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Happy New Year & The Best of the Web 2009

Happy New Year – to all you loyal Digital Art Empire readers. Thank you to all of you for being a fantastic community in 09. Its been an exciting and encouraging past few months all because of you guys. We have had a successful growth in 09 with plenty of …


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Happy New Year – to all you loyal Digital Art Empire readers. Thank you to all of you for being a fantastic community in 09. Its been an exciting and encouraging past few months all because of you guys.

We have had a successful growth in 09 with plenty of posts at fellow design sites which help to grow our presence and community. Thank you again we appreciate every single one of you.

We have some big plans for 2010, I will be posting every single day with design news tuts from around the web and freebies. Additionally there will be one high quality tutorial written every week which may increase with the ever growing popularity of Digital Art Empire. It’s going to be a good fun year so stick around.

There will be some guest writers on here and I will continue to write for other design sites. Here are some of the most popular posts to remind us of the amazing progress we have had.

Create an Abstract Sea on Land Illusion

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Create a Stunning City Skyline Made of Text

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How to Create Ice Cubes in 3ds Max

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Here is a selection of what was best in 09 from around the web.

Interviews

Interview with Chris Spooner

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Interview with Aaron Irizarry

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Interview with Franz Jeitz from Fudgegraphics

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Articles and Inspiration

The brand identity design process

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Logo Design A to Z – Q

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6 Ways To Take Your Webdesign From Good To Great

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Geometric Flower Effect Logo in Illustrator

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Easy Star Light in Photoshop

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Create a Funky Perspective of a Model Riding Digital Volume

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How to Create Eroded Metal Text with Photoshop

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Freebies

Brushes

Free Hi-Res Splatter Photoshop Brushes

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Free Go Media Brushes

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100 Beautiful Free Textures

A great resource that covers all kinds of textures from wool to metal and in between, should keep you busy for a while.

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thanks to suneko for the  cover  image

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Ben Rama is a Graphic Designer, CG artist & Cinematographer from London. He is the founder & creative director at Digital Art Empire Find Ben on Twitter

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