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OMG My ear drums have just burst. DO NOT OPEN THIS LINK LATE AT NIGHT OR IN THE WORK PLACE.

About the work on his site,,..

Yes it looks nice and is full of bling, but what good is it to a shop that sells elegant clothes? or a dentist?

He has created him/her self a very specific target market.

To learn design you must open your mind to all types of design until you build a style and then can you pick the direction you want to bring your work.

Just type design, graphic design, learn graphic design, typography into the search box on amazon and you will find tons of books.

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Also unless that guys has paid to actully use any of them images " which I highly dought because he is selling them" then what he/she is doing is against the law.

Start with reading about copyright and intelectual property laws, every designer should know and understand them.

I don't think there are any books out there on how to do this kind of design. I might be wrong, but designers generally don't aspire to blind their clients. Or in Oldat29's case, deafen.

But if this is what you really want to do, it's all about studying this kind of design for hours. Get a feel for what filters, fonts, colouring they use by studying. See what works, what doesn't. See what is too loud, what is just right. Wear sunglasses...and sunscreen.

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Phot...ts-on-the-web/

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/desig...ect-tutorials/

Google search "photoshop text effects" and "illustrator text effects"

Ideally you'd want to create vector graphics for the text, so you'd use Illustrator for that, not photoshop.


But you shouldn't design your flyer entirely in Photoshop, you should use a design layout program like InDesign or Quark.

Simple flyers and posters can be created in InDesign, Quark or Illustrator - but try not to make whole flyers inside photoshop!



So where do you start? Find some computer classes locally and do an introductory course to learn the basics of the software. Look up DTP courses in your area.

Yea because im now def....lol

Thanks for the heads up! I just caught the mute button before the site opened

Sorry about the lack of sound warning. I was at work when I approved this from the queue, and suppose I had the headphones plugged in, but wasn't wearing them.