The new born cub was so small and fragile that he seemed to be more of a kitten than a panda. For the best tutorials, Follow netglos @twitter and netglos.com Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 7 In a week, he is already acting as a � big � and powerful animal, sniffing around� Day 25 At 25 days, the cub begins to look as a panda� the specific black spots have already appeared [...]

Throughout this tutorial you’ll be learning how to use the new mograph 2 module to create a shatter animation with mograph tag. Also through keyframe manipulations you will easily combine the nice slow-motion effect with shatter animation. Let’s get started! Final Product Important: You’ll need Xbreaker plugin for this tutorial. Step 1 Create a cube with dimensions set to 260 x 7.5 x 45 cm. Step 2 Select this cube then open the “Xbreaker” plugin. [...]

Mixing photography, nature and style, land-art Sylvain Meyer brilliantly illustrated through these images. Thanks to his sense of observation, he spends hours collecting elements of nature to create a bewitching atmosphere. More pictures after the jump.

Today we present some useful free CSS/(X)HTML templates which are available for free download and use. You may want to consider using them for your next projects or build upon them, creating more advanced themes from these basic templates. Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates Blue Jeans (Demo | Download) Stand out from the crowd with this cool, free template for a portfolio website based on blue jeans texture. Portfolio (Demo | Download) An HTML 5 and CSS [...]

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to use stock photography, 3d elements, and various techniques to create a cosmic-inspired dreamy scene in Photoshop. Let’s get started! Resources Used The following images were used during the production of this tutorial. Grunge Texture Clouds Portrait Crow 3D Abstract Renders Step 1 Let’s start by creating a new A4 document in Photoshop. I want to design the composition for print, so it’s best to work with large [...]

Most architectural buildings and structures have a very specific function: habitation, work places, religious buildings, etc. They are characteristic of a particular style, historic period or a human environment. You will have to examine the structure or building you intend to photograph thoroughly in order to be able to focus on one of its functions. The first thing to do when shooting an architectural structure is to determine its most normal aspect. Then, turn around [...]

giha woo: constrained ball ‘constrained ball’ ‘constrained ball’ is a drawing aid created by korean product designer giha woo. once attached to the pen, this device helps to draw straight lines without using a ruler. normally, a ball point pen rolls freely in accordance with the ball located at the tip of the pen. however, this writing tool prevents winding lines by helping to move the ball in one direction only. using the installed measuring [...]

This is a collection of my favourite Photoshop text effects that look pretty sweet, I would recommend experimenting with these styles if your looking for some thing a little bit different. Candy Coated Text Smooth Glass Type Slow Shutter Effect The Original slow shutter tut is unavailiable but some one kindly uploaded it… Glassy Text Effect Text In Stitches Milk Typography Effect Create Destructive Black and White Lettering with a Dramatic Splash Effect Using Light [...]

“Letchik Lekha” is a Russian commercial pilot who also happens to be an avid photographer. On his site and blog you can find many rare shots of airplanes, the land below and the sky above, so here is just a small sample (click to enlarge photos):

Here is an interesting tool to play with. If you’ve ever wanted to tweak the appearance of your Windows’ 7 Aero Peek feature (aka taskbar thumbnails), Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer is the tool that will allow you to change the size, alignment, delay time and positioning of taskbar thumbnails. The tool offers sliders for changing thumbnail size, spacing and margins, as well as the delay time in waiting for the thumbnail to show up. [...]