We’re opening a new section again, this time it’s a compilation of the best info published in the main graphic and web design related blogs during the last month.
HARDWARE

We have some news from the Wacom universe. First we have the launch of the new Bamboo model, an economical tablet that allows the users to navigate with their hands through gestural movements.And don’t miss the article I wrote for PSDTuts about Wacom tablets:
TUTORIALS
I don’t usually fancy the tutorials published in the media blogs, but this time we have some very interesting ones:
Illustrator

- How to Create an Energy Saving Bulb in Illustrator. Very interesting tutorial, you’ll learn how to use gradient meshes.
- Create a Character Mascot with Adobe Illustrator CS4. Very well written tutorial to create a character in vectorial format. Very simple but effective.
- Gradient Mesh Bell Pepper Tutorial.
- Create An Awesome Space Rocket Avatar in Illustrator. Another tutorial about the use of gradient meshes and filters in Illustrator.
- Stylized Portrait Illustration. Downloadable tutorial in Spanish and English.
Photoshop

- Render a Cereal Box Cover from Scratch Using Photoshop’s 3D Tools. If you’re not used to 3D tools in Photoshop, don’t miss this easy tutorial!
- Create Fantastic Stone Textures in Photoshop. Very simple with a very eye-catching result.
Web design
- Build a Promotional iPhone App Website Wireframe in Fireworks and Create a Promotional iPhone App Site in Photoshop. Sean Hodge brings this tutorial about web desing. Very detailed, in two installments, where he covers the whole designing process, since the creation of the layout until the final retouches.
- Aligning Images The Right Way Using CSS. Article in which we learn how to align images with CSS HTML.
- Demystifying PRE and CODE Tags. Another article about CSS, I didn’t even knew these labels, very useful to give format to your text.
- 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines. Very useful, really recommendable.
- Beautiful Post Thumbnails: Top Examples & Best Practices. Very very detailed..
- YoDaa – The Web Design Process. Article in which we can find the process to create a web.
3D

- Model and Texture a Posh Living Room Scene in Maya – Day 1. Few blogs make good 3D tutorials, but luckily we have CGTuts.
FREELANCING

- 12 Tips for Creating a Great Portfolio Site.
- The Art of Branding Yourself and Your Freelancing Business. Very good article with lots of observations and very useful examples for freelance designers.
- Showcase of Case Studies in Design Portfolios. Another really interesting article.
- Showcase of Case Studies in Design Portfolios. Very interesting article where we can find studies of different portfolios made by prestigious designers.
- 90 Inspirational And Creative Portfolio Designs. One of those rankings including very well designed webs.
SHOWCASE

- Tstout. Pay attention to the design of the posters of films shown by this designer in his portfolio.
- Shonei Othomo. Risky design, controversial, and sometimes pornographic… really provocative.
- Joey Lawrence. I love the humanity transmitted by this photographer, specially in his portraits.
- Craig Shields. Not a very original style, but it’s eye-catching and very well made technically.










4 October 2009 at 2:43 PM
Excelente recopilatorio Sergio, ayer me pillé yo una wacom fun pen&touch… y todavía ando demasiaaaaado lento con ella, pero bueno, es normal, la práctica de años con ratón no se consiguen en un día con tableta,
un saludo, y gracias por tu blog!!
4 October 2009 at 8:18 PM
Excelentes, Sergio, la mayoría ya los conozco, en todo caso yo incluiría tu blog
entre todos, pues es de los pocos blogs que tratan muy bien el diseño de mascotas. Saludos!!
4 October 2009 at 8:23 PM
Hola Diana, veo que estás al día, ¿te interesaría colaborar con un post como este para la semana que viene?
5 October 2009 at 2:07 AM
Claro, me encantaría, Sergio, de hecho acabo de marcar varios links a mis favoritos, en todo caso ¿los envío a tu correo?
5 October 2009 at 11:33 PM
Sergio, el link que dice Nueva Wacom Bamboo no funciona : /
5 October 2009 at 11:39 PM
¿Cuál de ellos Diana?
6 October 2009 at 12:36 AM
El link que está por encima de donde dice “La guía definitiva para elegir una tabla Wacom”
6 October 2009 at 12:37 AM
ah, pero acabo de probarlo y me lleva a la página de Gomedia, ya funciona
8 October 2009 at 10:14 AM
Hola, Sergio
Excelente página, he aprendido mucho con tus consejos y tutoriales. Tus recomendaciones me llevaron a pasar del papel al ordenador (puedes ver ejemplillos en la web que adjunto, aunque aún me queda trecho para igualar al maestro).
Sólo comentarte que te dejaste el “Just Another WordPress Blog” al instalar el blog, por si quieres cambiarlo
Saludos,
Daniel.
9 October 2009 at 8:21 PM
Que tal, me da gusto que haz retomado el blog y encontrarme con diseño nuevo y como siempre con información bastante util para los que nos gusta este ambiente de las lineas y los colores…
Espero que sigas actualizando seguido y por aca estaremos visitandote cada vez que se pueda..
Saludos