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The Robust Collection Of (50) Mindblowing Icon Sets For Your Next Design

AN Jay — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:17:36 +0000

Icons can be useful to furnish users with unforgettable images and examples if used properly, and this is the reason why Icon sets always come in handy. You will find the huge collection of recently released icon sets which are believed to assist you in bettering your designs on websites as well as on web applications.

In this post, we have also gathered some useful icon sets for your inspiration. If you like them, you can use them in your next design project. The icon sets that we have provided below may become valuable and useful in corporate designs, portfolios, blogs, and magazines as well as in Web-applications. Feel free to suggest and share more icon sets in the comments section below.

Pos Machine Icons

ADOBE CS5 PREMIUM ICONS

Android 2.2 Official Icons

Daft Punk Helmets v2.0

New exclusive icon set: Copenhagen

Apple Mug Icons and Extras

Hel?

Detailed 3D Icon Set

Alias Badges

Applications Icons and Extras

Briefcase

Camera Sony Alpha 380

Social Buzz Icon Pack

Mixed Icons Pack

Payment Method Icon Set

Umbrella

The ‘Square’ Social Media Icon Set

E-Commerce Icon Set

Sketchy Social Media Icons Freebie

IronMan Icon Pack

Cute Blogging Icon Set

Freebie Fiesta – Twitter Bird & Egg

The Ultimate Free Web Designer’s Icon Set (750 icons, incl. PSD sources)

NIXUS Icon Pack

Great Web Button Set

Designer Icons – Professionally Hand-Crafted Free Icon Set

FontLab Studio Icons OS X

Glass icons

The ‘Free Style’ Social Media Icon Set

Mobile Icon Set

Ball

Picasso: A Free Social Media Icon Set

Isometrica (Volume 1): A Free Social Media Icon Set

Free Social Media Icons: Tricons

Content Management System Icon Set

Cartoon Icons

This is ART Icons

Free Computer Part Icon Set

Oxe Icons Set

El Bandito

Women’s Day Icons

‘The’ Lens

CalorieQuick Icons

PixeloPhilia 32PX Icon Set

Free Web Design Icon Set By Iconshock

OLED social icons

FriendFeed

Once

Touchscreen Icons

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Why Usability Engineers Don’t Design Video Games (Proof)

AN Jay — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:04:43 +0000

Usability engineering is a field that is concerned generally with human-computer interaction and specifically with making human-computer interfaces that have high usability or user friendliness. In effect, a user-friendly interface is one that allows users to effectively and efficiently accomplish the tasks for which it was designed.

The picture below is a most humorous example of user interface usability that any usability engineer would propose. I am sure there will be nothing to explain when you see the picture yourself because a picture is worth a 1000 words. Now it makes sense to me that why usability engineers don’t design video games.

Hint : If usability engineer develops video games then it might have a single button to click and rescue the princes instead of playing long time taking video games.

Via The Princess Rescuing Application: Slides

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21 Stunning Examples Of High Definition Wallpapers

AN Jay — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:24:17 +0000

Today, we are showing you 21 colorful and Impressive examples of high definition/wide-screen wallpapers. These can be find in different resolution e.g. 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and more. I appreciate to all those talented designers who create these excellent wallpapers with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to use these artistic wonders on our desktop and refresh ourselves. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to download any or all for your desktop right now.

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32 HD Avatar Wallpapers

HD Nature Wallpapers

HD Multi Colored Lines

Favorite HD Wallpapers

HD Matrix Wallpaper

Widescreen HD Wallpapers

EgFox Windows 7 touch HD 2010

HD Red And Purple Spiral

Mario wallpapers 7

Blue Snow Leopard Aurora HD

Amanecer

Steampunk Wallpaper

Barred Spiral Galaxy

Graffiti On First Street

Flower

Colours 01

The Emperor – Wallpapers

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Hilariously Entertaining Examples Of Celebrity Caricatures

AN Jay — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:02:56 +0000

Caricature is the representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effects; and this is why caricatures have always been very entertaining and one of the great sources of fun for almost every individual. Since it creates an exceptional entertaining visual portrait of a person that draws attention of many visitors and appeal them; many artists love to create funny, hilarious yet entertaining and fun to see caricatures. Here, we have gathered some very famous celebrity caricatures that you may have never seen before. Hope you’ll like this collection.

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Will Smith

Harry Potter

LEON

Mr_OBM

Bushie the kid

DE NIRO

Bean

Blade Caricature

S spielberg caricature

Dexter caricature

Marilyn Monroe Caricature

Steven Seagal

Tom Cruise Colored

Lady O

Scarlett II

Keira

Frodo from LOTR

Bruce Lee

John Locke from LOST

Jack Bauer from 24

Jack Shephard from Lost

Snoop dogg

Bree Van De Kamp from Desperate Housewives

Robert Pattinson

Larry King

leonardo-dicaprio

Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER

Marilyn MANSON

Michael Clurke DUNCAN

Gerard DEPARDIEY

Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United

Michael Jackson

Elvis Presley

Carrie Bradshaw

Michael Scofield

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Most Attractive (39) Corporate Website Designs Of Top Brands

AN Jay — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:55:14 +0000

World is changing rapidly and now people are making their fortune on the internet by virtue of a website, and due to this reason a professional website design is so important to achieve a solid and long-lasting impression on customers. It is a well designed corporate website which convey information about your business to your potential customers in the most direct, clean and usable manner. Below we have listed excellent examples of corporate website for your inspiration so that you can choose the best layout, graphics and color palettes for your website.

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Volkswagen

Microsoft Office

ThinkFree

10 24 Media

Sony

Tracking Time

Adobe

Geticeberg

Loreal Paris

Coca Cola

Blitzagency

Eeci2009

Panelfly

Antiquorum

Kupferwerk

Mail Chimp

TreeHouse

Krop

OneHub

Campaign Monitor

Officevp

HelpTeck

Reinvigorate

Light CMS

Quaffslabs

Checkout App

Nokia

Hewlett-Packard

760 Disc

TeaRoundApp

Breeze Legal Solutions

Redbrick Health

Real Macsoftware

CubeScripts

Direct Design

Fused Network

Tracking Time

Creative Logic Media

Paramoreredd

Embrace Water

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World Of Fantasy And Imagination Which Depict Future Cities (Dreamy Artworks)

AN Jay — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:26:18 +0000

An imaginative mind is marked by independence and creativity in thought or action, and the ability of human mind to think creatively is matchless. Mostly creative people become artists and mesmerize the world with their creativity and imagination sometime beyond the limit. A creative artist can create a castle in the sky for his visitors who look at his artwork.

In this post, we have also created a world of fantasy and imagination which depict our future city. All these images are not only inspiring but also beautiful, dreamy and extremely futuristic. Hope, you will like this post. Feel free to share your opinion with us.

Hyper-Technology – Hegemony,

Orbital city

NMP-City

Futuristic cityscape

Lightbringer

Deus Ex Machina

Sail City

Visions of South Korea’s Urban Future

Future Project in Jakarta

Flight To The Blue Tower

Cassiopeians

The Future City

Instant City – Procedural City

Futuristic city

City, xiaodan cheng (3D)

City of the future

Azureus Rising – Concept Art

Worth enough?, Radoslav Zilinsky (3D)

RAEVONA – Docking Towers

3D Future City

ASTEROIDCOLONY

FE FutureCity

3D illustration futuristic industrie

Dark City

City Concept

The City

City visualisation

Starcraft-ii

DaylanCole

City Concept Art

Futuristic City

Involution, sebastien czaja (2D)

Azureus Rising – Concept Art

Concept arts

Concept City

Future City

FUTURE CITY

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Absolutely Amazing Digital Paintings That Make You Say Wow

AN Jay — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:00:04 +0000

Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Today, we are showing you Absolutely Amazing Digital Paintings That Make You Say Wow. I appreciate all those talented artist who created these excellent paintings with their efforts, imaginations and creativity and give us a chance to see these wonders. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you. These are the wonder creations of those guys who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

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Summer Rain by AlectorFencer

Warriors left the city by Andruth

Farthest Outpost by Rahll

Supervivencia by Pablo Olivera

Ravnica Green by Fyreant

La Rochelle by Radojavor

Tree Of Lava by janaschi

Adamant Citadel by Alexiuss

The colossus by Noah-kh

E vs N by Sandara

The Evil Snowman by Beloved-Creature

The Lion and The Unicorn by Jdillon82

Save. Our. Souls. by AquaSixio

Arctic Express 2008… by Raphael-Lacoste

Entrance To The Sacred Tree by Industrial-Forest

Speedpaint – Neglected Beetle by ANTIFAN-REAL

Bell tower peak by Arcipello

The Eye of the Storm by Lardacil

Black Death by JasonEngle

Tree Root Canopy by ANTIFAN-REAL

Midday Sun by ShadowUmbre

Ryujin by GENZOMAN

Magical Mirror by Ironshod

The Witching Hour by Dark-spider

Imagine the Music by Artsangel

Funfair by lolita-art

Ocean Castle by Shinsen

New Link by paintpixel

Alice’s maze by srulik24

Umbrella Sky by blackeri

The Oracle by blackeri

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3D Artworks That Create Unbelievable Optical Illusion On Streets

AN Jay — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:30:45 +0000

If you are searching for some great 3D street paintings, you come at right place because in this post we are showcasing some awesome paintings which demonstrate the 3D street art. We have carefully selected these paintings and are very much sure that you will like this assortment, and the credit of which must be given to their creator who have been practicing outstandingly.

You will find these paintings as amazing that create an unbelievably amazing optical illusion. So let’s get ready to indulge your eyes in these wonderful masterpieces of art. Feel free to share your opinion.

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Street paintings 2

Amazing 3D street-paintings by Genius1337

Amazing 3D street-paintings-2 by Genius1337

HDI

GRANTS – MOSKAU

Johnnie Walker in Taipei

3D Street Painting – Jaguar Temple

3D Street Painting – Medici Garden

EasyJet – Edinburg

Astana

Bukaresti – Romania 2009

The cave in Geldern

Gluttony

Echo & Narcissus

Perseus

St.Anthony

Visit Wales – Utrecht

3D_Street_Paintings_Tracy_Lee_08

Champions League in Paris

Amazing 3D Sidewalk Chalk Art 36

Amazing 3D Sidewalk Chalk Art 19

Hell in London

Tracy lee stum

Sky HDTV at Waterloo station-London

Don’t Step into Danger

Julian Beever’s Sidewalk Rafting Illusion

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Pencil Sketches That Make You Say ‘Wow’

AN Jay — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:55:32 +0000

To boost up your inspiration and creativity, here we come with this amazing post on Pencil Illustration. This post contains the best examples of pencil Illustrations created by skilled professionals. These artists make use of their creativity and skills to create such masterpieces of artwork. We hope that the listed illustrations will also help you to create some remarkable drawings. If you like this post, feel free to share it with your pals.

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My mind is full of razors

The Remnant

Ray willows Rays

The girl with the rose

On The Way Home From The Pub

Shannon Elizabeth Illustration

Nightwalk

Pom

Sun

Pencil Sketches

Tube poster

Women

I am not a Hero

Still land

Forest Princess

Keira as guinevere

Feathered eye

Masquerade: All is Vanity

Save us

The Darkest Illusion

+Liv Tyler

Puppet Not

The Infamous Professor Corc

The Pretty Rose

Dragon – Sanguine Pencil

Tidal Fayth: Revised

Hendrix- All Shades of Grey

Why Won’t She Love Me?

Secret Invasion 7 variant

Man

DAAN NOPPEN

Hyperbody C02

Dali- Pencil

Ambush

Lucien Freud

Katie

If Only

Ben Barnes – Prince Caspian W2

Sybilla

Beauty in Simplicity

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Seriously Funny 404 Error Pages You’d Really Like To See

AN Jay — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:12:12 +0000

If you have a broken link on your website then visitors will get an internal error message from the server, which don’t exist any longer, have moved to a new server or have never existed at all. By default these messages aren’t that helpful. Therefore, we believe that having a cool and creative Error 404 page in website including beautiful web design is as important as having great content. If you have an interesting 404 error page on your website or blog, you may have a second chance to re-engage your visitors by re-directing them to the home page, and if you do not have an creative error page then you might be thinking of creating one which can inspire everyone. Yes, these are few but these will simply impress you.

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Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers » Inspiration

The Robust Collection Of (50) Mindblowing Icon Sets For Your Next Design

Why Usability Engineers Don’t Design Video Games (Proof)

21 Stunning Examples Of High Definition Wallpapers

Hilariously Entertaining Examples Of Celebrity Caricatures

Most Attractive (39) Corporate Website Designs Of Top Brands

World Of Fantasy And Imagination Which Depict Future Cities (Dreamy Artworks)

Absolutely Amazing Digital Paintings That Make You Say Wow

3D Artworks That Create Unbelievable Optical Illusion On Streets

Pencil Sketches That Make You Say ‘Wow’

Seriously Funny 404 Error Pages You’d Really Like To See

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