Quick Tip: Optimizing Images for the Web

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ November 12, 2010 \ Articles \ 8 Comments

Its amazing to see how much image sizes affect page load times. You might be thinking, “How much can 5kb really affect my load times?” To be be quite honest its not about the one image that affects the load time, but all the images together. If you calculate the

Nike – Footlocker 2010 Apparel Case Study

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ October 11, 2010 \ Case Studies, Inspiration \ 3 Comments

I love Nike. I am sure there are millions of you out there that do to. This caught my eye because it was something different and I just had to show it to our readers. These two new shirts were done as a part of Nike’s 2010 t-shirt collection. Available

Creating the Step Up 3D Effect in Photoshop

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ August 30, 2010 \ Tutorials \ 45 Comments

3D is taking over the film industry, with more and more movies, games and magazines being released in 3D I thought I would share the secret with you on how to achieve 3D effects in your photos using Photoshop. I am going to use Step Up 3D’s Movie poster and

25 Mouth Watering Interface Designs

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ July 22, 2010 \ Inspiration, Interface Designs \ 10 Comments

We come across interfaces all day long, from your normal windows task bar to programs that we use. These interfaces are sleek and simple and work well, but have you ever seen high tech interfaces? These interfaces are pure works of art and just by looking at them you get

20 Free 3D Fonts for Your Creative Projects

Author: Peter Olexa \ April 20, 2010 \ Freebies \ 10 Comments

If you are fan of 3D, I am sure you’ll enjoy these 20 free 3D fonts I put for you together. 3D fonts are perfect for titles, slogans or backgrounds … simply everywhere you need additional attention. 10

2010 – Bauforum Heavy Equipment Calendar

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ February 20, 2010 \ Articles \ 5 Comments

Its always great seeing some effort being put into making calendars for the new year. This one especially attracted my attention because I love construction equipment. Bauforum has created a Heavy Equipment Calendar for 2010 and has done a outstanding job with it. They have not only succeeded in making

Inspiration: MTV Hidden World

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ February 6, 2010 \ Inspiration, Motion Reels \ 5 Comments

All of us know what MTV is all about and we can definitely say its one of our favorite music channels. MTV is also known for their branding, which is different and unique from any other TV related shows in the world. I have come across some branding The-Gild has

How To Block a Freshly Printed Poster

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ February 2, 2010 \ Tutorials \ 13 Comments

We will be doing something different today, all the tutorials that we usually see and read is digitally based. I have decided I am going to do a tutorial on How to Block a Freshly Printed Poster. I will walk you through the steps in a easy understandable way so

Inspiration: Experimental Typography

Author: Jacques van Heerden \ January 24, 2010 \ Inspiration, Typography \ 6 Comments

As designers we love to experiment in different dimensions and typography is definitely one of the favorite areas.Alex Varanese Portfolio a Artist from San Francisco in the US has done a exceptional job in experimenting with different shapes and lighting positions to come up with a awesome collection of type