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Designing a splash screen for mobile

28 Apr 2014

Designing a splash screen for mobile

For Designmodo - a popular blog about design topics - I wrote a step-by-step tutorial on how to design a splash screen for mobile.

iOS-Mobile Tutorials Illustration Bene news

Creating text effects in Photoshop

09 Apr 2014

Creating text effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial, i'm showing some text effects that can be applied using the effects panel in Photoshop. First, i'm giving some research tips and references, next i'll show the final result of the text effect and give step-by-step instructions on how to apply the text effects. Resources, fonts and textures that are showcased in the effects are listed at the end in References.

Typography Tutorials Illustration Graphic Design

Tutorial on how to make your sketch an app icon

21 Mar 2014

Tutorial on how to make your sketch an app icon

I wrote a step-by-step tutorial on how to convert your sketch to a full vector app icon.

Video Talks iOS-Mobile Tutorials Illustration Bene news

11 Mar 2014

Amazing Photoshop actions for building iOS 7 user interfaces

Jérémy Paul posted a animated gif on Dribbble demonstrating a collection of Photoshop Actions to create iOS 7 iPhone mockups. No need to download a PSD and alter. You can watch and read about the actions here:

iOS-Mobile Tutorials Apple Video

Style guide collection

12 Feb 2014

Style guide collection

Lately, i have been doing more and more style guides to guide my clients in their online presence. Last week, an excellent article "Getting Started With Pattern Libraries" by Anna Debenham was published on A List Apart explaining the steps to take for coding and maintaining a pattern library. Anna explains how she did the ALA style guide, for web designers to use as guidance. She also wrote a book about this Front-end Style Guides, published by Five Simple Steps.

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