1STWD Editorial
How to Create a Sleek Wii Controller
Today we will be creating one of the most beautiful and evolutionary product. The Wii is a video game system made by Nintendo that has a unique interface that forces players to get physically involved in the game playing action. For creating a Wii Controller in Photoshop, you just need to know the basics of Photoshop to get a great result.
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The Ultimate Roundup of iPad Icons, Tutorials and PSDs
Since the iPad is Apple’s latest creation there’s bound to be many freebies for it and this article shows you the best of what is out there for your iPad (they’re free too!). For those of you who don’t know what an iPad is it is a tablet computer which has many key tasks such as browsing the web, email, sharing photos, watching videos, playing games, and reading digital book. The iPad also has many features including: Safari, App Store, iBooks, Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts and more. In this article we have written a round-up of iPad Icons, psds and tuts on how to draw it. Hopefully it will help you in future projects.
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30 Examples Of Great Slideshows In Web Design
A slideshow is a display of a series of chosen pictures, which is done for artistic or instructional purposes. One of the interesting trends today is representing the key information in slideshow presentation. There are many reasons to use a slideshow or image slider in your web designs as the key to smart strategic Web design is finding a smartest and interactive way to display your information to your visitors.
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Get Hired: 15 Best Job Boards for Freelancers
Nowadays financial issues seem to be a common problem, with everyone complaining about what difficult situations they’re in and how they have no money. Freelancers face the same problem as all other people. Projects are fewer, payments are very low and the request for work is enormous. To help freelancers in their search for work, here is a list of opportunities for everyone.
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How to Create Sleek Sliding Box Effect With jQuery
Today we’re going to create some sliding boxes effects built with jQuery and some CSS. Throughout this tutorial I’ll explain every line of used code with details, Hope you will enjoy this understand it easily.
If you want to follow along with the source files, you can download them by clicking here (*.zip archive). You can also take a look at the final demo here.
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7 Awesome Rules for Designing a Perfect Logo
A logo is that concept, symbol, graphic element that represents the main feature or the basic orientation of one company, site or product. In other words the logo is the element which provides feed-back to the potential customer.
The purpose of one logo is to make people say something like that:”Hey look at this, here we can buy swatches of the very high quality, I saw this symbol on the Tom’s swatch which is really fabulous, it shows the time with no error”. A great logo instantly connects the people with the product. For example the logo of Coca Cola is worldwide known, when you see the it’s logo, you immediately feel the taste of juice in your mouth.
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35+ Fresh And Well Designed Logos For Inspiration
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos are either purely graphic (symbols/icons) or are composed of the name of the organization (a logotype or word mark).
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Quick Photoshop Tutorial: Create A HD Television Icon
Hello and welcome to another Adobe Photoshop tutorial, today we are going to create a HD Television. I don’t think this tutorial and creation will be too difficult for you because I’ve put everything in easy to follow steps and tried to explain the best I could.If you have basic knowledge about Photoshop you should be able to easily keep up and let me guide you through this tutorial! Let’s get our hands dirty!
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Pros and Cons of Freelancing: A Passion or a Profession?
First of all we need to know what a freelancer is and what “freelancing” means? A freelancer is usually a self-employed person who works as a web designer, developer, content writer or even a blogger. More precisely, he contracts a small/medium (rarely large) task from various clients and receives money when the work is done. This means that, as a freelancer you can work at home while staying in your bed, anytime and keeping your own schedule.
Create A Stylish And Sleek Play-Station Portable Icon
In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll learn how to create a stylish and sleek-looking play station portable. This is very detailed, but advanced tutorial, so if you have basic knowledge and understanding about Photoshop you should be able to easily keep up and let me guide you through this PSP creation process. Each step is followed by screenshots to give you a better understanding. Note that you can always improve and add more details to such designs – it’s hard to understand at first when to stop and when less is more, but I am sure you will get those skills automatically after you’ve done several tutorials and some tweaking by yourself!
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