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I originally designed this phone several years ago for a pamphlet on information security. It was important to remind users that cell phones were not secured lines of communication and since the poster is no longer in distribution, I figured it could possibly be useful to someone out there.
It had originally started out like a Motorola Q but I had changed it a bit to make non-specific.
Use it as you see fit. Just don’t re-distribute or sell it. That’s all I ask.

Here’s a quick and dirty trick to make adjusting your levels a breeze. When trying to adjust levels, its common that you lose details, especially in extreme contrast zones. Using this trick, you’ll be able to quickly and easily identify affected areas and mask away the problematic spots to retain the most information while having a problem balance of contrast.

In this tutorial we’ll be taking a photo and splitting it in two: one side of the photo will be light and colorful while the other, in contrast, will be dark, evil and brooding. This is a complete re-write of my popular tutorial with new stock photos. I’ll be covering some of the basics on using brushes, using textures, color correcting, masking and several other neat effects.
This tutorial requires that you have some working knowledge of Photoshop, but I do my best to try and explain in as much detail as possible.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating very simple, effective and attractive pixel effects for your website’s header images that will add that little extra touch of detail to your designs. The process is extremely simple and can very easily be modified to suit your tastes.
While following this tutorial, you’ll learn about managing layers, using filters, blending modes and a little on color-selective masking.

A somewhat well-kept and cherished tool of many web designers, Spoon is a virtualization website that allows you to run many useful applications right from your browser. No installation required, to some extent – you’ll need to install their plugin. Not only does it offer all the browsers you’d ever need, it also lets you play the original Halo demo (including multiplayer) as well as several other impressive contenders, right from your browser.
