Mash Up #11

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Its time again for our weekly Mashup! Over the last few weeks I have been busy with a new contract and working on a contest . So, there really wasn’t much time to visit my favorite websites. Because of that, I have spent the last few weekends catching up.

This week’s mash up is a shorter one and I listed the few of my favorite articles that read over the last few days. I found some great articles in design, Google Analytics, link building, social media, photography tutorials, Photoshop tutorials and some design inspiration for those that love design and image manipulation.

As always, if you want the chance to have your articles listed in our Mash ups, then start commenting and using the commentluv plugin so I can find your website and articles.

Design

Preparing For a Web Design Project
"Do you ever felt curious about how other designers build their web sites? How do they organize things while working? What tools do they use beside Photoshop?"

Google Analytics

A Dummies Guide To Reading Google Analytics
"Google Analytics. It’s as foreign to most people as good coffee is to starbucks (yeah I went there) but I know why.
The reason 95% of bloggers don’t understand it is because it seems too… big. I know you know what I’m talking about because for too long I ignored this side of blogging simply because I did not want to explode my brain trying to make sense of all those graphs and numbers."

Link Building

Friday’s Tips for Keeps: How to Guide to Better Link Building on CommentLuv Blogs
"No, this post is not about how great CommentLuv plugin is or how to use it."

Social Media

How To Build Your Facebook Fan Page The Smart Way
"Creating a Facebook fan page is easy, but just creating a fan page is not enough. If you’re looking for the Facebook Page to work for you or your business you need to create a page that not only provide users with information but also gives them an opportunity connect directly with the brand or business."

Photography

Photoshop Landscape Photography at Twilight Tutorial
"There are various phases of sunrise and sunset, however each phase repeats itself twice a day – once during sunrise and once again at sunset. All phases during sunrise are the same for sunset phases – the only difference is chronological order i.e. when each phase begins and ends. Therefore, sunrise and sunset are exactly the same, except that sunset reverses the order of phases seen at sunrise."

Tutorials

How To Create a Dramatic Action Scene in Photoshop
"I’ve recently been admiring the book covers of those military action thrillers, you know – Andy McNab and the like? So I decided to have a go at designing my own dramatic war torn scene in a similar style. Follow this step by step photo manipulation tutorial where we’ll be using stock photos, textures and brushes to produce an intense design."

Design Inspiration

50 Gorgeous Fantasy Art Examples
"Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. Fantasy artworks often are create by using a mystic, unreal characters, such as dragons, angels and other beings, or sometimes people are transformed into unrealistic creature with supernatural abilities or appearance. Each may have their own views about what is Fantasy art. Artists who work in the genre of fantasy art must be imaginative in order to draw people’s attention to their work with the extraordinary, mystical elements. Hopefully you will like these 50 fantasy art examples which are summarized in this article."
Inspirational Art By Conceptual Artist Daarken
"Our aim is to introduce our readers to new up-and-coming concept artists, but today’s featured conceptual artist needs no introduction. Daarken has been privileged to of worked with clients such as Games Workshop on the Warhammer series and Blizzard Entertainment for the Warcraft Trading Card Game."