This is the first in a short series of tutorials on how to create some awesome textures in Photoshop by using just a few filters. This water effect essentially only takes 2 filters to get the desired effect. Of course, once you get the look you want, then it’s a good idea to [...]

May marked the start of this blogging adventure for me, and I’m so glad I’ve gotten some positive feedback from fellow design bloggers like DesignNerd and Gilberto’s Authority Blog. It is really encouraging and it pushes me to keep providing quality content. I’ve also hopped on board at Fighting Chance Fantasy, which is a fantasy [...]

You can inexhaustibly extend the features of your wordpress blog with over 2,200 plugins. But, that is only if you are using a wordpress.org site; and not the more limited, but free (no hosting costs) wordpress.com site. The differences are not in the scope of this article, but you can learn more here.
Depending on [...]

More often than not your web host will offer free statistics in their hosting control panel, but sometimes they don’t and many times if they do, it is limited. Their are many other options available to keep track of your visitors. Two of the best free services are Google Analytics and GetClicky.
In this [...]

This will be the first of a series of inspirational posts. Soon, I will be adding to this category with different inspirational themes in the web/graphic design field.
Nowadays church’s are putting a larger emphasis on current technology as a means of communicating their message to an ever-changing, technical savvy younger generation. Just within the [...]

Well, today officially marks the completion of my first week of blogging. I’ve learned a ton so far, but I feel like I’ve got so much further to go. If you’ve stumbled upon this blog during my first week here I hope that you continue to visit my site and subscribe to my [...]

Here are some free brushes of coffee stains and splatters that I created for your design use.

Download the brushes

Photoshop Brushes
Photoshop comes with many brushes already built in, and you can go to sites such as deviantart.com or brusheezy.com to find freebies that users have submitted, however in this tutorial we are going to look into designing our own set of brushes.
Coffee and Grunge, Two of my Favorite Things
Coffee stains and grunge splatters have [...]

To the left is the original photo that I used for this tutorial, feel free to use this photo or your own if you are following along. This tutorial covers the use of Adobe Photoshop Actions. Once you learn how to use Actions you’ll wonder how you ever got by without them.
In this example, I [...]

Icons are very useful for adding some interest and stating what your business does with a clean, professional look. These are some I designed and can be used freely.

Feel free to use these icons however you see fit, but If you do use them, I would love to see what you did with them; please [...]