Christy Winter on the Layers Magazine 100 Hot Tips Cover (Part 1)
I love Christy Winter. She is one of our design geniuses here at work, and the creator of the really really cool 100 Blazing Hot Tips cover for Layers Magazine. After getting a ton of questions on the cover, she was nice enough to write down some of the steps in a two part tutorial that we’re posting here. This part is part 1:

“When I first started to concept ideas for a theme, I decided to go with a “Hot Tips” theme. But not just hot, “Blazing” hot. Whenever I’m creating a concept for a cover, I first write down any ideas I might have and then I sketch out thumbnails. Here’s a scan of the thumbnail I used for my final design along with the final cover. Below I’ll show you how I created the text effects.”

Read More of Christy’s Article At This Link

Steve Baczewski on the Olympus E-30

Steve Baczewski today covers the newly released Olympus E-30 for us. Make sure you check out the review here:

“The new 12.3-megapixel Olympus E-30 is closer to their flagship 10.1-megapixel E-3 than their consumer-level E-520. The E-30 includes many of the E-3’s best technological features, such as built-in image stabilization, dust-reduction, and a very fast 11-point autofocus system. The E-30 is less expensive, smaller, lighter, and uses a larger 2.7? articulated LCD; however, it lacks the E-3’s magnesium alloy, weather-sealed body and shutter durability…”

Read More of The Olympus E-30 Review By Steve Baczewski