In October 2008, Pepsi announced they would be redesigning its logo and re-branding many of its products by early 2009. In 2009, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Max began using all lower-case fonts for name brands, Mountain Dew has been rebranded as "Mtn Dew", and Diet Pepsi Max was re-branded as Pepsi Max. The brand's blue and red globe trademark became a series of "smiles," with the central white band arcing at different angles depending on the product. The new ...

Font's are basic tool of the trade for every graphic designer, and being that, you always need some fresh new fonts, to spice up your designs. As many of you know font's are pretty expensive and if you want to keep your business legal, and your customers worry-free consider this website: www.fontsquirrel.com At fontsquirrel.com all the fonts are freeware with licenses for commercial work, and they are presented in easy ...

Twenty-five years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh at an event in the Flint Center for the Performing Arts. Launched in January 1984, the first Apple Mac opened the door for a computer revolution that led to the PowerBook, the iMac and even the iPhone. Watch the original intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44

At CGsociety there is a new competition going on, in the style of Jacek Yerka. For a long time, artists have created strange and wonderful imaginings that are surreal. Like windows into some fantastic world Surreal paintings have a special fascination that reminds us of the boundless creativity we all knew as children. Now the digital medium allows the artists to bring their wildest dreams to life. In an age where virtuality meets reality the surreal has become real. In this, the ...

Markzware Announces The Release of InDesign To QuarkXPress (ID2Q v4) Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly recommended conversion tool ID2Q (InDesign to QuarkXPress). ID2Q v4 is created to provide a quick, easy and affordable method for migrating Adobe InDesign content into a new QuarkXPress document. This new version will convert Adobe InDesign documents up to Adobe CS 4 to QuarkXPress 7 or 8.

Metallic Interface designs are undoubtedly very popular these days, and seem to be popping up everywhere - from application skins to clan websites.  Whilst overlapping metal plates may be simplicity itself to create, however, they also look rather boring unless logos are etched onto them, LCD screens are attached, or they are personalized in some way. Another simple way is to add screws/rivets, which are an ...

We have just finished updating our web to version 3.0. It's still needs minor tweaking and adjusting some elements, but you will now enjoy state-of-the-art feel when you browse this site. ;)

For this tutorial I chose a piece of denim. I took this image from my favorite stock site, sxc.hu. This particular image is located here. If you were to resize this image and repeat it in it's 'virgin' form, you would be able to see the edges, and it would be quite ugly. First, determine the resolution that you want your image to repeat at. For this I chose 200x200. I took ...