• Christmas Icon Packs
• Winter Wonderland Wallpapers
• Two Festive WordPress Themes

If you missed the previous instalment of Christmas Collections, don’t worry, you can view it here:

• Christmas Collections #1

Christmas Icon Packs

Christmas icon packs are great! With a little imagination they can do so much more than adorn your website. You can use them to quickly create a festive card or e-card. You can add them to your customers’ promotional materials. You can spice up your Christmas message on your company newsletter or e-newsletter. You can even have them turned into stickers to use as quirky freebies. So just check out the list of icon packs below and let your imagination run wild!

Smashing Christmas Icon Sets

3 beautifully designed icon sets from Smashing Magazine, with a professionally high-quality finish; including a stunning set by SoftFacade as shown below.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/17/smashing-christmas-icon-sets/

Free Smashing Christmas Icon Set

Another icon set from Smashing Magazine full of great little icons. These are sure to fulfil any festive design need you may have this Christmas.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/12/08/free-smashing-christmas-icon-set/

Icons for the Holidays: “Xmas Stickers”

Such a unique set of Christmas Icons, this time from Web Designer Depot.

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/exclusive-icons-for-the-holidays-xmas-stickers/

Icons for the Holidays: “Xmas Festives”

Another Christmas Icon Set from Wed Designer Depot – these are again finished to a very high standard!

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/more-exclusive-icons-for-the-holidays-xmas-festives/

Christmas Icons Collection from Smashing Magazine

One more from Smashing Magazine; this time it is a collection of various different icon sets, including RSS Feed icons, Social Network icons, iPod icons, and tiny Santas.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/12/19/christmas-icons-and-christmas-wordpress-themes/

Free Christmas Icons For You

Exactly that, free Christmas Icons for you from Web Designer Wall.

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/general/free-christmas-icons-for-you/

Free Christmas Icons

Our last set of Christmas Icons comes from FreeIconsWeb.com. These free icons are of a surprisingly high quality, as illustrated below:

http://www.freeiconsweb.com/128x128_Christmas_Icons.html

Christmas Desktop Wallpapers

Why not get into the spirit of the season and give your desktop a Christmas Wallpaper? There are lots of different styles out there, from comical and cartoony, to very stylish and very unusual. So give your desktop a Winter Wonderland theme with one of the wallpapers below.

Christmas Wallpaper 1 – Abduzeedo

The first of our two Christmas wallpapers from Abduzeedo, this wallpaper makes a fantastic use of the candy-cane pattern to spell out a simple Christmas message.

http://abduzeedo.com/christmas-wallpaper

Christmas Wallpaper 2 – Abduzeedo

The second Christmas wallpaper from Abduzeedo is a very stylish illustration of a Christmas tree and a little Santa Claus, and definitely deserves a place on your desktop!

http://abduzeedo.com/christmas-wallpaper-design-photoshop

Christmas Wallpapers – Smashing Magazine

A bumper collection of Christmas wallpapers from Smashing Magazine, including this one from VladStudio.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/12/09/christmas-wallpapers/

Gorgeous Vector HD Christmas Wallpapers

Lava360 has some phenomenally highly-finished vector wallpaper designs on its Christmas wallpapers post.

http://lava360.com/freebies/gorgeous-vector-hd-christmas-wallpapers/

Christmas Wallpapers – Let’s Make Beautiful Desktop

Our last collection of Christmas desktop wallpapers comes from DzinePress. And contains perhaps some of the most usual desktop wallpapers – but in my opinion, perhaps also some of the most beautiful designs too!

http://www.dzinepress.com/2010/11/christmas-wallpapers-lets-make-beautiful-desktop/

WordPress Christmas Themes

Are you using WordPress on your blog or website? Then why not add a Christmas theme for the festive period? I’ve included two below, both of which are from Smashing Magazine.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/24/christmas-wordpress-theme/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/12/21/free-christmas-and-new-year-s-eve-wordpress-theme/

Christmas Collections #3

Our next Christmas Collections post will contain some great links to LOTS of Festive Freebies and some Christmas inspiration too. So make sure you come back for more from Creative Individual.

Until part 3, enjoy the festive season and best wishes from Creative Individual.

There will be several Christmas Collections from Creative Individual to get you into the spirit of the season, which will include tutorials, WordPress themes, Christmas icons, desktop wallpapers, fantastic freebies, and much more besides.

With all the said, are you ready for your first Christmas present from Creative Individual? Today’s Christmas Collection is a showcase of fantastic, festive illustration tutorials collected from some of the internet’s best web designers, illustrators and digital artists. Enjoy!

Create a Cute Vector Reindeer Character in Illustrator

This Illustrator tutorial written by Chris Spooner shows you how to create a high quality, and very cute, Rudolph of your very own. Chris always produces fantastic tutorials and his blog is second-to-none (in my opinion). So if you haven’t already, make sure you add him to your RSS Feed so that he can continue to wow you throughout the coming year!

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-a-cute-vector-reindeer-character-in-illustrator

Beautiful Fluffy Clouds in Photoshop – Christmas Tutorial

Abduzeedo is another designer who continually blows my mind with his amazing illustration skills. And in this tutorial from him, Abduzeedo shows you how to create a beautiful illustration which could be used on Christmas cards, desktop wallpapers and much more besides.

http://abduzeedo.com/beautiful-fluffy-clouds-photoshop-christmas-tutorial

Create a Vector Clip-Art Style Snowman in Illustrator

A simple and very easy-to-follow tutorial from Callum Chapman which shows you how to create a clip-art style snowman – this tutorial uses Adobe Illustrator and is a great one for beginners.

http://circleboxblog.com/2009/tutorials/create-a-vector-clip-art-style-snowman-in-illustrator/

Design a Simple Illustration for Christmas

The first of a few from Adobe Tutorials that we will be recommending. In this tutorial you will use a lot of simple techniques to create a highly polished final illustration.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970180/1/Design-a-simple-illustration-for-Christmas

How to Create Happy New Year 2011 Greetings Card in Photoshop CS5

The second from Adobe Tutorials, this tutorial is aimed at Photoshop CS5 users – so a great way to brush-up on some new skills and techniques.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970646/1/how-to-create-happy-new-year-2011-greeting-card-in-photoshop-cs5

How to Create Stylized Greetings Card with Christmas Baubles in Photoshop CS5

Another Photoshop CS5 tutorial from Adobe Tutorials – in this one, you’ll be creating some very shiny Christmas baubles on a beautiful and stylish snowflake background.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970628/1/how-to-create-stylized-greeting-card-with-christmas-baubles-in-photoshop-cs5

Beautiful Christmas Vision Tutorial And Wallpaper

Another Photoshop tutorial, and this one by Dainis Graveris on 1st Web Designer shows you how to create a simple, but very beautiful, Winter wonderland scene.

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/beautiful-christmas-vision-tutorial-and-wallpaper/

24 Free Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

Our first website containing a collection of great Christmas themed Photoshop tutorials, including one from Fabiano Meneghetti, co-founder of ZEE and one of the writers from Abduzeedo.

http://www.toxel.com/design/2008/11/30/24-free-christmas-photoshop-tutorials/

60 Beautiful Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

You can always be guaranteed to find great posts on the Smashing Magazines website, and this post of 60 Beautiful Christmas Photoshop Tutorials is no exception.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/16/beautiful-christmas-photoshop-tutorials/

20 Fantastically Festive Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

The last of our websites containing a collection of Christmas themed tutorials. And this one from PSD Fan contains some very unusual and unique tutorials, so definitely worth checking out!

http://psdfan.com/inspiration/graphic-design/20-fantastically-festive-christmas-photoshop-tutorials/

Design Christmas Card with Tree Balls in Photoshop

In this tutorial from Adobe Tutorials, you will be shown how to create realistic looking baubles for a Christmas Card design.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970109/1/design-christmas-card-with-tree-balls-in-photoshop

Create a Christmas Card – Christmas Tree on Red Background

Another simple and stylish tutorial from Adobe Tutorials. Create a Christmas Tree on a red and black background, which includes a slight bokeh effect.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970594/1/create-a-christmas-card-christmas-tree-on-red-background

How to Create a Christmas Greetings Card with New Year’s Toys in Photoshop CS5

Our second last tutorial from Adobe Tutorials shows you how to make some stylised, glass/transparent Christmas baubles in Photoshop CS5.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970626/1/how-to-create-christmas-greeting-card-with-new-year-s-toys-photoshop-cs5

How to Create a Christmas Background with Snowflakes and Stars in Photoshop CS5

Our last tutorial link for this post is our final from Adobe Tutorials. In this post you’ll create a stylish Christmas background illustration containing stars and snowflakes.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970596/1/how-to-create-christmas-background-with-snowflakes-and-stars-in-photoshop-cs5

Christmas Collections #2

Our next Christmas Collections post will contain some great links to Festive wallpapers and Christmas icons, so make sure you come back for more from Creative Individual.

Until part 2, enjoy the festive season and best wishes from Creative Individual.