stamps as a child, but back then we didn’t really appreciate the cool distressed effect the printing technique created. Today de...
Ornate and floral elements are extremely useful for creating traditional or vintage design styles. These kinds of ornamental vectors can be very time consuming to create manually, but thankfully ther...
MOO are one of the top suppliers of awesome freebies for Access All Areas members and this week theyve arranged another giveaway of their top quality business cards. This time not only will the three...
Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create the popular retro style pattern design made up of lots of colourful squares and triangles. The process is pretty simple, making this a good tut...
In today’s tutorial we’re going to create a typographic blackletter layout full of character with dirty textures. We’ll begin by creating the layout in Illustrator before importing ...
This week Themify has arranged a giveaway of their fantastic responsive WordPress themes for Access All Areas members. The three winners can choose from any of the themes from Themify, including the ...
There’s an abundance of Photoshop actions available that allow you to quickly transform your photos with a retro or vintage effect, the problem is choosing the best actions from this vast colle...
I recently watched the movie Tombstone (1993) on TV, which gave me the inspiration to try my hand at designing a wild west themed movie poster. Follow this step by step tutorial to create a grungy we...
Its time for Access All Areas members to be treated to another awesome design resource. This time the talented folks from Designious have donated one of their amazing vector packs. This mythical crea...
Vector and Vexel Art are two techniques of creating highly realistic images using Photoshop or Illustrator. As the name suggests, Vector Art is built entirely of vector graphics whereas Vexel art is ...
The Art & Design Inspiration fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we hav...
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