ArtRage 2.5 Plus Released.
ArtRage has been quietly gathering fans, The free edition has most of what hobbyists need.

Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2008.
The annual awards celebrate emerging talent from students all over the world.

Simple techniques to produce pleasing photographs. This short tutorial talks about common but often overlooked basic photography techniques.

Photography basics such as composition, lighting and levelling the horizon are techniques that differentiate great photographs from mediocre ones. Don't forget to check the references section. they link to invaluable resources.

Not every picture is perfect, there are times when you just have to click or the moment is gone.

Fortunately todays software can get it there in a few simple steps. This article presents a few useful tools and tips to correct exposure, color tints and banding.

Not all of us are born artists, Gimp works wonders for those of us who are not. This article describes a technique of making an oil painting from a photograph. There are a number of oil-paint plugins available, but none of them give us the desired effect.

With small variations to the final steps we can achieve results that look like pastel or pencil sketches.

a super quick intro to CSS followed by valuable links to continue the learning. you will learn what CSS can do and where to learn more. It includes good collection fo references to other CSS articles elsewhere on the web