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My absolute favourite style of motorcycle is the custom “bobber”. I love the stripped down appearance and the raw vintage styling. It’s my plan to chop up a bike of my own one day, but for now I have to settle with designing custom motorcycle posters instead. Follow this step by step Photoshop and Illustrator [...]

If you’ve found the collection of design resources from the Access All Areas section here on Blog.SpoonGraphics useful, you might be interested in the FanExtra Network’s premium membership. With over 2000 downloadable resources and advanced members-only Photoshop tutorials being added weekly it’s definitely worth checking out. This week Access All … Log in to your [...]

One way to create an absolutely unique logo design is to craft the lettering by hand, as opposed to selecting an existing font. This allows the designer to create the perfect logo with their own custom ligatures, tails and loops. This post showcases 20 inspiring examples of custom lettering logos, each featuring the designer’s initial [...]

The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Rubens Cantuni, Félix Ajenjo, Dariusz Markiw, Matthew Reilly and Ruel Jun Andaya. Nike T-Shirt by Rubens Cantuni Authority [...]

Every year since the start of Blog.SpoonGraphics in April 2007 I have created a special anniversary post celebrating the growth and success of my little blog. Despite being a pretty big milestone this year I had forgotten all about my little tradition. Thankfully I remembered just in time to bring you my 5 years of [...]

Awwwards, the online showcase of the world’s best website designs, recently released an awesome book full of design inspiration, titled The Best 365 Websites Around the World 2011. As the title suggests, it’s filled with the best CSS website designs from last year and includes 365 designs from various designers … Log in to your [...]

Follow this step by step tutorial to create a cool abstract lines design with awesome vibrant lighting effects. We’ll use Illustrator’s easy tools to create the vector linework then add a range of glows, colours and effects in Photoshop to finish the design with a cool grainy but luminous style. It’s difficult to describe this [...]

The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Andy Gilmore, Mads Berg, Gerrel Saunders, Mats Ottdal and Roberto Ortiz. 08-20-2009 by Andy Gilmore Franks Originale by [...]

Logos don’t always have to feature perfectly designed abstract icons or devices, sometimes a basic hand drawn sketch or doodle can express the casual or fun values a brand is aiming for. This post rounds up a huge collection of over 50 cool logos all based on a hand drawn style. Piccolo by Matt Vergotis [...]

This week Access All Areas members are being treated to a fantastic Light Web Element/Button Kit from PremiumPSD.com. The kit features a range of crisply designed buttons, icons and interface elements to help speed up your workflow when designing websites and web apps.PremiumPsd.com is the premiere resource for anyone looking … Log in to your [...]