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As some of you might know lately there was an article on Smashing Magazine where they asked their readers to create a wallpaper calendar. And they gave them full creativity without limitations. Only that they had to put a calendar in and have the resolutions of a wallpaper. I, ViniMan who’ve written a few articles here on photoshopblog, made also one called Bearwitness.
The most great thing of all is that they’ve featured my wallpaper, Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: April 2008.
You’re probably all wondering why I’m telling you this, well I created a little walkthrough/tutorial about the wallpaper itself.

(download for the package)

Some parts of this tutorial could be probably unclear. I don’t want that people just copy paste stuff, it’s too easy than. You’ve got to have inspiration yourself, how to place objects for getting a good composition, etc. Though I want people to learn techniques that I use. That’s why some parts of this walkthrough are still more tutorial-like. Come and follow me through this! Read the rest of this entry »

As I was stumbling through the net today I found this load of textures on a blog named defcon-x. Not only they are free, but also super high quality 720 DPI scans. All kinds of wood plates your able to use in your designs.This is one to keep in your bookmarks for sure!

Ever wondered how to create that planets photographers make once in a while. Well Dirk Paessler explains that very well on his photo blog. The techniques you’ve got the use in photoshop and some advices. Technically it’s very easy, but you don’t have to make photoshop do all the work. A good eye for cropping is necessary!

Well give it a go. Tutorial : Create your own planets.