Hummie's World Tutorials

These tutorials are basic tutorials to help you begin down the road to designing.
They are not meant to guide you as a professional designer. You may
need to further develop those skills on your own or seek other help.

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Lesson 1 - BASICS

Designer Name and Logo

Creating a basic blog

Creating and installing a blog header

Creating and installing a repeating blog background

Creating and installing a fixed blog background

Stat counter

Installing and using feeds

Link Love

Custom Domain

Other popular blog codes (Blog Widgets)

Sharing Files

Previews

Planning: Topic Theme, Color Theme, and Final Product

Color Calibration

What are Jaggies & Making Brads

Extraction Tutorial

Fit Screen vs. Actual Pixels

Hand and Zoom Tools

Lesson 2 - ELEMENTS

Tabs Tutorial

Staples Tutorial

Tag Inspiration (25 bits of idea!)

Making a paperclip

Bows (Utilizing Extracted Bows) Tutorial

Ribbons Tutorial

Buttons Tutorial

Lesson 3 - PAPERS

Saving Paper Files

Creating and Using Patterns

Cloud Filter Tutorial

Crumpled Paper Tutorial

Striped Papers Tutorial

Textured Papers Using Seamless Tiles

Fiber Filter Tutorial

Polka Dot Papers

Gingham Papers

Lesson 4 - OTHER

Curve Templates

Paper Piecing Tutorial

Corkboard Tutorial

Brushed Metal (papers and elements)

Darker Border Edges - Non-destructive Dodging and Burning

Engraving

Diamond Metal Papers and Elements

Creating Grunge Brushes

Creating and Using Grunge Overlays

Inked Edges

Glass Overlay (Buttons)

Burst Tutorial (Star/Sun)

Folded Corners Tutorial

Creating Alphabets Tutorial

Stock Photos