Tag Archive: Glossy

Feb 14

Clean, Modern WordPress Theme Design

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With this tutorial I’ll try to bring you more ingenious design ideas that make your site the most vivid and dynamic on the web.  Today we’ll create a creative layout which can be easily converted into a wordpress theme. You can use this layout to showcase your portfolio, for your blog or just to sell …

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Jan 02

Surreal, Abstract, Metallic Text Effect

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With this tutorial, we will show you how to create a unique, Surreal and Abstract Text Effect with Metal Texture in Photoshop, step by step. This tutorial involves some steps which are a little tricky, but then, who said Photoshop was easy! (Those studying design may find it easier.) The objective of this tutorial is …

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Aug 14

Snow Theme Website design with Photoshop

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Get your Photoshop on and follow this step by step tutorial of building a snowboarding themed website layout. The design we’ll be creating takes inspiration from the typical style of the snowboarding culture, with grungy textures and distressed brush marks adding detail to the design. We’ll start by producing a core grid to base the …

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May 14

Grungy & Translucent Website Design with Photoshop

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Not only have watercolor brush strokes become a popular trend in modern web design, but so have advanced layers of transparency (or what I call, translucence).With this tutorial, we will implement it in our own website design.

Apr 30

Create 3D Website Layout

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In this tutorial we’re going to design a 3D web layout. It will have perspective in the header, but the content area will have to remain clean in order to keep things readable and not irritating. There are a lot of things you can modify to your own needs in this tutorial; it’s mainly about …

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Mar 09

DIY Hi-Tech button

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Final Product What You’ll Be Creating With this tutorial we will create a hi-tech style button that can be used in splash pages, applications or Powerpoint presentations. We will use Illustrator to create complex vectors and Photoshop to develop realistic effects.

Mar 01

Glossy Orb

Here is a .psd file showing how to make a glossy orb or button with simple techniques. Just download the .psd file for free  and improve your graphics designing skills! Download link – Minimal Button © hybrid Do not use or publish it at any other website or blog.