Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials

Knowing how to create custom brushes in Photoshop is a vital tool for every designer. It is a pretty easy technique that really only takes a few minutes to learn. Today, I am going to teach you just that. First,  you will learn how to create a standard custom brush in Photoshop and then, I am going to show you how to apply this technique to create your very own custom smoke brush in Photoshop. Follow the steps below and watch the helpful video tutorials as well. Good luck!

Textures are used a lot by web and print designers alike. Textures are often subtly added to the background of designs to spice them up and give them more depth. Luckily for us, there are tons of excellent free textures available on the web. Here are just a few great textures that I have found on the web and that I want to share with you. Click on the images if you want to download the textures. Enjoy!

There are truly some amazing poster designs out there where print designers cleverly use type to convey their message. Typography, when used creatively in print design, can strongly influence the reader and leave them with a lasting impression of your work. Today, I want to share some incredible typography-based poster designs with you in hopes that they inspire you to create something beautiful.

After all of the kafuffle faced by the Gap over their new logo these past two weeks, the Gap has finally done something right. Amidst all this mayhem, the Gap has finally started to hype their new Gap Body Fit collection that was launched in September. Trying to compete with other women’s sportswear brands like Lululemon, the Gap Body Fit collection is geared towards the modern, sporty and active woman.

Script fonts are so beautiful. They are my favourite font type because they are so simple, ornate and elegant. Paired with a lovely sans-serif font, script fonts really add a nice contrast and that special pop to your design.

There are some really spectacular script fonts that come with every computer. Edwardian Script and Bickham Script, for example, are both fabulous script fonts that can add an incredible accent to your design. Sometimes however, you may want to add something more distinct to your design. Here are a few other wonderful script fonts that you can download on our blog for free. Take a minute to indulge your design desires and savour these fantastic script fonts!