Graphic Design Week

PSDtuts are running graphic design week over on their site. Vectortuts are doing the same. There's some fantastic tutorials for the beginner and more advanced photoshopper so get yourself over there

psd.tutsplus.com/

Photograph Restoration

I quite like to dabble in a bit of the old photo resoration field. It gives you a chance to experiment and improve on your photoshop skills. Some can be really challenging whereas some are really easy for beginners.

Rootschat.com run a forum for people interested in their family trees. There is a section on there for people wanting old photographs repaired and it's a great opportunity for beginners wanting to improve their skills. You don't get paid for the work but it's good experience and a feel good factor when they praise you. Head on over!

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,298.0.html

Aeiko Website

Just a quick post to showcase one of my favourite designers work. He's called Pete Harrison and runs the Aeiko website. Some of his pieces of work are brilliant and are definately worth a closer look for some inspiration

http://www.aeiko.net/

40 High Quality Icon Tutorials

Chris at Spoon Graphics runs a fantastic blog offering tutorials, freebies and more. His latest post features 40 high quality icon tutorials for the beginner and more advanced user. A very good post worth taking a look at

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/40-tutorials-for-creating-highly-detailed-icon-designs

Free Twitter Background Images

Anyone wanting to customise their twitter homepage can get some free backgrounds over at the Ideal Hut blog. There are 4 different images to download with instructions on how to install them onto your page.

http://www.idealhut.com/

Free Fonts

Smashing Magazine have ran a new article with links to some really nice quality fonts. Head on over and have a browse around their site. It's full of good hints and tips as well as artwork. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/24/15-beautiful-high-quality-free-fonts/

Welcome to my blog debut!

For a couple of years now I've always been looking around other blogs and I thought it was time I gave it a go. Hopefully in the future I'll create a blog that blends in more with my portfolio site at http://www.logandesigns.co.uk/ but for now this will do.

So what will I be updating on it?

1. My work: Well it would be silly not to use it for a little self promotion.
2. Tutorials: I'll either create tutorials myself or link to other tutorials that I think are good.
3. Freebies: Everybody likes something for free
4. News: I'll try and keep my ear to the ground for any latest design news.


I hope you all bookmark my site and I look forward to publishing some good posts.


Mark