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Design self-promotional postcards

As a tool that regularly reminds clients that you’re alive and available for work, creative postcards are a great solution. Cheap to produce, these mini canvases provide a snapshot of your latest work in miniature. And if the style appeals, you’ll find many creative directors pinning promo cards to their studio walls, ready to pick up and commission when that style is needed.

Create a burlesque photo montage using pro-level masking skills

Flirty, fancy, and defiantly old-school: burlesque is big news at the moment. It relies on teasing and subtle details for its sexiness, rather than resorting to acres of exposed flesh – meaning that you can be seductive without having to go all-out raunchy. In this tutorial, Radim Malinic lets his imagination go for a wander, creating a unique image by blending a burlesque-style central figure with other exuberant, whimsical elements – including a dream catcher and a merry-go-round.

Design a Twitter page with a tiled background

Twitter opens up a huge opportunity for self-expression, and part of that is undoubtedly visual. While the Twitter interface gives you some basic backgrounds, let’s face it: they’re mostly pretty dull and it’s hard to make a unique splash when hundreds of thousands of other people are using the same elements. To get noticed not just for your tweets, but also for your style, try creating your own custom background. In this second of a two-part part series, I’ll discuss how to create a tiled (or patterned) background.

Learn gorgeous new shading skills

In this tutorial, Yuta Onoda shows how you can transform a pencil sketch into a gorgeous, textured digital artwork using layer masks and blending modes. You’ll also learn how to add realism to your artwork by faking print offsets and paint spatters.

Create a Cool Panda Character in Adobe Illustrator

This excellent Tutorial will teach you how to create a curious looking Panda using Adobe Illustrator's neat Vector tools.

Photoshop Tutorial, create an Ice Scene in Photoshop

Use Photoshop to create a nifty looking Ice Text Effect.

Design a Christmas Tree Icon in Illustrator

Design the Itunes Logo in Illustrator

Create a Green Logo with Leaves and Dirt

Program a PSD into valid XHTML/CSS