Aura Designs is a WordPress .PSD Theme created for those who want to share their artwork online.

Features:
* 3 .PSD files: Home, Single Page, Portfolio
* Easy to customize (colors, shapes, sizes, position of elements): Named/Grouped Layers
* Slider & Featured post areas
* Portfolio page with categories (.jQuery can be included)
* Free privew images
* JPG previews

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This is my blog’s mascot. My illustration is inspired by the chibi anime – you know, those japanese little, cute and very expressive characters.

I thought it would be nice to create a quick tutorial about the creation of a simple character in Illustrator.

Requirements:
1. Pen
2. Paper
3. Scanner
4. Adobe Illustrator CS

So, here are the steps you need to follow:

1. Take a pencil and a sheet of paper and draw a sketch of the character you want to illustrate. Like this:

It doesn’t have to be very accurate. You must draw the basic lines that form the shape of your character. All other details (like folds, shadows etc.) can be added later. After the sketch is ready, scan it and open it with Adobe Illustrator.

2. Now, in Illustrator, double-click the layer containing your image and check Template > OK. Create a new Layer on top and grab the Pen Tool (P). Start following the contour of your sketch with the  Pen Tool. Your illustration should look like this:

Follow all the sketch lines. You can also add other details or make modifications, if you feel that something should be changed.

3. After the lineart is done, it’s time to play with the Width Tool (Shift+W) – note that only Illustrator CS5 has this tool. Grab the Width Tool, chose one of the lines you drew with the Pen Tool and click on it. Then drag your cursor sideways. You will observe that your line thickens.

Go ahead and give some effect to all your lines (see the image above).

4. Next, start to play along with colors. Choose a palette and use it to color your character. Click a shape with the  Selection Tool (V) and use the Swatches to color that part.

You can play along with colors, gradients or patterns until you are content with the result. You can add shapes with transparency and make shadows and highlights.

Here’s my final resut:

Daily Notes is the simplest and most elegant medium possible theme through which you could share your daily life. It is very minimal in its design, and has been trimmed down to the bare essentials. For anyone looking to create a fun and inviting personal blog, I’m confident that DailyNotes will serve you well!

Features:
* Opera compatible
* Netscape compatible
* Safari compatible
* WordPress 3.0 compatible
* Four Color Schemes
* Threaded Comments
* Optional Blog-style Structure
* Gravatar ready
* Firefox compatible
* IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
* Advertisement Ready
* Custom Tumblr Post Types
* Theme Options Page
* Custom thumbnail images
* PSD files
* Valid XHTML + CSS
* Smooth tabless design

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eStore provides an elegant solution for those looking to sell products online. The theme is easy to configure, and offers integration options with some of the most popular (and free) ecommerce plugins, including eShop and Simple PayPal Shopping cart. Also, due to the open-ended nature of the design, adding support for additional shopping carts won’t cause a headache. If you are ready to bring your business online, then get started today with eStore!

Features:
* Opera compatible
* Netscape compatible
* Safari compatible
* WordPress 3.0 compatible
* Five Color Schemes
* Threaded Comments
* Optional Blog-style Structure
* Gravatar ready
* Firefox compatible
* IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
* Advertisement Ready
* Widget ready sidebars
* Theme Options Page
* Custom thumbnail images
* PSD files
* Valid XHTML + CSS
* Smooth tabless design

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AskIt is perhaps the most advanced theme we have created, and effectively transforms your blog into a fully functional question and answer site. AskIt allows your visitors to post their questions and have them answered by fellow members. Any visitor can post answers to these questions which are then voted on by the community until a “correct” answer is chosen by the question author.

Features:
* Opera compatible
* Netscape compatible
* Safari compatible
* WordPress 3.0 compatible
* Five Color Schemes
* Threaded Comments
* User Submitted Posts
* Visitor Comment Voting
* Member Ratings
* Gravatar ready
* Firefox compatible
* IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
* Advertisement Ready
* Widget ready sidebars
* Theme Options Page
* Custom thumbnail images
* PSD files
* Valid XHTML + CSS
* Smooth tabless design

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Nova is a sharp, simplistic design that makes for an intuitive user experience. Nova’s biggest strength is its homepage, which allows you to organize your content into two areas. The Featured Slider is perhaps the most versatile slider we have built, and comes with multiple slider variations that breath new life into the design.

Features:
* Opera compatible
* Netscape compatible
* Safari compatible
* WordPress 3.0 compatible
* Six Color Schemes
* Threaded Comments
* Optional Blog-style Structure
* Gravatar ready
* Firefox compatible
* IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
* Advertisement Ready
* Widget ready sidebars
* Theme Options Page
* Custom thumbnail images
* PSD files
* Valid XHTML + CSS
* Smooth tabless design

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Sound the beat-box and let the rhythms flow. Introducing Tribal.
Tribal is a great urban WordPress music / media theme. The theme is fully compatible with WordPress 3.0+ and Dynamic menus, automatic integration with your Facebook and Twitter account, Sidebar Widgets and a gorgeous featured article slideshow.
Add your own music or video player to the theme with the ability to have different layout configurations for full screen and left or right sidebar automatically done by the WordPress admin.
Localization and translation is provided with the theme with spanish PO files already bundled in the Developer package. It is big city meets grunge meets music. Be different. Get Tribal.

Features:
* WordPress 3.0+ Compatible
* SEO opitimized
* Automatic Font Replacement New!
* Multiple Dropdown Menu Navigation New!
* Page templates
* Left or Right Sidebar
* Flickr Integration
* Translate to your own language
* Spanish translation included*
* Easy paste Code for Audio or Video Player
* Ad your own Logo and Styles Easily
* Gravatar Support
* Featured Content Slideshow
* Widget Ready
* Feedburner Integration
* Extensive help and tutorial included
* Ad your Adsense or Image Link Code
* Turn all-or-individual banners on/off

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Urban Grunge Theme is a simple black, red and white template with grunge elements. It is highly customizable. It has a horizontal menu and 2 widget ready sidebars.

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Technorati Tags: personal blog, biege, orange, simple, clean, widget ready, adsense ready, template, free theme, wordpress theme

Word Press Black Music Theme was created for music lovers and personal blogs. It has 2 columns and it is widget ready. I am preparing a collection of themes, starting with this one, so don’t miss the rest of them!

Template Info
Author: Crimson
URL: Black Music

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Technorati Tags: music blog, band blog, personal blog, white, black, red, grey, girl, guitar, fixed width, widget ready, 2 colums, right column, free template, free theme, wordpress theme

This one is a clean WordPress Themes made especially for dating blogs. It is is also suited for personal pages. Its colors are soft (violet, pink and white) and it has round corners. It is widget ready and easy to customize. Enjoy!

Template Info
Author: Crimson
URL: Soft Love

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Technorati Tags: personal blog, dating, dating blog, white, pink, violet, grey, butterflyes, hearts, widget ready, 2 colums, right column, free template, free theme, wordpress theme