Don't want to spend all that money on Photoshop? There is a free alternative, GIMP, or GNU Image Manipulation Program. A good alternative with a lot of support and plenty of tutorials to help you learn GIMP. Here is a list of a few GIMP Tutorials. Most of the sites these GIMP tutorials are on have many other tutorials. These should be enough to get you started though.

GIMP Tutorial - The User Interface

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If you haven't seen these rap videos by Poetic Prophet, aka SEO Rapper, you've gotta watch, or at least listen, to them. This guy is actually rapping about web design and search engine optimization, and they are full of good information. All the lyrics are posted on YouTube, just click (More info) on the right just below the users info - in case you can't keep up with what he is saying.

He has a few other videos…
Link Building 101 Rap
Paid Search 101 Rap
Social Media Addiction Rap
Conversion Closing Rap
Worth a watch and you might actually learn something.

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We got an idea on how to implement custom textfields in CSS and HTML in an earlier post. So, I went ahead and put together a few free textfield or search field background images. These are just some examples to give you an idea of what you can create. I made them in Illustrator and they are free. I have also included the HTML and CSS for each image as a reference. The download below comes with png files, gif files, the CSS, the HTML, and the Illustrator file. Everything you need to get started.

HTML EXAMPLE

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The original icons can be found in a post at Smashing Magazine Fresh, Free and Gorgeous RSS/Feed Icons.

Every time I see this icon all I think of is putting the little orange guy on a toilet. It's just the newspaper and the sitting position he his in - it makes me laugh. So, I went into Illustrator and

Just a little humor.

So, it doesn't look nearly as great as the original icon set. The set looks great - very well done - thanks Dirceu Veiga - Icons by: FastIcon.com - nice work.

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A list of 12 subscription based magazines - the real-life ones not just on the Internet - for the graphic design, web design, and print industry. If you are looking for some inside information or tips and tricks in one of those industries check out these magazines.

Communication Arts

"[Communication Arts] is the largest creative magazine in the world and showcases the top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive design."

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