My Ink Blog has gone through significant changes the last couple of days, and more are soon to follow. First off, I skinned a new theme and modified it. Thanks to Daily Blog Tips for the theme! I think this new design is much easier on the eyes and allows for more expansion [...]

This is the fourth and final installment of my series on creating textures in Photoshop. If you missed the first three, they were creating: Water Texture, Wood Texture and Stone Texture. This tutorial will combine much of what we learned about in the first three installments, we will also go over some new [...]

I will be updating my wordpress theme tonight and over the next couple of days. So please excuse the look and any bugs you may find. I like the theme I had, but it doesn’t accommodate all that I want to do, and I think readability is a bit of a concern. [...]

I recently checked out and switched my feed to FeedBurner’s services. I’m constantly looking for more ways to keep track of how my site is doing and who is visiting as evidenced by my article on “Tracking Your Website Statistics Using Google Analytics.”
If your site has a feed and you’d like to keep [...]

Well it’s almost been a month already since I’ve started myInkBlog. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster, but ultimately the experience has been very worthwhile. It’s like anything else I’ve learned along the way in web and graphic design; although painful and difficult at first, new things become more exciting, easier [...]

This is the my third installment of “creating awesome textures using filters in Photoshop.” If you missed the first two, you can check them out here: creating a water texture and creating a wood texture.
This tutorial will cover how to create a stone texture using mostly filters and finishing the effect with a photo.
Let’s Get [...]

In part I of my series on “creating awesome textures using filters in Photoshop” I showed you how to create a realistic water texture using only 2 filters. In part II of this series I will show you how to create a realistic wood texture.
This tutorial uses a few more filters than the last and [...]