We've had the opportunity to play and test out the new iDraw app for iPad and we thought it would be a good idea to share our thoughts and experiences here on our blog.

If you're not already familiar, iDraw is a powerful, mainly vector-based layout and design application for the iPad. (We thought this might be a more appropriate post for the Vecteezy blog, but that's not quite ready yet, sorry!) The app has a clean interface and a host of features that allow you to create and then modify shapes, drawings, type, and image elements...

The new decade got off to a great start in 2010 with fresh styles in the web design arena. With the emergence of the new CSS3 and HTML5, designers and developers had a whole new set of cool effects and tools at their disposal. From textured backgrounds, drop shadows, rounded corners, RGBA transparency, to modal boxes designers came up with a set of new design trends that took us nicely into 2010.

With the surge of new technology in smart phones we will also see mobile websites become a big thing, perhaps to wrap up 2010 with some cool websites mirrored into mobile web trends. But for now we will focus on the web design area, as there are many great new trends that are creating a new fresh look for us to explore.

Being a freelance graphic designer is tough work! You have to keep on top of everything, from maintaining clients, chasing unpaid accounts to finding new work. Then you have to actually do the designs and make your clients happy! Here are some routines that Design Superheroes use to be more organized and efficient with their time. By following these seven essential routines of a freelance designer, you too can become a Design Superhero to your clients and make more money doing what you love!

Today Adobe releases Creative Suite 5, the newest version of its popular suite of applications. Included with this suite is Photoshop, the industry standard app for editing and manipulating images and the most popular app among design professionals. Photoshop CS5 marks the 12th version of the popular software package and is the latest version in the application's 20-year history.

Ultimately, we found that Photoshop CS5 is the most powerful version of the app to date, but, is it worth an upgrade? In the following Photoshop CS5 Review we will summarize some of the new features available in Adobe Photoshop CS5, try them out, and see if an upgrade to Photoshop CS5 is really worth the price.

Today we are announcing the launch of the new and improved Brusheezy.com We have worked very hard to improve the site over the past few months and we hope you find it much more useful now.