The new design here at Digital Art Empire has already helped to increase the community interaction and general positive energy around the blog.

I’ve been able to make many online friends and acquaintances who have design blogs too ; they have all been refreshingly open and friendly .

I’m really grateful to the community of designers and bloggers who read my blog and help to make this site work . These are the people who I talk with regularly and help to make the community.

In no particular order thanks : )

Creative Fan

My Ink Blog

Rich Works

Smashing Share

Web Expedition18

aext.net

Web Design Fan

Design Informer

Web Design Mash

Creative Overflow

Circle Box

AcrisDesign

Little Box of Ideas

Fudge Graphics

Pixel Cloud

If I missed you out sorry , please leave a comment and we can connect : )

At the start of my journey I set out to see what would happen, having had some great successes making video tutorials for my You Tube channel I had high hopes, which happily I can say have been met.

After blogging part time since September last year and more seriously devoted since the start of this year I have seen a steady and faster than expected growth in the community here.

The growth after the start of 2010 has been doubling every month, and I put this down to publishing every day and writing good quality articles and tuts that get stumbled and tweeted. So, points to note if you own a blog are, consistently publishing and writing attractive content is a formula for success.

Over the weekend we had a massive traffic increase with 20 thousand visits over Saturday and Sunday , our monthy total was 62 thousand – this isn’t our usual stats as you can see , but they say you should celebrate all you victories. Most of this traffic came from stumble upon

The plan is to continue to write original tutorials articles and inspiring showcases whilst broadening the topics to include more 3D,code and web programs.

The new design –

I’d like to thank Kailoon for his amazing support whilst getting this site together and ironing out any little glitches

There will be a User link feed setup in the very near future so I’ll send out an email to all those who blog.

Header

The header is simple gorgeous , and reflects the quality of posts you can expect at DAE.

Sidebar

Nice large Rss & Twitter buttons with FB and email subs too. If you haven’t already please take this time to sign up – its absolutely free .

Footer

I really love the footer area and may well enhance it some more – it has our Flickr group and pulls posts from categories. Theres also a scroll to top button and link to our freebies.

Under the hood theres a php script called timthumb that auto resizes images making my life a lot easier.

The new logo

I wanted to say ‘Empire’ with the new logo , that was my overriding objective because it’s the unique selling point that no one else in the design/blog sphere has.

I originally had in mind a triangle and pillars like a Roman temple or forum , I took this idea to concept feedback and was reminded  to keep it simple. So after much drawing and redrawing I chose the wreath, which I think simply and subtly says ‘Empire’

Have your say – thoughts and feedback.

I look forward to hearing what you have to say , please feel free to point out any glitches – There are known issues in IE 7 and below – and some database errors that are being ironed out as I type . Overall I’m very happy with the design and will build up on the  success I have seen humbly and steadily : )

Afer the popularity of our previous brush sets 15 Free Space Brushes – Galaxy Nebula & Planets & 9 Unique and Exclusive iPod and iPad Brushes for Photosho it looks like Ill be doing a weekly brush set because you like them so much.

These are all amazing bushes at the highest possible size, 2500. I’m sure you’ll enjoy using theme for a variety of projects. Please retweet this and be sure to subscribe via RSS. If you would like set of brushes with a particular theme please leave a comment or email me and I’ll be happy to get them made.

Thank you to the following photographer’s russelljsmith / Lincolnian (Brian) /ruurmo /Swami Stream /tomooka /Per Ola Wiberg ~ Powi ~ back

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11 Free Web Design Icons Digital Art Empire

So after a comment from one of our readers , Faith , for some pink web icons I put together this set in a fresh awesome coloration . Hope you enjoy them .In the future Ill be creating more icons so if you have requests again leave a comment or email me and Ill get some made.

I really hope you find theme useful  and enjoy them , if you like leave a link showing us where you used them.

There are 3 different sizes : 256 x 256 128 x 128, 64 x 64  – PNG

OMG I love these icons

Like em , would you like to say thankyou ?

Apart from a retweet and a comment for these icons the best way to show your love is to donate via paypal.

License/Usage : Free for personal and Commercial work , please use an attribution link back to http://digitalartempire.com/

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I recently made some fractal brushes for Little Box of Ideas . They had a good response so I thought I’d make some for you guys too .

These are all made at 2500 pixels and should work in photoshop CS and above. If you enjoyed use them please feel free to link to them but please don’t redistribute as your own.

It looks like we’ll be publishing a new brush set every week so if you have any requests for brushes leave a comment saying what type your interested in or email us. Please retweet this and be sure to get out RSS feed.

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Here we present the second ‘weekly best of the web’. This is a weekly post that showcases news, inspiration and interesting offerings from the design community.

If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via contact us , the image with the link from where you found it , leave your  name and we’ll credit you too.

We have worked hard at collecting all these from around the interweb and really  hope you enjoy them.Have fun, be inspired  & remember to subscribe via RSS to get our latest posts.

The legendary Higpnosis

Lamborghini Ankonian Concept

COLOR STATE by Malene Landgreen

Lenancker Romain’s Paper Installations

Echo is the next generation commenting system.

Instrumental Video Nine

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A brief update : Here are some changes

1. No Ads

As you may have noticed there are no ads – on the sidebar – they are being replaced with more useful content for now. This is partly because we recently got accepted onto buy sell ads and are making sure the prep is done properly; and Partly because they weren’t generating enough revenue to be justified.

2. Facebook

Here is the link to my Facebook profile which is updated everyday – I answer every email and love to network.

There is also the  Face Book Fan Page which is massive amongst social media gurus .

3. Frequent Posts

There are more frequent posts here on Digital Art Empire, some of my regular readers will have noticed I’m posting every week day. This is set to continue for the whole of 2010 and beyond. Please ask either in comments or by email ( contact page ) what you would like to read more of . I know you enjoy tuts so I’m going to do at least one a week, increasing as I have the time.

We also ran a succesful competition last week and are running another one this week. This should become a regular occurance here .

4. Success and Popularity

In terms of our popularity it looks set to grow steadily again this year. I’m writing for My Ink Blog again this month so I’ll post that link when it’s up. This guest post helps to bring in readers and boost the overall exposure of Digital Art Empire.

Last week I featured a tut on good tutorials which was an overwhelming success, bringing in a whopping 2043 visits in ONE day. This helped to show me clearly the way Digital Art Empire should go – more tuts. This will be easy as I love the creativity of making them.

5. Twitter

The twitter followers are at 849 and there are some really good tweets going on there so check it out.

6. RSS

If you know about RSS please sign up, if not read this and then sign up here.

Thanks to Bruno Maia, for the twitter icon, Arturo de Albornoz for the Ad & woodleywonderworks for the earth.

Today I collected 25 of the most awesome Photoshop tutorials I could find from around the web.

These include a broad range of concepts  including manipulations , character design, UI design and some 3D effects.

There were a lot of good tutorials written last year so this list will save you from missing them, bookmark this and promote it on your favourite network.

1

Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorial: Create mile-high type art

In this tutorial, Fabio Sasso shows you how to achieve that glossy, detailed fantasy look through careful compositing, and control of layers and blending modes. You’ll extrude type in Illustrator and then composite on textures and other details in Photoshop.

2

Create an Abstract Sea on Land Illusion

I’m sure we can all agree we love new tutorials, I created this tutorial initially thinking I could create the effect of a destroyed landscape through glasses as a kind of alternate view of nature in the future after global warming.

I settled on an animal landscape and decided the best contrast is between sea and land . The viewer is supposed to be looking through the glasses in first person but I think it can look like a reflection in the lenses.

3

How to Create a Photo Manipulation of a Flooded City Scene

In this tutorial, we will learn how to manipulate a simple photo into a flooding torrent of a scene. We’ll use some relatively simple techniques to give this image a semi-realistic, stylized feel. Let’s get started!

4

Easy Star Light in Photoshop

The light effect we created here is nothing new, I’ve shown you how to create this quite a few times. However this time we played with patterns and the warp transform to add a very nice effect to the image. Once again I was inspired by a skateboard deck design and wanted to reproduce that in Photoshop. The whole idea of this tutorials is that we can play with the tool and learn at least something new.

5

How to Create a 3D Leaf from a Texture Photograph

In this beginners level tutorial, you will learn how to create a vibrant 3D leaf compilation from a single 2D photograph. You will be able to manipulate the object however you prefer. Let’s have fun with this display of greenery.

6

Create a Slick Business Card Design with Stunning Typography

Whatever profession you’re in, there’ll come a time when you’ll need your own business card. This graphic design tutorial will show you a way to create a standard two-sided business card design in Adobe Photoshop that you can take to your printer.

7

How to Create a Surreal Scene of Flying Bombs on Fire

In this tutorial, we’ll make a scene with flaming bombs pouring from the sky. This tut is made to show some down and dirty Photoshop tricks that beginners can quickly pick up. It also includes some relatively advanced techniques to help budding designers enhance their workflow. Let’s get started!

8

How to Create a 3D Text Photo Manipulation

In this intermediate-level graphic design tutorial, you’ll learn how to realistically superimpose a beautiful three-dimensional text object onto a living room scene with the help of Illustrator and Photoshop

9

How to Create Furry Text in Photoshop

In this tutorial we’ll be creating furry text using layer masks and some shadow effects for a 3D look. It’s pretty simple and fun to create and looks pretty cool. You can use this effect to learn new techniques in Photoshop, add to your portfolio or simply for fun. Let’s begin.

10

Photoshop: Hand Drawn Design

In case you haven’t noticed yet, the hand drawn style is one of the hottest design trends. Here is a quick tutorial to show you how to create a hand drawn design in Photoshop using the blending mode and alpha channel.

11

How to Create a Flying Land Illustration On Fire

This tutorial is a collaboration with a good friend of mine with Ciursa Ionut. This tutorial is about creating a fantasy illustration using some dragon images and a few cliffs for creating the land. We also add lava and fiery effects. So, let’s get fired-up for this one!

12

iPhone Gift Ribbon

This effect can be easily achieved with Photoshop Warp transform tool. Christmas is around the corner and I hope you may find this tutorial useful for upcoming projects.

13

How to Make a Dark, Post-Apocalyptic City Illustration

In this tutorial, we’ll change a full of sunshine, ordinary photograph into a gloomy image of the world after destruction of mankind. Using simple tools, we’ll turn lively streets into abandoned ruins overgrown with weeds. A number of stock images and a few little tricks will let us optimize our work and make this job more interesting and spectacular. So let’s go!

14

How to Create Remarkable 3D Text in Photoshop

In this quick and easy graphic design tutorial, you’ll discover a handy process for generating eye-grabbing three-dimensional typography with the help of Photoshop and some creative techniques.

15

How to Combine Digital Painting and Photo Manipulation to Create a Platform Environment

In this tutorial, you will learn how to combine digital painting and photo manipulation to create polished fantasy art. The process of combining digital painting and photo manipulation is a great mix. It truly allows you conquer the world with beautiful illustrations. Let’s get started!

16

Create a Simple Vibrant Light Effect in Photoshop

Starting away from the computer, we’ll use a few household objects to create some photographic resources. Then follow this Adobe Photoshop tutorial to manipulate the images with various tools and techiques to produce a vibrant design made up of intense light streams effect.

17

Cartoon Character in Photoshop

I have been thinking of doing a cartoon version of one of my favorite characters, Agatha Christies’ Detective Hercule Poirot, always portrayed as a strong willed and serious man. Doing such an intellectual and grumpy looking character in a cartoon fashion sounded like a funny idea to me. So I got my pencil and drew and colored it entirely on Photoshop CS3.

18

How To Create a Sleek Audio Player Interface in Photoshop

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to design a sleek audio player interface in Adobe Photoshop.

19

How to Create a Fantasy “Mother Nature” Scene

This tutorial is about creating a fantasy scene called “Mother Nature.” We will use well chosen images, brushes and most off all our imagination in combination with Photoshop techniques to create an outstanding image.

20

Photo Strip (Photoshop Tutorial)

This is a Photoshop tutorial on how to create a beautiful photo film strip, as seen in Apple’s iLife package design (’06 version) and DigitalMash website. The warp tool will be used to create the twisting effect (so, you need Photoshop CS2 or above to complete this tutorial). With the completion of this tutorial, you will be able build a photo strip with your own photos or artwork.

21

Create a Realistic Space Scene from Scratch with Photoshop

In this intermediate-to-advanced-level design tutorial, we are going to create a stunning space scene that has realistic-looking planets, stars, and lighting effects using a few innovative Photoshop techniques and some textures.

22

Combine Photo Elements to Create a Surreal Photo Manipulation

This Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to use a variety of color, lighting, and cut and paste techniques to create a surreal photo manipulation. Combine your creativity with these Photoshop techniques to create your own photo manipulation artworks.

23

How to Make an Impressive Blog Layout in Photoshop

In this easy to follow web design tutorial, you will learn how to construct a beautiful, sleek, and professional-level weblog design using Adobe Photoshop that you can later use for your very own blog theme.

24

Patterned Line Photo Effect

A photo effect like this one is rather popular to make movie poster or something like that. I actually don’t know what is this effect name, so I just call it Line Patterned Photo Effect; base on the step of how to make it, the basic of this effect is a random line that blended in to the photo.

25

Beautiful Xmas Wallpaper in Cinema 4D and Photoshop

I decided to try and design my own candy cane typeface. I also used Photoshop to create the background and the whole composition.

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Last week a tutorial I wrote for My Ink Blog was published.  It is the second time I have written for My Ink Blog and it really makes my day to see work viewed by so many people.

The number of people visiting Digital Art Empire is continuing to grow steadily. I’m happy with the large numbers so far and glad that there are a core group of readers who always read my articles.

Writing for other design blogs is a great way to gain exposure and create friendships with fellow designers.With increasing popularity and exposure I intend to grow the site, with more regular tutorials, design articles and the freebies you download so much.

The new year and new decade is approaching and I assure you it will be full of amazing content. Please retweet this and let me know what you would like more of.

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This article will help you either top up on your logo skills or be a good introduction to designing a logo; I have chosen a broad spectrum and kept the article concise so it’s easy to take in and come back to.

This article is broken up into Tutorials, Inspiration and Articles for learning how to create Logos .

Logo design Tutorials Illustrator

1

Illustrative Logo: Bow the Knee

Source files are included in this download so you can manually de-construct the method I used to create my reference imagery.

2

BzZz, Create a Fly Logo Design Part 1

BzZz, Create a Fly Logo Design Part 2

This tutorial is focused on the process of creating a logo for a web design client. It will cover developing a logo from concept to completion and working with the client throughout this process. This tutorial series covers both the technical processes and business issues related to designing this fly logo.

3

Design a Grungy Circular Logo

In this tutorial I want to detail how to create text along a path in an interesting way and apply it to a common application. Although the circular logo has been used forever, it can still be effective if done well, while mixing in some modern design. In this case, we are going to use some vector art, then grunge it up. This will give it that worn beach look I’m going for. I hope you enjoy it, here we go…

4

Creating a Rockstar Brand, Logo & Styleguide in Illustrator

Designing a strong, coherent graphic brand identity is one of the most rewarding tasks in graphic design. It is a unique opportunity to create something that will go on to be used in many different places, applications and designs. In this multi-part tutorial series I’ll take you through the processes and design I used to create the Rockable Press brand and its many different applications both offline and on.

5

Tutorial: Web 2.0 Logo Reflection in Vector format with Illustrator

You will probably find dozens, if not hundreds of tutorials on how to do this in Photoshop, but I’m going to show you how to do it in Illustrator (vector). The advantage? You can scale it up for a roadside billboard if you like. That’s the power of vector graphics.

6

Create a Logo for Your Feature Posts

For this logo the title said it all. I had to find a cool 7-UP graphic to use as the main focus of my logo. I was able to find a really cool and colorful version of the 7Up logo on brandsoftheworld.com. Once you’ve found a suitable logo to work with open it up in Illustrator to begin working on your new artwork.

7

Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for Vivid Ways

I recently finished up a project with Scott McIntyre of Vivid Ways and Jon Phillip of Spyre Studios. My part in the project was to work on a new logo design for the Vivid Ways website and brand. Here’s my design process and a walkthrough of how the final logo is created in Adobe Illustrator.

8

Create a black and white logo

Freelance design studio Thinkdust shows you how to create a one-colour logotype that has a contemporary yet classic look…

When it comes to brand identity, Thinkdust has always stepped away from the corporate style. Creating brands can be rewarding work, and an open brief gives you the opportunity to experiment and get fully creative.

9

Design a Print-Ready Beer Label in Adobe Illustrator

Alright folks, it’s time to roll up the sleeves and get down to business with this full-featured Adobe illustrator CS3 tutorial. This one takes you from setup to production of a really cool beer label, although this could be useful for any bottled concoction of your choosing.

Logo Design Inspiration

1

LogoPond

2

The Identity Archive Project

3

Logo Sauce

4

LogoDesignLove

5

Creattica

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What’s your favourite logo?