Christmas Megapack : Tutorials, Icons, Wallpapers, Themes

Christmas is almost around the corner and whats more fun then decorating your website with loads of christmas goodies. In this article, I have collected almost everything that is needed for a delightful christmas. This is a Mega Pack which contains tutorials, icon sets, vectors, wallpapers and so much other awesome goodies 🙂 So, have fun.

Create a vibrant camera ad in Photshop

Colors has always been a best friend of a designer. Vibrant colors, mixed with layer styles brings out a new dimension of amazement. I have always been wanting to create an advertisement for a camera. You can seek inspiration from different directions. In this tutorial, I shall guide you through the basics of glow lines and adjustment layers. Once you start experimenting with colors, your interest in digging deep will just escalate to a different level. The vibrant look and a remarkable message it gives out will definitely appear appealing. So, Lets start off creating the Ad.

Exceptional 3D Realism by Iunewind

Iunewind is a 3D artist whose designs are nothing short of being exceptional. Imagination, when blended with 3D artwork brings in a new dimension of Realism. Iunewind is from Samara, Russia. His tools of trade are mainly 3DS Max and Photoshop. His works have become desktop wallpapers for many around the world. By the amount of detail present in each of his designs, i believe he spends around a couple of days or even more to get the stuff close to perfection. He has won numerous awards in the design community. You can take a look at them here

70+ Apple Inspired Desktop Wallpapers

It’s that time of month again! Time to change your wallpaper to something new and exciting. I have always found that by updating my wallpaper on a monthly (and sometimes weekly) basis, it gives me a sense of being in a new work space thereby motivating me to get my day to day tasks done easier. I have come up with a huge collection of Apple inspired wallpapers for you to choose from to refresh your office space. I hope this will help you to being more productive in your daily life. Enjoy!

Create the Mac OS X leopard wallpaper

Whenever Apple comes up with a new product, they also make sure that new dimensions of creativity is also enlightened upon us. It is such a pleasure to design wallpapers relating to Apple products. In this tutorial, we will be doing the Mac OS X (Leopard) campaign wallpaper which was introduced at the WWDC 2007.

Create a Flaming Nike Logo

We have seen several text effects and image manipulations over time. In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to create a promotional Ad for one of the biggest sports giant there is… NIKE. There are quite a good collection of artists aroud the globe who design exemplary posters and ads for these brands (Nike, Adidas, Puma etc.). The least we can do is seek inspiration from their work. Nike has always been a trend setter in the Sports world, manufacturing eye catching sports wear, not to mention the ads they use to promote their brand, has always been a motivational factor for us to buy their merchandise.

Apple inspired Photoshop Tutorials

Apple is known for its passion to transcend mundane reality and bring about a new dimension in design and performance. Its revolutionary products such as the iPhone and the Macbook have broken the design barrier and has bridged performance and style. If there is one thing that I always adore about Apple is their flair towards constantly surprising us with innovation in style and the cheeky product design.

For years, Apple has had a huge impact on designers and graphic artists across the globe. The simplicity and sharpness of the GUI in Mac OS X strongly influenced the way new products were being presented and designed. It’s not only the design of products that makes Apple’s products different, it’s also their appearance on the Web and in print.

Create a Super Cool Frilled Typography

Typography is the best way to start learning Graphic Design. You can experiment a lot and also learn a lot of cool effects and unravel certain mysteries in Photoshop. Now, we are going to create an amazing vector based typography with frills and give it an authentic fabric look. The outcome of the final image is going to be really great and once done, I am pretty sure you will appreciate it. So, lets get to work..

Shatter effect using Cinema 4D and Photoshop

This was created using Cinema 4D, a 3D rendering tool just like the ever popluar 3DS Max, Blender and others. CINEMA 4D is a 3-D application that is popular amongst motion graphics artists, thanks to its excellent integration with compositing application pipelines, and a very artist-friendly, customizable workflow and interface. It has been used for films such as Chronicles of Narnia, Beowulf, Polar Express, Spiderman 3 and Monster House. CINEMA 4D’s intuitive interface and logical workflow make it possible for those new to 3D artistry to dive in and be productive quickly. Feedback is smooth and interactive so you can let your creativity run free.

View the tutorial here : Media Militia