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Community News : Next Level

Sri Ganesh.M — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:21:08 +0000

Every blogger write his/her article by putting their effort and time on each post. After the post published what the next step to be done – PROMOTION!! , article is worthful or bad is judged by the comment given by the readers and/or the no. of users share them in social network. ! Past few months we got many user share their link with us -many user apart from bloggers .
Check this post :

Article Promotion, Is it really worth it?

check this Link

In which ank1en described very clearly why the article promotion is worthful or not ! -and its worthful to promote.
He asked the user to share the email and name to share in their comment form

Community Links : Next Level

if you want someone to help you, be prepared to help them.

Promoting the article from top bloggers or the new one, share good articles with the readers and fellow bloggers, it will not only promote you links and bring traffic and readers to your blog – build good relation, friendship and trust among the fellow readers.

I do share my articles in many social network and few blogs which accept the user links. And i mostly share my links with the fellow bloggers and users online. Thru twitter.
so we decided to from this month share the community links in twitter with has tag

#animhutfeed

And we opened a new account on twitter @animhutfeed – follow us
We have got good response in one week we got more thank 110+ links submission
we Tweet the accepted tutorial with 3 twitter accounts

@animhut
@sriganesh7
@animhutfeed

with #animhutfeed in the end of the post.
yes we like to promote and love to share good articles 3 times. Apart from that we check the accepted good article and vote on their other social network votes

designbump, Thewebblend, designmoo, dzone ,faqpal …

if they appear on the post. if they submitted the post to that network already.
So with one Direct Link to your post you get votes for other links too, a good way to share and promote your articles.
So start sending your links in the sidebar
apart from this, if you like to share you links

like SU, DIGG, delious, mixx, design float then add me in Twitter and in gtalk : sriganesh7@gmail.com

this email is only from instant messaging, so don’t email or forward any emails. you won’t get any reply from this. I made this account only for promoting.
“ sharing is caring “ and give back some good articles to the design community !
Here is the few links apart from (110+) submitted this week from march1-march7 2010.

Digital Art: 80+ Most Beautiful CG girls On The Web (Part 1)

10 Basic Visual Web Design Mistakes

5 Freelance Myths Busted From the Start

Simple Website Layout HTML 5 and CSS 3 Tutorial

9 Useful Wordpress Poll And Rating Plugins

33 Marvelous And Inspiring Nature Wallpapers

You Have To Look At These 50 Creative & Meaningful Logos!

The Best & Most Popular Cosplay Photography from DeviantART

LogoBee Reduces Logo Design Delivery Time

Interview: Brian K. McDaniel of bkmcdaddy Designs

Create a Stunning Retro Futuristic Typography

30 Latest High-Quality Free (X)HTML/CSS Templates Must See Now |
3 Ways to add Shine on Edges in Photoshop

Photoshop tutorial on how to achieve an easy light effect using the basic brush tools and layer blend ing.

9 Best Modern Web Design Tutorials and Articles
Electrical tape Photoshop brushes |
Top 10 Tutorials to Replace Flash With jQuery |GIVEAWAY: 500 Business Cards from UPrinting.com

Conclusion :

We like to hear from you about this post, any suggestion or doubts drop it in the comment section.

Drop your Email Id in the comment section for sharing mutual votings with other readers

Thanks to Our Sponsors | FEB 2010

Sri Ganesh.M — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:24:15 +0000

Thanks to our sponsor : feb2010
we have to thanks once again to our sponsor for the month of Feb2010. thanks for your support and hope to affiliate with us in future too.

This month sponsor: Faqpal and Uprinting

FAQPAL: site
this site share good tutorial around the web | for traffic you should submit your articles here too.
Pliggs for more information: blog http://www.pliggs.com/
About his Site: Currently 9032 Members Sharing 5233 Tutorials and counting…

Uprinting: site
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Create Vector Twitter bird in 5 steps

Sri Ganesh.M — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:38:51 +0000

Today we show you how to create a twitter icon bird in illustrator. Twitter is a powerful micro blogging, which crossed above 10th billionth tweets two days before. So tribute to the twitter we go through how to make them. We have already given the icon pack, this tutorial request from readers/friends asked me to write –this bird drawn using with pen tool. So digg in to the tutorial.

Tutorial Details :

1. Software Used : IllustratorCS4
2. Tools : Pen tool(p) and Gradient Tool
3. Time Duration : 20 minutes – 30 minutes
4. Total Steps : 5
5. Attachments : Source file with Tutorial Pdf and Icons
6. ICON License : Personal and commercial purpose.
No Re-distribution.

Final Output :

Steps :1 Drawing a shape using the PEN tool

open a document in illustrator. ( Ctrl+N ) or file -> new.
take a pen tool (P) and try to make a shape like this. Don’t worry if you don’t get the same shape. We are not using any default shape to make this , so the shape bit differs. And you can get even better shape .

i used 4 nodes to make the shape

Now the shape look like this, the minimum nodes giev you more curvy.

review of the first step

Step 2 : Adding the Gradient color to the body

fill the shape with radial gradient. ( G ). The values are :

step:2

Note : if you don’t have CS4 version just select from the gradient tab and put the values !

step :3 Making twitter Eyes

How about adding simple eyes to the bird.
Draw a circle (ellipse tool – L ) and drag it . if you need perfect circle click on the art board and it ask for the width and height.now circle with radial gradient tool . mode: Greyscale give the values . here the number determines the value.

step :3 making of eyes easy step

Step :4 making of beak

Make a shinny beak for the bird ! Draw a triangle look and the following image show you clearly the values added.
Take radial gradient tool and fill the shape with yellow colour and give the values, as show in the image.

step : 4 making of beak

Mode: web RGB . Now draw a white ellipse shape and reduce the opacity to 66%. Now place the beak correctly.

Step : 5 Making Wings using pen tool

Make wings now , starting with a pen tool and make a leaf like shape(as shown below ) an fill it with linear gradient tool ( G ) same color as used in twitr body ! – Only the location changes .

Location =”25” and “50.3” and the angle is “ -161 “

step:5 draw wings with pen tool

Now copy the wings and paste behind the body of the twitr. ( ctrl+C and ctrl+F) and drag it to back ground.
We did! But wait if you need some highlights draw a small shapes above the shape and reduce the opacity. Preview:

optional : adding highlights and shadow

we finished our tutorial; it’s time for your feedback. Please say your thoughts in the comment form, we like to hear from you. Your suggestion makes us to improve the quality of the blog thank you!

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Uprinting Giveaway :500 Die Cut Business Cards for 3 winners

Sri Ganesh.M — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:45:49 +0000

Its time for another giveaway for this month. the uprinting has generously came forward to giveaway another great offer for our readers.
This time they have given totally 1500 die-cut business card for 3 winners( each winners will get 500 business cards)
Business cards are handy, versatile products. One shouldn’t leave home without it! Give your readers a chance to win a set; they can use it as blogger cards, business cards, it’s really up to them!

GIVEAWAY INSTRUCTIONS:

Prize: 500 Die Cut Business Cards for One (3) Winner (So that’s a total of 1500 business cards in all)

Options: Rounded Corners, Leaf, Rounded One-Corner, Half-Circle Side, Circle

Paper: 14pt Cardstock Gloss, Matte, or High Gloss; 13pt Cardstock Uncoated

Color: 4Color Front, Blank Back; 4Color Front, Black Back; 4Color Both Sides

Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping

Eligibility: Limited to US Residents only
winners selected by random.org

** Iam giving my blog appreciation gift to one user(500 die cut cards) so 3 winners get 500 business card each !!

We happy to inform they are our another Sponsor for our blog

1. UPrinting
2.Business Cards

How To Win :
1. Comment here one time
2. RT This post with

RT @animhut Uprinting Giveaway :500 Die Cut Business Cards for 2 winners | AnimHuT http://bit.ly/9tht1P #animhutgiveaway

3. Follow us on twitter @animhut (optional)

4. Subscribe Via Email newsletter to stay updated and for more giveaway,tutorials in future

*Those who fail to follow the Rules will not be eligible for this giveaway
contest ends on : march 11-2010

Winners announced: Giveaway for Uprinting and Top commentators Ad Slot

Sri Ganesh.M — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:01:34 +0000

Today we are Happy to inform to our readers and thank them for active on our blog and commenting on our post and give feedback- overall support us.
with out any further delay : we announce our winners of the Feb 2010
We conducted only two giveaway this month

1. Uprinting giveaway:

http://www.animhut.com/giveaway/250-stickers-from-uprinting/ on feb 8 and this was our first giveaway from uprinting . we happy to inform you we have next giveaway tomorrow.
The Winner : sriganesh ( its not me )

2. Top 2 Commentator win ad slot

We conducted another giveaway in our blog “ Top commentator “ and the feedback is great, the loveable user didn’t comment for the sake of winning. Their feedback really encouraged us.

http://www.animhut.com/giveaway/top-commentators-gets-free-ad-slot-each-month/

We selected Two winners:
(a) Chris Thurman (12)
(b)Shurandy Thode (11)

Thanks for the participating : the winner will be contacted via email from uprining.

This Contest/Giveaway opened for through this year*

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25 Typography Effect Tutorial for Young Designers

Sri Ganesh.M — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:56:06 +0000

Designers show their skills in various styles like poster, web design and more. The typography technique they use for designs and their artworks make them standout from the crowd. Here i mentioned some favourite text effect tutorials around the web. As a first part i shortlisted 25 tutorials which are famous and there are some new text tutorials in between them. So give it a try. We will continue this list in other post. Lets digg in !!

1.How to create retro-style text-effect in cinema 4d & photoshop

| Link |

retro-style-text-effect-in-cinema-4d-and-photoshop

2.Water-color Text effect

: Link :

Water-color Text effect from pshere

3. Quickie-vibrant-pop-text-effect

: link :

Quickie-vibrant-pop-text-effect

4. Slick supernatural text-effect

:link:

a-slick-supernatural-text-effect

5. Photoshop tutorial-making a rusty-text

:link:

photoshop-tutorial-making-a-rusty-text

6.Vanity-license-plate

vanity-license-plate

7.Papercraft-text-effect

papercraft-text-effect

8. Watercolor text painted on a wet-paper

watercolor-text-painted-on-a-wet-paper

9. Plastic Text effect

plastic text effect

10. Create destructive black & white lettering with dramatic-splash-effect

destructive black & white dramatic-splash-effect

11. Text effect using-light & shade to bring life

using-light-and-shade-to-bring-text-to-life

12. Create high quality metal 3d text

create-high-quality-metal-3d-text-in-photoshop

13. 3d textured text effect

3d-textured-text-effect

14. Create transparent text effect with fresh grass texture & custom-brushset

text-effect-with-fresh-grass-texture

15. Create funky retro wavy text effect in Photoshop

create-a-funky-retro-wavy-text-effect-in-photoshop

16. Splashing ocean text effect with lightning-background

Splashing ocean text effect with lightning-background

17. Liquid-type text effect

Liquid-type text effect

18.How to make patch on-clothes

how-to-make-patch-on-clothes

19. Design a rocket-powered retrofuturistic-digital illustration

design-a-rocket-powered-retrofuturistic-digital-illustration

20. Create gorgeous glassy text effect

create-a-gorgeous-glassy-text-effect

21.Awesome floral-type fireworks and Photoshop 5 minutes

awesome-floral-type-fireworks-and-photoshop-5-minutes

22. Recreate Indiana Jones text-effect

recreate-indiana-jones-text-effect

23. Create editable stitched label type-treatment

Create editable stitched label type-treatment

24. Create a realistic leopard-fur typography in Photoshop

Create a realistic leopard-fur typography in Photoshop

25.Super cool illustrative-typography

Super cool illustrative-typography

Comic illustration by Brad Colbow

Sri Ganesh.M — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:25:21 +0000

Today`s post on COMIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
Everyone like comic illustration as much i do, one type of inspiration for us from the childhood, recently i RT @seanHodge tweet link and landed on this cool comic illustration. His comic works are really great and humours. I liked his all comic stripes and enjoyed myself when going through his blog.

About the designers :

Brad Colbow:
He spends part of his days wondering how to combine his two loves, comic books and Easter eggs. The rest of his time he spends trying to design killer user interfaces.
Brad Dielman:
Based on the real life front end development ninja with the same name. Brad’s obsession with web standards and Apple products will one day ruin his life, but for now it makes him a great designer.

He has written a post on Vectortuts+ guest post
Let digg into some comic illustrations done by them. the links avaialble in the end of this post
Check the sidebar:

they have more illustration and Actual image are in 838px width, but dude to our blog layout we have minimized – you can checkout his Blog

Download Vector Valentine Wallpaper

Sri Ganesh.M — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:39:15 +0000

The Valentine is tomorrow and this year i am really enjoying the Valentine.my younger sister made this design in ms paint, and i helped her to how to do in illustrator to finish this simple , cute wallpaper, and here i have attached the source file and three wallpaper size. the vector file will give you complete control on it to make desired size. note : i didn’t included the textures, sorry i dont know the texture original link to give the credit, so i didnt add the link.
1. you can choose any texture and change the mode into multiply and you got this result. !

Download here : download love

Download Vector Google Buzz Button

Sri Ganesh.M — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:52:13 +0000

Today Freebie : GOOGLE BUZZ vector button , Google Buzz is now latest news and interesting new way to share content with your Gmail friends, so why not have a button for sharing blog posts to share your content with your gmail users. For more information on this :
1. Google Goes Social with Google Buzz
2. Google Buzz Buttons: The New Way to Share Mashable Stories

Download the Google buzz file

Note : the logos and text are All rights reserved to Google . and their company, this vector file is used for only personal purpose only.
and for putting in the blogs for shareing Buzz !!
DOWNLOAD : google buzz buttons

Giveaway – 250 stickers from Uprinting

Sri Ganesh.M — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:41:07 +0000

We have got another giveaway from Uprinting.com this month.
About the uprinting : For over 25 years, UPrinting has been a trusted leader in online printing, featuring its signature easy-to-use website and the famous Free File Review, a complimentary proofing service which requires no upfront payment.
Giveaway details:
today the uprinting generously came forward to giveaway the stickers/labels for our readers. Stickers are a great way to promote your blog or your business. Use them as address labels, event stickers, campaign giveaways, the list could go on! Channel your creativity and come up with unique sticker designs!

Custom Stickers -
Label Printing
250 Stickers/Labels for One (1) lucky winner
Sizes: 2” x 3.5”, 2” x 4”, or 3” x 3”
Paper: 70lb Label Matte
Specifications: Full color front, blank back; 4 Business Day printing
Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping
Eligibility: Limited to US Residents only

How to win :

1. Comment here to win , only once comment.
2.(Optional) Follow us on twitter @animhut , @sriganesh7 .
and subscribe to our free RSS feed to stay update and know first about the giveaway and new post.
contest end date : this month end @ GMT +5:30