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2012-02-19T22:12:00.001-08:00

Adobe Air has become a very popular platform for internet-enabled desktop applications and it has been really useful for Web designers and developers. It allows you to use HTML, Ajax, and Flash to build efficient and state-of-the-art desktop apps.

Companies like eBay, National Geographic and Nickelodeon use the free Adobe AIR to create exciting new apps permitting the user to use their services on their desktop. Using Adobe AIR apps you’ll be able to tackle everything from image editing and color scheme management to batch processing images, debugging, wireframing and browser testing. So, here are 10 of the best Adobe AIR applications for Web Designers, Developers and Graphic Designers. Enjoy!

30 Creative and Stylish Gothic Fonts

2012-02-19T22:10:00.001-08:00

Kingthings Spikeless

By: Kingthings
Licensed as: unknown
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Cloister Black

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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Blackletter

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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AnglicanText

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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English Gothic, 17th c.

By: Lord Kyl MacKay
Licensed as: Freeware
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Deutsch Gothic

By: James Fordyce
Licensed as: Freeware
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HansaGotisch

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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Deutsche Zierschrift

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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Diamond Gothic

By: James Fordyce
Licensed as: Freeware
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Washington Text

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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Argor Got Scaqh

By: JP Mallaroni
Licensed as: Freeware
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Bayern

By: Starving-4Entertainment
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Bayreuth

By: Ernst Schneidler
The license information for this font is unknown.
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Bionique

By: Richard Willian Mueller
Licensed as: Freeware
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Black Castle

By: Richard Willian Mueller
Licensed as: Freeware
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Boeretudor

By: Apostrophic Lab
Licensed as: Freeware
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Broken Planewing

By: Mr Fisk
Free for personal use
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Cantebriggia

By: Paul Lloyd
Licensed as: Freeware
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Old London

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Freeware
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Deadly Breakfast

By: Mr Fisk
Free for personal use
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Cantara Gotica

By: Manfred Klein
Licensed as: Freeware
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Cuxhaven Times

By: Manfred Klein
Licensed as: Freeware
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Dearest

By: West Wind Fonts
Licensed as: Freeware
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Faith Collapsing

By: Dieter Steffmann
Licensed as: Creative Commons (by-nc) Attribution Non-commercial
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Diploma

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Manuskriptgotisch

By: CybaPee Creations
Licensed as: Freeware
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Duerers Minuskeln

By: Manfred Klein
Licensed as: Freeware, commercial use requires donation
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A Gothique Time

By: Fie Clarke
Free for personal use
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Perry Gothic

By: De Nada Industries
Licensed as: Shareware
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Proclamate

By: Paul Lloyd
Licensed as: Freeware
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Typography Font for your Designs

2012-02-17T22:11:00.000-08:00

In designing, you will surely use typography for it is an important element of design. Whatever you are working on, may it be for graphic design or web design, type plays a vital role. It is used in order to say something and to convey information to the target audience. Since it is a design element, typography font also has their own elements that make each one unique and appealing. Typography font design elements are added beauty to your works as they serve as communication tools to the audience. Due to the variation of typography font, some designers find it hard to choose the right font and typeface for their design.
After you have studied and known the basic things about typography, you may come up with the dilemma of choosing your font. Some can achieve good use of type merely by looking at what other designers are using. But isn’t it better to know how you can choose the ones that are appropriate for your design? Today, we will give you tips on how to choose the right typography font for your designs. May this be a great help to you.

1. Know your design concept.

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It is important to know this first before anything else. If you are designing a wedding invitation, then you will use fonts for weddings that are usually stylish and uses curves. If you are designing a business card for a cartoonist, then you can use a font that suits a cartoonist’s style. Do not just immediately use a font just because it looks good for you. Try to look into the concept of the design. If it is masculine, then use masculine font, so on and so forth.

2. Know your goal.

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You would need to know what your client wants the audience to see when they see the design. Most of the time, it is the client that tells you how they want their audience to react. You can look for a font style or a typeface that can give you this impact to the audience. With this in mind, you will surely be able to get the right font you need.

3. The visual aesthetics.

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Of course, you would consider this in choosing a font. You will not use a font style that doesn’t look good in your design. As you look into the beauty of a font, try making sure also that it is apt for your goal. Also, see to it that the different font styles you will use will work well together.

4. Consider the mood of the type.

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Every type has different moods. There are those that look creepy while some look romantic. You can also evoke different emotions to those reading it. Some can even make their readers panic while others can make them feel calm. There are varying emotional responses from every font. So, you have to see to it that you have used the right one.

5. Create your typography hierarchy.

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Typographic hierarchy refers to the different levels of importance your design choices use to the information you’re trying to relay. You may have different font for your heading, sub-heading, body, call-outs and others. Choose the fonts and typefaces that work well together. Be sure that the audience will be able to identify which one is the body, heading, and others. You can achieve this by using varying sizes and contrasting typefaces.

6. The space available for type.

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You also need to consider the space you will need to fill in your text because every kind of type occupies a different amount of space. You can achieve the right one by comparing which one takes up more spaces in the design. It now depends on you if you want it to use more spaces or fewer spaces.

7. The legibility of the type.

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See to it that the typeface you have chosen is legible. If not, then it is not the one you need. Legibility and readability is different because legible refers to font’s design element. You can attain a legible type by using ample spaces in between and by choosing simpler font styles for long reads. Decorative fonts can be used for shorter texts but when you are having more words, use the simpler ones so that it can be legible.

8. Choose your type category.

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There are different font type categories that you can choose from. It could be Sans Serif, Decorative, Modern, Slab Serif, Script and many others. Determine which category suit to your design. Make sure that these can deliver the message you intend to convey to the audience.

9. The readability of the type.

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It would be useless to use a typography font that is beautiful but not readable. When we talk about readability, it refers to the combination of the impact of all the elements in your font. You can say that it is successful when one is not finding it hard to read the words and can easily understand it in first glance. You can achieve readability by using the right colors, having apt tracking, leading, spacing and alignment.

10. Use limited typography fonts.

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Do not make it look like a circus of fonts. Limit the font styles you will use. This way, your design will look simple but readable, legible and easy to the eyes. You can actually use those font styles that you usually use for your projects. This way, you know that it will really work for you had been using it for a lot of times.

11. Experiment creatively.

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Nothing is wrong if you use different typography fonts together and experiment which ones will be the right one. You can pick those that appeals to you and could give the right design intent of the project. It would be fun experimenting and you will also be able to discover new fonts that you will love.

12. Look at other’s work.

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Try looking for inspiration and ideas from the finished work of other designers. You can look at what font styles and typefaces they are using. It can serve as reference for you. You will be able to determine if it looked good that way or not.

It’s Your Turn Now

There are different ways on how you could choose the right typography font for your design. When you have chosen, make sure that they look good together and would convey the message and intent that you want. Can you tell us how you choose your fonts for your designs?

15 Awesome Dark Portfolio

2012-02-17T22:09:00.001-08:00

Portfolio is a collection of works on different areas; either you’re designer, developer, photographer, or an artist, everyone who got talent need a portfolio to showcase their work on it.

Portfolio Websites should be well designed because an online portfolio is the symbol of your business or service. In this post I am going to showcase some really well designed dark portfolio website designs for the inspiration of web designers, that will help you to have an idea about dark portfolios, if you’re starting recently on designing websites.

Baker

I Love Dust

Deziner Folio

Josh Fabian

Valentijn Bruning

Heady Design

5am Media

Singapore Graphic Designers

Vision Studios Design

The Devil’s Garage

Tocquigny

Steven Gaffin

Deth Design

Timothy Clark

Expository Icon Design Tutorials for Photoshop

2012-01-31T23:30:00.001-08:00

Icons are a most-valuable part of web design. In many cases we can buy icons or download free ones, though infrequently we might need to exhale tradition icons to get accurately what we need. Fortunately, there are a lot of tutorials out there that go by a routine of designing an icon. Graphic Designers mostly use Photoshop for carry on their professional activities.

In this post we’ll feature 15 tutorials for designing icons in Photoshop.

Create an Apple Safari Icon in Photoshop

Creating a Digital Tablet Icon

How to Create a Detailed Gauge Icon in Photoshop

How to Create a Vibrant Radar Icon in Photoshop

Create an Open Book Icon in Photoshop

Creating a Paint Brush Icon

How to Draw a Vintage Polaroid Camera Icon

Create a Google Docs Icon

Create a Cardboard Box Icon in Photoshop

How to Create a 3D House Icon with Photoshop

How to Make a Professional Buddy Icon in Photoshop

Created a Detailed Camera Icon in Photoshop

How to Make a 3D Folder Icon in Photoshop

How to Create a 3D Book Icon in Photoshop

Amazing Examples of Macro Photography

2012-01-31T23:23:00.001-08:00

James Cameron Abyss by Joao Encarnacao

Ration by Andiyan Lutfi

Soup Time by Brizadly Arifin

Still Life Macro by Hubert Kosmowski

Kroma 02 by waugh

Perch by Andiyan Lutfi

Polyommatus icarus by KoenEeckhoudt

Blue fun by Heidi Westum

Partners in Crime by Roeselien Raimond

Liquid Gold by Mel Brackstone

Pull here pull there by Andiyan Lutfi

France by slyAE33

My water world by Hubert Kosmowski

Vibrant World by Billie Jo Moscherosch

Cherry bomb by naked-in-the-rain

Really Cool and Creative Error 404 Pages

2012-01-31T23:21:00.000-08:00

Having a creative Error 404 page would be as important as having great contents. An effective 404 error pages communicate why a particular page couldn’t be displayed and what is the next option for the users to do. 404 pages are the best way to boost the experience of the website visitors. You may design a 404 page that not only defines the character of the web site or the designer, as well as makes it a pleasure and surprise for the visitors.

Elegant 404 pages can point your visitor in a right direction; and also offer a chance to connect via social networks. If you don’t have a 404 Error page on your blog or website, you should probably start thinking of creating a best one. Meet fifteen of the most attractive 404 pages from around the web. Enjoy!

24-7media

wulffmorgenthaler

xhtmlkitchen

Twurn

Surfingonstatic

Springload

Patterntap

Gog

Jhuskisson

Davidhellmann

800+ Free Intricate Plaid Patterns to Enhance your Designs

2012-01-31T23:14:00.001-08:00

Pattern

Shades of brown in a pattern that you can use for a little classic touch.
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Pattern 46

Gray criss-crossed lines makes this pattern simple.
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Plaid Pastel

Pastel colors for crossing lines that looks like linked diamonds.
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Yuriko

Seems to give a relaxing feel for its use of mint green and biege.
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Pattern

Hatches of blue made up this simple plaid pattern.
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Pastel Plaid

Another plaid of pastel colors for your design projects.
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Plaid Pattern

Crossing browns and black looked good in a biege background.
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Seamless Plaid

Can be used for your designs with a feminine touch.
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Moon Shadows

Dark blues and white combined looked simple yet striking.
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Plaidness Gladness

Giving out a joyous feel, a colorful pattern just for you.
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Buchanan

Looing for a pattern of greens? This plaid pattern could fit for it.
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Sucks You In

Pixel patterns of blue in various shades that you can use.
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Plaid Love

Violet in contrasting shades looks undoubtedly good.
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Poor Unfortunate

The combination of pink and green is surprisingly stunning.
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Bad School Girl

A solid color pink enclosed with yellow and black criss-cross lines just right for your designs.
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Hand Drawn Postcard

Minimal, feminine and simple- this best describes this Hand Drawn Postcard pattern.
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A Change of Heart

Confusingly red and black but still looks pleasing.
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Altered Uniform

Lively green and blue plaid for your lively designs.
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Melt Neapolitan Tartan

Simple yet appealing. A tartan plaid that can be a good option.
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Seamless Plaid 0087

Lavander plaids that is minimal yet elegant.
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Seamless Plaid 0076

Browns and shades of it consists this plaid pattern.
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Cest ta Saison

A plaid pattern that can be applies to your designs.
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Burberry Clone

Strong lines of strong colors can give out a strong impact.
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Superb

Superb with colors and combinations making this pattern distinct.
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Halcyon

Heavy browns in light blue lines for a pattern you can use.
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Pink Burberry

A simple pink pattern as an option for your design.
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Strawberry Cake

Undoubtedly feminine with the use of pink lines.
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Merry Christmas

Usually seen in your fruitcake ribbons and wrappers just right for the holidays.
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Fun with Plaid

A simple green plaid pattern for your projects.
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Plaid 5

Young and hippy, this pattern shows a unique combination of colors with sratches for an effect.
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Seamless Plaid 0044

Oh so pink and oh so lovely!
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Seamless Plaid 0018

So many lines but only three colors creatively arranged.
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Seamless Plaid 0043

Violet and white did the work to make this pattern look great.
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Seamless Plaid 0046

An orange plaid pattern for your vibrant designs.
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Tartan Patterns

A set of tartan plaid patterns giving you good options.
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Seamless Patterns Green Pink Plaid

Pretty plaids with green and pink can surely enhance your work.
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Seamless Patterns Blue Orange Plaid

Amazingly blue and orange makes great plaid patterns in this set of 8.
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10 Seamless Plaid Patterns

Choose from 10 seamless plaid patterns for your design.
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20 Seamless Plaid Patterns

You’ll surely get the right pattern in this set of 20.
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50 Plaid Pattern Swatches

Opt for the right plaid pattern as you choose from 50 pretty plaids.
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25 Woven Plaid Swatches

Just right for your projects, a set of 25 plaids.
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Pretty Plaids

A pack of 30 pretty plaids for your designs.
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Berry Plaid Stock Pack

If this is the right color for you, then this pack is yours.
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22 Softly Plaidly Peachy Keen

Nicely done patterns you can use for your projects.
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108 Plaid Pattern Pack 5

You’ll surely be able to get the right pattern in this choice of 108 patterns.
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110 Plaid Pattern Pack 4

A pack of 110 patterns wherein each is uniquely made.
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110 Plaid Pattern Pack 1

You’ll surely be pleased having 110 choices of plaid patterns.
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111 Plaid Pattern Pack 2

All patterns look great in this set of 111 plaids.
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110 Plaid Pattern Pack 3

A bunch of plaid patterns for free download.
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24 Tartan Plaid and Houndstooth Pattern Pack

A pack of 24 tartan plaids that could be right for your project.
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14 Plaid Pattern Set

This set could be the one you need!
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Soft Plaid Patterns

Lighter and softer shades for a set of nice patterns.
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Plaid Patterns

For sure, you’ll get a lot of choices in this plaid pattern pack.
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35 Beautiful Examples of Stencil Font

2012-01-31T23:10:00.000-08:00

Stardos Stencil

By: New Typography
Personal and commercial use are allowed.
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Urban Sketch

By: Nils von Blanc
A free font to use.
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Crass

By: SquirtGun
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Dock 51

By: imagex
This font is free for personal use only.
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Stencilla

By: Otto Maurer Design
License: Donationware
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Capture It

By: Magique Fonts
Any type of usage requires donation.
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Top Secret

By: ATRAX
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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AG Stencil

By: OneOneZero
License: Freeware
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CargoCrate

By: Mickey Rossi
This is a free font to download.
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Sistemas

By: Manuel Lage
Another free font you can download and use.
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Kaiser

By: Jeff Canham
Another free font you can download and use.
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Due Date

By: Dieter Steffmann
Personal and commercial use are allowed.
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CutOutsFLF

By: Casady & Greene
The license information for this font is unknown.
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Lintsec

By: Darrian
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Gunplay

By: Typodermic Fonts
Personal and commercial use are allowed.
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Boston Traffic

By: Vic Fieger
This font is free for personal use only.
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Urban Jungle

By: KC Fonts
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Popcorn

By: Billy Argel
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Carrier Stencil

By: Roast Horse Fonts
Another free to use font.
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Stencil

By: Software Friends, Inc.
Another free to use font.
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Le Pochoir

By: Toto
This font is free for personal use only.
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Goth Stencil

By: Juan Casco
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Top Secret

By: Magique Fonts
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Octin Stencil Free

By: Typodermic Fonts
A font that is available in OpenType & Windows TrueType format.
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Billie Kid

By: JOEBOB graphics
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Fine Stencil

By: BC
Fine Stencil
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UNCONFORM

By: Bindustries Heavy Metal
Personal and commercial use are allowed.
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Learchitect

By: Manfred Klein
Another free font you can download.
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Red October

By: Neogrey Creative
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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Rufcrate

By: Thomas E. Harvey
This font is free for personal use only.
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Braeside

By: Typodermic Fonts
Personal and commercial use are allowed.
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!Crass Roots OFL

By: !Exclamachine Type Foundry
License: Public domain / GNU GPL
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Futstencil Serif

By: Manfred Klein
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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TPF U13

By: Typophil
Personal use only, no commercial use.
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President Gas

By: Typodermic Fonts
Personal and commercial use are allowed.
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Have you take a closer look at some of these fonts? Which one is the most suitable font for your project?

Awesome Free Vector Art Websites For Inspiration

2012-01-31T23:06:00.001-08:00

Vector images have not fix resolution that means they can be boost up to any dimension without losing the image quality. They are great for print ads, flash animations and designers loved them because it gives great flexibility. Vector images are using by different famous graphic designers for their work.

But creating detailed vector images takes patience and skill. You might be creating something as simple as an icon, or as cool as a T-shirt design.

Below are 15 of the best places to find free vector graphics. Some of these sites are blogs, so be sure to subscribe to their RSS feeds via a reader or by email so you can be alerted when new vector art is released.

30 Cool Designs of Typography Wallpaper

2012-01-31T22:56:00.001-08:00

Tank Girl Typography Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 2560×1440 pixels.
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Truth Nonsense Trivia

Can be downloaded in 1366×768 pixels.
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MoreMonger wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1280×800 pixels.
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Teh Interwebz

Can be downloaded in 1440×900 pixels.
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F+ckLove HDTV WIDE

Can be downloaded in 1280×800, 1920×1080, 1920×1200 pixels.
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Know Your Image

Can be downloaded in 1920×1200 pixels.
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Type Rocks Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1280×800 pixels.
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You Suck Wallpaper (wide)

Can be downloaded in 1280×800 pixels.
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Typography Matters Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1920×1200 pixels.
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Perspective

Can be downloaded in 1280×800 pixels.
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Tron Typography Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1024×576, 1280×720, 1366×768, 1600×900, 1920×1080, 960×540 pixels.
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I Love Typography Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600 pixels.
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Sad But True

Can be downloaded in 1680×1050 pixels.
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Arial Black

Can be downloaded in 1280×800 pixels.
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Typography Matters Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1920×1200 pixels.
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I Love Typography Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1280×720, 1366×768, 1920×1080, 852×480 pixels.
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Giant World

Can be downloaded in 2000×1200 pixels.
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Good Typography

Can be downloaded in 2542×1589 pixels.
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Superior. Inferior.

Can be downloaded in 1280×1024, 2560×1600 pixels.
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Painted

Can be downloaded in 1920×1200 pixels.
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Love Always

Can be downloaded in 2560×1600 pixels.
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Panic – Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1440×900 pixels.
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iLove

Can be downloaded in 1680×1050 pixels.
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Designers Love Typography

Can be downloaded in 1920×1200 pixels.
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Typography Life Pink

Can be downloaded in 1440×900 pixels.
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Typography Background

Can be downloaded in 1280×800 pixels.
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I Love Typography

Can be downloaded in 1680×1050 pixels.
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CSU Typography

Can be downloaded in 1680×1050 pixels.
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Copyright Wallpaper

Can be downloaded in 1840×1150 pixels.
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Shadowness

Can be downloaded in 2560×1440 pixels.
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Amazing eXcanvas Digital Camera Concept by Junyoung Jang

2012-01-23T22:14:00.001-08:00

When you go out alone you come across some beautiful scenery but have no one by your side to take a picture of you? The eXcanvas is a new concept digital camera developed by designer Junyoung Jang. eXcanvas is for those who like taking self portraits and have to depend upon strangers to do them the favor of taking pictures. The eXcanvas camera can be separated into a tripod and sub camera and features a timer function and scan even be attached to your wrist to help taking self portraits even easier. Take a look!

30 Free Bamboo Texture for your Designs

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Can be downloaded in 3000 x 2400 pixels.
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25 Most Recently Released Illustrator Text Effect Tutorials

2012-01-20T21:45:00.001-08:00

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful resource not just for graphic designers but also to everyone as it allows us to create cozy, vague, glowing, gelatinous, sleek, shimmering, vintage and groundbreaking effects. You could make scalable vector graphics such as art logos, art pieces business cards and appealing text effects. Aided by the help of Adobe Illustrator, you could achieve sort of excellent and ideal designs that mankind is going to have a significant regard for. The trend of making text effects has grown to become a common ground for many designers and enthusiasts. Actually, it has even become an art form alone. Designing a certain text effect in Illustrator is not too complicated at this point. Kudos to the accessibility of huge quantity of tutorials that assist you through every detail.

In this showcase, we have brought to you 25 Most Recently Released Illustrator Text Effect Tutorials that teach you the best step by step ways to make brilliant typographic effects in Illustrator. Why don’t we take a look at this collection?

Create a Colorful, Glass Text Effect in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will use patterns, transform effects, multiple gradient fills, and more to create a colorful, glass text effect in Illustrator.

Create a 3D Grungy Text Effect in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will use the blending modes and other Illustrator tools to draw highlights and shadows on your text to give it that 3D punch.

Create an Assortment of 3D Text in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will create a custom pattern (a flower pattern), apply beautiful color gradients, use basic shape tools to create custom objects, and much more to make an assortment of 3D text styles in Illustrator CS4.

How to Create a Glossy, Colorful Text Effect

In this Illustrator tutorial, you will use an interesting font choice, opacity masks, shape building techniques, and more to create a glossy, colorful text design.

Creating Simple Origami Style Typography in Illustrator

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple Origami style piece of Typography.

Create a Glassy Text Effect Filled with a Green, Acidic Substance

In this tutorial, you will use shape creation tools, Opacity Masks, and filters to create a glassy text effect filled with a green, acidic substance.

Quick Tip: Create a Slick Golden Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to create a slick golden text effect with this step by step Illustrator tutorial.

Quick Tip: How to Create a Sparkly Text Effect

Learn how to create a sparkly text effect in fifteen simple steps with this simple quick tip.

Quick Tip: How to Create a Delicious Chocolate Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will use the Blend Tool, effects like Roughen and Chrome, different Blending modes and also the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect to create a delicious chocolate bar text effect.

Rusty Metal Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will use simple techniques like the Sponge, Transform Each, Gradient, Reflect to create a vector text effect on the metal brushed background.

Create a Lace Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will use many effects and you will define many personalized Art and Pattern Brushes to create a beautiful lace text effect.

Create a Bending 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will help you learn how to create a 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator.

Quick Tip: How to Create a Fun 3D Plastic Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will use the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect to create colorful 3D plastic letters.

Create Happy Feet Font – Text Effect Illustrator Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will be using Adobe Illustrator, 3D effects & Gradients to create the Text Effect from the movie, Happy Feet.

Create a Stitched Type Effect in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will know how to create simple geometric patterns, a pattern brush and use the appearance panel to come up with a stitched type effect.

Playing with Stationery Art Brushes and the Live Paint Bucket

This tutorial will show you how to create some line art style stationery art brushes to develop a typography piece.

Quick Tip: How to Create Colorful Neon Text with Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will show you some quick tips on how to create a colorful neon text effect.

Quick Tip: Create an Animal Print Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator Pattern Swatches

In this tutorial, you will add with multiple fills and effects to create an easy animal print text effect using Adobe Illustrator’s default jaguar and cheetah patterns.

Create Eye-Catching Text Straight From The 80s

This tutorial will teach you how to create some retro-themed text of your own in illustrator.

Illustrator Live Text Banners

In this tutorial, you will combine multiple Fills and Strokes along with Shape Effects, Warp Effects, and Drop Shadows to create a fully-editable text based banner.

How to Create Interesting Text Effects Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS

In this tutorial, you will use Phantasm CS to create fully managed Halftone effect.

How To Create an Abstract Geometric Mosaic Text Effect

This step by step tutorial will teach you how to create a colourful abstract text effect made up of lots of tessellating mosaic elements.

Create a Marker Text Effect in Illustrator

This tutorial involves intermediate vector shape building skills in Illustrator to create the markers, along with some layering and script usage to create a marker illustration.

How to Create a Neon Text Effect Using Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will teach you how to create a neon text effect using Gradient Mesh, 3D Modeling, Art Brushes and Transparency palette.

How to Build Letter Art From Bricks In Illustrator

In this Illustrator tutorial, you will use 3D-rendering, Blends, and an Art Brush for creating the final brick art.

Have you put into practice any one of these tutorials? Hope that you learn some techniques to create your own effects.

Ceramic SpongeUP Lamps by POTT

2012-01-13T04:51:00.000-08:00

These beautiful ceramic SpongeUP lamps were designed by Spanish designers Miguel Angel García Belmonte of POTT – The Pottery Project. “There is a new light. No dazzles, No marks. Not even corpuscles or lumens. It is a warm and porous light, coming from the hand made pottery piece skin. Sponge consists on a clay sphere where the light slips through, thus becomes more than a lamp, as an unusual clay piece with an unique design that achieves a very particular look along its uneven surface.” 

Stunning Ferrari Xezri by Samir Sadikhov

2012-01-13T04:34:00.001-08:00

Here is another stunning concept from designer Samir Sadikhov – Ferrari Xezri. “This project must be the source of the highest level of technology characterizing a unique car, which is absolutely innovative and represents the quintessence of Ferrari past and present and looks to the Ferrari of the future. Lightweight, simple and striking with a distinctive engine and special futuristic design: every last detail of the Ferrari Xezri exudes uncomprising sportiness as a direct result of its links to the concept: “Xezri”.Xezri designed for owner for whom the priority is on uncompromising on-road performance occasional track day capability, but who still demand a car that is useable in day-to-day driving like all Ferrari’s models.” This concept took second prize on Ferrari World Design Contest. Take a look!

Helicopter Concept by Héctor Del Amo

2012-01-13T04:27:00.001-08:00

The shape of concept of helicopter creared by Spanish designer Héctor Del Amo resembles the zero. Hence it’s called ZERO. This model should serve as a personal urban transport. Quite intersting solution considering size of urban congestion. Take a look!

Coolest Slim USB Flash Drive Look like Sharp Knife Concept for Future

2012-01-12T22:43:00.000-08:00

To be honest, these USB flash drives from Victorinox Swiss Army do look quite attractive. One thing’s for sure, you won’t get in difficulty with taking these on a plane since they don’t include any blades. They are waterproof and shock resistant, and also offer USB data encryption. The Slim and Slim pair come in sizes of 4GB, 8GB 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities. The Slim pair essentially offers two skinny USB drives in the same compact shape. With the ever increasing size of USB flash drives, these look attractive, although they appear to slightly better than I’d expect. Have a Look!

15 Creative Free HTML5 & CSS3 Templates 2012

2012-01-12T22:33:00.000-08:00

HTML5 is the latest hot favorite web markup language for the web developers. HTML 5/CSS3 Template has some new and useful features that make it most popular among web designers now a day. HTML5 has bought us incredible ways to add videos, audios by minimizing the lookup of external source. Ready-made HTML 5/CSS3 templates are currently one of the most sought after resources within the web design community.

Many ready-to-use HTML5 and CSS templates resources are available on the web. However finding a professional and elegant HTML5 CSS3 Templates is yet a difficult task. So, in this article, we are showcasing you 15 most beautiful and free HTML5 and CSS3 templates to help you get started with your HTML5 and CSS3 website.

Free HTML5 Template for Design Company Website

Photographer’s Portfolio

Free Architecture Website Template

DesignStudio

Elegant Website With HTML 5 And CSS3

Business Project

Cooking Site

iPhone App. Website With HTML5

HTML5 Starter Pack

HTML5 And CSS3 Templates

Slider Typography

Acallian

Furniture Website

Creative Business Site

Single-Page Portfolio

Animal Haircuts for Braun

2012-01-09T00:28:00.000-08:00

This series of images was created by Bulgarian graphic designer and master photo manipulator Mladen Penev. Cat, bird, squirrel and monkey are captured sporting unusual hairdos such as a mohawk, designs shaved into fur, and even a Fu Manchu mustache. Agency Staudinger + Franke commissioned the work of these “animal haircuts” which were appropriately used for promoting the electrical shaving and grooming appliances produced by German brand, Braun.

Renault’s Twingo Art Cars

2012-01-09T00:24:00.000-08:00

To promote the New Twingo, Renault has enlisted the combined creative talents of four European artists, including Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud, to create a series of bespoke city cars. Renault offered four “artists” of varying nationality and cultural discipline – fashion, music, design and cooking – the opportunity to express their vision of a “Cabinet of Curiosity” by creating their own bespoke Twingo interior. The results of the style project reflect their view of the world: joyous, optimistic, clever and bold, just like the compact city car.

Twingo Goes Pop by Nicola Roberts
Twingo Goes Pop by Nicola Roberts is a synopsis of her life: music and fashion – washed down by gallons of coffee! “In my New Twingo Cabinet of Curiosities, as in my latest album, I have strived to blend my dreams and emotions with my personal, very defined vision of reality.”

Twingo 55 FBG by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Playfully imaginative, but always elegant, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac: “Our generation demands a new low-cost luxury. We have to reconcile creativity and democracy. It should be a cast-iron rule for all candidates in the Presidential elections that they have to travel in a Presidential Twingo.”

Twingo Reading Room by Nils Holger Moormann
An avid reader, Nils Holger Moormann has created in New Twingo a veritable “reading room”: “With New Twingo Reading Room, I am casting an eye full of hope on the car which is transformed into a personal refuge from which to shelter from the aggression of modern life.”

Scabin Pasta Twingo by Davide Scabin
Davide Scabin, like all Italians, loves a “Bella Macchina”. In the cabin of the New Twingo, he draws up a detailed inventory of all the components of Italian cuisine with, as a centrepoint for this world of emotions, that essential: pasta. “For me, the car is like cooking. It is a discovery, a movement, a journey to other people.”

Beautiful Portrait Paintings by Danny O’Connor

2012-01-07T03:10:00.001-08:00

Today we want to show you beautiful portrait paintings by UK based painter Danny O’Connor (aka DOC). "Concentrating mainly on figurative and portrait subject matter, his influences include comic books, graffiti, illustration, and character design. With a strong graphic element visible in his work, O’Connor uses a wide range of media including acrylics, spray paint, ink, paint markers, and household gloss and emulsions. O’Connor has exhibited alongside some of the worlds leading Urban artists such as Banksy and Adam Neate as well as other gallery shows across the UK."

Street Life in Paintings of Kal Gajoum

2012-01-07T03:07:00.001-08:00

In art works of Kal Gajoum you can feel warmth and energy, which is often overlooked by contemporary artists. His paintings are both modern and traditional, powerful and delicate, complex and simple. Kal Gajoum is a real colorist whose works fill the room with light. And, it’s probably not just because the artist is well mastered the technique of painting. He really loves his job – and each work radiates this love. And vivid scenes of street life filled with red umbrellas have become a hallmark of the artist.

Moody Aquarium Sink from Opulent Items

2012-01-07T02:59:00.001-08:00

The site of exclusive products for the home Opulent Items is offering shell-tank for the bathroom called Moody Aquarium Sink. Its internal decoration can vary by a removable top. Еhere are two circular entries on each side еo feed the fish. It’s also equipped with a sink water filtration system, water circulation and oxygenation, and lighting. Price is $4,500.

Creative and Elegant Die Cut Business Card Designs

2012-01-06T22:01:00.001-08:00

Business Cards are better known as face of company. A business card is just not a standalone piece of advertising but is a vehicle for getting across your personality. Whereas Die cut business cards allow for some creative ideas to become a reality. Whether it be a circle or triangle die cut business cards are an imaginative way of sticking in your customers mind.

These unique shape business cards are highly attractive and effective that most of the clients love to keep and collect. So I have compiled a list of 15 most beautiful and elegant die cut business cards that I hope you will enjoy.

Supercar Evantra from Faralli & Mazzanti

2012-01-05T22:42:00.000-08:00

The Italian car builder Faralli and Mazzanti (F&M) presented render of its first mid-engined supercar the F&M Evantra. Executed in an aggressive style, with opening of the door against the model resembles Batmobile. The Evantra (formerly dubbed Mugello) will be constructed from either composite materials or handcrafted aluminium (depending on customer preference), with the latter option available for personalisation. Power will derive from a 3.5-litre flat-six engine, which will be available in two guises; a naturally aspirated model with 392bhp, or a twin-turbocharged option developing 587bhp. At its most powerful, the Evantra will hit 62mph from standing in 3.7sec. Production of the Faralli and Mazzanti Evantra will be limited to five units per year, with first deliveries slated for mid-2012.

Adorable Photos by Elena Karneeva

2012-01-05T22:35:00.001-08:00

These sweet and cheerful photos were taken by children’s photographer from Moscow Elena Karneeva. Each shot, highly professional executed by the way, give you really pleasant emotions since photographer adores her work. “When photographing children is important to dive into the world of childhood, to anticipate and feel the movement of the child, understand his motivation. To be a children’s photographer – so learn to look at the world through the eyes of a child. And most importantly – do not spare the time, after a successful picture is often necessary to wait for hours”. With these snowy photos we want to wish you a Happy New Year! See you next year!

Beautiful Women from Lucie Kout

2012-01-05T22:25:00.001-08:00

We present you collection of beautiful art photos of photographer Lucie Kout from Czech Republic. Lucie Kout like no one else makes photos of beautiful women, tattooed men and animals and it all looks extraordinary artistic! Our collection includes only photos of beautiful women. Despite the nude images photos of women look very beautiful, gently and artistically. You should see it yourself!

Beautiful Photos by Giacchi Dell Erba

2012-01-05T22:21:00.001-08:00

Today we want to show you beautiful photos of German photographer Giacchi Dell Erba. Beautiful photos, cute portraits and sensual art nude. Art works of Giacchi consists of many beautiful photos and each one can find favorite theme and enjoy it. Have fun!

Minimalist Circular Kitchen Concept by Vitor Xavier

2012-01-05T22:19:00.000-08:00

Modern and minimalist house design plan is more and more well-liked nowadays so does the slighter part such as kitchen current and modest design suggestion. It is perhaps exaggerated by the limited space for livings. So, to outwit the tiny and thin space for furniture placements, you can try to select moveable and appropriate furniture with minimalist design and tiny size.

It is because it will ease us to moving it from one space to another space. Soria, circular speculate kitchen ideal for your little space by Vitor Xavier offers both minimalist design and tiny size by which this stainless steel made circular kitchen table set has multi-size versatile shelves.

The kitchen is in dubbed Soria carries a round pattern, which is ready with a cooking hub, sink, hidden storage and cabinets. With a table that can be comprehensive or hidden, looks modest and stunning. The concept of this kitchen creates an ambiance of fast compact when not in use. This is a new creation in the design of minimalist and functional kitchen table.

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Fascinatingly Beautiful Women from Andrey Yakovlev & Lili Aleeva

2012-01-05T22:15:00.000-08:00

Today we want to feature a few photoshoots created by talanted photographers Andrey Yakovlev & Lili Aleeva from Moscow. In their portfolio you can find huge combination of styles and ideas and this collection represents only small part dedicated to women portraits. Elegant and seductive, stunningly beautiful women on these photos are undoubtedly worthy for your attention. Each shot is a work of art! Just take a look and you will be absolutely fascinated!

Creative Volna Table by Nüvist

2012-01-05T22:07:00.000-08:00

Some homes just don’t look complete without an exclusive piece of furniture. The typical designs do nothing for convinced decors so strange approaches are necessary. In this case, this living room needed some extra glimmer and the Volna Table was the ideal item to absolute the decoration.

It’s a futuristic approach to the traditional table design. Everything about it is diverse and sole. The purpose of this project was to generate amazing touchable and material that manages to express a tranquil and imaginative idea.

This sculptural and creative Volna Table was created by Turkish design firm Nüvist architecture and design studio based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was very significant to create soft and serene experience in the touchable and the visual sense for this kind of table design. The new tech and the current materials were the main ingredients for the creation and these give us to design an unbroken continuous form. Take a look!

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How to Make iPhone 4S in Photoshop

2012-01-05T04:49:00.001-08:00

As we mentioned in our previous tutorial, we will continue this sort of tutorial series to make an iPhone 4s as a complement for our Siri Icon. If you have been through all the steps from the previous tutorial, I am sure this one would be much easier for you to complete.
And before we begin to work around, you can first search for an example iPhone model that we are going to re-create it later in Photoshop. You can visit Apple.com or if you are lucky that you got an iPhone for Christmas gift, you can look over it and examine its detail.

Once you sufficiently explore its details and ready to go, you can start to the Step 1 and let’s get started.

Step 1

Firstly (and always), create a new document (Cmd/Ctrl+N) with dimension of 1000×1250 pixels with 72 dpi resolution and fill the background with grey (#CDCDCD).

Step 2

In this step, we are going to make the iPhone 4S main body. To make this body, first, select Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with 70px rounded radius. Then draw a rounded rectangle that is about 500 by 988px. Fill this this object with white (#FFFFFF) color.

Step 2.1

Then apply the following layer styles to the object. Drop Shadow & Stroke.

Step 3

After that, draw another rectangle object about 3px smaller than the first one. Fill this object with slightly white color (#F3F3F3).

Tips: To gain precision you can display some guidelines for help. To display these guidelines just drag the rulers that appear along the top and the left side of your active window.

Step 3.1

Next, to make this second object alive, apply Drop Shadow and Inner Shadow on it.

We see what the object is going to be look like for a while:

Step 4

In this step, draw another rounded rectangle, about 10px smaller than the second rectangle we have created in Step 3.

Then, we add Drop Shadow on it.

Step 4.1

Group (Cmd/Ctrl+G) all the layers/objects we have created above and name this group mainbody. Then group the last two objects (again) and name it body-details.

Tips: Naming layers or groups is optional, and names that is appear in this tutorial is only for examples illustration. You are free to name as you want that you think is more suited for it.

Step 5

iPhone4S has four dividers on its metal body edge. To make this divider, select Rectangle Tool (U) from the toolbox, then under the body-details group draw a small rectangle about 6px in height below the rounded corner (see the screenshot). Repeat this step to make another three dividers.

This is the mainbody that is going to look like after adding the 4 dividers and if you look at the layer panel, you’ll find that I also group this dividers and name it another-details, but surely you can name it that you think more suited for it.

Step 6

In this step, we are going to make the home button that is used for bringing back to the home screen. To draw this button, select Ellipse Tool (U and create a perfect circle shape as shown in the screenshot below.

Tips: hold Cmd/Ctrl key to make a perfect circle proportion while dragging in the document area.

Step 6.1

After that, add Inner Shadow on the circle.

and Gradient Overlay with color gradation from grayish (#EEEEEE) color to slightly white (#F7F7F7).

Step 6.2

Next, draw a rounded rectangle with approximately 5px radius, and then align it in the center of the home button circle.

Apply Stroke layer style with gray (#C7C7C7) color on the rectangle.

Group (Cmd/Ctrl+G) those layers and name the group home-button. By grouping them, our layers will look neat and more organized.

Step 7

Now it’s time to create the screen. Select Rounded Rectangle Tool (U)< set the radius to about 5px. After that, draw the screen and fill it with black (#000000) color. Align it horizontally centered from the body and 150px from the top (see the screenshot).

Step 7.1

Since we are about to make this iPhone with Siri application, we need a linen texture which is the default background for the Siri apps. The linen texture can be downloaded here.
After downloading it, place the texture above the screen path (see the screenshot), create a selection by holding Cmd/Ctrl key while clicking on the path, then apply Layer Mask on the texture.

Step 7.2

Add Inner Shadow and Stroke on the screen texture.

Let’s take a look at the result.

Step 8

iPhone places some information like carriers, signal bar and time at the top of the screen. So, in this step we are going to make a black bar/panel to put this information into.
First, select Rectangle Tool (U) and draw a rectangle inside the screen, align this bar to the top of the screen and fill it with black (#000000) color.

Step 8.1

Add Drop Shadow on the bar.

Step 8.2

Group all the screen layers including the bar, create a screen-size selection by holding on Cmd/Ctrl key while click on the screen layer. Then, apply Layer Mask on the group, this will make the bar’s top corner rounded and fit in the screen (see the screenshot).

Step 9

Let’s put aside the screen for a while and we’ll be back later.
Now, in this step we will make the iPhone speaker. To make this speaker, draw a capsule-like shape using Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with 25px rounded radius.

Step 9.1

Add details on the speaker by applying some layer styles. First, we add Inner Shadow

Then Pattern Overlay. Rather than creating the pattern from scratch we can use this pattern to get a close similar appearance of the speaker, this way will simplify your effort to follow this tutorial.

And the last is Stroke

Step 9.2

Above the speaker, iPhone 4S has a light censor. Draw this censor using Rounded Rectangle Tool with the same radius (25px).

Then add Inner Shadow to this censor.

OK, let’s take a look the result for a while.

Step 10

In this step we will make iPhone 4S switch button, iPhone4S has 3 switch button:

Mute Switch Button.
Volume Switch Button.
Hold (on/off) Switch Button.

First, we draw the Mute Switch Button. Select a Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with 5px radius, draw this switch button in the left side of the iPhone body.

Step 10.1

Then, we make this switch button alive. Add detailed Gradient Overlay on it, so it has sort-of real metal-like appearance.

Step 10.2

Next add Stroke with gray (#999999) color on the switch button.

Well, let’s see the result. Quite look like a metal, right?

And if you carefully see the screenshot above, I have put this button under switch-button group.

Step 11

Now we will make the volume switch which consists of two button, volume up (+) and volume down (-). Draw both buttons using Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) and put them below the first button; we have created above as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 11.1

Same as the previous button we also add Gradient Overlay for the details to make this button look like a metal.

Step 11.2

Add Stroke layer style, but it is a bit different. This time we use gradient Stroke.

Let’s see the result for our switch button for a while.

Step 12

Next we create Hold (on/off) switch button. We are still using the same Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) to draw it put it on the top of the iPhone body.

Step 12.1

Add some details on this button as well, using Gradient Overlay.

and Stroke with gray (#999999) color.

Let’s see the result again and our layer structure for a while.

Step 13

Next, we make the iPhone camera. To make this camera, select Ellipse Tool (U) in the toolbox. Then draw a circle in the left side of the speaker.

Step 13.1

Add Gradient Overlay on this circle, with color gradation from #171717 to #555555.

And Stroke

Step 13.2

Again, draw another circle smaller from the first one.

Add Gradient Overlay on the circle, this time with color gradation from #333333 to #777777

And Stroke gradient, with color gradation from #434343 to #1332B6.

Step 13.3

Create a third circle that is smaller than the second one.

Then add radial Gradient Overlay. The colors that is being used in this gradients are #3458F2, #1332b6 and #000000

OK, now let’s take a look at the result for a while.

In the screenshot above you see that we put together all the camera layers into one group and name it selca (abbr. self-camera) as most front camera is used to take self-pictures, but you can also name it just camera.
From this step we have made all the main part of the iPhone and in the next following step we will put some elements on the screen.

Step 14

In this step we will make the signal bar that appear on the top left of the screen. We used Rectangle Tool (U) with white (#FFFFFF) color to draw these bars, which each bar represent the signal power.

Then group the layers, and name it signal bar. In the right side add 3G text as a sign that the signal is in 3G network.

Step 14.1

Next we add the digital clock which appears in the top center of the screen. We use Helvetica Light typeface for the text, type the time you want, group (Cmd/Ctrl+G) and name it digital clock.

Step 14.2

iPhone4S supports Bluetooth wireless technology, so the Bluetooth logo would also appear in the screen when it’s active.
To make this logo, we firstly search for an example in search engine. After finding the desired Bluetooth logo example; open it in Photoshop, create a rectangle shape and delete its Vector Mask (see the screenshot below)

Step 14.2.1

Create a selection from the logo using Magic Wand (W). Select the shape layer and apply Layer Mask on the shape.

And this is it the Bluetooth logo. Put this logo in our project file.

Resize the logo smaller so it is fit in the screen.

Step 14.3

Next, we create the battery life indicator that appears in right top of the screen. To make this battery, select Rectangle Tool (U) from the toolbox, draw a small rectangle right beside the Bluetooth logo. Set the layer’s Fill value 0% and applyStroke layer style.

Step 14.3.1

Draw a small rectangle for the “battery head” and apply the same layer style and specification as the layer above.

Create a rectangle inside the battery body line; fill it with full white color. Group all these battery layers and name the group battery.

Step 15

In this step we are going to create the Siri app interface. As we talk to Siri, she (or “it”) will translate our conversation into readable text, which is displayed using sort of “talk bubble”.
To make this Siri interface, we firstly create a group (Cmd/Ctrl+G), name this group siri
After that, draw a rectangle shape using Rectangle Tool (U) under the siri group with gray (#AEAEAE) fill color and delete its vector mask.
We name this layer speakbubble.

Step 15.1

Select Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with the following specification.

Radius: 10px
Mode: Paths
Path type: Add to path area (+)

Firstly go to Paths tab and Create new path, and then draw a rectangle path as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 15.1

Next, select Pen Tool (P) with the following specification.

Mode: Path
Path mode: Add to path area (+)

Then draw a pointed path in the bottom right of the rectangle shape as shown in the following screenshot.

We back to Layers tab. Go to menu Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path to apply layer masking on the “speakbubble” layer.

Step 15.2

Set this speakbubble layer 50% and blend mode Overlay, then we add the following layer styles;

Step 15.3

Now we add the conversation in the “speakbubble” using Helvetica font, with Drop Shadow. In this example I order to “Remind me to pick up my Dress when I leave work”.

Duplicate the speakbubble layer, place it below the first bubble, and write the Siri respond to our conversation. In this example Siri gives respond “Here’s your reminder for when you leave work”.

Step 16

Normally Siri will give us an option box, for whether the order will be applied or cancelled.
To draw this box, select Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) in the toolbox, and set about 20px radius. Draw this box below the speakbubble.

Step 16.1

Add Gradient Overlay on this box.

And Drop Shadow.

Step 16.2

Then, we write “Reminders” inside the box with red (#AF3947) and Inner Shadow.

Step 16.3

Below it I draw a dashed rectangle, well, to make this rectangle you can draw a small rectangle repeatedly, I know this technique is not an efficient way to do.
But, alternatively you can draw this dashed rectangle in a vector program such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw, and then export it to transparent PNG

In this tutorial I made the rectangle from whit (#FFFFFF) color, so I need to add Color Overlay to change its color into gray (#999999).

Step 16.4

OK, now we draw two lines inside using Rectangle Tool (U) with pink color (#E4B5C1) as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 16.5

In this step we create a check box which has to be selected before confirming or cancel the Siri respond. We can use Rectangle Tool (U) to draw a check box.

As usual, to make this check box alive we add some layer styles such Inner Shadow and Stroke on this object.

Here it is, our check box now has some depth and looks alive

Step 16.6

Then we add the option text with gray (#808080) color, in this example Siri responds “Pick up my dress Leaving Work”. Then, we add Drops Shadow with the following specification to give depth to this text:

Step 17

Below the option box, there are two buttons to cancel and confirm to the Siri responds.
To create these buttons, select Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) from the toolbox and draw it inside the screen with about 20px of radius (see the screenshot below).

Step 17.1

Change the layer Fill value to 0% and add the following layer styles. First we add Drop Shadow.

And then, Gradient Overlay, with color gradation from gray (#AAAAAA) to white (#FFFFFF), also change its blend mode to Overlay.

Next, we add white Stroke.

Step 17.2

This is it, our button result. As you can see in the following screenshot, we have added “Cancel” text on the button with Drop Shadow with the following specification:

Color: #000000.
Opacity: 75%.
Angle: 125o.
Distance: 1px.
Spread: 0%.
Size: 0px.

Step 17.3

Duplicate this button and change the text to “Confirm”. However, we also change the gradient opacity 90% (20% larger than the previous button) to make it looks like the selected button.

Step 18

Now, we put the Siri icon under the buttons, if you haven’t made it yet, you can see the tutorial here How to Make a Siri Icon. Then, re-size the icon to be fit in the screen and the remaining spaces under the button (see the screenshot below).

Step 19

Next, we make this iPhone shining. To make this shining effect, Select Pen Tool (P) in the toolbox and draw a right-angled triangle as shown in the following screenshot. Change the Fill value 0%. Name this layer shining.

And add Gradient Overlay on this triangle.

Create a full iPhone-sized selection by holding Cmd/Ctrl while click on the mainbody layer. After that, apply Layer Mask on the shining layer.

Step 20

In this step group all the iPhone layers from mainbody to shining layer and convert them to smart layer all together.
Go to menu Edit > Transform > Flip Vertically to flip the layer vertically, put it below the iPhone’s mainbody layer, group this layer and name it reflection. Change the layer’s Fill value to 20%.

Step 21

Under the reflection group create an ellipse using Ellipse Tool (U), fill this ellipse with black (#000000) color. As we are going to make a shadow for the iPhone, put this ellipse under the mainbody (see the screenshot below for more detail).

Add the ellipse with Gradient Overlay.

Blur the ellipse by going to this menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Step 22

In this step, we will make the floor a little bit shining as the iPhone is reflected to the floor.

First, select Pen Tool (P) and draw a right-angled triangle under the reflection group. Apply Layer Mask on the layer, select Brush Tool (B) from the toolbox and switch the Foreground color to black (#000000).
Paint the brush on the Layer Mask in the section that is marked with yellow ellipses shown in the screenshot below.

Add this layer with Gradient Overlay.

Then, set the layer Fill value to 0%.

Step 23

In this we create a spotlight effect for the iPhone. Starting from the background, first, we duplicate the (locked) Background and rename this layer bg.

Add this bg layer radial Gradient Overlay with color gradation from gray (#D2D2D2) to white (#FFFFFF).

Let’s take a look the result for a while.

Step 24

And to make the spotlight effect more convincing, create a new full document size of shape layer using Rectangle Tool (U).
The example shown in the screenshot below is made transparent so we can see what is going under.

Add radial Gradient Overlay with gradient color from white to transparent, and then set the layer value to complete 0%.

Final Outcome

Well, this is it our final outcome of the iPhone 4S with Siri Icon.

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40 Free Adorable Animal Wallpapers

2010-05-16T13:06:00.001-07:00

Wallpapers are one of the best things you can use to customize our desktop well. In one way or the other, it somehow influences our mood as we look at it, it may inspire you to do better or just help you relax for a while. In any ways, these wallpapers can help in personalizing your desktop background.

In this post we will be showcasing 40 Free Adorable Animal Wallpapers. In this collection we have gathered yet another set of wallpapers featuring some of the charming animals from domestic to exotic ones. These are all for free to download for your personal use. Why don’t you take a peek and choose your pick.

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• 40 Free Dual Screen Nature Wallpapers

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40 Free Adorable Animal Wallpapers

8. Toronto SARS Benefit 2003 [450,000+]. The disease SARS that attacked Asia and Toronto in Canada was the reason for this benefit concert. Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Justin Timberlake were some of the artists that supported by performing.

7. Simon & Garfunkel [500,000] held their second reunion concert in Central Park in 1981. It was a free concert that was televised by HBO.

6. Isle of Wight Festival [600,000] was the biggest concert ever held in UK. The Who, The Doors and Leonard Cohen were some of the performing artists, and Jimi Hendrix had unfortunately his last performance on this event.

5. Summer Jam at Watkins Glen [600,000+]. A huge hippy concert held at the Grand Prix auto circuit in Watkins Glen, New York, with bands like The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers.

4. Steve Wozniak’s 1983 US Festival [670,000] was a culture festival sponsored by one of the co-founders of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak. It was held in California with great performers like Motley Crue, U2 and David Bowie.

3. Garth Brooks in Central Park [750,000] was a great country concert with excited and cheering “cowboys” in the audience. Brooks performed classics as “Friends in Low Places”, and “The Dance”.

2. New York Philharmonic in Central Park 1986 [800,000]. The largest classical concert that celebrated the rededication of the Statue of Liberty.

1. Rod Stewart at Copacabana Beach 1994 [3,500,000]. A New Years celebration featuring Rod Stewart with the largest concert crowd ever. The wonderful Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was overcrowed with singing and celebrating audience.

Portrait that is only viewable from special angles on the streets of Berlin

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Walking in the streets of Berlin you might have seen this piece of art on one of the fences, or maybe you haven’t? It can be hard to spot it because it’s “hidden” in a clever way. You have to stand in a special angle to view this black and white portrait because it’s invisible if you stare at the fence from the front.
The talented artist behind this work is Mentalgassi, and to create it he had to wheatpaste it on the side bars of this metal fence.

A lot of other street art can be seen in Berlin as well, like colorful graffitis of famous movie roles.

10 reasons why Goats are the most awesome animals

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10. A goat can rock an emo haircut and be cool. So what, goats can listen to emo rock and have cool profile pictures on myspace, can’t they?

9. The goat’s eye – the biggest bad ass eye of them all. The slits give the goats 340 degrees of vision without moving. People have 210 degree at most

8. Strange nap time. Nope, the goat has not passed away, it’s just pretending. This is how the goat takes afternoon naps, and it’s probably even having nice dreams while others are worried for its condition.

7. The goat is breaking the rules. It doesn’t care whether the gate is open or not, it enters wherever it wants.

6. Goats love bikes! Why should the goat bother walking when it can choose the easy way and rather ride a bike with a friend?

5. Goats on a tree. Isn’t that something you see every day? It’s pretty cool that they can chill wherever they want with their other goat friends. They probably have a great view from up there.

4. Egyptians loved goats. They attribute the strongest copulation drive to these animals and consider the member, which all living thing owe their existence , to be worry of veneration . Not everyone can be on hieroglyphics inside Pyramids

3. Movie star. The goat is a talented actor as well. Not everyone can be in the same big Hollywood movie with George Clooney.

2. Peeking is OK. Nobody minds when a goat is peeking under a girl’s skirt and it just never gets in trouble.

1. Goat can climb on cliffs that are steeper than you ever can imagine. Only the goat itself knows how it got up there, and just being on the top of a cliff like that must be pretty awesome.

Smilecup Coffee Cups Will Always Smile at You

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We know how the morning coffee can be important for some people. If you are coffee drinker then you probably know that ordinary procedure of coffee drinking cannot be always entertaining.

In order to help people to bring in some fun into their morning coffee drinking procedure, Ukrainian design studio called “Psyho” has designed those beautiful an funny coffee cups. They named this collection ‘Smilecup’.

Now, with set of cups like those are, you will have some entertaining and always smiling faces in front of you every morning when you decide to drink coffee.

Created by Ukrainian studio Psyho

Jurassic Park and toys combined as one

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The creative Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji has taken cute little toys and made big and scary dinosaurs out of it. He calls them Toysaurus and if you want to see them, you have to go to Tokyo. The project has taken him several years because he first had to collect the toys and then put them together into great sculptures.

Even it the T-Rexes are fearful they look fun with all the colors from the toys, so this must be a dream to most little boys and maybe girls – to own a big toy that’s made out of lots of other toys.

Similar thing has been done by an artist who used beer cans of Efes Pilsen to create figures and sculptures.

The street art in Brazil is continuing to amuse people

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The unusual and fun street art from Brazil has already been posted in one of our previous articles last year, and now it is time to take a look at the follow-up. The artists behind this work are Anderson Augusto and Leonardo Delafuente, and they call it “The 6emeia project”.

The streets of Brazil can now continue to be more colorful and amusing for everyone, thanks to the two talented street artists. They are not the only one that are impressing people with their street art – these guys are only using spray painting and shadows to make unique street drawings.