Hongkiat Lim

Founder and Editor in Chief of Hongkiat.com. Hongkiat is also a designer, developer, entrepreneur, and an active investor in the US stock market.

Latest posts

30 Beautiful Nature-Inspired Artworks

Every single day we hear bad news about damage done to our precious planet. The latest as this article is written would be the Gulf cost oil spill. Re…

40 Creative “Transparent Screen” Trick Photos

Here’s an easy optical illusion you can do to make your laptop or computer screen look see-through. The optical illusion of a transparent screen is …

Create a Stunning Facebook Friends Photo Collage

Here’s a small little trick in Facebook that allows you to create a grid view or photo collage out of your friends list. This is how I do it: Click …

Baby Photography: 40 Photos of Lovable Babies

Baby pictures are one the most fascinating pictures on earth. And I think they are the most photographed subject in the world. As with any photo, find…

10+ Tools to Create Twitter Headers and Backgrounds

With the growing trend of Twitter usage, it’s only logical to treat your Twitter account as an impression of your personality. Though you can change…

Human Photo Manipulation: 50 Amazing Artworks

Photo manipulation is an art where ordinary photos are transformed into something alluring, unexpected, and totally out of the box. It is often done b…

Glossy Emblem Text Effects – Photoshop Tutorial

In this tutorial, we’ll demonstrate how to create the following nice looking Glossy Emblem Text Effect with Adobe Photoshop in 4 simple steps. With …

Panoramic Photography: 30 Breathtaking Photos

Panoramic photography, also known as wide-angle photography is a technique that captures a much wider perspective of the landscape into a photo. It ca…

High Speed Photography : Frozen in Time

In a blink of the eye, a lot can happen. A lot of astonishing things happen in a split of a second, but they are moving too quickly for us to see. Hig…

Animal Photo Manipulation: 26 Photoshopped Robotic Animals

Photoshop is cool, and we mean really cool! With the right technique and some creativity you can totally turn any image into something extraordinary w…

Freebie Release: Social Truck Icon Set

Every now and then we find ways to reward our readers to show how much we appreciate the support they’ve given to us along the way. Sometimes we cre…

Beautiful Black & White Photography of Animals

Black and white photography is one of the most elegant forms of photography you’ll ever see. No wonder the onlookers are stunned by the purity and b…