It’s been a while since we passed along some design tips to you fine folks (huh, almost four months!), so we figured we’d share these 40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials. Something tells me that pirate hamster image is going to end up on Liz Aviles’ wall. Of course, if you think you know it all [...]

Since we recently passed along a handful of helpful tips for creating fonts in Photoshop, we figured we’d round that out with another tutorial on creating vintage/retro images and posters in Photoshop. This link gathers 20 guides to vintage ads, retro concert posters, and other designs ranging from vaudeville to horror movies. Everything old is [...]

Tracking the timeliest type trends is nothing new ’round the Awesome Blog. But, rarely do these posts share the secrets behind designing these fonts. So, thanks Graphic Alerts! They’ve cobbled together 33 of their favorite tutorials for designing these fonts in Photoshop. Check out the collection here.

With Google rolling out QR codes as part of their Favorite Places program, it’s increasingly important to familiarize yourself with this technology and its marketing implications. Fortunately, CNET’s put together a list of the best QR code readers (ranging from free ones to $1.99) that are available for the iPhone. For those who own the [...]

You know you can’t go a week on the Awesome Blog without more updates on smartphone apps, right? Let’s start with one small breakthrough that has huge implications for event and guerilla marketing: ProcessAway. This app allows you to process credit card transactions through iPhones and iPod Touches. So, if you’re sampling product down on [...]