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iPad Finger Painting Masterpiece

iPad Finger Painting Masterpiece

This incredible video was created by David Kassan in his studio in Brooklyn, NY. The original three hour session was broadcast live on his website so people could watch the portrait taking shape.  This amazing painting was done with the aid of a $7.99 app called ‘Brushes’, which as you can see from the video [...]

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‘Google Me’ To Rival Facebook?

‘Google Me’ To Rival Facebook?

A few characters from a Twitter post sparked massive debate on Saturay night: This post comes from Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, and has since been removed. This has, of course, done nothing to quell the rumours. Further confirmation came in the form of ex-Facebook head Adam D’Angelo, who said: ‘Here is what I’ve pieced [...]

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England vs. Slovenia Twitter Replay

England vs. Slovenia Twitter Replay

Phew! With the successful progression of England to the last 16, why not relax and review the game by watching a Twitter replay. Brought to you by the infographic loving team at The Guardian. Watch Here Rob is our head of photography, specialising in architectural and music photography. He’s also a search engine optimisation engineer, [...]

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Designbysoap Tutorials – Make Photos Into Graphics

Designbysoap Tutorials – Make Photos Into Graphics

Being able to turn photos you’ve taken into digital graphics is an incredibly useful trick for all kinds of graphic design, but especially posters and music design. In this tutorial I will show you an easy way to create a photoshop graphic from photo, perfect to then use in other applications. A few pointers before [...]

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Photoshop Now Free Online

Photoshop Now Free Online

In a bid to ‘complete the Photoshop line’, or maybe to encourage people not to download illegal copies, Adobe has launched an online version of the new CS5.  It has most of the basic editing features that come with the full version, and a good online interface for using it all. This new service is [...]

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Local Talent Pool

Local Talent Pool

I thought a quick mention should go out to some of the fantastic young photographers in Brighton at the moment.  There are too many excellent photographers in this small city to show them all, but the two I have highlighted here really are destined for big things. Here are some of my favourites: The top [...]

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Fantastic Retro llustrations from Matthew Lyons

Fantastic Retro llustrations from Matthew Lyons

I was first introduced to Matthew Lyons‘ blog a few weeks ago, and I have to say, i’m hooked. I love the retro inspired illustrations, and from someone so young, only 21! The faux film stills are my favourite; the colour combinations, typography and textures really show he has a natural eye for this. Digital [...]

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Keep Your Eyes Peeled For Our eBay Specials…

Keep Your Eyes Peeled For Our eBay Specials…

SOURCE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/liewcf/303284582/ designbysoap.co.uk often puts up very special offers at discounted rates on eBay for our eagle-eyed customers. We don’t advertise when the offers are up but in the next few weeks we’re planning to run discounted offers on logo design, website design, web hosting and infographic design. The only way to find these offers [...]

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Interesting Social Media Marketing from WOOT

Interesting Social Media Marketing from WOOT

If you don’t know about Woot.com already, they used the ‘deal a day’ model to great effect, whereby one product only is sold per day from midnight to midnight, or until sold out. They have a large online presence to engage customers in creative competitions, deals and customer support through the use of various social [...]

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