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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (October 10, 2008)
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from defining Early Stage to DrPic’s Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-10-10
9 Starter Wordpress Themes
Developing themes for Wordpress is pretty simple, if you know HTML/CSS and PHP, but nobody wants to start from scratch each time they develop a theme, these Starter Themes provide a simple canvas on which you can create your custom themes.
Posted by: Mubashar Iqbal | 2008-10-10
The Art of Philip Straub. Exclusive Interview with the Artist!
Philip Straub. Art Director, Illustrator, Concept Art Teacher and Writer.Read the exclusive interview with him!
Posted by: Tianna | 2008-10-10
Texturise :: Free Textures
Free high resolution textures and backgrounds for graphic designers, web designers and digital artists. The site includes both stock photos and handmade textures.
Posted by: James | 2008-10-09
Inspiration: Emre Durmu - Excellent photomanipulations
Emre Durmu is a turkish design artist which impresses with his photomanipulations. Besides the prints he also gets into identity and branding, website creation and a little bit of photography. He’s not offering tutorials on how to make that kind of illustrations but he’s offering in exchange a good photomanipulation gallery.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-09
Show me some well designed logos! #6
20 inspirational well designed logos showing off their creator’s skills in front of your amazed or admirative look.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-09
EVERYTHING A DESIGNER NEEDS
A huge round up of over 400+ links of high quality tutorials, useful and informative articles, inspiration, designer assets (brushes, vectors, stock images etc…), designer blogs, tutorial sites, galleries and more! This contains all the vital links that are very important for a designers reference.
Posted by: Christopher Tarampi | 2008-10-09
All you need to know about starting a blog
If you checked out some awesome blog and decided to start your own little blog, you are up for a challenge. If you are serious about making money you should be aware of the difficulties you will face. In this post I will take you through the experiences you will face as a blogger. If you want to blog for fun and experience, you don’t have much to worry about, and this tutorial can greatly help you.
Posted by: kumailht | 2008-10-09
Using Layer Comps for Web Design in Photoshop
Learn how to present your designs for a website using Photoshop layer comps to produce a PDF slideshow.
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-10-09
FREE Funny Aliens Vector Illustration!
A group of funny creatures from some unknowable web design planet is greeting you! 
Posted by: YouLee | 2008-10-08
Comment and Win a PSD to XHTML Slicing
CrazyLeaf Design Blog Contest - Comment and Win a free PSD to XHTML Slicing
Posted by: Alex | 2008-10-08
Hallowen and Lips vector packs released
In the new Halloween vector pack you will find pumpkins, witches and bats for those who want to create illustrations for this Holiday.The second pack released is the Lips pack, this packs speaks for itself if I may say so. It contains a set of 11 suggestive, glossy, sexy looking woman lips.
Posted by: alex | 2008-10-08
Featured inspiration: Loic Sattler
Loic Sattler is a French Art Director experienced in web, multimedia, print collateral, clothes styling and corporate identity. Loic works with special emphasis on aesthetics, creative ideas and communication goals, with a very high attention to details. Inspired by everything, everywhere. Interested and enthusiastic, he is in complete love with visual creation.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-07
Tips on Pre-flight before sending to the printers
Tips that should be taken in to consideration before presenting your files to the printer for printing.
Posted by: Max | 2008-10-06
How Usable is Your Copy?
Usability is not just about the layout of buttons, tabs, labels and content. It’s also about the writing the copy. Usability Post goes through an example by making improvements to a landing page copy and gives tips for making your copy more usable.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-10-06
Overgrown Amazon.com
Every single feature does NOT have to be crammed into the interface. A smart minimalist design will provide just enough of the core functionality up front, and allow for the gradual introduction of deeper features and extras as the user interacts with the product. Amazon.com is a great example of poor Aesthetics.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-10-06
15 Original Menu Designs
15 examples of original yet reliable menu designs created to easily guide you through the website.
Posted by: Helen | 2008-10-06
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #11
We find ourselves in this section once again in this day of the week, every week, with 30 great CSS sites to please your eyes and enrich your imagination.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-06
Freebies : Photoshop ornament brushes + Vector T-shirt templates promo packs
34 Photoshop ornament brushes + 20 Vector T-shirt templates promo packs
Posted by: pushparaj | 2008-10-06
104 Scribbled Dry Erase Marker-Styled Illustrator Brushes
Need to create a whiteboard style illustration? Download this set of dry erase marker-styled Illustrator brushes.
Posted by: Grant Friedman | 2008-10-06
XHTML Strict, What to Watch for.
Things to watch out for if you’re new to coding in XHTML Strict 1.0 doctype. Jquery code included, for opening new window.
Posted by: Jin | 2008-10-06
Less Then A Week To Go: Contest Update | My Ink Blog
There is less then 1 week left to enter your design into the Big Typography Poster Contest. The results of this case study have been very impressive. Here are a some new submissions that I found visually stunning and creative.
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-10-06
Accessible Web Design - The How
The sequel to ‘Accessible Web Design - The Whats and Whys’, this article looks at how to implement accessibility within your site.
Posted by: Nathan Beck | 2008-10-05
Accessible Web Design - The Whats and Whys
An in-depth look at web accessibility. What it is and it’s so important.
Posted by: Nathan Beck | 2008-10-05
Weekly Flash tutorial roundup #2
Another 20 Adobe Flash and Actionscript tutorials ment to help you learn easier some useful techniques and improve your skills. This week there isnt any flash game tutorial but there is an mp3 interface tutorial and some serious stuff instead.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-05
Free fashion theme css template
Nice free fashion theme css template
Posted by: gabi | 2008-10-04
bobmartien design
50 webdesign with wood for your inspiration
Posted by: bobmartien | 2008-10-04
Best Photoshop tutorials of September on Design your way
I thought it would be better to make a collection of the best Adobe Photoshop tutorials of the month that were on Design your way. Of course, these are all text Photoshop tutorials, some for begginers, some for advanced users, every one of them very well explained, and most important all of them free.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-04
Promote yourself and your work
Design your way offers the chance to promote yourself and to share good design related material with our readers. The material is represented by: Photoshop tutorials, Flash tutorials, Illustrator tutorials, logos, an excellent CSS or Flash website or even a good quality free icon pack.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-03
From Tightening Credit to Modular Innovation of the Social Web
Have a good weekend and enjoy some weekend reading from The Product Guy, from tightening credit to Modular Innovation of the social web.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-10-03
10 Great Web Design Podcasts of 2008!
A few hours of listening altogether that will help you advance your knowledge in web design!
Posted by: Keri | 2008-10-03
Featured inspiration: Mathieu Raynault - matte painter
Mathieu Raynault is probably one of the top 10 film matte painters in the world having worked for movies like Lord of the rings, 300, The day after tomorrow, Matrix, Star Wars, The mummy returns and many others.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-03
MyInkBlog Flickr Group Showcase 2
This is the 2nd edition of my Flickr group members’ showcase. I hope you enjoy these awesomely inspirational designs!
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-10-03
Manage Focus Effectively Using Contrast
Contrast one of the more powerful tools in your arsenal. Use it not only to give the most important things the focus they deserve, but to also remove any noise from secondary and tertiary elements on the page.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-10-02
GreenFriendly: A free wordpress theme
webtoolkit4.me presents its first wordpress theme. GreenFriendly. A Nice and simple wordpress theme for free.
Posted by: Gerasimos | 2008-10-02
Best Design Resources of September 2008 | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
The best design resources of September 2008 in Photoshop Tutorials, Freebies, Typography, Free Icons, General Design, Vectors, HTML and CSS.
Posted by: Alex | 2008-10-02
Show me some well designed logos! #5
20 Fresh baked logo cookies for your need-of-inspiration eyes. Look, admire, get inspired.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-02
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #19
Week 19 of this section with 20 Photoshop tutorials that’ll help you learn Photoshop, of course, for free. Enjoy the ride in our tutorial express.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-10-01
50 Inspiring Vintage Advertisements
A nice collection of vintage advertisements from the 50’s and 60’s to spark your creative juices.
Posted by: Andrew | 2008-10-01
Design Shards October 2008 Calendar On Smashing Magazine
My October calendar made it to smashing magazine come see it.
Posted by: Max | 2008-10-01
Russian Website Design Inspiration
Collection of website designs from Russian designers that could inspire your creativity!
Posted by: John Howard | 2008-09-30
Idea2dezign - Design Inspiration
Design Related Inspiration: News, Resources, Tips, Ideas
Posted by: idea2d | 2008-09-30
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #10
I got some inspirational websites designs that’ll keep you in the same drooling estate as the last week’s article because of these 30 CSS and Flash good sites.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-30
Re-design and new features on Design Shard
Well I finally redesigned design shard with some new features
Posted by: Design Shard | 2008-09-30
A Guide to Choosing Colors for Your Brand
A quick guide to selecting the right color or colors for your brand identity. Includes examples, tools and related resources.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-09-29
Cardeo Design Blog Launches
Just a quick note to announce the launch Cardeo Design Blog. The blog features Free WordPress Themes, CSS tips, Web Design tips, and various other design related news. thanks
Posted by: Matt | 2008-09-29
Ripening FreshDirect
Every single feature does NOT have to be crammed into the interface. A smart minimalist design will provide just enough of the core functionality up front, and allow for the gradual introduction of deeper features and extras as the user interacts with the product. FreshDirect is a great example of OK Aesthetics.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-29
Markup Service reviewed
How can you tell which coding service is the most advantageous for you, the person who’s having a certain budget and a certain time to have it finished?
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-29
45 Amazing Illustrations for Inspiration
Collections of illustrations and graphic designs from artists around the world.
Posted by: Keri | 2008-09-29
Squeezy Links of the Week
This weeks Squeezy Links focuses on Resources, Articles and Blogs. We’ve included some blogs from around the world that we found interesting as well as two incredible articles from Smashing Magazine. This weeks installment really has a lot for both the web design and web developer!
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-29
30 cool wallpapers for designers | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
Download 30 superb wallpapers for designers.
Posted by: Alex | 2008-09-29
A simple way to wrap an object in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to wrap an object around another object using Adobe Illustrator(I’m using AI CS3 on a PC). It is very simple and it looks really cool.
Posted by: alex | 2008-09-29
How To Change Google Chrome’s Theme, Block ads and Use StumbleUpon Toolbar
A tip to change the Default theme of Google Chrome.
Posted by: tal | 2008-09-28
Weekly Flash tutorial roundup #1
Yes, we had to have such a thing. If you’re learning Photoshop and maybe Illustrator, why not Flash? 20 tutorials hand picked to help you learn Adobe Flash and Actionscript.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-28
Show me 3d Abstract Inspiration!!
Click here to give your inspiration a real ‘Boost’! 15 beautiful examples of the best 3d abstract art.
Posted by: Mark Baselier | 2008-09-28
Rest in peace, MS Project … Rest in peace
Now everybody has access to professional resource planning app, made to ease the hard work of scheduling and rescheduling resources and daily tasks in various organizations. www.yutiti.com offers resource scheduling in ultimate simplicity. Using interactive gantt charts Yutiti is made to be fast, simple and intuitive.Why use Microsoft Project when you can use Yutiti and access your project information from any computer connected to the web?
Posted by: Indrek Kuldkepp | 2008-09-27
NSOrg - Tutorials
NSOrg Tutorials Collected Quality Photoshop, Flash, 3D Studio Max, Website Development, PHP Coding, Ajax and More Tutorials in This site.
Posted by: NSOrg | 2008-09-27
Social icons made of wood
Today we are happy to announce another icon set release. This time it’s all about wood. Social icons made of wood. This set consists of 11 icons in one size (64 x 64) in PNG format. The icons include the following services: Technorati, Digg, Delicious, RSS, Yahoo, YouTube, StumbleUpon, DesignFloat, Reddit, Furl, MySpace
Posted by: Gerasimos | 2008-09-26
Featured inspiration: Maciej Hajnrich
It’s art? It’s graphic design? It’s typographic? It’s exploding with colors and imagination? It’s… all these and more. Eye candy overbrimming portfolio of Maciej Hajnrich
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-26
FREE Professional Vector Illustration!
Amazing Vector Illustration of retro-car from the legendary 70’s! Don’t miss an opportunity to download it for free now!
Posted by: YouLee | 2008-09-26
Robots Parade! The 20 Greatest and Most Famous Robots in Movies of All Time!
It’s an amazing collection of the most popular and most recognizable robots in movies of all time.
Posted by: Tianna | 2008-09-26
From Startup Polarization to Modular Innovation in the Cloud
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from startup polarization to Microsoft talking Modular Innovation in the cloud.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-26
Free Photoshop Brushes Download
Media Slap sent me an email to giveaway some of there finest brushes
Posted by: Max | 2008-09-25
Using Whitespace to Show Relationships Between Content Elements
Examples and guidelines on how to use whitespace to effectively show relationships between various content elements, like headings, paragraphs and buttons.
Posted by: Dmitry Fadeyev | 2008-09-25
Show me some well designed logos! #4
The weekly logo design showcase where you can see 20 company logos or other kind and get inspired in creating your own logo. If not, you can always hire someone
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-25
What Lies Beneath the Art of Ambigrams
John Langdon, an outstanding lettering artist and ambigram creator, reveals the secrets of designing beautiful ambigrams.
Posted by: Keri | 2008-09-24
10 Free Hi-Res Paper Textures
Plain and Grunge Paper Textures, 3000px wide, free for personal and commercial projects. Download and get creative!
Posted by: Franz Jeitz | 2008-09-24
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #18
20 Photoshop tutorials hand picked from the serious tutorial sites. Some text tutorials, a planet tutorial, a few interesting effects, a few tutorials about speedpainting and other interesting things for you.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-24
Tips for Working in CMYK for Print
An intro in to print design with tips
Posted by: Max | 2008-09-23
Photographer Folio css template
Latest free css template from csstemplatesmarket.
Posted by: gabi | 2008-09-23
CrazyLeaf Design Blog Community
Web design and graphic design community ment to encourage interaction between the readers of our blog and between designers in general, discussions on web design and web development topics and promotion of your articles.
Posted by: Alex | 2008-09-23
Blogger Showcase - Show Casing Blogger Powered Blogs
First showcase Inspiration site for blogger powered blogs built on blogger.
Posted by: Santosh Setty | 2008-09-23
Braintalk with Matt Owen from Volumeone
Designer Matt Owen talks about his life and work.
Posted by: thomas | 2008-09-23
Featured inspiration: Drew Flaherty
There’s not much to say about him. He’s drawing, he’s illustrating, he’s getting into advertising and also identity and branding.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-23
Airport signage photo showcase
A extensive photo showcase of airport signage & wayfinding design, inspiration from all over the world.
Posted by: Sander | 2008-09-23
Shining Chrome (of Google)
Every single feature does NOT have to be crammed into the interface. A smart minimalist design will provide just enough of the core functionality up front, and allow for the gradual introduction of deeper features and extras as the user interacts with the product. Google’s Chrome is a great example of excellent Aesthetics.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-22
Web Design Color Trends for Fall 2008!
This article will show you exactly what Fall 2008 colors are “in” for fashion, furniture and accessories and how to incorporate those into your new web designs.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-22
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #9
9. Week 9. Inspirational. website design inspirational. yeah, 30 sites. now ‘morse’ these CSS and Flash sites into your freaky imagination.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-22
FREE Product of the Week from Templates.com!
Templates.com is starting permanent superb action “Free Product of the Week” Have a look at the product that is free this week.
Posted by: YouLee | 2008-09-22
Absolute positioning Vs. floats
It seems that there is a divide between people saying you should use absolute positioning and people saying you should use floats, both claiming that the other method breaks faster. So who is right?
Posted by: Kilian Valkhof | 2008-09-22
My Readers Are Inspirational! Contest Update.
Contest update for the Big Typography Poster Contest on MyInkBlog. Check out these incredible designs!
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-09-21
Free Colourful RSS icon set
This is first version of free rss icon set, named ColourfulRSS. In the pack you can find 24 different colours 32-px png files. You are allowed to use ColourfulRSS icon set for commercial or non-comercial projects.
Posted by: Eyup | 2008-09-20
Featured inspiration: Danil Kryvoruchko
Danil Kryvoruchko also known as Myshli is a very talented guy from Rusia and when I say talented I mean very talented (!). Advertising, Art Direction, Print Design, Identity and Branding yeah, he has them.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-20
From DNS’ impact on experience to
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from DNS’ impact on experience to “green” Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-19
45 web design books professionals recommend
A collection of web design-related books that would help you improve, broaden and polish your web design knowledge and skills!
Posted by: Helen | 2008-09-19
30 Cool Pink Web Designs
Who said that pink is only for little girls??? A collection of pink websites designed by and for women as well as men.
Posted by: Keri | 2008-09-19
Perfecting Collaboration: Mikogo Launches Free Screen Sharing Skype Extra
The perfect Web collaboration package is here, with the Mikogo Skype Extra providing free screen sharing to all Skype users worldwide creating a complete and free Web conferencing solution. Available for everyone, Mikogo provides an easy-to-use online meeting tool that works seamlessly and securely in conjunction with Skype, allowing the user to talk and share their screen content at no cost.
Posted by: Andrew Donnelly | 2008-09-19
37 Creative Photography Portfolios One Must See
A collection of inspiring photography portfolios by artists from all around the world!
Posted by: Helen Walker | 2008-09-18
Multimedia-Stock.com
Multimedia-Stock is a perfect place for people who want to introduce themselves and their creative work to the world and for those who just want to enjoy in viewing or using that work for some purpose.
Posted by: Groove | 2008-09-18
10 Reasons I will NOT leave comments
top 10 reasons I will not leave comments on some blogs
Posted by: Matt | 2008-09-18
Show me some well designed logos! #3
We’re stepping well into the third week with another 20 logos that will make you show respect for their creators and their creations.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-18
Do UI Aesthetics Matter?
Does your user interface need to be attractive? Does it add value to add that extra polish to your site or app? Some thoughts.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-09-17
Creative Tabbed Website Navigations and Tutorials
This post is a showcase of creative and original uses of tabbed web navigation, topped off with some helpful tutorials for making your own tabs. Enjoy!
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-09-17
38 Character Illustrations in Web Design
I just launched the 4th list for Web Design trends on CssLeak. The Websites Using Character Illustrations : There is already 38 websites.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-09-17
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #17
One slipped in and there seems to be 21 tutorials for this week. No problem there; another thing that you can fill your time with.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-17
Linux Articles, Tips and tutorials
Linux Articles, Tips and tutorials
Posted by: nikesh | 2008-09-17
Evaluating Website Aesthetics via Quick-UX
Every single feature does NOT have to be crammed into the interface. A smart minimalist design will provide just enough of the core functionality up front, and allow for the gradual introduction of deeper features and extras as the user interacts with the product. Evaluating Aesthetics via Quick-UX.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-16
Useful .htaccess Tricks for Webmasters
List of .htacces tricks that are useful to any webmasters running on apache server.
Posted by: ne-design | 2008-09-16
Generate Data For Your Database | theDailyApp
When creating a web application it is essential that we test to see if it will work in the “real world” before releasing it into the wild. To test our application many of us use the ever tedious “insert” command in phpMyAdmin to create dummy records. This is a long process and more often than not we simple copy the records of the one before. Generate Data fixes this.
Posted by: Tommy M | 2008-09-16
How To Promote Your Posts in 10 Minutes to 1 Mio People
Learn how to get known to a huge audience within 10 minutes by promoting your posts free to more than 30 of well visited websites.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-09-16
Featured inspiration: Heiko Klug
Heiko Klug is a designer from Germany who started with graffiti almost ten years ago. At the moment he makes some extraordinaire illustrations which make some of us drool a little bit.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-16
Turn postcard photo into a stunning comment form using CSS
Comment forms allow visitors to leave their impressions about the content. Although the content is a king, general impression isn’t negligible at all. Each element in a design can contribute to a better user experience. This applies to comment forms as well. This tutorial will teach you how to make a stunning comment form using an old postcard photo.
Posted by: Janko | 2008-09-16
Using Photoshop to create an Online Brand Image for your Clients Business
This tutorial show you how to make a custom logo allowing you the primary basis to build a brand image for any business.
Posted by: Jon Logix | 2008-09-16
Why online advertising is goining to take a big fall
Advertising has been a major marketing tool online for years and publishers made millions out of it, not anymore. It is becoming harder than ever to advertise successfully, users ignore advertisements completely and avoid clicking on them.
Posted by: kumailht | 2008-09-16
Why I love The Design Community & Industry
I’ve put together a list of my top 10 reasons why the design community is such an amazing and diverse place, and why I love being a part of it.
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-09-16
Yslow: going from F to A
Yslow is a tool to help you speed up your website. It’s an add-on for Firefox-or rather, an add-on to an add-on: Yslow installs on top of the popular Firebug add-on. So first you install Firebug, then you install Yslow.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-15
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #8
Hear ye! Hear ye! “30 inspirational sites” is launching it’s weekly bouqet over the internet. As you’ve seen in the past weeks, there are css and flash sites that will catch your attention. Some awarded, some not, but all of them very good.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-15
4 Nature Vector Set freebies
I’m happy to announce our first exclusive vector sets for QVectors.com. The 4 sets are Nature oriented design with tens of floral and flowery elements in each set.
Posted by: QVectors | 2008-09-15
Featured inspiration: David Fuhrer
David Fuhrer, born in Switzerland in 1985, master of digital art, illustrations and, let’s not forget, Flash. Awarded so many times that he lost count probably. You’ve probably seen him in some Design Magazines, Art Books or even on FWA site as he won an award with his site.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-14
15 Websites to Increase your site statistics
15 List of websites to help increase/promote your site statistics in no particular order.
Posted by: Mark Abucayon | 2008-09-13
Featured inspiration: Martin Bland
There aren’t many personal details of Martin Blend but what is more interesting about him is his superb gallery. This digital artist from UK enjoys the dark, apocalyptical themes as you will see.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-13
How to build a retro emblem in less than 10 minutes
In this tutorial I will use the complex vector sun rays we’ve created there and use them to quickly create a vintage looking emblem using Adobe Illustrator.
Posted by: alex | 2008-09-12
From Avoiding Silicon Valley to SkyData and Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from avoiding Silicon Valley to SkyData and Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-12
Design, Design and Re-Design - This post took over 1000 hours of work!!
Really that’s how much time and effort goes into designing great thing’s, I was thinking about the design process (what limited knowledge I have on that subject) and what it must be like to be a designer day in day out working for many clients and trying to come up with fresh ideas…
Posted by: styletime | 2008-09-12
Featured inspiration: Reinaldo Quintero
Reinaldo Quintero is a talented guy from Venezuela who is currently established in UK, London. You will see that most of his drawings have an erotic anime theme but you will also see barbarians, ninjas and other tough stuff.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-12
Illustration Artists Showcase and Inspiration
A collection of illustration artists work, resources, reading material, tutorials
Posted by: Max | 2008-09-11
35 Free Beautiful Japan Theme ICONS
This file contains 35 icons that are associated with hot springs in Japan.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-09-11
Wednesday Font Round-up
A weekly round-up of fonts and dingbats to use for your designing projects.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-11
Show me some well designed logos! #2
It seems that the first week caught your eyes and also made a good impression so I’m offering you #2 with another 20 well designed logos.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-11
Big Typography Design Contest - Official Launch!
Create a big typography poster based off a quote and win cool prizes!
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-09-10
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #16
Another week, another tutorial bouquet. Some of the best were selected and were brought in front of your eyes. Bookmark them, memorize them, well use them.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-10
105 Stunning Retro Tech-Shaped Illustrator Brushes
This set of brushes will blow you away! Download this amazing set of stunning Illustrator brushes!
Posted by: Grant Friedman | 2008-09-10
jParallax enables 3rd View Dimension of Pictures
jParallax enables you to make really awesome 3D feeling picture effects by turning a selected element into a window
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-09-10
Logo Inspiration With A Script Focus
A list of beautifully designed logos with script elements for you to enjoy and be inspired.
Posted by: Andrew Houle | 2008-09-10
Where Google Should Not Do More
Google has just released the new browser, Chrome. Most everyone is clamoring for more features and buttons and doo-dads. Most everyone, except me. Here’s why.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-09
How to Win at Design by Humans
Marc gives us 5 tips to give yourself the best chance of winning the next Shirt of the Day.
Posted by: Adam Wagner | 2008-09-09
Web Hosting Search Review
Web Hosting Search carefully places all the information you need and want to know about your host right at your fingertips, without overwhelming you with too much information!
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-09
10 inspiring admin interfaces
Tired of seeing old ugly table-based back-ends? Come and see stunningly beautiful web admin interfaces!
Posted by: nemetral | 2008-09-09
Best 22 Websites as of August 2008
22 most beautiful website collections as of August 2008.
Posted by: Mark Abucayon | 2008-09-09
15 Design Blogs To Promote your Articles
So here is a list of 15 blogs/sites to help you promote your design news and articles.
Posted by: abdullah | 2008-09-08
Free webdesign in PSD
Stylishly- free web layout in fully editable PSD file.
Posted by: Maciej Kwas | 2008-09-08
Free Brilliant Website Chats and Why / How to use them
A live-chat tool can be a easy and direct way for you visitors of your blog, personal webpage or e-sales site to contact you. Learn how to use the most innovative solutions in your web project to gain the success you deserve.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-09-08
Styletime contest launch! Donate a dollar for BlogActionDay and win some great prizes!
OK so enough hyping and fannying around here it is! A blog contest fund raiser against poverty for BlogActionDay! does exactly what it says on the tin!
Posted by: styletime | 2008-09-08
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #7
30 excellent websites are knocking at your door wanting to haunt your monday and get you inspired. A little bit of Flash, some more CSS, usability too and your mind enlightened with these beatiful designs.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-08
Best Design Resources of August 2008 | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
The best design resources of August 2008 in these topics : General Design, Typography, HTML, CSS and Typography
Posted by: Alex | 2008-09-08
Adobe tutorials
Animatrick is a blog dedicated to write Adobe tutorial in a friendly, approachable way.
Posted by: Aanimatrick | 2008-09-08
Featured inspiration: Emil Paun
Emil Paun is a designer and illustrator from Romania who’s quite talented at what he does. The proof is here and it is represented by some of his characters which impressed me and I believe will impress you too.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-07
free dating template
Our css templates geenie fulfilled another wish. We made a specially love dating css template, free to download and use. Enjoy
Posted by: gabi | 2008-09-07
35 Awesome Gimp brushes
I hardly see any posts showing off Gimp Brushes, for those of you who have no idea what Gimp is; Gimp is an image manipulation program similar to photoshop. It is open source and free to download.
Posted by: kumailht | 2008-09-07
28 Online Image and Photo Editing Tools
Powerfull List of 28 Online Image and Photo Editing Tools you can choose from.
Posted by: Zack | 2008-09-06
jQuery Multi Level CSS Menu
This is a multi-level horizontal CSS menu created using a regular nested HTML list only as far as markup, then transformed into a fully functional drop down menu using CSS and a touch of jQuery. A fade effect is enabled by default, and sub menus will automatically readjust themselves horizontally if too close to the window’s right edge.
Posted by: ddrive | 2008-09-06
What is the Future of Blogging?
I would like to ask the readers [you], what do you think is the future of blogging?
At the rate of 100K blogs per day, [calculated when technorati posted this in 2006] a steady increase would mean that there are approx. 123 Million blogs out there.
Posted by: kumailht | 2008-09-06
Squeezy Links of the Week
The Web Squeeze offers up it’s favorite Web Design and Development bookmarked sites of the week.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-06
From Patenting Launching Startups to Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from patenting launching startups to Modular Innovation in the cloud.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-05
What’s Your Opinion of Stock Artwork?
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are vector packs just a cheap cop-out or are they a saving grace?
Posted by: Adam Wagner | 2008-09-05
How to Set up your Wacom for Awesome Results
In this post we’ll cover the basics of getting your Wacom working as well as some tips.
Posted by: Adam Wagner | 2008-09-05
Usability Tip: Turn Inline Links Into Padded Blocks for Larger Clickable Areas
A simple trick that will greatly improve usability of the links on your site by increasing the clickable areas.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-09-05
A brand that moves you..
Where shopping & design go hand in hand together to increase sales and experience.
Posted by: Sander | 2008-09-05
Wednesday Font Round-up - Sept. 3rd, 2008
A bi-weekly round-up of fonts and dingbats to use for your designing projects.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-05
Recap: Vectips Interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley
I thought I’d repost the recap of the interview I did with Vectips that took place over Twitter on Wednesday.
Posted by: Adam Wagner | 2008-09-04
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #15
Well what do we have here? (…) It appears that we’ve found 20 excellent Photoshop tutorials for you. You can learn a lot from these. Give it a go.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-04
27 Brushes And Shapes Packs For Web Designers
An extensive list of over 600 brushes and shapes to help you make a killer site.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-03
7 thousands vector illustrations released
We just released 7 sets of 1000 illustrations each, that is enormous. Every set contains amazing backgrounds, floral frames, textures, vintage emblems and much more.
Posted by: alex | 2008-09-03
Best Photoshop Resources of August 2008 | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
The best Photoshop tutorials, brush packs and texture packs of August 2008.
Posted by: Alex | 2008-09-03
Show me some well designed logos! #1
A new section on the site has risen. It’s a weekly gallery of 20 logos but not ordinary logos, some of the best I can find made by some of the most talented designers.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-02
Squeeze Background Competition
Design a cool “squeeze” themed desktop background and submit it to The Web Squeeze and get CASH!
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-02
Interview TIPS for graphic & web designers…do’s and don’ts!
If you plan to interview for a job in the graphic design or web design field, read this comprehensive list of tips of what to do before, during and after the actual interview.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-09-02
Collaboration Weeks - WIN 3x CollabTRAK Professional Edition
Knowtebook opens up a stage for your collaboration habits, hints and useful experience. And the best: Win a license for CollabTRAK Pro Edition.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-09-02
Quality Free Vector Graphics
Showcasing Quality free Vector graphics from around the web, be sure to bookmark it as it’s updated very often.
Posted by: QVectors | 2008-09-02
Top Photoshop Tutorial Sites to Check out
Here are my favourite PS tutorial sites that I personally visit almost everyday and I highly recommend you do too.
Posted by: QVectors | 2008-09-02
Somewhat Less Del.icio.us
A look a how Delicious (the social bookmarking website) could have, and should, improve their product - especially the tagging.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-09-01
Get web design ideas & inspiration from other designs - Brown
Gain web design inspiration and ideas from what others have already designed.
Posted by: Max Stanworth | 2008-09-01
New free css template
This week free css template. Patra logo design studio.
Posted by: gabi | 2008-09-01
Featured inspiration: Nik Ainley
Nik Ainley is a UK based designer who makes fantastic illustrations using Photoshop in primary and sometimes Illustrator, 3D Studio max, Cinema 4D, Bryce, Poser and Xara 3D are included in his work. Im inviting you to see the the marvels that this guy creates.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-09-01
August’s Best : 16 Css Design on CssLeak
My selection of CSS design for August. There is 16 websites design in no particular order.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-09-01
NSOrg - Tutorials
NSOrg Tutorials Collected Quality Photoshop, Flash, 3D Studio Max, Website Development, PHP Coding, Ajax and More Tutorials in This site.
Posted by: NSOrg | 2008-08-31
Usability Tip: Use Verbs as Labels on Buttons
Improve usability of your dialog boxes and other controls by simply changing labels on buttons and links from exclamations to verbs.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-08-31
Mac or PC? - VOTE NOW (If You’re A Designer)
The age old debate… to use Mac or PC? I don’t believe a poll has been run amongst the design community for a long long time so let us find out what designers prefer… Mac or PC? Cast your vote.
Posted by: Jacob Cass | 2008-08-31
Free Customisable Flash Templates to embed in websites and wikis
Classtools freely provides a whole range of embeddable, customisable flash templates to help with education and personal organisation
Posted by: Russel Tarr | 2008-08-31
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #6
After almost a month break the site is back with new articles. In this one you have the usual piece of CSS and Flash for the week with 30 very well designed websites.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-08-31
Twitter and Online Marketing: You’re Missing the Point
Twitter is definitely still one of the hottest topics in social media - as long as their thoughts are under 140 characters or less, that is.
Posted by: Jacqueline | 2008-08-29
The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (August 29, 2008)
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from Turing tested UI’s to Ubiquity and Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-29
Friday’s Five: Week 10 - The top 5 for the week!
The best of the week! My pick for the best: logos, websites, blog posts, photographs, and illustrations.
Posted by: Matt | 2008-08-29
30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Fireworks
Teach yourself how to use Adobe Fireworks in 30 easy to follow, fun filled tutorials.
Posted by: ravenfire | 2008-08-29
Create a Realistic Stone Cursed Man in Photoshop | NaldzGraphics
A nice photoshop tutorial where you will learn how to create a stone cursed man.Check This Out!!!
Posted by: Ronald | 2008-08-29
Managing Inspiration
Defining and managing creative inspiration are a web designers best friend. Learn how.
Posted by: Mubashar Iqbal | 2008-08-29
10 Free Ancient Ruins Photoshop Brushes
A set of 10 free photoshop brushes available for both commercial and non-commercial use.
Posted by: ravenfire | 2008-08-28
30 days of Mootools - Day 11 - Fx Morph and Options
Day 11 of 30 days of mootools 1.2 tutorials. Today we look at Fx.Morph, the fx options and the callback events. Includes a live demo of all 30 transition types.
Posted by: Troy | 2008-08-28
Pixel Precision with Diagnostic CSS
By applying just 2 classes to the HTML element, you can place a design mockup behind a webpage to aid pixel precise development.
Posted by: Andy Ford | 2008-08-28
UI is the Killer Feature
The article argues that the user interface (UI) is not only an important element of product design - it’s your product’s most important feature.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-08-27
free design studio css template
Nice free design studio template. Valid xhtml/css easy to customize.
Posted by: gabi | 2008-08-27
If They Come, You Will Build It
This article has helpful beginner web designer tips from an experienced web designer. Starting out? Learn ways to find new clients, what to avoid, and how to save time and money.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-08-27
Over 550 Photoshop Brush Packs Free for Commercial Use
Links to thousands of free photoshop brushes that are free for you to use in both your commercial and non-commercial design
Posted by: ravenfire | 2008-08-26
31 Websites Using Wood Elements
I just launched the 2nd list for Web Design trends on CssLeak. The Websites Using Wood Elements : There is already 31 Design ordered by popularity and the list will be automatically updated with the new entries in the gallery.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-08-26
The Most Stunning Viral Ad Campaigns Ever
Viral marketing (also called word-of-mouth marketing) refer to adverts or to a story that are so good that people choose to watch them. Learn from others how to succeed in your next viral ad campaign.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-08-26
Somewhat More Del.icio.us
Delicious (the social bookmarking web product) has recently upgraded to their “version 2.0.” A look at how the experience has changed and what it means for all types of people (from heavy to light users).
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-26
How to Add Drop Shadows to Menus or Windows with CSS
A tutorial on how to add soft drop shadows to your site’s menus and windows using CSS.
Posted by: Dmitry Fadeyev | 2008-08-25
Grand Designs - Graphic designers showcase - Rock Sound - pt2
6 more interviews from Rock Sound magazine showing what makes these designers tick within the music industry, what influences them and how they got in to the music design industry.
Posted by: Max Stanworth | 2008-08-25
Ambient Media Premium Advertising Inspiration
Ambient Media is the name given to a new breed of out-of-home products and services. The key to a successful ambient media campaign is to choose the best media format available and combined with effective message.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-08-25
Quality Brushes For Photoshop
Qbrushes.com- A Photoshop Brushes Resource Site
Posted by: Qbrushes | 2008-08-24
10 Flickr Groups for Designers
Flickr Groups showcases that will inspire you with stunning graphic designs and photos. If you are a designer, you are invited to join to group too!
Posted by: A u d e e | 2008-08-23
Vinyl Wall Art
Vinyl Art, the new art media, transforming ‘wall space’ into a visual element of interiors. Everyone can express their creativity in their own setting with Vinyl Art.
Posted by: Vic Su | 2008-08-23
Grand Designs - Graphic designers showcase - Rock Sound - part 1
6 interviews from Rock Sound magazine What makes designers tick, where do they get there inspiration, tips for budding designers plus more.
Posted by: Max Stanworth | 2008-08-22
From Awesomely Futuristic User Interfaces to Micro-Site Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from futuristic user interfaces to micro-site Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-22
The Best Web Development Books - As Voted By You!
This article lists the top voted books on web development.
Posted by: NETTUTS | 2008-08-22
Squeezy Links of the Week
The Web Squeeze offers up it’s favorite Web Design and Development bookmarked sites of the week.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-08-22
Fridays Five: Week 9 - THE BEST OF THE WEEK!!!
The BEST logos, websites, blog posts, photos, and illustrations for the week!
Posted by: Matt | 2008-08-22
Drupal Powered Sites
Drupalbased.com a Drupal Powered sites showcase gallery
Posted by: admin | 2008-08-22
34 Vector Landscape Web Design
I decided to create automatically updated lists with the new entries in the gallery. The first of this list is the Vector Landscape Web design, there is already 34 websites in this list.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-08-22
Don’t Copy a Design - Steal It
The article discusses the principle of “stealing” good design instead of just imitating it - a process that involves learning and expansion of skills rather than plagiarism.
Posted by: Dmitry Fadeyev | 2008-08-21
Best of the Online Avatar Generators
Haven’t you seen the twitter is being invaded by “FaceYourManga” avatars ? Yes I am amazed by seeing the spreading of those self portraits all over the web. This made me to write a post with some of the best Avatar Generators, and i have compiled a list of good quality online apps…
Posted by: PixlNinja | 2008-08-21
9 Top CSS Essential Skills That Every Web designer Should Learn
9 Top CSS Essential Skills That Every Web designer Should Learn about
Posted by: Mohsen | 2008-08-21
10 ways to create a well designed, user friendly website
A web site needs to be attractive, accessible and functional and here is how to do it.
Posted by: Jon Logix | 2008-08-21
SnytaxHighlighter - Display Code Nicely
Displaying code on a blog or website can be a frustrating task. Simply enclosing our code within PRE tags can sometimes cause more problems than it solves. What you need is an attractive way to display code that’s powerful enough to be used by tutorial giants like Nettuts, and easy enough to be installed on a personal blog. May I present SnytaxHighlighter.
Posted by: Tommy M. | 2008-08-21
13 hand-picked Vertical and horizontal CSS Menus
This is a list of vertical and horizontal CSS menus, it includes 13 various styles of navigation menus, vertical menus, and tab menus. Navigation menus is one of the most important elements for web design.
Posted by: developerfox | 2008-08-21
Ultimate resources for grunge design a massive collection
Every thing about grunge design, tutorials, textures, fonts and more
Posted by: Max Stanworth | 2008-08-20
Wednesday Font Round-up - Aug. 20th, 2008
A weekly round-up of fonts and dingbats to use for your designing projects.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-08-20
Why use vector packs to design?
Every designer should have a library of vector elements that he can use to design. Vector packs are a group of elements that make your “designer life” much easier because they are already made and you just need a bit of talent and imagination to fit them in your designs.
Posted by: alex | 2008-08-20
5 Steps for the Perfect Tabbed Navigation Menu
Tabbed menus are one of the most popular ways to implement navigation. Here are 5 tips you should consider when adding tabs on your site.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-08-19
Free Simple Wordpress Portfolio Theme
Porftolio Wordpress Theme is a wordpress theme designed for web portfolios and (for now) just for web portfolios. It is coming with an Administrative Panel from where you can edit the head quote text, you can edit all theme colors, font families, font sizes and you can fill a curriculum vitae and display it into a special page.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-08-19
Facebook shows Focus
The new Facebook is coming. Facebook, the product that brought a whole new meaning to information and application overload, is about to release their new Facebook vision, one with focus. Facebook’s next generation presents a refined focus on applications.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-18
8 Heatmap Tools and Why / How to use them
Heatmaps visualize the stream of visitors on your website - showing hot and cold click zones. Learn how to use them to boost your site.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-08-18
Learn How To Develop For The iPhone
I’m going to show you how to build an alternate page and style sheet for the iPhone and iTouch. We will cover how to detect if the user is using an iPhone to view your page as well as the orientation of the device - whether it be landscape or portrait.
Posted by: NETTUTS | 2008-08-18
Top 25 Free iPhone Web Apps for Your Daily Life
iPhone Toolbox has just published “Top 25 Free iPhone Web Apps for Your Daily Life”. They have carefully selected the best iPhone Web Apps for us. Have a look, and I am sure you will find some useful webapps for yourself as well.
Posted by: Tony | 2008-08-18
Using Light, Color and Contrast Effectively in UI Design
A quick guide on how to effectively utilize light, color and contrast when designing user interfaces.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-08-15
From the Deafness and Accessibility to Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from how deafness influences web accessibility to understanding the various dimensions of Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-15
SQL SERVER 2005 - APPLY clause
The APPLY clause in SQL Server 2005 can be used on a table-valued function to be invoked for each row returned by the outer table expression. Unlike SQL Server 2000, the order of the operation does matter with the APPLY clause in SQL Server 2005……
Posted by: joggee | 2008-08-14
Facebook says Focus
The new Facebook is coming. Facebook, the product that brough a whole new meaning to information and application overload, is about to release their new Facebook vision, one with focus. Facebook’s next generation presents a revived and clear focus on communications.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-14
40 most beautiful and inspirational website designs of 2008
View the top 40 amazing, beautiful and inspirational website designs of 2008
Posted by: Alex Ionescu | 2008-08-13
5 steps for drawing complex vector sun rays
Get some real funky, retro vector sun rays for your backgrounds in less than a minute.
Posted by: alex | 2008-08-13
Sunbursts Resources
Compilation of links to sunbursts resources for your designs: Shapes, images, tutoriales, brushes…
Posted by: ::AMUKI:: | 2008-08-12
Free Wordpress Theme for Designer and Portfolio Websites
WP Coda is a free Wordpress theme made for web designer and portfolio websites.
Posted by: Sebastian | 2008-08-12
UMS Interviews: Jina Bolton
Once again we bring you one of our monthly interviews with design and web professionals, as always our goal is to provide some educational and informative insight into how people work, what inspires them and how they got where they are. This month we have Jina Bolton.
Posted by: Gene Crawford | 2008-08-10
20 Best WordPress Themes For Small Business
Uncover the best WordPress themes for building a small business website.
Posted by: Matt | 2008-08-10
Start Blogging Guide
I will help you becoming a blogger and I give you loads of advice, tips and tricks.
Posted by: Stefan Vervoort | 2008-08-09
From the Easy Way to Startup Failure to Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from the easy way to startup failure to Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-08
Friday’s Five: Week 8 | The BEST of the week!
The top 5 for the week: Logos, Websites, Blog Posts, Photographs, and Illustrations.
Posted by: Matt | 2008-08-08
11 Websites to Promote your Design News - Part 2
The second part : 11 more Websites to increase your trafic with the promotion of your news.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-08-08
9 Web Developers That MUST Be Followed On Twitter
This web roundup will list nine developers that absolutely must be tracked on Twitter. They represent the best of the best and are extremely active in the community. Be sure to follow each and every one of them.
Posted by: NETTUTS | 2008-08-07
Standard Customization. Flexibility and the future of the Web.
Modular Innovation (MI) is all about relationships, be they between people or products online. 1 of the 5 key characteristics into understanding these relationships is Flexibility - discussed in-depth in this article. In looking at how these relationships are established, maintained, enhanced, and expanded, one can achieve greater insight into the underlying forces shaping the next generation of the Internet.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-06
24 High Quality Free WordPress Themes
Collection of 24 high quality free WordPress themes.
Posted by: Jason | 2008-08-06
Kiwi Software-as-a-Service Vendor Open Sources its Software
New Zealand software as a service provider OnlineGroups.Net has released the source code that powers its collaboration platform. OnlineGroups.Net is chasing the success achieved by open source SaaS providers such as SugarCRM, and Automattic with WordPress.
Posted by: Dan | 2008-08-06
BrushKing Grunge Set : 14 Hi-Res Brushes
I’m glad to share my first brushes pack. There is 14 Hi-Res Grunge Brushes that I made from a combination of stone and cliff pictures.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-08-05
FF Meta: A typeface all around you
A photo showcase with design examples of usage with typeface FF Meta in your daily life.
Posted by: Sander | 2008-08-05
Cool Tape Resources
Collection of link to cool tape resources for your grunge designs: Brushes, images, tutorials…
Posted by: ::AMUKI:: | 2008-08-04
Context Over Consistency in UI Design
Traditional UI principles dictate that we should keep your UI elements consistent - but this may not be the best way to go in many cases. Context dictates what elements and formats make sense on any given page or screen. This article explains the context over consistency principle with examples.
Posted by: Dmitry Fadeyev | 2008-08-04
Mikogo Strengthens Its Footing in the Online Meeting Market
With an increase of over fifty percent in less than four months, such rapid success for Mikogo’s screen sharing tool could suggest a heavy lean towards quality Web collaboration at no cost, as opposed to the fee-based solutions.
Posted by: Andrew Donnelly | 2008-08-04
Best Free Icons Download
Free Icons Download Offers Over 230 High Quality Royalty Free icons set,Everything is free there and they are all
useful.
Posted by: matt | 2008-08-04
Weekend Quick Tip: Flex Your Images
In this quick tip, we’ll show you how to use the background technique to expand your images when the browser is resized!
Posted by: NETTUTS | 2008-08-02
CSS Built + Best Design
A fresh and fast growing css inspirational gallery. Updated daily.
Posted by: Joefrey | 2008-08-02
Friday’s Five: Week 7 | the BEST for the week!
My pick of the best logos, websites, blog posts, photographs, and illustrations for the week. Enjoy!
Posted by: Matt | 2008-08-01
From passionate users to saving the music industry via Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from passionate users to saving the music industry via Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-08-01
July’s Best : 15 CSS Design on CssLeak
My selection of CSS design for July. There is 15 websites design in no particular order.
Posted by: Thomas | 2008-08-01
Over 40 landscape wallpapers that you have to see
Have you ever wanted to have a landscape wallpaper pack selected by someone so you shouldn’t look for one in a milion wallpapers gallery on different sites? Well, here it is. Wallpapers with different chromatic, which can be put into categories like autumn, winter, spring, summer, digital art (photomanipulation and airbrushing), maybe the National Geographic type or even HDR.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-31
Resources Arrows
Compilation of links to resources arrows: Shapes, Images, Brushes, Vectors…
Posted by: ::AMUKI:: | 2008-07-31
Free Flash Gallery Solutions for Your Images
17 Free and Attractive Flash Image Gallery solutions currently on the Web.
Posted by: George | 2008-07-31
Want to be a better designer?
A process for developing much better designs, getting clients to listen and agree with your design decisions, and shortening sign off time.
Posted by: 3PR | 2008-07-31
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #14
Another week comes along with its top quality Photoshop tutorials. Something new, something better, somehow looks like text, texture and ad tutorials.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-31
How to Use Photoshop Color Profiles for Web Images
Using Color Profiles in Photoshop isn’t only relevant to photography or print work - it also applies to the web. If you don’t set up your color management correctly, the images you save for the web may end up lighter and more desaturated than the images you worked with. This articles explains a simple setup that works.
Posted by: Dmitry | 2008-07-30
Essential Shortcuts for Geeks, Designers, Developers, Bloggers and you!
Keyboard shortcuts are really useful to save time and boost up productivity. We use a lot of various software when we use our computer. Some of them are used every day and we spend a lot of time using them. In this post, you will see the list of all major software shortcuts ranging from operation systems to web based services.
Posted by: Mohsen | 2008-07-30
Monitter: Search, Track and Monitor Twitter in Real Time
Monitter is a new web app that allows you to enter three keywords and track, in real-time what people are saying on Twitter about those topics. Really useful for tracking twitter buzz about your product, site or any topic you are interested in..
Posted by: Alex Holt | 2008-07-30
Resources for web designers
XHTML, CSS, Web standards, Usability, Accessibility, Typography, Icons
Posted by: Iliya Iliev | 2008-07-29
Memorable Utility. Convenience and the future of the Web.
Modular Innovation (MI) is all about relationships, be they between people or products online. 1 of the 5 key characteristics into understanding these relationships is Convenience - discussed in-depth in this article. In looking at how these relationships are established, maintained, enhanced, and expanded, one can achieve greater insight into the underlying forces shaping the next generation of the Internet.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-07-29
Silhouettes Resources
Compilation of link to Silhouettes Resources: Brushes, Vectors, Images…
Posted by: ::AMUKI:: | 2008-07-29
17 fast and easy steps to MORE WEB TRAFFIC
17 tips on how to get more traffic coming into your site. Not the normal list.
Posted by: Matt | 2008-07-29
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #5
A new week has come and that means on thing and one thing only: 30 css and flash sites are here in this article to please your eyes and inspire your imagination.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-29
Grunge Resources
Collection of links to Grunge Resources: Fonts, Brushes, Vectors, Images, Textures…
Posted by: AMUKI | 2008-07-28
41 of the best IconPackager skins
In the wonderful graphic packs on the net I haven’t found an IconPackager one with a lot of good skins so I find myself pushed to make one. I’ve gathered exactly 41 IconPackager skins from DeviantArt and SkinBase to please your eyes and desktops.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-28
14 Design competitions with deadline in August
Have you thought about a competition that will recognise your skills and will give a consistent prize for your talent and imagination? Well, there are 14 design contests in here with various themes that will surely attract some of you. The prizes vary from a few hundred dollars to 300.000 Euros.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-26
Squeezy Links of the Week!
The Web Squeeze offers up it’s favorite Web Design and Development bookmarked sites of the week.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-07-25
Friday’s Five: Week 6 - The BEST of the week!
Another great week to wrap up with the 5 best picks of the week: logos, websites, blog posts, photos, and illustrations, check it out!
Posted by: Matt | 2008-07-25
Some of the most talented concept car designers
Sounds a little bit stinky but I wanted to make an article only with concept car designers because they’re doing some car designs that are a little bit different of the ones you see every day on the streets. Most of them are still young but have a lot of talent. Let me introduce them to you.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-25
Inspirational artists: Jerico Santander and Peter Jaworowski
Jerico Santander and Peter Jaworowski are two very talented illustrators who give their best to make some incredible illustrations like the following.
I made an article with both of them because of the first image in the article, which was a collaboration between them.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-24
To Have and Own. Portability and the future of the Web.
Modular Innovation (MI) is all about relationships, be they between people or products online. 1 of the 5 key characteristics into understanding these relationships is Portability - discussed in-depth in this article. In looking at how these relationships are established, maintained, enhanced, and expanded, one can achieve greater insight into the underlying forces shaping the next generation of the Internet.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-07-23
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #13
Some drawing, some icons, some interesting effects, two web site design and other, totally 20 of them. Shorter version: weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-23
30 free paper backgrounds and textures
One of the best stuff Graphic Designers can find on the Web for free are high resolution backgrounds and textures. This gallery shows some paper backgrounds I collected from different sites. Each image has a link to the usage rights.
Posted by: Enrique Flouret | 2008-07-23
10 Fab Flyer Design Ideas
Flyer designs have always been one of the most powerful marketing tools available to businesses and organizations.
Posted by: Gino | 2008-07-22
How To Weather The Storm By Making Your Money Work For You
Unless you ‘re an extremely successful freelancer, you’ll most likely find yourself holding an umbrella at some point or another. One month, you’ll have more than enough money to pay the bills. The next, you’ll find yourself considering the possibility of throwing in the towel.
Posted by: Jeffrey Way | 2008-07-22
Optimizing your landing pages, part 2 - Copy Optimization
Part 2 of 3 of the Optimizing your landing pages series. This time we look at copy, how to get the users attention, write in a way that we make them desire your product, and get them to convert.
Posted by: Ross Johnson | 2008-07-22
Weekly 30 inspirational websites #4
I’ve managed again to gather some of the most exceptional sites on the web, sites which impress with their colors, design, usability, typography and details. I’m inviting you to take a good look at these and tatoo them on your brain… or “watch and learn”.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-21
Premium Wordpress themes that are worth mentioned
Surely there are lots of lists with premium themes but many of them are showing lots but not necessarily quality premium wordpress themes. I’ve made a list of my own, by gathering a lot of themes and eliminating the ones that aren’t worth paying.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-19
From the VC market to ThinkBase and Modular Innovation
Weekend reading from The Product Guy, from the health of the VC market to ThinkBase revealing Modular Innovation.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-07-18
Yellow Mania in Web Design this Summer
Discover top 10 yellow websites. See how different yellow can be, from a soft pale color to glowing burning.
Posted by: Mike | 2008-07-18
The Seven Deadly Sins of Freelancing Part 5 - Accidental Branding
With the rise of blogging as a means of marketing, freelancers find themselves forced to choose a distinct voice, unique look, or narrow niche.
Posted by: Ruth | 2008-07-18
Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #12
Guess what? I have 20 excellent Photoshop tutorials for this week that will simply keep you in the program like a mummy in its sarcophagus so pay attention to them.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-17
Collection of over 70 excellent dark wallpapers
You can select from this list of over 70 dark wallpapers the one that will fit best on your background or with your theme. most of them are photo manipulations, some of them are 3D, maybe vectors and some are photographies.
Posted by: boogiesbc | 2008-07-16
Web Design Color Trends for Summer 2008
This article will show you exactly what summer 2008 colors are “in” for fashion, furniture and accessories and how to incorporate those into your new web designs.
Posted by: Karinne | 2008-07-15
At and Between. Interoperability and the future of the Web.
Modular Innovation (MI) is all about relationships, be they between people or products online. 1 of the 5 key characteristics into understanding these relationships is Interoperability - discussed in-depth in this article. In looking at how these relationships are established, maintained, enhanced, and expanded, one can achieve greater insight into the underlying forces shaping the next generation of the Internet.
Posted by: Jeremy Horn | 2008-07-14