Hang ten with these radical surfing posters! Worldwide, many indulge in the awesome past time of grabbing a long board and hitting those waves hard. For most, it is a hobby to distract from the hustle and bustle of their daily lives. However, quite a few are passionate about the ocean and being a surfer … whether the lure be the potentially lucrative prizes of contests or the pure nirvana of being out in the big blue with no more than a finished pieced of wood.

This is an easy technique that helps you to create a ripple effect in your image. This is possible using some simple tools on Photoshop.

Any object can be used for this effect, but an object with well defined edges would no doubt make your job much easier. In this example, we have selected a feather as the object around which we will create the ripple effect.

How much has changed in the world of graphic design in the past 40 years? Hard to tell. We have today technical abilities that people in the 70’s wouldn’t even dream of. Also, we experienced major changes in communications, where graphics have a decisive role. And last, our society, our values and perspectives have changed quite a bit. Sounds like we’re talking about an entirely different universe.

Join us as we take a trip around the world of design: Next stop, Turkey. The country that connects Europe and Asia with a strip of land along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is one of extensive history and always has found its mark in the world of art history. In this day, the innovation and creativity can still be seen in some beautiful examples of Turkish made graphics and illustrations.

FaceBook Games can make even the strongest in the ways of the web run in fear. Yet for some reason your girlfriend mom and little brother can’t get enough of them. Fan art is the greatest expression of a player love for the games and in this case, all the more reason to scream in terror and run like hell.

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver that ended yesterday provided photographers with many moments of bliss. Snow is always fun to shoot, but combined with tight, colorful spandex and and extreme athletic abilities, the Vancouver games were a celebration of high speed photography.

We are in one of the most joyous times of year. Spring is slowly sneaking upon those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and we get ready for the celebration of some fantastic holiday celebrations.

This year, March 1st is a colorful day as the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and other natives of South Central Asia rejoice in the holy day of Holi, first mentioned in an ancient Sanskrit script. While the origins of Holi vary, the implementation of throwing beautiful, vibrant colors on one another stems from the always playful and mischievous Lord Krishna.

When you place your own name on a product or service, it is something you should take great pride in just as Mr. Toyoda does. Today we would like to share with you a timeline of Toyota ads, from vintage to present day. Cars have certainly come along way since 1885 when Karl Friedrich Benz built the first gasoline automobile. Car manufacturers have come and gone. Toyoda, renamed Toyota in 1937, has been one of the world’s top producers for automobiles. From their Model AA introduced in 1936 to the present day where technology brought electric cars to the streets, Toyota had astonishing growth.

Less is more? The more the merrier? The everlasting debate between minimalism and everything that minimalism stands against is filled with cliches, but the core of the debate is far from the banal. In the world of web design, it is more and more prominent. As web designers discover more visual means to express themselves, the minimalist opposition becomes stronger and stronger. Every XXL logo, every colorful layout, every flashy animation is countered with basic fonts, simple structures and black&white tones.

Salvador Dali created some of the most unique and eclectic paintings throughout the history of art. Enter into a dream, where reality meets fantasy to create some of the sexiest and most intriguing wallpapers that will be perfect for any desktop.

Here we’d like to showcase some of the best examples of those wallpapers from various graphic artists on the ‘net. Take a moment to indulge in each of the pieces of art and pick one or a few just for you.