Photoshop Tutorials: 60+ Hot New Tips

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of July 2010. You’ll find everything from creating awesome text made of 3D blocks in photoshop, to designing a beautiful cosmic space scene. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?

Want more articles on useful tutorials? Check out some of my previous post:

50+ Awesome Must See Photoshop Tutorials (Part1)

60+ Useful Tutorials From Around The Web

After Effects Tutorial: 60+ Kick Ass Effects

50 Hot New Tutorials (Part2)

Logo Design: 40+ Must Have Tutorials

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How To Create Vibrant Lighting Effects From Scratch

Incorporating lighting effects is a great way to bring energy and flow into your designs. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create some amazing lighting effects from scratch using a free open source program and then adding final touches to the image inside of Photoshop. [ Read More ]

Exclusive Freebie: VectorLab Sample Pack

I can’t think of a better way to start the week than some yummy free vectors, can you? Our friends at The Vector Lab have offered BittBox another exclusive freebie for everyone to enjoy. If you’ve never been to TheVectorLab.com, it’s a site that sells high quality, royalty free vectors on the cheap. (I especially like their engravings. They have some of the best engraved ornaments on the web) Open up your stock folder and add another file to your archive. You never know when you might need a spiderweb vector!

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10 creative design ideas for your electric plugs

One of my favorite aspects of design in general is that it helps to improve the most commons items of our daily life. The following electric plugs and concepts illustrate this quite well, they all try to improve the usability and/or the look-and-feel of an appliance we use every day. [+more]

30 articles & tutorials to improve your icon design skills

While it’s easy to find free icons on the Internet these days, the best way to make your website’s design unique is to create your own custom icons. If you have never done it or have little experience, you should definitely take a good look at these icon design tutorials and articles. [+more]