You folks probably already know I am a sucker for cool looking rocks, and if you don’t – well – I have revealed my kryptonite.   They are pretty cooperative subjects, they don’t ask for much, work for free, and not demanding at all actually.   They can look good in a variety of light [...]

You know those scale markers they have on maps that say that 1″ equals 1 mile? Well, Photoshop can create something called Scale Markers. These are measurement guides that are created based on the measurement scale you use. Once a measurement scale is established, go under the Analysis menu and choose Place Scale Marker. In [...]

Avatar has swept the whole world. Lots of designers have done lots of art works related to “Avatar”. Lots of designers have been working on the transformation from a human photo to “Avatar”. However, this tutorial will start the artworks from pencil drafting. You will learn how to develop an impressive Avatar art in a [...]

Earlier today a new membership-based site, MediaLoot was launched. It is an online toolbox of premium design resources, and they have kindly offered to give five readers of the Vandelay Design blog a one-year membership to the site for free!

You may find yourself setting up measurement parameters for a number of different size images. To keep from having to reset the values over and over, click on the Save Preset button. It is perhaps a good idea to name the presets after the pixel dimension to make them easy to identify.

Web Icon Set aims to provide the best professional and quality web icons to web designer and developer. They have released some free web icons including Application Icons, Blogging Icons, Mobile Icons and E-Commerce Icons. They come in 128, 64, 48, 32px sizes. These icons are for free for both personal and commercial projects.

Minimalism a popular style of design because it keeps things simple and user-friendly. In this post we’ll look at more than 20 websites, blogs and books dedicated to minimalism. Not all of them are related to web design - minimalism can also be applied to other aspects of business and life.

Minimal Design Showcases:

If you want to find great and inspiring examples of minimalist design, these sites will be excellent sources.

Minimal Exhibit

When using the Analysis tools in Photoshop, you will need to establish the scale of measure. Go under the Analysis menu, choose Set Measurement Scale, and select Custom. You have three settings to modify: Pixel Length, Logical Length, and Logical Units. An example would be if you know your document is 100 pixels wide, you [...]