Hello all. Hope everybody doing Good. So, what’s new coming this season. No idea about others. But yes, Orphicpixel is back with this exciting give away with the support of our friend PixelCrayons. PixelCrayons, one of the best PSD to HTML and XHTML/CSS providers in the industry, is giving away a discount of 15% on their all markup services. The lucky 3 winners will get a discount of 15% and will earn a chance to get coded their designs with the best professionals.

About PixelCrayons:

XHTML.PixelCrayons.com (a specialized division of PixelCrayons) offers high quality hand coded pixel-precise markup services and implementation into skins, themes, CMS, shopping carts and more. They have standard turnaround time of 8 hours. Much more to say about them but most important to notice that they believe in complete customer satisfaction which is well proved from the fact that they have 98% client retention rate.

What you can win:

The lucky Prize Winner will get 15% Discount on all packages offered by markup division of PixelCrayons i.e. XHTML.PixelCrayons.com.  It is a great opportunity for all of you to avail this offer. Get your designs manually coded by one of the best PSD to HTML service providers and save your time, money and energy at discounted price. The delivery of projects would be as per company norms. Think, if you win , you would be availing price discount while getting your work done by  a top service provider of PSD to HTML. So, don’t miss it….

How to Enter:

Just follow the instructions below to win the Contest:

1. Share this post on Twitter or Facebook.
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3. The comments are open from 08 March 2010 to 18 March 2010.
4. There would be 3 lucky winners selected by  http://www.random.org/
5. The result of Contest would be declared at Orphicpixel blog itself on 18 March 2010 .Also you will be informed at your email address about your winning status on the same day.

Who can take part:

The contest is open for almost everybody no matter what their profession is. But seeking high amount of  active participation from designers, freelancers, illustrators. In short, those who need to outsource the coding of their designs. So, Folks, what are you waiting for!! Participate Now and Win.

At the End, Orphicpixel would like to thank PixelCrayons for sponsoring this give away.

Its been a while that I am too much indulge with photo manipulations, to get back to the real world of photos and images, I manage to compile stunning photograph. This photos are straight from the lens of the camera and eye of the photographer, no photoshop tricks that are being applied on this photos.

Isn’t it amazing to see this such kinds of photos? From nature to wild animals, from dew to splashes and not to forget the macro shots.

Now its time to have the trip with this 12 stunning photos. You are most welcome to share any links of such kind of photos and we’ll be glad to add them on the list

Now tell me which one is your favorite? Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments’ area.

You got the skill in photography, you indulge yourself and consume a whole day doing a mouse click and keystrokes.  You have superb photos, but are this the best output you dreamt of? Why not try a collaboration of photograph and graphic design to achieve more appealing and eye catching photos.  Combine different graphical elements to easily convince even the most expensive set of eyes.

But to do this, you must have the creative skills to come up with an unrealistic sets of images.  Gather ideas, browse with the masterpieces of the masters, be creative on your own way.

And to give you the spark to start the fire on you, here are a set of beautiful photo manipulation done by Kevin ‘Gunfire’ Nitschmann.

As a result of being frustrated because I’m not able to draw a single line straight with a pencil in the real world I watched out for virtual possibilities to be creative.

Starting in 2005 with Photoshop CS2 I’m now a proud owner my very own copy of Photoshop CS4 Extended. Using many different sources of inspiration I got to know a broad range of techniques which are reflected in my works. After understanding the basics I did a bit of hobby based photo retouching which was supposed to look as natural as possible and then went on to photo manipulations with all the surreal colors and shapes added to a photo afterwards.
My favourite style of art is the category of 3D abstract artwork and because of that I wanted to learn more about it and did some renders on my own.

Browse more of Gunfire’s beautiful photo manipulation on DeviantART and Behance.

Now tell me which one is your favorite? Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments’ area.

To continue the series “Filipino Pride” which I started last week. This week’s Filipino pride is Paolo Dizon, a Senior Designer/Art Director for a leading Design Agency in the Philippines who has 7 Years professional experience in Graphic Design specializing in print, web and flash.

Paolo has earned Bronze Award, The Fourth Annual Pcom Creative Awards for his work on the Coffeebean and Tea Leaf Website, Philippines Merit Award, The Fourth Annual Pcom Creative Awards for his work on the Coffeebean and Tea Leaf, Philippines postcard series.

Have you ever contented with one desktop wallpaper? How often do you change yours? Does your wallpapers represent the present emotions you have? Or does it shows your interest?

There are a lot of resources of this handy files over the internet.Just to stream line the huge amount of search result on wallpaper, here are beautiful HD Wallpaper to beautify your desktop.

The real time web continues to gain traction as more and more users the value of this new information.  The real time web offers a way to find out what is being said right now about any keyword.  You can also discover today’s hottest links for any given keyword.  Finally, if you have a blog or website – you can implement real time content into your site.

Below are 3 videos which will help educate you on the real time web. Each video not only talks about the real time web but also, gives you examples of the real time web in action.

What Is The Real Time Web?

How To Find Today’s Most Popular Links On the Real Time Web

How To Get Real Time Content For Your Website or Blog

Its been a long time that I am planning to have this series, a series of featured artist from the Philippines. After a long wait and after a lots of researching on the web, I finally came to a final lists of talented Filipino. By doing this I can help talented designers from my country to showcase their artwork around the world.

First on the list Renan Barco from Imus, Philippines. A self-taught Web Developer, a Multimedia Designer and a Graphic Artist. His works can be labeled as colorful, psychedelic and pop-ish.

The door to creativity opens by twisting the conventional.

You can follow Renan:

• Twitter
• Tumblr
• Behance
• Facebook
• Blog

If you know a talented designer from Philippines, just share the link on the comment box and rest assured that we will be featuring his work in the upcoming post.

Its Valentine, but unfortunately it seems that there is no special event at all in this country. Some doesn’t even know what Valentine is. Anyway, this is my first own freebie that I am going to give you. A very simple PSD template which is very suitable to use for a portfolio. This is a fruit of having nothing on my work list today.

And of course, no plan for this Valentine at all, no dates and no romantic moments, cause we are at work, but to tell you I already gave a precious gift to my wife. Two days ago when I handed to her her most dreamt iPhone.

Happy Valentines to all, and enjoy this free PSD.

Download Red and Green PSD Template Now…

Let do this quick. At young age, Khyzyl Saleem, 16 from manchester, UK. Loves graphic design and hope to have a career in this.  He is  self taught and hope to improve as he go on Hope you like his work.

His work on photo manipulation caught my attention, he does the manipulation in a very colorful manner, this technique brings a brilliant output to the subject.