I have already created some tutorials about watercolor effects; however, I also want to create a workflow that is extremely simple but that produces a beautiful result. Therefore, I invented this tutorial, which uses only basic watercolor brushes, a photo, and a layer mask. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials I have been writing for Pixelmator and posting over at http://www.pixelmator.com/learn/ Step 1 Open Pixelmator and create a new document. As usual, I'm using 1440900 pixels. Next, ...

Rate the Best Gaming Elements: Our Best of the Best competition has closed, and now it’s time to rate the entries!Here is a collection by katepayton of the best of gaming elements. Click the title above and start rating the entries using the star ratings system. Files which would assist game developers create enthralling, beautiful and detailed games.

It’s All in the Eyes: 100 Beautiful Photo Manipulations “The eyes have long been considered the windows to the soul. Photographers often try to focus on a subject’s eyes as a way to add depth and emotion to a photo. But there are still only so many ways you can emphasize the eyes in a standard photo. “That’s where photo manipulations like those below enter the scene. Some are macabre and just a little bit (or extremely) frightening, while others ...

In this showcase, you'll find 35 beautiful handpicked app websites.

Simple Desktops is a collection of desktop wallpapers curated by Tom Watson designed to make your computer beautiful without distraction. (via Simple Desktops)

It seems like Avatar is becoming the most popular movie ever made, everybody is buzzing about it, creating fun clubs, tutorials, recreating navi persons and so on. Of course design community with their skillset can create something really beautiful, they can explain what’s needed to recreate such effects doing simple professional research. This is most fun post – [...] Related posts:40 Inspiring High Quality Typographic Wallpapers 40 High Resolution And Elegant Apple Wallpapers 60 Extremely Creative Movie Posters 40 Most Impressive Abstract ...

Today I'll start a post series talking about houses! I will show houses collections with something in common, like colors, materials, shapes, the location of the building and so on. And to start this series, today we will see only white houses, made with several materials and from the whole world. Beautiful, elegant and white houses! !--break-- Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. Le Corbusier Y House Jorge Sousa Santos - Arelho, ...

Floating Islands Scene v1 is a page background that can be broken up into many segments and re-arranged completely for a unique look. Ready to go right out of the box! Beautiful Floating Islands Scene - Graphics - GraphicRiver

The beauty of nature can be very inspiring. In this article, we are showcasing examples of black and white nature photography. Without color, photographers must put more emphasis on lighting, composition, and context. Combined with this and the fact that there are no man-made objects, these photographs are an excellent source of inspiration and help [...]

I've already published some architecture posts with amazing photos, and if you realize, a lot of them are from the same phtographer, he's the portuguese Nelson Garrido. His technique and style for photos like those are simply awesome. The lights and colors bring even more value to each project. And as this is not enough, he also has some experiments and food pictures that are also beautiful! Because of that I made a collection with some of his photos, definitely ...