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Web Graphics Links

Links and Resources

If you're looking for tutorials, backgrounds, buttons, bars, and clipart, these links will get you started.

Tutorials

• Photoshop Tutorials
• HTML for Web Graphics
• An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
• Color Tutorial
• Web Graphics Tutorials, Tips and Tricks
• An Introduction to Paint Shop Pro 5
• Paint Shop Pro Tutorials
• It's the Art-Filled Eye Awesome artwork and graphics tutorials.
• Giordan on Graphics: You're a Designer and You've NEVER Built a Web Page?

Graphic Tool Reviews

• Micrografx Webtricity 2
• JASC Paint Shop Pro 5
• Macromedia Fireworks
• SPG ColorWorks:Web
• Photoshop 5.0 beta
• Equilibrium DeBabelizer Pro 4.5
• Adobe ImageReady 1.0 beta
• Adobe ImageStyler
• Adobe Photoshop 4.0
• NetGraphics Studio
• Ulead PhotoImpact 4

Graphic Book Reviews

• Web by Design: The Complete Guide
• Coloring Web Graphics 2

Background Images

• Texture Land!
• The KPT Background Archive
• BIZZNET.com
• Dr. Bob's backgrounds
• DiP pixelware - A Texture A Day
• JZ Presents: Disturbing Patterns
• Pattern Land!
• WebGround - Free background textures
• Dr. Zeus' Textures
• Julianne's Background Textures
• H's background archive
• MacDaddy's Background Sampler
• Jay's Background Index
• FreeImages.com This is a must see to believe! Thousands of images, and you pick the color!
• Over the Rainbow
• Background Color Index
• The background FAQ
• Truman Brown's Texture Woild
• Iain's Textures on the WWW

Misc

• LuminEssence Web Publishing 100's of designer linkware graphics for free download including buttons, bars, baubles, and several coordinated theme sets
• Leo's Icon Archive
• Elated Web Design
• The Calgary Explorer
• Nonlinear Nonsense
• Terry Gould's Icons, Buttons, and Bars
• Biz Cafe's Free Graphics
• Decorative Initials
• Moby's Icon Archive
• GIFs Directory
• Anthony's WWW Images.
• Will-O-the-Wisp Graphics For some of the hottest Web graphics check them out!
• Pixelsight Home Page Nice free 3D tools!
• The Ball Boutique Balls of every shape, size and description for your Web pages.
• Connpad Toolbox
• the Rocket Shop
• The Discriminating Color Palette