Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the ninth installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. September’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney. Keep reading for a little insight from Emma about this month’s design.

An often unrecognized tool in a designers arsenal, a high quality digital camera can provide benefits for the designer willing to take the time to use it. This post looks at 5 reasons why designers should not only own a great camera, but use one.

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the eighth installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. August’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney. Keep reading for a little insight from Emma about this month’s design.

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the seventh installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. July’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney. Keep reading for a little insight from Emma about this month’s design.

Last Tuesday marked 6 months of blogging at Visual Swirl. While it’s been a little slow on the posts the last few weeks, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my first half year of blogging on design. What follows is a quick summary of those months with some thank yous and a preview of what’s on the horizon.

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the sixth installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. June’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney. Keep reading for a little insight from Emma about this month’s design.

T-shirt e-commerce websites are popping up all over the place. Explore these 25 awesome t-shirt website designs for trends and inspiration. And maybe you’ll find a great t-shirt to wear.

In this tutorial, we’ll be creating a dark, modern contact form in Photoshop. We’ll use some layer styles and some basic effects to give a metal cut-out look. Nothing too fancy but some pretty effective styles.

Browse this gallery of 25 letterpressed and embossed business cards to get ideas for that professional, luxurious, and elegant look for your next business card design.

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the fifth installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. May’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney. Keep reading for a little insight from Emma about this month’s design.