Web 2.0 is beautiful. In fact, many designers manage to create really amazing, particularly dark and fresh web-designs, which are visually appealing and make a great first impression. However, if you are planning on designing a web 2.0-project, you probably should know how and where to start from. Badges, Gradients, Mirror and Shadow Effects as well as Shiny and Glassy buttons are trendy. But do you know exactly how to design them?

We’ve collected over 65 tutorials, references and related resources, which are supposed to help you to create graphics in Web 2.0-Look. It’s nice to have them ready to hand if you need them. It’s nice to be able to look at them if you need a source of inspiration.

Three girls posing in the night Illustration

Adobe Software – Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Software – Adobe Photoshop

Retro lines in Photoshop?

Splash Page Tutorial

Gradient Styles & How To Make Dashes

Creating a page curl in Photoshop

Creating patterns in Photoshop CS2

Realistic photo print

Source: SmashingMagazine