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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:

• Wacom Bamboo Touch Revealed Early
• How to Choose a Graphics Tablet that Fits Your Needs.

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.