
The Web Designer Wall is a daily resource for new tutorials, as well as news on the current design trends and other happenings in the art world. Think of it as a Perez or TMZ for graphic design, but without the scandals.
Link: http://www.webdesignerwall.com/
Guide Update for August
UseMyComputer
Description: Huge resource for celeb images. You can search for a specific person at the bottom of the site, or click gallery to access the photos in many different categories.
Link:
http://usemycomputer.com/
Paint.NET
Description: Here is another free program for those who want an alternate to Photoshop. I don't see any features for avatar design, but it looks like it can do everything else.
Link:
http://www.getpaint.net/
MediaFire
Description:
+Unlimited storage
+Up to 100MB per file
+Unlimited uploads
+Unlimited downloads
+Unlimited bandwidth
+No sign up required
Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/
Font Cubes
Description: Yet another font resource. There's a few fonts here that you won't find anywhere else, and the UI is pretty decent as well.
Link:
http://www.fontcubes.com/
Blambot
Description: This is a font specialty site for Comic Book fonts. The ones without the red dots are completely free.
http://www.blambot.com/fonts.shtml
Muto
Description: Here's an awesome animation that was made in the real world. There's no CG whatsoever, just paint, chalk and walls... lots of walls.
http://www.vimeo.com/993998
One Man's Trash
Description: This is really amazing stuff. They took ordinary garbage and piled it in a way that makes silhouettes when light is projected on it.
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...emanstrash.htm