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If you are designing a website where users can register and have avatars, and you want them to have those cool “Human shape” avatars as default, well, here is how to do them This are some avatars I’ve created for my websites: How to do this I recommend using a small size, 100×100 is best [...]
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This is the effect we are aiming for: Step 1 Let’s get this started, so first create a new document. For the example I’m using a 500x500px document which I will then fill with black. With a dark tone of purple/pink create a radial gradient around the center. It should look like this: Step 2 [...]
Continue Reading →This is what you will achieve at the end of the tutorial: Click to enlarge The Tutorial To start things up you’ll need several things, first of course Photoshop, then look for a picture of yourself or a friend looking “GTA-style”. I found this one in a friends’ profile: Click for full-res photo Starting up [...]
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Here is a (huge) compilation of the best free Photoshop brushes out there. They are the ones I use, and the ones it took me a very long time to find over the web. I’ve selected the best of them, and along with a preview and a description, I’ve made a zip file that contains [...]
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For all of you designers out there that don’t understand exactly what is the difference in “lay” terms of the most common web image formats I will go on with a little explanation and examples for you: The background is a PNG image that is always the same, and the images are set over it [...]
Continue Reading →I am Alex, a software and communications engeneering student. I currently live in the north of Spain.
For the past years I have been working on software and application development, as well as sharing tips and tricks I find useful.