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In this tutorial we’ll use illustrators 3D tool to create text with depth.

Use Illustrator to Create a Fun, 3D, Character Logo

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/use-illustrator-to-create-a-fun-3d-character-logo/
http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/some-like-it-dirty-comic-book-inking-and-coloring-tutorial/#.UVcNBNF-P0M

Some Like it Dirty: Comic Book Inking and Coloring Tutorial

Earlier this year I was commissioned to come up with a series of character illustrations for Cohort Pictures new film project; ‘ The Northern Mist ‘, a suspense horror set during the Roman occupation of Briton. The illustrations would be used to help the rest of the creative team cast the roles for the film, aid in costume design and provide a bit of promotional material to drum up interest from investors and audiences. It was a great chance to really flex my creative muscles and get into some good ol’fashioned doodling. My favourite piece to come out of this one was what I nicknamed the Lady Briton sketch, so I decided to run a quick step by step tutorial for anyone interested in how I took this illustration through from brief to final concept. The Brief So the brief for this character went something like this (and this is me paraphrasing pretty extensively)-
http://profilerehab.com/twitter-help/background_dimensions What should the dimensions be of a twitter background?

Twitter Background Dimensions

http://blog.deannaknippling.com/?p=4642

Blog Archive » Indie Publishing Heads’ Up: Cover Size Requirement Change

Starting June 14, Smashwords updated their requirements for covers to get into their Premium Catalog (worldwide distribution through Apple, etc.). They are planning ahead for requirement changes in August from Apple: Apple will start requiring that the covers be at least 1400 pixels on a side.
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Though there’s a broad variety of fonts available for download online, designers keep on tracing the fresh ones to enhance their design copy, a website, brochure, or even an advertisement in a brand new an’ awesome way.

50 Fresh Free Fonts of 2010

http://blog.templatemonster.com/2010/09/22/50-fresh-free-fonts/
http://designwoop.com/2011/10/10-useful-web-apps-for-designers/ DesignWoop welcomes this guest post by Tomas Laurinavicius .

10 Useful Web Apps for Designers

Love Is Making Its Way Back Home (Stop-Motion)

http://illusion.scene360.com/video/26866/love-is-making/#.UVTBm9F-P0M Production studio Prominent Figures used over 12,000 pieces of paper to animate Josh Ritter’s music video, “Love Is Making Its Way Back Home.” It was filmed frame-by-frame the old school way. “We had to determine ahead of time which images to cut as positives or negatives, how to anchor the cutouts to the paper frame that surrounds it so the pieces wouldn’t fall out, as well as a host of other problems. It was definitely the most labor intensive video we’ve been a part of,” [1] states Sam Cohen, concept designer.

Improve Your Google Search Skills [Infographic] - How-To Geek

Don’t limit yourself to just plugging in simple search terms to Google; check out this infographic and learn a search string search or two. http://www.howtogeek.com/98698/improve-your-google-search-skills-infographic/

MAKE | Play the Rings of a Tree Trunk Like a Record

<img src="http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/years_5cropped.jpg?
The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

In this category we want to give you an advice to other great sites, where you can get a lot of very useful information, inspirations and materials.

External Tip – 10 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials You Should See

24 Really Cool Photoshop Actions To Enhance Photography Photoshop actions are the best — they save time and make you more productive during post-processing.

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Following the huge success of last year’s “World’s Biggest Ever List of Graphic Design Blogs”, we’ve decided that we should turn it into an annual event – after all, more people than ever before are blogging and the talent pool continues to grow. This year, we’ve added in some additional categories including typography and image sourcing sites to help you along your way.

The BIGGEST ever list of design resources! - ProofHQ

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