Getting accepted into stock collections can be daunting and many professional photographers are rejected from stock collections regularly. Stock can be a difficult area to break into, so we’ve compiled some secrets to help you get started in stock photography and build a business for yourself in this competitive field... [click title for article]

Taking a look at what the humble stock photo can be made into.

An article that shows you how to use the resources of dA to create your own journal templates.
And there are plenty of awesome tutorials, stock images, guidelines, application resources and much more!

"In this post you’ll find some basic tutorials on getting started with certain aspects of Illustrator and some of its specific tools. You’ll also find more advanced tutorials that deal with all of the potential that Illustrator brings to graphic design."
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A great article at Smashing Magazine that every designer should check. If you're into Coroporate Design, I'm sure you will find this info really useful.

It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.

This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this and incorporate every form of design into their strategy to achieve success.
For a good corporate design, we need to be aware of two main elements, which can be further broken down into a total of seven “ingredients”.

A quick feature showing how you can use stock photos for your anthro art.

Feature by *almudena-stock showing what can be done with stock.

Septembers round up of wonderful Resources,Contests and Features together with delicious nibbly bits ...

Some more deviants send in the stock they'd like to see featured - spread the love!

A look at August's and September's most amazing textures !

"In this post you’ll find some basic tutorials on getting started with certain aspects of Illustrator and some of its specific tools. You’ll also find more advanced tutorials that deal with all of the potential that Illustrator brings to graphic design."
^{- smashingmagazine.com}

An article that shows you how to use the resources of dA to create your own journal templates.
And there are plenty of awesome tutorials, stock images, guidelines, application resources and much more!

Taking a look at what the humble stock photo can be made into.

A great article at Smashing Magazine that every designer should check. If you're into Coroporate Design, I'm sure you will find this info really useful.

It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.

This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this and incorporate every form of design into their strategy to achieve success.
For a good corporate design, we need to be aware of two main elements, which can be further broken down into a total of seven “ingredients”.

Getting accepted into stock collections can be daunting and many professional photographers are rejected from stock collections regularly. Stock can be a difficult area to break into, so we’ve compiled some secrets to help you get started in stock photography and build a business for yourself in this competitive field... [click title for article]

Full body and nature

A Stocky collection full of summer

Macro shots

One random day, I will go through one section in the Resource Category of DeviantArt and search for new (some times old) stock images that promote Green Art or Recycling. 100 (yes 100!) deviations will be selected from now on in each Volume, in which one of the stock artists will get a short feature at the end.

THIS WEEK CONTAINS:
- 100 Brushes (50 Photoshop, 25 Paint Shop Pro, 25 Gimp!)

"The Little Things That Matter" says it all, don't you think? No?
What I CAN tell you is, if you come here, you can see all the stories and meanings I see behind people's artworks! I'm not saying my opinion is or isn't one or the best, but if you're like me, you'd say, "Hell, who cares how professional it is or isn't, every opinion matters!"