Best of the Web #49

Happy holidays everyone, I hope that wherever you are, you are able to spend some time with friends and family to celebrate the holiday season.  Since it’s Monday, we’ve gone around and rounded up the best posts from last week from the various design blogs.

This post features a lot of dazzling photography roundups, from beaches to waterfalls, and some really mind-boggling vanishing point photographs from @abduzeedo.  Additionally, Paul from ForCG.com shows us how to create a spectacular holiday card.  Also, don’t miss the great space roundup from my new blog, CreativeFan.com

I hope you enjoy these posts, and have a great start to your week!

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Best of the Web #48

creative_adsHey again everyone, it’s Monday, so I’ve gone around and rounded up the best posts from last week.  As always, there some great posts which have been included here.

My friend Kashif made several excellent Christmas-related posts on his blogs, which have been included here, and there were some other great roundups as well.  The year-end roundups are beginning, so be on the lookout for more of them.  And as always, there were some great tutorials.

Hope you enjoy these resources!

Have a great start to the week.

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20 Spectacular Christmas Tutorials

thumbIt’s that time of the year again.  Christmas time is perhaps one of the most signature times of the year.  Trees, stockings, gifts, ornaments, snowmen, and of course, Santa Claus are all trademark features of the holiday season.

Today, we’re going to feature 20 of the absolute best Christmas tutorials.  From wallpapers, to illustrations, to Christmas cards, you’ll be able to find the right tutorial to help you achieve that last minute effect that you need in order to impress friends and family.  Happy reading, and let us know what you think in the comments.  Have a happy holiday season!

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