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Drawing The Male Face (Vid)

2010-07-19T06:30:22Z

Table of contents for Izzy's Drawing Board

Izzy’s Drawing Board: Tutorial: Drawing the Eye. pt.I
Izzy’s Drawing Board: Drawing the Human Face
The Lips Have It – Illustration Tutorial
Drawing The Male Face (Vid)

Let’s see the Old Spice Guy try this!

This week we have a walk-through on drawing the male face, so get your supplies ready and get going on drawing along! If you like this and other posts, please leave a comment and remember to share with others. If you’d like to skip ahead, visit Isiah’s you tube channel! If you’d like to see more of his works visit his deviantART page!

Don’t forget, if you’re drawing along and would like to share your results, let us know!

Result: Mr. Scorpio

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CSS-Tricks: HTML & CSS – The VERY Basics (vid)

2010-07-19T06:18:47Z

Yes, code is art.

I hadn’t put up much of anything in terms of coding even though it too is an art form, so to make amends I am posting a video from CSS-Tricks.Com, a resource I frequent when I need some code inspiration for projects. This is the life’s blood of the visual web, all data is initially accessed from documented written & controlled by HTML & CSS, while this will be fairly familiar to the myspace generation, the video being referred to in this post is a must see even for the intermediate profile editor.

This video covers the basics of HTML & Cascading Style Sheets as it states in the description and I recommend all beginners start out in the manner the video suggests (using a basic text editor), it’s how I got started.I’ll be on the look out for tutorials and videos that take you a bit further into coding and some of the cool things you can do.

Be warned, once you get into coding, it becomes difficult to back away you may even find yourself dreaming in code!

If any of you beginners would like to share your work with the class post your results in the comments.

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#58: HTML & CSS – The VERY Basics

This video is the VERY basics of what HTML and CSS is, for the absolute beginner. HTML and CSS files are, quite literally, just text files. You don’t need any special software to create them, although a nice code editor is helpful. You can create these files on any computer and use your web browser to preview them during development. You can think of HTML as the content of your website: a bunch of text and references to images wrapped in tags. CSS is the design of your website. It targets the tags you wrote in your HTML and applies the style. Keeping these two things separate is key to quality web design.

Learn Web Design: Educational Resources for Beginners | Vandelay Design Blog (vandelaydesign.com)
50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tools and Tutorials (smashingmagazine.com)

Webexpedition18: 35 Fresh & Creative Photoshop Tutorials

2010-07-19T06:16:37Z

I gave so much love to Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop may be angry.

Adobe’s Photoshop is perhaps the most powerful item in my personal & professional arsenal, although if you were to look at some of the resources I have been posting as of late you would be led to believe otherwise. To rectify this, I’m going to post yet another awesome suggestion from Webexpidition18.com‘s @colaja via twitter (follow him).

In this batch of tutorials you will find a selection of professional level photoshop techniques that will be sure to inspire some creative works from you. If you’d like to share what you’ve designed using what you’ve learned here let me know!

Click here to view the full article »

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35 Fresh And Creative Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop is the tool of choice for most designers. This post is a round-up of 35 high quality Photoshop Tutorials, published in year 2010, which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your designs. The collection of tutorials feature text effects, illustration, retro designs, photo effects and manipulations, and many more.

There is nothing better than diving into a new Photoshop tutorial and learn something new!

Webexpedition18: 15 Killer Photoshop Tutorials Inspired By Space, Planets & Stars

2010-07-19T06:17:23Z

I just want to get in my spaceship & fly past the sky.

I’ve been on my Starchild kick as of late, so all things sci fi & space have their appeal to me right now. Of course, I went in search of some design inspiration and more Photoshop goodness to share and Webexpidition.com had just what I needed. Always the solid resource, follow @colaja on twitter for more goodies of the creative variety. What we have here is a few tutorials on how to create space related artwork in Adobe Photoshop, I myself have only dabbled in “space” art only once or twice, however I may share some old wallpapers with some “alien” lifeforms I made for this site a few years ago.

Click here to view the full article»

clipped from webexpedition18.com

15 Killer Photoshop Tutorials Inspired By Space, Planets And Stars

Digital space art is one of the most inventive and beautiful art genres of this era. Humans have always had an infatuation with the space, planets and stars. With Adobe Photoshop we can create stunning space scenes. As you will see from the tutorials featured here, there is no limit to what can be done with Photoshop skills and a bit of creativity. So let’s start exploring space! May the force be with us!

Mashable: 75+ Social Media Resources for Artists and Designers

2010-07-15T23:53:08Z

How the mighty have sold out.

If you have been keeping tabs on our twitter stream, we’ve recently cut the direct feed to Mashable or “MashApple” as it’s being dubbed lately. This action was taken due to an overabundance of poorly disguised promotional articles & fluff from obvious fans/apologists presented as stories related to Apple. Don’t get me wrong, my iHate for all things Apple isn’t so bad that I’d stomp out any & all mentions, they have some important things to provide to the tech industry so they deserve a voice. However, there needs to balance for sites like Mashable that gained fame from having attracted a group of loyal and vocal fans with their comprehensive look at all things tech & social. More to the point, Mashable will be manually posted like many of the other resources to better filter the plugs for boutique brands.

Now that you’ve had your potatoes, have some steak!

With that said this is a list of resources that was recently posted on the site that I feel are good enough to share with you all. If you have resources you’d like us to check out, contact us!

clipped from mashable.com

75+ Social Media Resources for Artists and Designers

Once a foreign concept, digital art can now be seen in galleries, shops, and even the cover of the New Yorker. While artists have had access to computer-based tools for years, we’ve also collected some resources for portable platforms including the iPhone () and Android () devices that have opened up a whole new suite of powerful, portable tools. This list of over 75 resources can get you up and running regardless of your artistic persuasion. From sites to inspire to portable photo editors to color manipulating web tools, these resources can help any project you might be working on – digital or otherwise.