Archives for 2011

What is Lomography

It’s amazing how the world of photography has grown in just a short amount of time. It seems like only yesterday that I got my first SLR manual camera and started taking pictures like a pro. Of course I wasn’t and I am still just an amateur. But today, you don’t have to be a […]

WordPress Mondays: Anatomy of a WordPress Theme

This week’s Wordprss article is  about the layout of a wordpress theme. Last week, I wrote an article about Yoast’s Anatomy of a WordPress Cheat Sheet at WordPress Junkies and why its so important to know the layout of a WordPress theme. Why is Knowing the Layout of a WordPress Theme Important? It’s important to […]

Blog Engage is Offering a Free One Year Membership At Elegant Themes

Today I want to let everyone know that Blog Engage is offering a free giveaway and that give away is a one year membership at Elegant Themes. The one year membership will be paid by Brian, owner of Blog Engage. This membership will give you access to Elegant Themes all year. This means you will […]

WordPress Mondays: StudioPress Releases Scrible 1.0 Child Theme

Earlier this month StudioPress released another great skin for the Genesis Framework. That new theme is the Scribble child theme. This theme has seven color styles (blue green, lavender, orange, pink, red, and teal), 3 layout options, custom header, feature images, fixed width, theme, and threaded comments. This skin has a classic look with a […]

Mash Up #19: Topics in Freelance, SEO Photography, Photoshop Resources, WordPress, and Inspirational Art

Its been about a month since our last Mash up, but I have been collection some create articles since the last one was published. This week’s Mash Up has 10 great articles with a few bonus articles that in topics of freelance, SEO, photography, photoshop resources, WordPress, and two great inspirational articles that are about […]

Best Photoshop Tutorials Created in August

It’s the start of a new month, so its time list some of the best Photoshop tutorials created last month. Normally, we try and post this lists in the last few days of the month. But with the schedule and timing issues, we didn’t have time to start on this article until early this morning. […]

WordPress Mondays: Learn How Easy it can be to Create CSS Buttons with MaxFoundry’s WordPress Plugin

Web designers and web marketers love navigation buttons and call to action buttons. These buttons, if designed correctly, can point readers towards important content, products, and subscriber list forms. Buttons are only as good as they a designed. Well designed buttons can help drive traffic to where you want. Whereas, a poorly designed button won’t […]

Google Plus Cheat Sheet

Its been almost two months since the Google Plus Network was released and so far it taking the social media community by storm. We are seeing major probloggers and social media guys leaving Facebook and other sites for Google Plus. If you haven’t made the move yet or just made that move, then you need […]

55 High Quality Vintage Paper Textures

This week’s free high quality textures come from Brusheezy. Brusheezy is a site designed to share and promote your Photoshop brushes and other Photoshop-related resources. After adding all the textures to the round up, I noticed they are all by the same artist, witchy_13, who has a lot of great texture packs shared. For more […]

ThesisAwesome Just Launched the Product Skin!

A few weeks ago my good friend Hesham from ThesisAwesome sent me an early copy of his new Thesis Skin, Product Skin, to test out, give him my thoughts, and do a review of the product on release day. After setting up a new test domain, setting up Thesis, installing the Product  Skin over the […]

QuickTip: How to Add Bullet Points in a PhotoShop Windows Environment

Recently I deiced to redesign my business cards. To do that, I would use Photoshop to create the graphics and to blend the layers. Then once I was happy with the design, I would add the content to the design. During the process of adding the text, I decided to use bullet points to separate […]

5 Free High Quality Paint Splatter and Spill Textures

This week’s textures are from several different sites and they are all paint splatters and spills.  All of them have creative commons licenses but make sure to check each sites rules. Some may require credit or do not allow commercial use. High Quality Paint Splatters and Spill Textures Paint Splatter From BitBox’s Free Texture Tuesday. […]