In this Photoshop tutorial we will learn how to go about creating a custom photo manipulation in Photoshop for an advertising campaign.

Explore the new design discipline that is behind such products as the iPod and innovative Web sites like Flickr. While other books on this subject are either aimed at more seasoned practitioners or else are too focused on a particular medium like software, this guide will take a more holistic approach to the discipline, looking at interaction design for the Web, software, and devices. It is the only interaction design book that is coming from a designers point of view rather than that of an engineer.

In this series of Maya tutorials, you'll learn how to create realistic hairstyles for your characters using Maya Hair. We will begin the tutorial by learning how to create the basic shape and style of our hair with a high level of precision and a minimal amount of effort. We will use paint effects strokes to assist in the styling and creation of our hair, we will learn how to apply dynamic forces while retaining the styled shape of our hair, and many additional topics that will allow you to start creating beautiful hairstyles for your Maya characters.

In this tutorial we will go through the character design process as well as go over various painting techniques. During the course of this tutorial, we will go over the sketch and design process for creating NPCs (Non-Player Characters). We will take, from beginning to end, the entire process of creating a Goblin minion that could be handed off to an art team to move into further development. We'll create several armor sets for the goblin to wear.

The first book solely dedicated to the topic of pre-disaster awareness communication, this volume considers the best ways to communicate disaster risk factors, response plans, and emergency procedures to the public without fomenting panic.

You begin the process by diving right into Visual Studio. You get the tour and learn the basics of the IDE (Integrated Development Environment). This is where you do most of your initial design work. After you get comfortable with the surroundings it's time to build an actual Windows Store project!
First, you learn how to build your project data.
Here, you work with C++ and XAML. Next, you design your Layouts and app Orientation. Then there are tutorials on Snapping, Semantic Zoom, Sharing and Searching.

In this ZBrush tutorial we are going to go through the steps of creating a sci-fi robot warrior for concept design.
We will cover many techniques for hard surface modeling in ZBrush, sculpting mechanical details, and painting lights and other effects on the model in Photoshop. Finally, we will composite the model into a scene realistically, while adding some final post production effects.

After building a logo for a new client or even refreshing the logo for an old one, it’s a great possibility that the next thing your client will ask for are new business cards, envelops and letterhead utilizing their new logo.
In this Illustrator tutorial, we will build these three items for a client from scratch. We’ll start off by learning how to setup our document but quickly move through designing a two-sided business card. Next we will layout a sheet of letterhead that can be fed through a desktop printer.

Comics are as popular as ever in all areas of pop culture. You will find aspects of them in music, movies, TV, print, and even on clothing. Jason Maranto's Creating Modern Comics course will show you in-depth techniques using modern tools that will enable you to create any aspect of comicbook art in the most common styles.

In this course we will cover the process of creating a Walk Cycle in Maya.

In this tutorial we will learn how to take a medieval concept through Maya and ZBrush, and create a nice character render from it.

In this demonstration Tor Frick guides you through building a scene from the ground up in Unreal Development Kit (UDK).

You don’t need to be a geek or spend a fortune to create a great website or blog. With WordPress and this two-day workshop with “techy translator” Janine Warner, who specializes in making web design easy, even for beginners. Whether you’re completely new to the web, or just need a few tips and tricks to make your site sizzle, Janine will show you how to get the most out of the built-in features in WordPress, where to find the best themes, and how to add slideshows, galleries, and more. Although it started out as a simple blogging tool, WordPress has grown up and become a powerful way to create almost any type of site, whether you want to showcase your photographs, design a portfolio, or set up an online store. This course will show you the quick and easy ways to do it all.

Learn to render realistic bodies of water such as ponds and oceans and underwater shots with Maya—essential skills in a visual effects artist's toolkit. In this course, Aaron F. Ross shows how to work with the Fluid node attributes, control the simulation quality, make collisions that mimic surface wake or waves, float objects, and improve the realism of your scenes with shaders and reflectivity.