PSVibes is pleased to annouce the release of a set of 6 high quality christmas/holiday themed icons. They come in PNG format, in sizes of 512px, 256px, 128px, and 64px.

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.

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 part two of our seven part series called “Design your desk”, we’re going to be looking at the creation of your computer’s horsepower - The Tower - or in this case, an iMac. As usual, this tutorial will cover everything from drawing the basic shape, to shading and shadowing.

Stay tuned for next week’s Design your Desk article, when we’ll be looking at the creation of a laptop - more specifically the creation of a white Macbook.

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In this new 7-Part “Design Your Desk” series, we’ll be looking at creating all the different elements that reside on your desk. Starting up with Part 1, we’ll be looking at designing your viewport into the world of Photoshop - your monitor.

This tutorial covers outlining the basic shape, texturing, shading/shadowing, adding reflections, and much more. In part 2, which will appear next week, we’ll be checking out the creation of your computer’s horsepower - the tower.

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In this rather lengthy tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a cool, semi-realistic cardboard box icon. We’ll cover creating the basic shape of the box, as well as texturing, shading, and adding shadows to it! You can use this box icon almost anywhere: In site logos, applications buttons, the list goes on.

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If you don’t know already, the new iPod nano was released today. Here it is in icon form.

This icon is free for personal use (ie: blog, desktop, etc).

This rather lengthy article covers the basis of designing an icon. We’ll go over choosing a theme for your icon, as well as creating a prototype sketch for other people to review and improve.

Also, we’ll review some of the best icons in Leopard, and talk about what makes them great. Plus, a quick overview of the creation of the icon for Screenshade.