It seems that a fair amount of people want to know how I create background images like the one on this site. Well, the lovely chaps at .net magazine have given me permission to re-publish the tutorials I write for the mag on elliotjaystocks.com, so, from issue #168, here’s the first (of many) web graphics tutorials - now completely free! You’ll want to download the source files, by the way, and here’s a preview of the end result. Click the thumbnail images to view the full-size screengrabs on Flickr.