In this November issue of Neat Stuff, we’re going to be taking a look at some great design resources from around the web. These include tutorials, tips, galleries, and inspirational sources.

As well, this article contains a link to some neat icon sets that you might find useful in your designs.

One of the most important aspects of your brand, or website is it’s logo. A Logo is what people most usually identify with your brand.

For example, think of the automobile maker Ford. I bet the first thing you thought of was their blue, oval logo. If this logo had not been done well, or felt outdated, you might get a different feel from the brand.

We’ll explore how to make your logo feel current. by observing current design trends, and looking ahead for future design trends.

In the fourth part of our “Design Your Desk” series, we’re going to be looking into the creation of a set of speakers for your desktop (or laptop) that we created earlier.

We’ll be creating the main body of the speaker, the front cover, and both the woofer and tweeter from scratch. As well, we’ll texture the body of the speaker with a wood texture. Finally, we’ll make a plain, jet black speaker without the wooden case.

Stay tuned for next week’s Design Your Desk, when we’ll be creating a slick mouse to go along with the rest of your desk.

This tutorial is our first “request” tutorial from one of our readers. In this tutorial, you’ll be learning how to create a neat glowing orb effect that’s sometimes seen in in advertisements, on websites backgrounds, etc.

This rather versatile effect can be used in a variety of places, but for the purposes of this tutorial we’ll be designing it to be a desktop wallpaper.

In this tutorial/tip, you’ll learn how to take macro-style images using your DSLR or point-and-shoot camera.

This tutorial covers how to choose a scene, and how to set up your camera (in the case of a DLSR) to change the overall feel and tone of the picture. As well, we’ll provide you with other resources and examples from around the web to give you inspiration for your new macro images.

In this week’s quick tip, we’re going to explore how to create a nice, clean, minimalistic portfolio layout in Photoshop in a few simple steps. Utilizing neat background images to stage your icons, logos or other work we’ll create a portfolio that focuses the reader’s eye on your work.

In this third edition of PSVibes’ “Design Your Desk” series, we’re going to be taking a look at the creation of a laptop in Photoshop. More specifically, the creation of a white Apple Macbook.

In the next edition of this series, we’re going to be creating a neat set of wooden speakers for your desk, so stay tuned. Part four should be out in about a week.

In October’s edition of Neat Stuff, we’re going to be taking a look at some of the unique - and sometimes odd website layouts from around the web.

Over the past six to twelve months, there’s really been a transition from traditional, clean layouts to a somewhat grungy feel around the web. These sites seem to have a warmth and naturalness to them that just isn’t possessed by a traditional website.