Daily Designs

New blog is up!

2009-09-22T15:54:00.001+01:00

Hey guys my new blog is upyou can view it here: http://think-creative.comxa.com/This blog will still be here but not be updated.

Thinking Process

2009-09-18T21:42:00.002+01:00

Another piece I am working on:Any idea's/comments?

WIP: Crystalised

2009-09-18T21:37:00.001+01:00

Hey guys,I'm trying to make a come-back here ;)I really want to try to make one post every sunday > probably about one of my artworks I am busy with/just have finished.Crystalised:Still working on it.Any tips?~http://www.think-creative.deviantart.com

A question to you...

2009-08-22T22:25:00.004+01:00

Hey readers!I have a question for you...I am planning to make a real website soon, but I want a cool name for it.Shall I just keep Daily Designs <-- just simply fantastic. Or do you have other thoughts.I want a mascot to actually so, what kind of mascot; animal, some living object or just human?I shall show you guys my template for my web site soon!Thanks for your attention~Stanley:PS: sorry for

The iQ font - Toyota

2009-08-10T17:25:00.002+01:00

Today on iLT (ilovetypography.com) I noticed an interesting post about a font made by an overhead camera and a car. You can view more in this movie:iQ font - When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo.Or just look at iLT or Toyota <-- you can download the font there too!

Awesome Ps plug-in list

2009-08-06T16:15:00.004+01:00

A quick post to refer to an awesome list of free plug-ins, mainly for photography, summed up for you by SmashingMagazine.You can click HERE to view the list.Source: SmashingMagazine

Back from Denmark!

2009-08-06T16:07:00.004+01:00

Hello to you all!I am back from Denmark and made some pretty awesome shots (atleast for my skill range), my first week of making actual photographs. Never made any of those kind before, never made any actual. Unless I had to for someone. Anyway I uploaded the 35 best photographs onto my Deviant Art account. They are all unedited.All 35 RAW photographs can be viewed HERE. Would be awesome if you

Holidays!

2009-07-24T14:54:00.002+01:00

Dear readers,Tomorrow I will be on a holiday for two weeks. (I am going to Denmark) After the holiday in Denmark I will come back posting once in a while. I will let you know if I have some nice pictures from the landscape there or urban stuff (Who knows)See you later!~Stanley

Typography Experiment

2009-07-24T14:43:00.003+01:00

Today I have been experimenting a bit with the layer styles of photoshop.The result:You can click on the image for the PSD-file.Feel free to share but please credit me!DeviantArt link - http://think-creative.deviantart.com/art/Darkness-Typoghraphy-130697739

Manipulation Basics - by Abduzeedo.com

2009-07-17T10:02:00.003+01:00

An awesome post by Abduzeedo about the Manipulation basics. This post is really worth checking out if you are just starting with making Photo manipulations.Check it out here or click on the image.

Deviant Art Artists + (Daily) Inspiration #14

2009-07-17T09:55:00.004+01:00

Some great artists I watch on Deviant Art will be featured in this post.Because of time shortage and argueing with the artists I chose to just fave the artwork and let you go to my gallery to look at it.The dA artists with awesome art I watch:Starsys - http://starsys.deviantart.com/Sugargrl14 - http://sugargrl14.deviantart.com/Visuasys - http://visuasys.deviantart.com/xxTJxx - http://

Just because I love Typography

2009-05-08T20:00:00.003+01:00

Okay, the title of this post is a bit weird, I just needed of think something original:Today on PSDtuts they have posted an awesome web round-up of uses of Typography. 53 of them to be exact.The post can be read HERE.

Photoshop Quick Tip #1

2009-05-04T09:05:00.005+01:00

As I was making some typography today, I actually put the wrong setting on something and created something I did not know yet.This effect is simple, so I decided to make it a ''quick tip'' instead of a whole tutorial.So here is the effect:So let's start:Way #1Just open up an image and type some text (with the text tool T). (Does not matter what colour)Then double click on the right side of the

No invites left.

2009-04-23T14:03:00.001+01:00

A minute ago, my last Dropular Invite has been given away.So you don't have to comment or e-mail me anymore.Just wanted to report it.Greetings,Stanley

After Effect tutorial: Disintegration

2009-04-17T19:29:00.005+01:00

Another amazing tutorial from VideoCopilot, which (if you do not already check it daily) has to be shared. It is a disintegration effect which can be useful for movie titles or obstacle burning.Check it out HERE.(EDIT: sorry for the broken inke (above) it is fixed now)

Some kind of news...

2009-04-16T19:54:00.004+01:00

I just wanted to let you know that I will keep in mind the screen width, of the visitors of Daily Designs, for my new website. Again I'm redesigning it because I want a more simplistic but yet elegant theme.A little graph from my tracking feed:

Web round-up: 124 tutorials

2009-04-16T18:07:00.003+01:00

Another post from today, a web round-up of 128 tutorials.Tutorials:55 Useful text-effects:25 Inspirational 3D type designs:44 Must learn Web Designs:

eBooks - Sitepoint.com

2009-04-16T18:04:00.004+01:00

The first time I have actually been searching for design magazines or web-books. On nettuts and twitter are some great references to websites. The on I personally like the most is Sitepoint, it gives you the opportunity to look into a free PDF sample of they books.Click HERE to view Sitepoint

Nettuts competition: Template Design

2009-04-16T12:19:00.002+01:00

A great contest on Nettuts where you have to design your own website template. Check it out HERE

Net-tutorial: PSD-HTML

2009-04-12T08:04:00.005+01:00

I have been searching a long the web to, good web tutorials for beginners, where everything is explained in almost the tiniest detail.Well, I have found those, I have found two of them, which are useful if you just want to begin a simple website. Both are on Nettuts.1. How to Convert a PSD to XHTMLpart 1 part 2part 3part 4: http://nettuts.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-convert-a-psd-to-xhtml/2.

Another Milestone: 2000!

2009-04-12T08:00:00.002+01:00

I am not going to make this post so complicated. I just want to thank you all for visiting :) soon there will be a new website, but this one will be still on line, but no new posts will be coming on here (but there).Anyway thank you all for visiting, ''We have just had our 2000th visitor! Hooray!''

Dropular Invite!

2009-04-10T09:02:00.002+01:00

Hey people,Today I have noticed that I am able to give a way an invite to someone to join Dropular (Invites are needed to post stuff there).As I have told before, Dropular is a sort of community which allows people to share their inspiration with others, so if you see a nice image you can click on the Drop Java-applet and click on the image you want to share. If you are interested, post a comment

Artist: Brad Colbow

2009-04-10T07:33:00.005+01:00

Today's favourite Artist is Brad Colbow, a great illustrator and web designer. He has two websites: The Brads (Comics and some illustrations) - and - Colbow Design (his web designs)Some examples of his comics (4)(click to enlarge):The Brads - ImpossibleThe Brads - CSS-godfatherThe Brads - CaptchaThe Brads - WiFiSource: http://www.bradcolbow.com/

Photoshop Experiment: White in Black

2009-04-04T10:54:00.008+01:00

Finally I have came back to posting, not as much as before but you have something to read now!Anyway back to the topic;First a little explanation:In my History classroom at my school there is a poster which shows a German Manifest which shows a piece of text with some parts made bold to show a face. But the weird thing is, this can't be done in word for two reasons;1. It takes too long to make a

How to: Specific Skill Improvement

2009-04-03T16:22:00.003+01:00

Today on PSDtuts there is posted an awesome post, which is definitely worth to share!The posts topic is about 5 different skills which are useful to get almost perfect.A small screenshot of the post (click on it for the actual article):Source: http://psd.tutsplus.com/

After Effects tutorial: Dramatic rain effect

2009-03-30T15:04:00.004+01:00

A few days ago, Aetuts published a new tutorial by Alex Verlan. In this tutorial he shows you how to make the dramatic/slow-motion rain effect.Preview:The actual tutorial can be seen here: Part one Part twoRequirements:Trapcode Particular (download the trial version here)Trapcode 3D Form (download the trial version here)Trapcode Shine (download the trial version here) Optional:Trapcode

Lack of posting

2009-03-18T17:58:00.002Z

Hello people,I'm sorry about the lack of posting these last few days/weeks hopefully not months yet. But I've been very busy with school and I already started my own website. So I hope when I'm done with ordering and designing the website that I can post there and you can follow Daily Designs further.I'm very sorry, and I've noticed that some of you left, I'm glad some stayed =D.Anyway here is a

After Effects tutorial: Flowerish Cinematic

2009-03-12T14:28:00.002Z

Today AEtuts has published another great tutorial about making an opening cinematic for your company/product.Click HERE for the tut

Artist: Jordy Roelofs

2009-03-11T16:33:00.003Z

Today I have seen great art from Jordy Roelofs. I think it is worthy to share with you all. So I went to da and searched for more of his work, his dA username is Visuasys. So some of his work:Oraqi EmpireFantasiaRush Hour

Photoshop tutorial: Image Manipulation

2009-03-07T08:37:00.004Z

Today Web Designer Depot posted a great summary of 20 Photoshop Montage tutorials.20 Beautiful Photoshop Montage tutorials

Web/Net tutorials

2009-03-07T08:13:00.009Z

Over a while I have been searching for tutorials to create a website and a better lay-out. So I was just searching on the web when I came to the following (5) tutorials and handy websites:1. WPdesigner - How to create a Wordpress theme2. Part Digital Design - from PSD to HTML3. NetTuts - How to create a Wordpress theme4. NetTuts - from PSD to HTML5. Web Designer Depot - full of tips and tricks

Gimp tutorials

2009-03-04T19:00:00.002Z

Since this is a blog about digital design in general I thought I should include some nice tutorials for gimp too. (Probably not much unless you want too, if so include in comment) I will take some from Gimp tutorials.These 8 tutorials will learn you how to create:a Fireball+explosiona Circle Light effectTropical Typographya Fragile piecea Polaroid CollageSleek glowing linesa Nice Parrot Image

Upgrade: Read more

2009-03-03T15:39:00.003Z

A few days ago I was searching for some help to get these ''Read more...'' links. It was pretty hard to find one which worked, but I wanted one, because long posts on the main page is just annoying. Though it still needs to be enhanced I already put it in.You will see such a link (see bottom of the post (there is nothing to reade more though))Most of the time I will announce when there is more in

How to: Blog Improvement

2009-03-03T04:00:00.000Z

Today I have found some great posts on Tutorial9 about making an efficient blog. This posts makes me realise that I need to do some things too.Anyway I found 5 posts:Usability tips SEO Strategy Cons of video tutorials A unique website header Understand your viewers

Video of the Week #4

2009-03-02T04:00:00.002Z

50 stop motion videos on SmashingMagazine. Most of them are really amazing!Click HERE to view the post

Blog news: February 2009

2009-02-28T23:55:00.005Z

This month we had ups and downs if you look at the unique visitors coming. THe beginning went bad the number of visitors per day dropped to 10-15 but half a way it became more until 20-25 and some high peaks which reached up to 40! In January I said we also had some new features coming. Well the freebies are here, but the portfolio is a problem... Anyway I have redesigned the blog too. If any

Freebies: Textures

2009-02-28T04:00:00.000Z

Texture love offers amazing textures for free download. Their storage has textures from colours to natural and synthetic substances. Click HERE to view their website.

Daily Inspiration #13

2009-02-27T04:00:00.000Z

Today I have seen great Typographic Inspiration on Designer Revolution. He has made a summary of great images which include 3D typography.A few great examples:Source: http://designers-revolution.blogspot.com/2008/03/3d-text-effect-tutorials-inspirations.html

Freebies: Free Wordpress themes

2009-02-26T04:00:00.000Z

Today I have discovered free wordpress themes on DesignDisease. They are published under the Creative Commons Non-commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.The free WordPress themes can be downloaded and tested HERE.Source: http://designdisease.com/portfolio/

Video of the Week #3

2009-02-25T04:00:00.001Z

Today one of the featured videos on Vimeo was Science machine by Chad Pugh. He made a time lapse from screenshots made each 5 seconds from several months of work and put it into a video of 7 minutes!Science Machine from Chad Pugh on Vimeo.The 36" x 24" print can be purchased at my new store! http://store.thebigpugh.comThis piece inspired the login illustration that vimeo commissioned from me for

Awesome portfolio webdesigns

2009-02-24T04:00:00.009Z

In the time I have been searching on the net for my daily inspiration, I have bookmarked 7 portfolios:Studio7DesignsShinyBinaryNoiseFreakN.Design StudioDragon InteractiveDesignDiseaseJustin Bird Sources: Included above the particular screen shot of the website

Create beautiful word clouds

2009-02-23T04:00:00.001Z

Today I have discovered this great website which makes cool word clouds for you. The only thing you need to do is fill in the words, enter your website or enter your del.icio.us user name. It will create a random word cloud, but if you're not happy with it you can click Randomize for another result.The wordle website:My result:

Freebies: Widescreen Wallpapers

2009-02-22T04:00:00.000Z

Today I have discovered a great website which offers free resources for ''noobs''. It is called Noobr and can be viewed HERE. Now, the freebies; it are 45 awesome wide-screen wallpapers. Click HERE to see which they offer (for free!).

Illustrator tutorial: Design with Swirls

2009-02-21T04:00:00.002Z

Today I have discovered a great beginners tutorial for Adobe Illustrator. In the tutorial you will learn how to make your own Art Brushes and how to use them in a good way.The end result:The tutorial can be viewed HERE.Source: http://www.myinkblog.com/

Artist: James White

2009-02-20T04:00:00.013Z

One of my favourite artists is definitely James White. He makes fantastic from vectors to image manipulations. He has even written some tutorials. Not much more to say, just take a look of my favourite images:A Signal Odyssey, Part 2Ancient of Days 1-3WolvesBlack Glass I and IIDagger WoodsAdditional links about James White:Who is James White, Gallery, Flickr, Behance and Facebook. Source: James

Never steal content!

2009-02-19T04:00:00.002Z

Today I've read another post on Elite by Design and I just needed to spread the words.Quote from Brian on Elite by Design''Today I received an email from a reader of Web Design Tuts informing me that someone had republished one my first tutorials on another site. I checked it out, and there...''to read the rest of this article, click HERE.Source: And this is why you don't steal online content -

Video of the Week #2

2009-02-18T04:00:00.003Z

Love and Sockets is a cool video I found on several websites.Love and sockets:

How to: Photoshop Quick Tips

2009-02-17T04:00:00.004Z

I have been searching through some old posts at Abduzeedo and have passed by some interesting photoshop posts.Photoshop Quick Tips #1Photoshop Quick Tips #2Photoshop Quick Tips #3Photoshop Quick Tips #4They are just quick tips, which give a nice result to your images.Source: http://abduzeedo.com/

Artist: Peter Jaworowski

2009-02-16T04:00:00.002Z

Today I have found an amazing Post at Abduzeedo. It shows some of the great work of Peter Jaworowski, who has done a lot of ads for popular brands, such as Nike, Nokia, Samsung, Fanta etc. The post can be seen HERE. More of his work can be seen on his own website [link]

Dropular

2009-02-15T06:00:00.003Z

A few days ago a friend of mine (Hafidz) told me about Dropular.net. It is a great website where a large amount of artist post their work and inspiration. One disadvantage for you may be than you can't just sign up, you need to be invited. Though this is an advantage too, because in this way you don't get the bad images on a good website.I haven't dropped much yet, but if you're interested in my

50 Insanely Good Vector-based Web Designs!

2009-02-14T06:00:00.000Z

Today I have discovered another great article by VectorTuts, about great vector-based web designs.A few previews:Whole article can be seen HERE.

1000th unique visitor!

2009-02-13T12:12:00.002Z

Good news, we just have had our 1000th visitor!Congratulations and thanks for reading, more post will be following!

Daily Inspiration #12

2009-02-13T08:00:00.001Z

Today's inspiration is about manipulating people (In images of course). I was searching DeviantArt and over a period of time I made some faves. They inspired me greatly and soon I want to try to do something like that (Don't expect too much of me)My faves can be seen on DeviantArt (Click on the people folder for the inspiration of today)A few previews:Falling Star: by Knarf-artLiving Waters: By

Useful websites for designers

2009-02-12T08:00:00.006Z

Today I have found helpful websites for you to find inspiration, download freebies and more.FreebiesDock - A website with a lot of freebiesPleaseCritiqueMe - A website to get feedback from other designersTheServed - A couple of sites to get inspiration from.Envato - A network of websites; marketplaces, tutorials and inspiration.SixRevisions - A website about designing (like abduzeedo)

3D Typography

2009-02-11T08:00:00.001Z

3D typography has been inspiring me a lot lately, so the images on Marcofolio.net have helped me greatly. The list of more than 20 images about 3D typography + 5 tutorials about it (on Marcofolio) can be viewed HERE.

Daily Inspiration #11

2009-02-10T08:00:00.001Z

Today I have been pointed to a cool site which as creative image to inspire people who are making artworks. The site is called ''Inspire me, Now!'' . Click HERE to view it.

Photoshop tutorial: Alien Invasion

2009-02-09T08:00:00.001Z

Today I have found a great tutorial about making a flooded landscape into a scary alien invasion seen. Click HERE to view it.Start:Result:

Daily Inspiration #10

2009-02-08T08:00:00.000Z

Todays inspiration is about 3D typography.Some great examples I have found on DeviantArt:''Art-line'' by Luuqas:''Typography on a hill'' by BloodyHippo:''Everybody loves typography'' by Luybax:

Photoshop tutorial: Mystique web design

2009-02-07T12:29:00.002Z

A few days ago, PSDtuts has posted a free tutorial about making a cool web design from scratch.Click HERE to see the tutorial. Image resource: PSDtuts

Daily Inspiration #9

2009-02-02T14:34:00.005Z

Great work from Brandon Charles on BehanceNetwork. Brandon Charles has designed some great Typography. His own website can be viewed HERE.An example:More of Brandon's work: Brandon Charles Designs Portfolio

School Project: War Photography/Paint

2009-02-01T14:30:00.003Z

The coming 5 weeks we (Me and some friends) have to research questions like; ''What is the importance of War Photography'', ''How does war photography affect people in foreign, peaceful countries'', ''How are artists related to the war'', ''What are the main differences between old and new war images'' and ''Do extreme destruction and death make a good war photograph''. When I and my friends are

Blog news: January 2009

2009-02-01T11:00:00.003Z

Dear Readers =D,Great news for the first month of 2009.*Number of visitors (unique) increasing!*Posts, more and more coming January posts, double number of the posts of Decembre!*New features coming soon Like freebies, wallpaper and maybe a real portfolio!Thanks for visiting and reading my blog. I'll try to keep you entertained!

Video of the Week #1

2009-01-28T17:43:00.009Z

The droste effect is a really cool method of making multiple repetitions in a spiral form. In this cool video it is showed how it works."Clap Your Brains Off" Mexican Droste Videoclip from Frank Beltrán on Vimeo.Video Description by Frank Beltrán''This video uses a mathematical formula based upon an image Escher did (The Print Gallery), known in these days as the "Droste Effect".This is my first

After Effects tutorial: Opening cinematic

2009-01-27T15:05:00.003Z

AEtuts.com has just posted a new great tutorial about making a cool opening cinematic. It has free scripts (plug-ins) for you to download and it will extend your skills in After effects.Tutorial part 1 Tutorial Part 2

Photoshop tutorial: Texturing faces

2009-01-24T21:45:00.012Z

Requirements: PhotoshopIn this tutorial I am going to show you how to make a textured face.The result will be something like this:So let's start: Step 1We start by downloading the face and the stone texture. And opening them in photoshop.Put the face-layer beneath the texture-layer (put the texture layermode to Multiply)Step 2Still on the texture-layer, select only the skin with your favourite

After Effects Experiment: Motion blur

2009-01-24T11:48:00.008Z

Daily Designs v1 from Daily Designs on Vimeo.Experiment on making a little video for my blog. Thanks Andrew Kramer for the great tutorial on http://videocopilot.net/ , improvement will follow soon.An earlier experiment on a bit lower quality.

After Effects tutorial: SureTarget 1.5

2009-01-23T19:16:00.009Z

Great news from VideoCopilot.net they have updated their SureTarget plug-in, new features. And in this project they have included all their Plug-Ins so far! So go on and see it on VideoCopilot.Their free plug-ins(included in project package tutorial 83. Presets & More) :3D Fall Off3D OrbitAfter ShakeAspect RatioBloomDay for NightEasy ReflectionsFast Film GrainFilm FadeFPS ConverterGradient

Photoshop Tutorial; Terra Typography

2009-01-23T15:10:00.002Z

Hello readers,Today I have seen a cool tutorial. It's about making a cool bright 3D text with some doodads around it. I know it sounds kinda boring but the result is amazing! So why not take a look?Tutorial: Terra Typography

Daily Inspiration #8

2009-01-18T10:23:00.009Z

Can't remember when I exactly found these amazing images. (I know it was before I started this blog) Anyway I have discovered them on Evoke (tm). Evoke has several authors which make incredible creative designs. It is quite inspiring to see their different styles. ''This was the first image which I saw and search further for.''A few websites about Evoke:

After effects tutorial: SureTarget plug-in

2009-01-18T09:30:00.006Z

VideoCopilot has made a cool new plug-in for After Effects. It's called SureTarget and can be used to get your camera from point to point, without twitching the position settings. Click HERE to see the tutorial.Image source: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/energetic_titles/

Daily Inspiration #7

2009-01-16T19:20:00.006Z

Now I finally have 3 great tools to make graphic designs, I have more inspiration (to find). So as I was searching for some good vector/cartoon character creating tutorials, I came to some good ones (inspirational too)You might take a look at:My own created Vector BunnyGreat interviews, tutorials and inspiration on VectorTutsGreat tutorials on Vectorials

Photoshop Tutorial: 3D text Effect

2009-01-16T08:56:00.024Z

Requirements: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoshopResult:Step 1The 3D text is made in illustrator (or any other program). So pick the type tool and type your text.Letter By Letter!Then Align all the letters, by clicking on the ’’align bottom’’ buttonAdd the 3D effect by adding ‘’Extrude & Bevel’’ (Effect>3D>Extrude & Bevel)Just random rotate the cuboid to get a nice result.Step 2Now lets copy the

Daily Inspiration #6

2009-01-13T13:51:00.009Z

Todays Inspiration is about Logo Designing. As I am more and more into designing typography I thought logos would be interesting. So I have googled around and found these amazing Logo Design websites.Take a look at:LogoPondLogo of the DayImage Source: http://logopond.com/''Contact the administrator of LogoPond if you want to use the image''

Photoshop Experiment #2

2009-01-10T22:26:00.008Z

As I was designing a logo for my blog, I came out with a different appearance than I wanted. So I went on and came out with these two images.Tutorial which would be appropriate for this experiment: tutorial about 3D textIf you want a tutorial about the images, please leave a comment behind and I will see what I can do for you!

Milestone: the hundreth Unique Visitor!

2009-01-09T06:33:00.004Z

Congratulations to you all! Today we've reached a milestone. We have just passed the 100 unique visitors :)So I thank you all for visiting, I shall try to keep the posts coming about graphic designs!

How to: Improve your designing skills

2009-01-07T16:24:00.010Z

I have found an interesting post from PSDtuts. They are all about improving your designing skills (e.g. tips for Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, or other (free) software)Today I will show you a few of these links, to get you started.PSDtuts: 10 Step to Improve Your Photoshop SkillsGMZ DesignMaster rules:Rule 1: FontsRule 2: ColoursRule 3: ContrastRule 4: SpacingRule 5: DepthGMZ: What makes

Kinetic Typography

2009-01-05T17:09:00.015Z

After a few months making designs with photoshop I decided to focus mainly on advanced typography (Typography in motion, effects with typography, logo's etc.). So at the moment I am searching for some video's which show cool designs of typography in motion and images of advanced typography.A few examples I have been searching for:Dutch commercial from AchmeaCitizen Cope - Let The Drummer Kick (

After Effects tutorial: Kinetic Typography

2009-01-03T16:19:00.006Z

Today I have noticed a very cool and relatively simple tutorial on AEtuts.com. It is about making the cool typographic effectt: Kinetic Typography also called Text in Motion.At the moment I am making something like that step by step. It takes a long time to get every piece aligned very well and every word has his own layer. But when I'm done I will show you the result.

Photoshop Experiment #1: Misc Typography

2009-01-01T19:33:00.015Z

This is not a tutorial, but just something I found out in Photoshop CS4, which I wanted to share. So it is not as accurate explained as a tutorial.As I was making a Gift for my friend on gimper.net (Shadow).1. So I started with the background, Just black and putting red spots (scattered all around).2. Then just played around with blur, finally I took shape blur and took the following shape:3.

New source of inspiration: Adobe After Effects

2008-12-31T18:18:00.004Z

I have found a new source of inspiration, Adobe After Effects CS4. I regularly look on PSDtuts.com which now has a new site AEtuts.com. It is still fresh so it has to be build up but they already have some nice tutorials like the Smokey Signature. So why not take a look.

Daily Inspiration #5

2008-12-28T10:13:00.006Z

I have found some interesting inspiration today, it is one is about photo manipulating in a futuristic way. The following images include this futuristic way of photo manipulating.Source: http://www.worth1000.com/

Daily Inspiration #4

2008-12-24T14:24:00.006Z

Todays inspiration is about waterworld. It is amazing how people make images which look real but are not possible, unless the enhanced greenhouse effects will get too bad. Here are some examples:

Daily Inspiration #3

2008-12-22T21:15:00.005Z

Todays inspiration is about Game Art. It is interesting how they use surreality in combination with reality, like normal people but then with a background which is not possible or strange clothing.Here are some examples from GuildWars.com: GuildWars screenshots(Screenshots not shown on web blog because of plagiarism)

Photoshop tutorial: Light text effect

2008-12-21T11:16:00.003Z

Hello dear readers, this time I am going to show you how to make this light text effect. (Click on images to make them bigger) (For this tutorial I have only used Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended but I'm sure this tutorial can be used in previous versions or other design editors too)Requirements: Adobe Photoshop Step 1The first thing we need to do is creating a background for our image. So create a

Daily Inspiration #2

2008-12-20T14:37:00.002Z

Todays inspiration is about photo manipulation. On PSDtuts.com I have found some interesting examples:

Photoshop tutorial: Glowing Typography

2008-12-20T01:14:00.003Z

In the following tutorial we are going to make some nice glowing letters.So go and sit comfortable for the tutorial.(Requirements: Adobe Photoshop)Result:This is my first tutorial, done a long time before, so no images are included. Though I hope you can manage.Hello people,How to make a glowing text (Example)(images for this tutorial will be added later on)Step one: The layer masksa) Make a new

Daily Inspiration #1

2008-12-19T13:45:00.001Z

Todays inspiration is about landscapes. Mixing colours, tenderness and darkness in nature.Here are some pictures: Source: Favourites of: http://think-creative.deviantart.com/

About me

2008-12-19T12:15:00.005Z

Hello and welcome to Daily Designs. My name is Stanley and I would like to present my designs and daily inspiration to you almost every day.I come from the Netherlands but I'd rather speak English.My interests are; playing the piano and designing graphics.If you want your work here, have requests or just want to chat; contact me at: stanleyjmm[]at[]yahoo.com