Register now or login here to start promoting your blog and your favourite articles.

Category / Design

2010

31

AUG

10 Great Tips to Design a Usable Shopping Cart

Online shopping can be considered as the biggest milestone amongst the innumerable advantages that the Internet has offered. Online shopping is instrumental in saving a lot of time and effort, which would generally be spent in traveling to the physical stores and then, buying it.

design, graphic

264

0 comments

50 Free and High Quality Blogger Themes With Professional Looking

You know Blogger is Google's one of the best service which provides free blogging.For the last few years Google improved Blogger service so much so the theme designers and coders publish amazing and professional looking blogger themes.

design, freebies, template

208

0 comments

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Pop Art

Today’s post is about one of the most “popular” art movements of the Modern Era: Pop Art. Pop Art is thought to be an art style that returned to the material realities of everyday life, to popular culture (this is where the “pop” term comes from) which derives from most of the visual pleasures of people – like television, magazines or comics.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

168

0 comments

The Best CSS Galleries For Fresh Web Design Inspiration

25 great and daily updated web design galleries, which might give you an inspiration when you are looking for ideas on your next web project.

css-html, design, inspiration

blogwebdesigner

189

0 comments

Interview with typography artist Moshik Nadav

Today we have for you an interview with typography artist Moshik Nadav from Jerusalim, Israel. He seems to have a special passion for typography, graphic design and branding. He creates some awesome and unique typography and brand designs.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

109

0 comments

How to Apply Vector Patterns in Photoshop

Patterns are a very good choice when you want to create a quick background or apply a nice texture to an object. However, creating your own patterns is tiresome work and most of the time, you don’t even get close to what you originally intended to do.

design, misc, photoshop, tutorial

172

0 comments

10 Useful Mac Apps For Freelance Web Designers

In today’s post, we will offer freelance web designers 15 useful Mac Apps that would enable them to get their website or application styled in a fraction of the time it took them before. Also, these applications would help manage their project effectively and efficiently.

design, graphic

251

0 comments

30 WordPress Based Websites That Don’t Look Like Blogs

When you hear WordPress you normally think blogs, but WordPress is much more flexible than you might think it can be used as much more than a blog. You can mold the WordPress according to your needs and demands.

design, inspiration, wordpress

224

0 comments

100+ Fresh Vector Illustrations from Vectorious.net

100+ Fresh Vector Illustrations from Vectorious.net The artists from Vectorious.net have been really busy lately to create some new and unique vector art for you to use in your design projects. You can find these fresh vector illustrations in the following categories: abstract, backgrounds, buildings, vintage, seasonal and people.

design, graphic, misc

151

0 comments

2010

30

AUG

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #66

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

355

0 comments

35+ Fashionable Typographic T-Shirt Designs

There are different styles in T-shirt designing that designers use like different colors, logos and etc. Today , in this post, i have collected cool Typography T-shirts. The use of typography in T-shirt design is getting popular day by day.

design, inspiration, misc, usability

311

0 comments

30 Clean and Simple Free Fonts

There are many occasions when we can't go too wild with our creativity, for example business design. And here we go, I've put together 30 free clean fonts for your clean font collection. Enjoy!

design, font, freebies

1785

1 comment

51 Tutorials for Creating 3D Animations and Artworks

We’ve gathered up 51 tutorials for creating 3D animations and artworks, for a variety of software including Blender, 3D Studio Max, After Effects, Cinema4D and Maya, so whichever program you use, you’ll find some tutorials to get you started, from beginner to expert.

design, graphic, tips

133

0 comments

5 Free Tools to Showcase Your Portfolio

Whether you’re an artist, designer, or a photographer, your work speaks for you. And, a web portfolio is an important way of presenting your creative. If you’re one of those who is looking for an alternative to hand-coding or DreamWeaving your gallery, here are these five tools would help you create your portfolio in style. Read More......

design, graphic, photoshop

331

0 comments

2010

29

AUG

Minimalism in Logo Design: Positively Perfect Negative Spaces

When it comes to logos, minimalism is not something that necessarily springs to mind automatically, because of how much the logo has to encapsulate and convey to the viewers.

universalsudhir

574

0 comments

2010

28

AUG

How to create an portfolio layout with seamless textures

Learn how to design an web layout with seamless textures

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

416

0 comments

2010

27

AUG

10 Elegant jQuery Galleries For WordPress

A niche collection of jQuery galleries handcrafted for WordPress. Make those images on your WordPress blog look better with these galleries, that hint on ways to gracefully display sliders, scrolelrs and much more on your blog.

css-html, design, javascript, wordpress

598

1 comment

30 Nice & Beautiful Looking Portfolio Designs

Portfolio usually known as your work identity over web or showcase of your works which helps you to get paid. Here i have gathered a nice collection of Portfolio designs for inspiration.

design, inspiration, template

535

0 comments

Logo Design Inspiration for Everything

That’s a post with really rich logo design content! The links below can show you a variety of logos and logo galleries. It’s a big inspirational post and I’m sure that it’ll help you!

design, graphic, inspiration, logo, usability

528

0 comments

2010

26

AUG

6 Handy and Useful E-Commerce Plugins for WordPress

E-Commerce business is growing at a very fast pace. There are so many E-Commerce platforms available in the marketplace. The success of an E-Commerce store depends on the E-Commerce website design and development.

design, graphic

274

1 comment

Designer Showcase – Rogie King

A showcase of the work from the multi-talented Rogie King. His skills include illustration, UI design, Front-end code and many more!

design, graphic, inspiration

216

0 comments

15 Creative Corporate Identity Designs

In this post you'll find a collection of a well and creative designed corporate identity designs from around the web where you can draw inspiration from.

design, inspiration

434

0 comments

40 Creative Inspiring Ads from WWF

n this post, we’ve rounded up 40 meaningful, interesting and creative examples of Ads from World Wildlife Fund to inspire you and feed you a creative ideas, You will see many funny ads for nature, animals and another inspirational advertisements. Enjoy!

design, inspiration

360

0 comments

This Summer’s Best Logo Designs – 40 Logos

Normally, summer is a time for vacation but somebody still has to work and that’s an opinion that some designers share with me. The proof for that lies in this article with 40 great logos, probably the best that appeared in these last months.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

484

0 comments

70 Design News Websites To Submit Your Content At

Collection of 70 Web and Graphic Design News Websites To Submit Your Content At and promote your Blog For Free

design, freebies, graphic, misc

304

0 comments

Website Maintenance – Developer’s Liability For Ever

Unless you are a beginner and you were on a deserted island for the 6 years, you must be unaware of this fact. A clean, semantic and cross browser compatibility form an important key for the front-end-developers.

design, graphic

235

0 comments

2010

25

AUG

A Showcase of Creative Advertisements You Will Love To See

Creativity is the best talent of all. It can be applied to any profession and work to give it a stream of freshness. It can be in paintings, writing, researching, cooking or even advertisements.

design, graphic

191

0 comments

35 Incredible Futuristic Cities – 3D Desktop Wallpapers and Illustrations

In this showcase, you’ll find 35 incredible futuristic and sci-fi based cities, as 3d wallpapers, illustrations and matte painting.

design, graphic, photoshop, wallpaper

151

0 comments

25+ Worth Watching Resume [CV] Designs

When you go through 20 – 30 different designs what your mind does is, it starts blending all those ideas / colors into something that you can do to refresh your current CV.Here i have gathered some very stylish examples of resume designs by some creative people for inspiration.

design, inspiration, misc, usability

223

0 comments

2010

24

AUG

Web Design Trends – The Ribbon

A showcase of web designs featuring the current design trend of using ribbons

design, graphic, inspiration

185

0 comments

10 Must Have iPad Apps for Web Designers & Developers

I have got my list of must-have iPad apps down and today I want to share ten of them with you. Theses iPad apps are particularly geared towards web designers and web developers. With a product as aesthetically pleasing as the iPad, you just know it’s something that designers will be naturally drawn to- especially with apps like these to help us do better work. I hope you find this helpful.

design, inspiration, misc

198

1 comment

Freebie: Molten Chocolate Business Card Template

Molten chocolate business card is a free double sided business card - psd template. The design is perfect for web designers, graphic designers, photographers and for all types of creatives. The template package with 3 beautiful color variations and ready for print with bleed and trim guidelines.

design, freebies, photoshop, template

157

0 comments

40 Beautiful & Creative Portfolio Designs

With this selection, I will show you 40 inspiring portfolio designs. Some of them you probably already know, others are new – some are minimalist, others are colorful and full of elements.

design, inspiration

189

1 comment

Interview with 3D Artist Teodoru Badiu

Teodoru Badiu is a freelance artist and creative media designer based in Vienna, Austria who was born in the city of Sibiu, Romania. Teodoru is a fantastic illustrator, character designer and 3d artist with an unique graphic style.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

45

0 comments

The Top 40 Places to Get the Best Graphic Design Inspiration

Today, I’ve gathered up the top 40 places to get the best graphic design inspiration on the web, which I frequently use to stay inspired myself.

design, graphic, inspiration

182

0 comments

2010

23

AUG

How to Create a Vintage Party Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will create a poster using stock vectors, basic shapes and stock photos. Along with this, you will learn to use basic Blending properties and shading. Every step is well explained and you will learn a lot of things if you follow them accordingly.

design, misc, photoshop, tutorial

220

0 comments

A Roundup of 25 Jaw-Dropping Infographics

There are literally thousands of incredible infographics available online and you’ll find a small selection of the most jaw-dropping below. Each of the infographics selected for this article have two things in common: they’re all visually stunning and they’re all easy to understand.

design, graphic, inspiration, usability

250

0 comments

30 Cool & Creative Hand Drawn Website Designs

When a new website is to be designed, designers often try to use the latest technology to create something spectacular. But sometimes its nice to go back to basics and this is exactly what these designers have done. Here i have gathered 30 cool Hand Drawn Websites for you to get inspiration from. I hope you do like them.

design, inspiration, template, trend

277

0 comments

2010

22

AUG

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #65

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

382

0 comments

2010

21

AUG

5 Best Resources for Effective Twitter Background Design

In this post we have a roundup of photoshop tutorials, tips, how to and best practices as a resources that highly recommended to make a good impression with a custom twitter background design.

design, tutorial

323

0 comments

2010

20

AUG

Showcase: Magazine-Style Layout in WordPress and Resources

In this post we will feature 11 sites that provide inspiration for magazine-style layouts, then tutorials for designing a Magazine Theme, and the end of the post includes free and premium magazine style themes for wordpress.

design, inspiration, wordpress

220

0 comments

Showreel: 40+ Stunning And Creative Examples

The use of showreels is one of the best ways for a motion graphic designer to show off their portfolios. Once these talented artists set static elements into motion and add funky music, they can accomplish visually stunning animations and special effects that will leave you drooling for more.

design, inspiration, video

269

0 comments

30 Fantastic Examples of Twitter Backgrounds

Twitter background design is one of the most important things, you can change in your account to attract new followers. I hand picked those 30 Twitter backgrounds, while I was browsing through like 400-500 twitter pages – these all were the ones which caught my attention. Interesting to notice, not all of favorites are really colorful, but even subtle, clean and elegant but still stood out.

design, inspiration, misc, template

269

0 comments

Fruity Designs – Showcase of Cool Fruit Logos

Fruits are most often used in logos because they have pretty and warm colors and they are easy to remember (when you want to establish a better position of the company’s name or products in the consumer’s mind). In today’s article I made a collection of logos with fruity designs.

design, graphic, logo, misc

186

0 comments

2010

19

AUG

Designer Showcase – Matt Hamm

This week's designer showcase displays the work of the very talented Matt Hamm. He's a brilliant illustrator, who also works on logos and web design

design, graphic, inspiration

283

0 comments

30 Striking Examples of Product Packaging Designs

Packaging is a critical marketing tool as it defines the product, it is not just a wrapping material around a consumer item that serves to contain, identify, describe, protect, display, promote and otherwise make the product marketable and keep it clean. Gathered some very stylish examples of Product Packaging Designs that will definitely gonna inspire you.

design, inspiration, misc

311

0 comments

Creative and Helpful Logo Design Tutorials

To help you become a better logo designer, we’ve collected up some logo tutorials that can help teach you some of the important techniques and also get your creative juices flowing.

design, graphic, logo, photoshop

368

0 comments

2010

18

AUG

Logo Design: 80+ Beautiful Examples

It has been almost four months since my last post on logo design. Since then I have assembled an amazing collection of fresh new creative logos for you to be inspired by. I am confident that these new logo designs will get your creative juices flowing. So with no further ado here is your latest dosage of beautifully designed logos. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

490

0 comments

Tutorial: Create a Molten Chocolate Business Card in Photoshop

In this photoshop tutorial we’re going to design up a single sided business card that features molten of delicious chocolate in background image using Photoshop.

design, photoshop, tutorial

313

0 comments

Beer Package Inspiration – 38 Brands

Beer is the world’s most widely consumed and one of the oldest alcoholic beverages. Only mentioning that it’s the world’s third most popular drink after water and tea makes it interesting for this article. Its package has always been interesting and I’m going to prove you that today.

design, inspiration

207

0 comments

The Problem With Creativity

Helping resolve issues that block our inherent creative abilities.

design, inspiration, misc, tips, tools

231

0 comments

Interview with Artist Michael Myers

Michael Myers is a fantastic illustrator and designer from Waterloo, IA. Michael’s work is very versatile and full of imagination and it comprises vintage prints, cool animations, t-shirt designs, freaky design works and disturbingly awesome drawings.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

184

0 comments

2010

17

AUG

37 Hot And Detailed Photoshop Tutorials

Hey there you hungry for tutorials you. I’ve got for you some neat Photoshop tutorials. It appears that some very hard working guys got busy and wrote some interesting tutorials to satisfy your appetite.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

281

0 comments

A Showcase Of Illustrative Websites #3

A showcase of some beautiful web designs that heavily use illustrations

design, graphic, inspiration

243

0 comments

Decur: Argentine Graphic Humor

Hi guys, this time we return to the Argentine Graphic Humor topic, taking as the star of this post to a great artist who in recent years and with a very particular style of drawing is making much noise in the world of Argentine vignettes, this man is called Decur.

design, graphic, misc

225

0 comments

30 Free High Quality Blogger Templates for Download

Blogger is a blog publishing tool which like all other Google products is free and provides an amazingly intuitive user interface. Starting your own blog is a piece of cake, where you just need to setup a domain name and start posting. handpicked 30 best free blogger templates

design, freebies, inspiration, template

237

0 comments

Showcase of elegant and minimalist designs

Minimalistic or simple designs look quite grand which may sound ironical, but presentes here are some of the designs which look very simple and minimal yet look pleasing and convey the right meaning.

design, graphic

310

0 comments

Beautiful Custom Banner Ads - 20% OFF for ALL Queness Readers

Elegant Banners are doing a unique discount for all Queness readers, they're giving 20% off on ALL orders (not just your first) on their services. So what is Elegant Banners exactly? Well, let me explain.

design, freebies, graphic

1522

1 comment

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Cubism

If in the previous posts I wroteÂ about the influence of art history on modern design and I posted about the Gothic Style – Medieval Period, the Baroque Style – Western Art and the Art Nouveau Style – Modern Art, today’s article is about one of the most influential art movements of the twentieth century’s modern art: Cubism.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

153

0 comments

My Guardian Angel – Beautiful Angel Vectors

Angels are a beautiful and precious element which you can use in your art work. You can create magnificent posters, vintage illustrations, wedding invitations, Christmas illustrations, t-shirt designs and much more. I have put together a collection of angel vectors and illustrations to inspire you in your art work.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

163

0 comments

2010

16

AUG

43 Impressive and Fully Creative Hand Drawn Websites

We became familiar with Web 2.0 styled websites in the last few years but there are also trendy and unique designs.Hand-drawn style is getting more popular in design world and you can come across amazingly creative hand-drawn websites over the internet

design, inspiration

288

0 comments

25 Examples of Web Designs using Water Theme

Adding a touch of nature to your designs can go along way. Today i have picked water as my theme of web designs. So i have gathered a lovely collection of Water Web Designs for your inspiration. These designs are really cool and beautiful. I hope you do like them.

design, inspiration, template

306

0 comments

2010

15

AUG

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #64

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

420

1 comment

2010

13

AUG

30 Examples of Clean, Simple & Minimalist Website Designs

Minimalism renders a clean, simple and uncluttered website that focuses on what’s most important, the content. When a web page has too many elements, the user may begin to feel confused or annoyed when trying to find what they are looking for. Here are 30 websites that make use of very little unnecessary design elements but still manage to pull off a beautiful appearance.

design, inspiration, template

438

0 comments

2010

12

AUG

58 Really Cool and Inspirational Single Page Websites

For the last 2 years single page websites became very trendy and you can find hundreds of single page designs on the net.They are all wonderful and highly creative.

design, inspiration

297

0 comments

Best Printing and Prepress Articles

Hi guys, this time I have compiled some print articles that I have enjoyed reading and had helped me a lot. I always try to research the web for some quality stuff, and it`s very difficult to find good printing articles cose most of the time we tend to write for the web and forget about printing.

design, graphic

161

0 comments

Designer Showcase – Alan van Roemburg

A showcase of the fantastic work of the designer Alan van Roemburg

design, graphic, inspiration

164

0 comments

35 Cool Heart Inspired Logo Designs

A well-thought logo design can effectively use a simple icon to leave a deep enough impression for the public. A memorable logo is always a plus if one wants to ensure first-time visitors to their websites will return in future. In this post you will see different kinds of Logo Design based on Heart concept.

483

0 comments

15 Creative and Wonderful Twitter Backgrounds

In this post you’ll find some of creative and wonderful twitter background for your inspiration.

design, inspiration, trend

214

0 comments

2010

11

AUG

Superb Examples of Textured Web Designs

A great way to add depth to a website these days is to help create more of a dynamic environment, or portray a lifelike material. Here i have 30 examples of textures used in Web Design, not only as backgrounds but textures can be applied to a lot of different web elements.

design, inspiration, template

379

0 comments

How to Quickly Create Vector Clouds in Illustrator

Here is a very quick way to create fluffy clouds in Illustrator – from scratch. It’s really easy to accomplish this and they fit perfectly in any colorful nature theme artwork you might create. Difficulty: Beginner Tools: Adobe Illustrator (CS3 – works with earlier versions too) Completion time: 2 minutes

238

0 comments

2010

10

AUG

A Showcase Of ‘Handmade’ Websites #3

A showcase of websites that effectively use the current trend of making your websites look handmade

design, graphic, inspiration

295

0 comments

Freebie: 3in1 Stylish vCard Theme - PSD Template

Stylish vCard Theme is a freebie vCard template in PSD, perfect perfect for any creatives, designers, developers, or even photographers. The theme package with 3 beautiful color variations Blue, Green and Pink.

design, freebies, photoshop, template

280

0 comments

Interviewing Women in Web Design Around the World – Huge List

With regard to Web Design, there are many female web designers out there, but it seems there is not enough representation or prominence in bringing them into the limelight.

design, inspiration, misc, trend

229

0 comments

30 Attractive Designs of Brochures

One of the best tools of advertising your corporate identity is corporate brochure.So in this post, i have gathered a collection of 30 brochures for your inspiration. I hope you do like them.

design, inspiration, template

293

0 comments

15 Creative and Well-Designed Brochures

Brochure can be used for marketing, during a special occasion, or to inform, educate, and let future clients/customers know about your services or products. In this post, I have found 15 creative and beautiful brochures for your inspirations. Enjoy :)

design, graphic, inspiration

3927

1 comment

2010

9

AUG

Ultimate Resources for Android Developers (Android GUI kits, Icons and fonts)

Android is the operating system for mobile phones based on Linux. Android provides an open platform for developers to create applications for their own use by a variety of mobile devices. To help android application developers on design application and development, on today post we are sharing comprehensive collection of Android GUI kits, icons, .psds and tools.

design, graphic, icon

474

0 comments

35 Kick Ass Movie Illustrations By Justin Reed

Justin Reed was born in 1979, and received a BFA in Illustration from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. We are going to present his work which is based on killer and spectacular movie illustrations.

design, inspiration

455

0 comments

50 Fresh Portfolio and Blog Design Interfaces for Inspiration

A showcase of 50 totally fresh web design interfaces hand-picked from Deviantart. This list focus on Portfolio and Blog Designs. Be inspired!

design, graphic, inspiration

293

0 comments

Yellow Logo Roundup

Colors add life to designs. Every color has its own symbolism and conveys a particular meaning. To create a successful brand identity it is very important that the logo of the business uses the right color to represent itself.

design, graphic

228

0 comments

2010

8

AUG

11 Must See Adobe AIR Applications for Designers

Desktop working with Adobe Air applications brings the web to your desktop on your PC or mac.I'm quite a fan of air applications because they are so easy to use and often much more efficient and effective than similar online tools.

311

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #63

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

229

0 comments

2010

7

AUG

5 Best Resources for Better Typography in Brand Identity Design

This week we have tips, common mistakes, presentation, example and resources that highly recommended for better typography in your brand identity design.

261

0 comments

2010

5

AUG

20 Must See Examples of Signin & Signup Pages

For developers and designers of successful web based applications, time and careful attention are given to the page where the users sign up or sign in. What point is there to creating a beautiful, functional application to only turn users off with a confusing signup or signin page? So here i have gathered a lovely collection of beautiful yet simple signin and signup pages for your inspiration.

design, inspiration, template

449

0 comments

15 Premium Business Card Design for Creative Jobs

In this post you will find different kinds of Business Card with Premium quality design for people who work in the field of creativity.

design, inspiration, template

354

0 comments

2010

4

AUG

26 Photoshop Retouching Tutorials : Spice Up Your Photography!

There are several tricks and techniques you can adopt and apply via Photoshop, to make your pictures stand up to the mark of professional imaging.

design, photoshop, tutorial

237

0 comments

30 Mind Blowing Red Color Website Designs

When you are creating a new website you may be inspired by seeing other sites that are beautifully designed, as a designer it’s a must to know the current trend, particularly in web designs there’s always new trends emerging quite often. Here i have gathered some amazing websites have red color scheme

design, inspiration, template

267

0 comments

How to create an awesome portfolio layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a professional portfolio layout using Photoshop

design, template, tutorial

209

0 comments

2010

3

AUG

11 Photo Galleries Made by the Awesome CSS3

The introduction of CSS3 brings revolutionary change to the web development. Check out these photo galleries made by the awesomeness of CSS3!

css-html, design, trend

9648

6 comments

2010

2

AUG

An Effective Guide to Call to Action Buttons

Call to action buttons ought to be the sole attraction with the ability to grab the visitor, and provoke him/her for the next step and that is, for sure a click.

design, usability

443

0 comments

2010

29

JUL

22 Awarded Logos Made By Asian And American Designers

If last week we were talking about awarded logos from European designers, this week I’m presenting you great logos done by designers from Asia and the Americas. There are here 22 superb logos in different styles and colors that surely deserve the attention.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

306

0 comments

15 Creative Fire Inspired Logo Designs

In this post you will find 15 different kinds of Logo Design based on fire concept.

design, inspiration, logo

308

0 comments

30 Lively Examples of Single Page Websites

Single page websites may be described as websites that constitutes all of its features in one page. In this kind of design visitors need not to load different pages just to find what they are looking for and this can give your website an advantage to the rest. Here i am showing you an awesome collection of single page websites for you get inspiration from it.

design, inspiration, template

462

0 comments

2010

27

JUL

Tutorial: Create Stylish Blue VCard Layout in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial we’re going to create a cool blue-looking VCard layout. As we go through with 10 steps, and we also included a PSD file as a resource file. I hope you’ll like this tutorial

design, photoshop, template, tutorial

249

0 comments

A to Z review of PSD to HTML Service provider SEO-Semantic-XHTML.com

I have been in this field for many years now. I consider myself lucky to have association with various good PSD to HTML Service providers. What I consider good? Providers who consistently deliver quality work, have worked for big clients, are experienced and thus trustable......

css-html, design

3861

1 comment

2010

26

JUL

Dynamic Flash Websites : Dare to enjoy?

The innovative technological age we live in has fashioned Web-building software and services catering to aspiring designers who dare to create websites surrounding their unique and bold inspirations.

357

0 comments

25+ Fashion Websites in Flash Designs

Fashion refers to costume or clothing style. Flash is the future of user interface design because it is so much flexible that you can create any graphics and establish a new environment for your website visitor. In this exclusive collection I am showcasing some of the much interactive Fashion flash websites.

design, flash, inspiration, template

335

0 comments

45 Great Examples of V-card Designs

Electronic business cards, know as V-cards were started by Tim Van Damme( first website in the roundup). The main goal of the V-card, is to display your information, portfolio, and social networks.

css-html, design, graphic, trend

571

0 comments

2010

24

JUL

5 Tips and Tutorials for Creating Memorable Business Card

Below is a roundup of very usable tips and tutorials, that will help us for creating unique and memorable business card.

design, tips, tutorial

499

0 comments

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 24

A series of web design inspiration collection published every week. We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration. If you have any website(s) you would like to submit for our next week roundup, use the Contact page or comments section below. We respect all website recommendations and list them only after review.

css-html, design, inspiration

546

3 comments

10 Awesome CSS3 Buttons to use on your website

I created 10 awesome and beautiful buttons with CSS3 for you! There are buttons for every kind of website and I think that you will love them! Feel free to use them everywhere.

css-html, design, freebies, template, trend

794

0 comments

2010

23

JUL

40 Website Design Layout Tutorials that Yield Professional Results

We’ve collected up 40 website design layout tutorials (for Photoshop) that yield professional results and will teach you a variety of valuable techniques.

css-html, design, graphic, tips

583

2 comments

2010

22

JUL

15 Awesome Footer Inspirations

Amazing Collection of 15 Footer Examples and Ideas for your Design Inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration

423

0 comments

15 Great Examples of Corporate Identity Design

In creating a corporate identity or branding identity design (some also call it visual identity), consistency is one of the most important aspect that designers should consider. Below yo'll find 15 great examples of well designed corporate identity design.

design, inspiration

492

0 comments

40 Interesting & Cool 404 Error Pages

A 404 error indicates that the requested resource may be available again in the future. This list is made up of 40 individually designed 404 error pages, some are clever, some are funny and some are just better than a blank white page declaring 404 Error page not found! I hope you do like them and get inspiration from it.

design, inspiration

452

0 comments

14 Features You Need for Your WordPress Theme

WordPress has become the hottest blogging platform on the market. However, due to the fact that blogging has become such a huge success, having the right features for your blog is paramount to success.

design, freebies, wordpress

551

0 comments

What CSS3 Can Do For You: CSS3 Generators and Other Helpful Tools

Generators can be helpful if you need to get a lot done in a hurry. The list of some CSS3 generators: border radius, shadows, RGBA... and other helpful tools.

css-html, design, tools

350

0 comments

2010

21

JUL

Fresh Floral and Angels Vector Packs from Designious.com

In the past weeks we have been busy working on some fresh premium floral and angels vector packs that will simply blow your mind! They are available now for download on Designious.com. Check them out!

607

0 comments

Showcase: Illustration in WordPress Blog Design & Resources

In this showcase you'll find beautiful wordpress blog designs that feature creative illustrations, integrated properly to create a visually pleasing effect. Also some resources, to help you create a good illustration.

design, inspiration, wordpress

622

0 comments

2010

20

JUL

Flash Design Showcase #11

A showcase of my favourite flash designs in the last few weeks

design, graphic, inspiration

37

0 comments

Photoshop Tutorial: Make A Glossy Flash Drive Icon From Scratch

In this tutorial we are going to create a Flash Drive image which can be used as an icon or added to your design project.

design, graphic, tutorial

399

1 comment

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Baroque Style

In the previous post I started writing about some of the most important styles of art history, and I began with the Gothic Style from the Medieval Period. Today I am moving on to another important style, this time from the Western Art: Baroque Style.

238

0 comments

35+ Absolutely Free Social Media Icon Sets for Download

You can’t simply choose any icon-set for your blogs social bookmarking, you need to choose a set that not only compliments your themes design but will also define the character of your content and of your writing style. So here, i have gathered some great free social media icons for you to download. Choose wisely, not an easy task.

design, freebies, icon, inspiration

452

0 comments

30+ Examples of Large Background Photos in Web Design

Websites using large background photos are consistently increasing in popularity. These large background photos gives life to the website and make them more stunning and lively. Here i have gathered some great websites that have used large photos as backgrounds.

design, inspiration, template

471

0 comments

Seriously Creative & Inspirational Map Designs

May be you can’t find the treasure through these maps but you can find bundle of creative and inspiration treasure through these beautifully and magically created maps.

design, graphic, inspiration

362

0 comments

2010

19

JUL

How to Fix IE7 Submenu Hover Problem

Internet Explorer 7, among many other drawbacks, does not know what :hover in CSS means, so drop down menus may not work well in IE7 when using :hover.

browser, css-html, design, tips, tutorial

593

0 comments

The Ultimate Collection of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Beginner to Advanced

40 of the best Adobe Illustrator tutorials (a mix of written and video tutorials), from beginner to advanced levels.

design, graphic, tutorial

415

0 comments

Artist of the Week – Rubens Cantuni

This weeks’ artist is Rubens Cantuni from Genoa – Italy. Rubens has a degree in Industrial Design and he is passionate about graphic design, digital art and illustrations.

251

0 comments

Free Abstract Blue Business Card Template

This double sided business card template as a freebie for today. The template features blue with abstract style. The included PSD files have well organized and layered for easy editing and the template is in CMYK color mode - you can create different color schemes or recolor the elements to create your own!

design, freebies, template

337

0 comments

44 Brilliant Books for Web Designers/Developers

The books are one of the best source of knowledge. For someone who wants to increase his skills, a book is really important. Below you will find books for CSS/HTML, Typography, Design, Web Usability, Logo Design and Freelancing.

css-html, design, logo

511

0 comments

2010

18

JUL

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #62

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

382

1 comment

2010

17

JUL

55 Amazing Wallpapers of London from Flickr

London is one of my favourite cities. Whereas most of the wallpapers are similar, they have something unique. It’s a wonderful holiday destination that you will remember for all your life. You can explore some beautiful parts of London inside my post!

design, inspiration, photography, wallpaper

342

0 comments

3 cool text effects Gold , Metal & plastic in photoshop

Learn how to create 3 cool , easy and attractive text effects . Gold shiny text , Clear plastic text and metallic text .

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

364

0 comments

2010

16

JUL

Small Packages, Big Designs – Sugar Sachets

These days you can find designs on pretty much any product package. But if you want a client to remember you, give him a product with a package print out of the ordinary!Today I stumbled upon some sugar sachets with very creative prints and I want to share them with you. Here they are!

231

0 comments

30+ Informative & Creative Infographics

Lets look at some of the infographics with superb technical representation and excellent use of graphics and colors.

design, graphic

294

0 comments

40 Beautifully Designed Bird Logos

Previously published posts on 50 heart logos and burning logos were very much liked by blog readers. So today i decided to make post on logos which have bird illustrations or impressions.

design, inspiration, logo

276

1 comment

Logos Friday#2 inspiration

A new beautiful collection of logos for your inspiration this week .

design, graphic, logo, trend

252

0 comments

2010

15

JUL

50 Amazing 3D Images and Graphics

Beautiful Collection of 50 Amazing 3D Graphics, Images, and Pictures.

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

253

0 comments

Create a Beautiful Free Flash Website

Wix is free online software that lets you build your own Flash website – and is a great tool for budding designers, small business owners, and basically anyone creative looking for a way to create a customized, high quality website without spending a fortune.

563

1 comment

Top 35+ Amazing Sand Sculptures Of The World

Sand Sculptures are beautiful sources for creativity and inspiration. Some of these sand sculptures can takes days to complete using tons of sand. Today we present the 35+ amazing and unbelievable sand sculptures of the world. So check it out.

design, inspiration

320

1 comment

2010

14

JUL

67 Creative Twitter Background Designs

By designing a creative twitter background you can attract new customers. I can guarantee you that any visitor will click on your website link in the description box, if you have an eye catching wallpaper.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

434

0 comments

30 User Friendly and Stylish Navigation Menus

Web designers always have to strike a balance between usability and visual appeal when designing a website. An eye-catching and unique menu can bring you more traffic and more hits. To help you generate new ideas and inspiration for user navigation, here are 30 excellent examples of attractive and usable navigation.

design, inspiration

798

0 comments

2010

13

JUL

WordPress 3 and What You Can Do!

A deeper look at new features of Wordpress 3 and see what we can do.

design, tips, tutorial, wordpress

2470

0 comments

Ads Tuesday #1: 43 cool ads

Another new tradition The Mega Mag a new collection of cool , creative and clever ads every Tuesday.

design, graphic, inspiration

217

0 comments

100+ Vintage Vector Illustrations

If you’re in need of some cool vectors to create a poster for a concert, a print for a t-shirt, a CD cover, an invitation to an event or much more, here is a good selection of vintage vector illustrations.

2412

0 comments

Ultimate Collection Of Social Bookmarks Icon Sets

The demand for well-designed icons are too much in these days also some companies specially hiring icon designers. In this article, we’ve rounded up 9 icons set that are beautiful and have lots of detail.You can use them in Web applications, website designs and on your desktop.

2333

0 comments

Weird Nature Photography: Transparent Animals

Nature is fascinating and often weird, it surprises us when we expect less. Some creatures use the camouflage techniques as a hunting and defense mechanism, others show everything they have, literally.

design, graphic, photography

241

0 comments

120+ Beautiful Examples of Advertisements #8

In this post we put up some beautiful and inspirational examples of Advertisements. You will see many funny and creative ads. I hope these ads will get you inspired. Please share your thought with us below. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

2373

0 comments

2010

12

JUL

35+ Best JavaScript Image Gallery Plugins and Scripts

Here is a complete diary of all the best JavaScript image galleries, sliders, scrollers and Carousels. Look no more to find your kinda Image Gallery in JavaScript. Includes all the best image exhibition scripts, which lets you showcase your colorful images with much more elegance and class.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

916

0 comments

Designing Webforms with CSS3 - Visual design and the lack of graphics

By the possibilities that some of the browser manufacturer with the support of Web standards such as CSS3 users now make available, especially graphically complex (re) forms can be realized without large expenses using CSS. Advantage of this approach is ...

css-html, design, inspiration

Webstandard-Team

609

0 comments

130 Wonderful Website Designs categorised by color (1#)

After the success of 150 Wonderful Logo Designs categorised by color, I decided to bring to you a similar post about Website Designs. It’s too big so I will publish it in 2 parts. The first part includes the colors: Blue , Green & Red and it’s here to inspire you!

design, graphic, inspiration, template, trend

500

0 comments

Artist of the Week – David Waters

David Waters is a talented 23 year old artist from Moscow, where he is currently attending the University of Idaho for Graphic Design. David is a freelance designer with amazing creations in graphic art work, digital illustrations and prints.

design, graphic

291

1 comment

2010

11

JUL

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #61

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

357

0 comments

2010

10

JUL

35+ Great Places to Find Web Design Jobs

Designers and developers are always looking for a job, whether it is full-time employment or freelance opportunities. There are some great websites taht can help you to find these types of jobs. This post contains a collection of 35+ best websites that include specialized job boards to find the right job for you.

design, misc, tips

581

0 comments

Creative Flash Websites June 2010

Here goes another creative and inspirational motivating selection for our flash website showcase. Have your say about Flash sites and HTML5.

330

0 comments

2010

9

JUL

20 Free Windows 7 Wallpapers

Free Windows 7 Wallpapers, Beside default wallpapers, we are showcasing here some really cool 20 Free Windows 7 Wallpapers for your desktop.

design, inspiration, photoshop, wallpaper

642

0 comments

Stylish Fire Extinguisher Designs

Have you ever thought that the mundane objects that surround us can be more appealing or even look like a decorative object? Check out these stylish fire extinguisher designs which bring a refreshing change to the traditional red and white.

433

0 comments

What CSS3 Can Do For You: Typography and Special Effects

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Doing typography with CSS3 is awesome.

css-html, design, tips, usability

569

0 comments

Recognizing and Leveraging Your Strengths as an Artist

These days, the possible routes an artist can take are many and they keep increasing in number. This newfound freedom, however, has an unfortunate side effect.

design, graphic

339

0 comments

2010

8

JUL

30 Inspirational Double Sided Flyer Designs

Lets look at some creative and inspirational double sided flyer designs.

design, graphic, inspiration

430

0 comments

50 Beautiful Website Interfaces from DeviantArt for Inspiration

One of the best places to inspire you is the DeviantArt. I usually browsing it because there are lots of high quality projects there. I collect 50 Beautiful Website Interfaces for your Inspiration, i hope that you like them.

cms, design, inspiration

590

0 comments

A Showcase Of Amazing Prints Ads

A showcase of some very creative thinking, within the field of print advertising

design, graphic, inspiration

401

0 comments

2010

7

JUL

Nature Elements Photo Manipulations – Fire

Fire is one of the 4 elements that helps humanity survive on Earth. It warms our houses and it helps us cook our food. Besides its material values, in ancient Mythology, fire was considered to be the symbol of human energy. So check out these hot fire photo manipulations and boost your energy!

314

0 comments

How to create a sleek web 2.0 wordpress layout

Learn how to create a sleek web 2.0 wordpress layout. Download FREE PSD layout.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

418

0 comments

2010

6

JUL

A showcase of iPad App Sites

A showcase of websites advertising their iPad apps

design, graphic, inspiration

477

0 comments

10+ Great Online Tools to help you with Color Schemes

Color Schemes are an important part of a designers job (and life). Sometimes you can find easily the color palette that you need but sometimes you can’t. That’s why I have 10+ Great Online Tools to help you with Color Schemes, take a look and find your colors!

design, tools, usability

442

0 comments

Create marvelous skin effects using vectors in Photoshop

Today we will create some really cool skin effects using stock vectors and a bit of imagination. Difficulty: Intermediate Completion time: 1-2 hours Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS3

411

0 comments

Inspirational websites of the week III

When we want to develop a new website, some sort of idea or inspiration should be taken into consideration before we built it. These website would definitely help you with some sort of inspiration and we will continue to present top design website each week for you.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

724

0 comments

30 Mesmerizing Examples of Fractal Art Designs

The idea behind fractal art is from calculations and equations, which can produce great artwork and creative inspirations with combinations of colors and shapes. The Fractal Art Gallery features innovative fractal-based art, rooted in the spectacular beauty of fractal geometry. Here i have gathered an amazing collection of fractal art designs for your inspiration.

design, inspiration, wallpaper

603

0 comments

When a Client Hates Your Work

What do you do if a client truly wants to work with you, but they just don’t like your work? I’ve had the pleasure of working with some clients on multiple projects where they approve nearly all my outputs except for that one outlier project in which nothing seems to look right in their eyes. Here are some ways to work through the situation without losing your cool.

design, inspiration, tips

439

0 comments

Illustrator tutorials roundup: June 2010

Last month has brought us lots of new stuff to learn, fresh tutorials filled with new and creative techniques for us to enjoy and apply to our future artworks. Here are the most relevant ones.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

318

1 comment

18 Brilliant Pure CSS Drawings

I have carefully chosen 18 pure and high standard CSS drawing from the web that demonstrate what you can do with the new CSS3. Some of them are even made with CSS1/2 only!

css-html, design, trend

14895

11 comments

2010

5

JUL

WordPress Tutorial: 5 Ways to Shorten Your Post Titles

I am under the personal belief that post titles should be short, sweet and precise enough to get the point across without sounding like an awkward newspaper headline. Sadly not all titles follow the same belief and as a result the layout of the website suffers. As noted on bavotasan.com "you can throw in as many keywords as you want in hopes that ...

design, graphic, php, tutorial, wordpress

292

0 comments

The Most Useful Flash Tutorial Resources

Flash is the first option to consider, when it comes to multimedia, interactivity, animation and stunning effects. This amazing technology has always been popular for the unbelievable opportunities it opens for website developers.

design, flash, tutorial

347

0 comments

Freebies Released: Yammy Social Media Icons Set

Today we are thrilled to release another set of icons on Onextrapixel. There will be a series of icon sets and others freebies that will be released regularly on OXP. This release is a set of candy themed social media icons designed exclusively for Onextrapixel by Helen Gizi, a talented self-taught graphic designer.

design, freebies, graphic, misc

411

0 comments

Nature’s Wonders: 30+ Breathtaking Landscape Photography

Landscapes include the visible features of an area of land and the physical elements of landforms, such as plains, quarries, hills and mountains, bodies of water such as rivers, lakes and the sea.

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

339

0 comments

50+ Extremely Clever and Impressive Ads For Inspiration

One of the best way to draw attention for companies is the clever advertising strategy .In the recent years we saw hundreds of ads which make us smile and say woow..

design, inspiration, misc

414

0 comments

Animal Logos: A New Approach to Logo Design

Using animal logos as the trademark of a business is one such approach in the world of logo designing. Earlier, animal logos appeared only in organizations related to animal welfare or companies manufacturing products for animals. But today, businesses use the unique qualities of the animals in their logos to reflect the vision or spirit of their organizations.

design, inspiration, logo

526

1 comment

Artist of the Week – DrFranken

DrFranken is a complex artist, both a a digital illustrator and graphic designer from Madrid (Spain). Here is some of his work!

design, graphic

666

3 comments

2010

4

JUL

How to create a trendy wordpress layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a trendy wordpress layout in Photoshop

design, photoshop, tutorial

437

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #60

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

427

0 comments

2010

3

JUL

20+ Free Thin And Light Font Collection

Typography and fonts are importent aspect of web and graphic design. If you’re looking for high quality thin and light font, this collection will help you improve your typography skills. Here you’ll find 20+ free thin fonts that can be used in your designs.

design, font, freebies

470

0 comments

2010

2

JUL

How to create a web 2.0 layout in Photoshop

Learn how to create a gorgeous web 2.0 web layout

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

498

1 comment

15% Off Discount From PixelCrayons

On the occasion of 4th of July - Independence Day of United States, PixelCrayons offers flat 15% off on its markup services. The discount is available on all its packages and can be availed from 1st July 2010 - 7th July 2010.

css-html, design, freebies

1838

1 comment

Captivating Movie Kinetic Typography

Kinetic typography is the art and technique of expressing texts by using flying, growing, floating, expanding, turning characters that can really capture your attention!I stumbled upon some truly ingenious kinetic typography videos! Here they are.

226

0 comments

2010

1

JUL

iPhone App Sites #2

A showcase of websites advertising iPhone apps

design, graphic, inspiration

367

0 comments

30 Cool One-letter Logo Designs

A well-thought logo design can effectively use a simple icon to leave a deep enough impression for the public. A memorable logo is always a plus if one wants to ensure first-time visitors to their websites will return in future. Drawing one letter to design a logo can be a great idea.

495

0 comments

Create a cute monster girl in Illustrator

Today I will explain how to create a cute little monster girl and in the same time, you will learn to handle multiple layers and maximize their efficiency.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

245

0 comments

35 Outstanding Nature Themed Typographic Artworks

We’ve gathered up 35 outstanding nature-themed typographic artworks that encompass the wide variety of natural environments that can be used.

design, graphic, photoshop, trend

298

0 comments

2010

30

JUN

May’s Fresh Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials

This roundup includes 18 Photoshop tutorials which deal with creating web layouts, fresh and inspirational resources from design community (May 2010).

design, graphic, photoshop

119

0 comments

Nature Elements Photo Manipulations – Water

The first primordial element, water, it’s believed to be the place where life began on earth. Check out these truly breath-taking water photo manipulations.

188

0 comments

Design a website layout in photoshop - PORTFOLIA

In this photoshop tutorial we will learn to design a clean website layout. 960 grid system is what we are going to use in this tutorial and lots of photoshop techniques will be dealt as we go through.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

webanddesigners

311

0 comments

2010

29

JUN

Download 50+ High Resolution Grunge Textures

Its time to download free high resolution grunge textures and background for your next creative work. These textures can be used for digital artwork, 3D rendering, web design and print projects.

design, freebies

404

0 comments

Artist of the Week – Adolfo Correa

Correa is a very skilled student of Graphic Design from Santiago Chile. His creative skills interact with typography, digital art and illustration.

204

0 comments

High-Speed Photography: 30 Fascinating Photographs

High-speed photography involves taking a photograph with a camera on a fast shutter speed. The camera must be able to shoot at a speed of at least 128 frames per second (fps) in order to get the perfect shot.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

240

0 comments

35 logo design inspiration

When we think of LOGO we think about brand, trademark, and image. In short Logos are the ultimate mark of distinction that should be something that can give a strong long lasting impression.

design, inspiration, logo

webanddesigners

345

0 comments

30 Free Fonts for Your Eye Catchy Design Work

We all know creative designs literally require eye catchy fonts to be used. In this case choosing the right font is very important and it may take hours until we find something suitable, something that can match the design quality itself. To save you some time, I put together 30 awesome free fonts I use quite frequently nowadays.

design, font, freebies

4826

7 comments

20+ High Quality Adobe Fireworks Tutorials

Adobe Fireworks is an excellent tool for designers. It provides a unique balance between vector and raster graphics, which is a nice hybrid between Illustrator and Photoshop. In this post we’ll feature 20+ of the best tutorials for Fireworks that will help you to get started.

design, photoshop, tutorial

319

0 comments

Create a dynamic nature poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will create a nature poster using stock images, vectors and brushes. Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced

design, graphic, photoshop, tips

223

0 comments

2010

28

JUN

Mind Blowing Wall Writings & Graffiti Art

Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings.

design, inspiration

322

0 comments

Learn how to create a nice and cool grunge web layout

In this tutorial I will teach you how to create a nice and cool web layout in Photoshop

design, template, tutorial

350

0 comments

31 creative and eye catching packaging designs

Packaging is a critical marketing tool as it defines the product, it is not just a wrapping material around a consumer item that serves to contain, identify, describe, protect, display, promote and otherwise make the product marketable and keep it clean.

design, inspiration

webanddesigners

298

0 comments

The Most Attractive Papervision 3D Galleries

Papervision is a 3D engine for the Flash platform. It appeared about 3 years ago and started as an easy way to transform MovieClips to achieve the 3D illusion. Now this amazing technology is widely used for creating interactive galleries. With Papervision 3D the opportunities are endless.

cms, design, flash, inspiration, template

424

0 comments

2010

27

JUN

How to create a software manufacturer layout to promote your products

Learn how to create a prime quality layout with a nice design to represent your company

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

373

0 comments

Essentials of Web Designing, Development, And SEO

Designing a website is not a child’s play. Its not something that you randomly throw on a particular place that has some graphics and some other information such as the name and the contact information. This kind of practice arises when there is a lack of understanding to harness the Internet as the valuable source of business.

design, seo, tips, tools

963

3 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #59

Today we're showcasing the wonderful web portfolio from Matthew Smith AKA Squared Eye

design, graphic, inspiration

317

0 comments

2010

25

JUN

25+ Amazing Origami Inspired Designs

Great architects and designers have captured in their work the essence of geometry by using complex shapes and a great deal of imagination!

265

0 comments

30+ Ingenious Book Photomanipulations

Sometimes we are so caught up with our speeding lives, our ringing mobile phones and our light speed Internet connection, that we forget to slow down and enjoy a good book.

design, inspiration

170

0 comments

What CSS3 Can Do For You: Animation and 3D effects

I went over the great ways to develop buttons and how to effectively use imagery transitions. Now we will move on and talk about the great ways to use CSS3 for animation and 3D effects.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial

290

0 comments

2010

24

JUN

Designer Showcase – Squared Eye

Today we're showcasing the wonderful web portfolio from Matthew Smith AKA Squared Eye

design, graphic, inspiration

374

0 comments

Mays Best Resources for CSS3

Here’s a collection of 33 fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (May 2010).

design, graphic, photoshop, template

388

0 comments

A Design Trend That Might Cost You Your Job

If you’re involved in the world of design, whether it is by trade or business necessity, then you are probably familiar with the term spec design, also known as crowdsourcing. The basic principal behind crowdsourcing is working for little or no compensation. There are entire companies devoted to spec design. For example. . .

design, graphic, misc, tips, trend

398

0 comments

Graffiti artworks for inspiration

Graffiti is stated as the dictionary of ART, The term “graffiti” derives from the Greek graphein (“to write”). Graffiti (s. graffito), meaning a drawing or scribbling on a flat surface, originally referred to those marks found on ancient Roman architecture.

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

205

0 comments

20 Inspiring Free and Premium Music Vectors

In the summer time a lot of musical events are going on! To help you promote them, I made a quick selection with some of the finest music vectors for you.

design, freebies, graphic

214

0 comments

8 Simply Amazing HTML5 Canvas and Javascript Animations

HTML5 canvas has changed the way javascript used to be. We're now able to achieve complex animation however we do need a powerful browser to interpret it. I have collected 8 new HTML5 + Javascript animation effect you probably have not seen before! Play with each of them, you'll be blown away by the creativity and robustness of HTML5 canvas!

css-html, design, javascript, trend

22052

8 comments

Modern and Original Art Gallery Solutions

The essential component for an online artist’s portfolio or exhibition is gallery. That is why Flash is a highly popular technology that uses for artists’ online portfolios: the opportunities for a modern art gallery are infinite. With Flash the result is always amazing, impressive, unusual…

design, flash, graphic, template

262

0 comments

2010

23

JUN

50+ Great Examples of Creative Print Advertisement Design

There are very little advertisement designs which are really well made. In this article, I will showcase some of them.

design, graphic

313

0 comments

The Solar Method (of building websites)

Unlike more traditional professions, web design does not have a standard practice model. The Solar Method is my proposition and, I believe, a healthy candidate for the title of Website Building Standard Method.

css-html, design, misc, tips

284

0 comments

Applications of AIDA In Website Designing

Marketing is a very broad term and holds a lot of importance in this cut-throat competition of online business. “The main point to remember about selling things is that besides creating atmosphere and excitement about your product, you gotta know what you are selling.

230

0 comments

22 Most Inspirational Magento Based E-Commerce Store

Magento is a open-source e-commerce platform based on the foundation of robust web techniques. Today, we are present most insprational Magento based e-commerce store.

design, inspiration

blogwebdesigner

575

2 comments

Create a Cool 3D Graffiti Text Effect using Line Art in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to take a line art sketch of text and turn it into a 3D graffiti style text effect using some simple techniques and stock images.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips

294

0 comments

Free High-Quality Layered Business PSD Template

Before i shared 5 free high quality psd templates but that were not exclusively designed for PelFusion. This free PSD template is exclusively designed for our readers and more to come.

design, freebies, template

381

0 comments

2010

22

JUN

CSS3 Animations, the Power Back to CSS Part 1: Transitions

Now that the use of CSS3 is increasing and developers are discovering new ways to replace JavaScript with CSS3 it is time to talk about the use of CSS3 for animations.

browser, css-html, design, trend

390

0 comments

Guerrilla Advertising – Creative Attention Seeking #7

The seventh showcase of fantastic guerrilla advertising/marketing solutions

design, graphic, inspiration

273

0 comments

50 Must Have HQ Typography Wallpapers

In this post we are presenting some cool and creative typography wallpapers to spice up your desktop. Specially for those who likes smart, mostly minimalistic and clean typography.

design, freebies, wallpaper

334

0 comments

The Greatest Sites to Submit Your Web Design and Development News

There are dozens of websites out there that allow web designers to submit links to their articles. During a few months of blog promotion, I have been able to

design, tips, tools

214

0 comments

40 Refreshing Nature Inspired Web Designs

40 refreshing nature-inspired web designs for your viewing enjoyment, whether you're a fan of retro, illustrated, modern, sleek, rustic, photograph-based.

design, inspiration, template, trend

310

1 comment

Showcase: Typography in WordPress Blog Design & Resources

Typeface is the most important element used in a blog or website. When people come to your blog they don't care much about background image, sound, or other effect that we use. In this article you can find resources and showcase that will improve the typography on your site.

design, inspiration, trend, wordpress

247

0 comments

40 High Quality Adobe Illustrator Character Tutorials

Vector characters are a major advantage of a website because it can get the attention of the visitors. Also, vector characters are funny, beautiful and popular.So, if you want to create your own vector characters, first check our post with 40 High Quality Adobe Illustrator Character Tutorials!

design, graphic, inspiration

283

0 comments

2010

21

JUN

Artist of the Week – Chatchanok Wongvachara

This weeks artist is Chatchanok Wongvachara from Bangkok, Thailand. She is a freelance painter, graphic designer, illustrator and photographer.

design, graphic, inspiration

289

0 comments

The Simple Photoshop CS5 Cheat Sheet

Here's a Photoshop cheat sheet that focuses on important, useful functions, stuff that advanced users need to get their work done.

design, graphic, photoshop

403

0 comments

2010

20

JUN

30+ Substantial Firefox Addons for Web Developer

Here is a very useful list of Firefox Addons for Web developer. Today we give you ultimate list of most important Firefox Addons for Web developer. Totally is this list we include more than 30 extremely useful Firefox Addons.

browser, design

530

0 comments

Make Nice Captions Using Image Alternative Tag

There are many jQuery plugins that give designers an array of options to use in order to make very nice captions. We can’t argue with that, and what I am going to do here is not much different, but it might just help you avoid the need to include a large number of plugins on a single web page.

css-html, design, javascript, tools, tutorial

481

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #58

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

354

0 comments

2010

18

JUN

30 Useful and Innovative Icon Sets from deviantART

This post has rounded up 30 useful and innovative icon sets from artists on deviantART.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

585

1 comment

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 23

Here goes another series of web design inspiration collection we publish every week. Stay tuned with the latest trends in website design ...

477

2 comments

Fresh illustrations for your art: 170 Seasonal, 21 Business

We’ve been really busy in the last month, creating new vectors for you to download and enjoy. 170 Seasonal and 21 Business illustrations categories have been added to our large collection.

design, graphic, misc

318

0 comments

2010

17

JUN

40 Really Awesome War Digital Artwork

The superb character designing, weapons and warhead, brilliant color scheming and the way these artists create theses artwork is really awesome.

design, inspiration

415

0 comments

70 Perfect Dribbble Works to Inspire you

I spend lots of time browsing dribbble works. There are quality, happy and colorful designs there that can inspire you. I collected some perfect works (logos, websites, icons etc.) to show and inspire you.

design, graphic, icon, inspiration, logo

441

0 comments

Designer Showcase - DKNG Studios

A showcase of the beautiful poster designs by the guys at DKNG Studios

design, graphic, inspiration

266

0 comments

2010

16

JUN

Paper made website designs for inspiration

Design gets its definition from nature and natural stuff. When designers bring in innovation, creativity from natural item their designs get all the benefit of standing out in their creative world.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

494

0 comments

8 Beautiful Well Designed Premium Tumlbr Themes

Designers are coming up with new design themes as Tumblr popularity is increasing. Browse 8 beautiful well designed premium Tumlbr themes to enhance your tumblog

423

0 comments

Interpreting Perspective

Often, the truth of a situation is all in how you look at it. For example, from a train platform, does it not appear the parallel lines of a railroad track converge at a point near the horizon? But anyone reading this understands that the tracks are not actually converging. What appears to be the truth is actually false: the convergence is a visual illusion . . .

design, graphic, misc, tips, usability

383

0 comments

Give Your Gallery Some Old Fashion Static Noise

For old times sake, lets make a small jQuery gallery plugin which ads static noise with every slide change, and where slides can contain anything from images, to any other content. But, no fancy controls. Just a basic wrapper that hooks up on parent container and transforms it into a one slide at the time gallery, with optional slide interval and static noise duration.

design, javascript, tools, tutorial

510

0 comments

2010

15

JUN

Triangle Poster Design Inspiration: 35 Mind-Blowing Examples

In this post I’ve put together 35 beautiful examples of triangle poster designs. Some of these designs include lovely typography, other geometric shapes, and photographs.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop, trend

512

0 comments

A Collection of 25 Super High Quality WordPress Themes

This article has been pieced together to help showcase some of the more interesting and unique styles of Wordpress themes currently available to the public, including both free and premium varieties.

css-html, design, template, wordpress

635

0 comments

One Page Websites #2

A showcase of the latest and greatest in one page website design

design, graphic, inspiration

542

0 comments

CSS Color Values and Shades

CSS colors are defined using a hexadecimal (hex) notation for the combination of Red, Green and Blue color values (RGB).

css-html, design, graphic, tips, tools

383

0 comments

60 Wallpapers from 17 Capital Cities of Europe

Let’s travel around some capital cities of Europe with this showcase post. There are lots of sights and places to see and visit. Every country has a special atmosphere and culture. Take a look!

design, graphic, inspiration, photography, wallpaper

345

0 comments

10 Awesome HTML5, CSS and Javascript Demonstrations

HTML5 has changed the game of web development. I have collected 10 awesome html5, css and javascript demonstrations that will let you experience the power of them!

css-html, design, javascript, trend

14606

5 comments

What CSS3 Can Do For You: Streamlining Buttons and Imagery Transitions

We figure out ways to start rolling out new techniques so we don’t have to wait. CSS3 is the third level of CSS to be created, and isn’t compatible with all browsers or officially launched quite yet. With that being said, there are some great techniques you can start using today to get yourself familiar with.

css-html, design, tips

466

0 comments

2010

14

JUN

Filtering Through Table Rows With Few Lines Of Code

Just as we’ve started plugins section with a simple plugin, lets start tutorials section with a simple tutorial in which we will use jQuery to filter out table rows that do not contain desired search string. It really doesn’t get simpler than that as we will use only a couple of jQuery lines to achieve our goal.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

313

0 comments

15 Excellent Particle Flow Animations

A showcase of amazing particle flow animations from around the web.

design, graphic, inspiration

355

0 comments

Artist of the Week – Irina Vinnik

This week, inspiration comes from Saint Petersburg, Russia – Irina Vinnik, artist, designer and illustrator. Traditional inkings illustrating stunning nature elements combined with typography and …

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

199

0 comments

Learn how to create an artistic website layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to create an artistic web layout in Photoshop.

design, photoshop, template, tutorial

278

0 comments

80 Dazzling Examples of Illustration Websites

Illustration can add a fun/innovative vibe to your websites theme. The goal of the illustration should be used to grab the readers attention and showcase your talent. Lately there has been an increased amount of illustrated websites.

css-html, design, graphic, inspiration

309

0 comments

2010

13

JUN

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 22

Here goes another series of website design inspiration collection we publish every week. Stay tuned with the latest trends in web design

242

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #57

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

253

0 comments

58 Incredible Logo Designs #4

Here’s the fourth roundup of amazing logo designs. This is a series that we do frequently, so make sure to check out the past logo articles. For this collection we found some really creative logos, they’re all unique and eye catching.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

327

0 comments

2010

12

JUN

Top 15+ Photography Website Designs

Photographers have always the best portfolios and websites. There are thousands of online Portfolios around and it’s really hard to select few. We spent last few weeks to compile this list of collection of the top 15+ designed photographer portfolios on the web.

design, inspiration, photography

431

0 comments

2010

11

JUN

How to create a clean business layout for Drupal

This tutorial will teach you how to create in just a few steps a clean business layout suitable for a Drupal theme.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

393

0 comments

4 x 5 Star Rating Tutorial With jQuery In The Hot Seat

Sometimes logical steps, which we use every day to find solutions for our problems, fail us without a single word of warning. Sudden need for quality star rating tutorials ended up with four usable ones.

ajax, design, javascript, tutorial

442

0 comments

Spectacular Use of Black Color in Business Card Design

The dark side of these cards looks so creative and shiny that we find these business cards worth to share with you people. The use of black with other colors give your business card quite a different and inspiring look.

design, graphic

302

0 comments

Inspirational websites of the week

From today we are starting a new weekly series called “Inspirational websites of the week”. Main intention will be to collect elegant and fresh website designs to inspire our readers.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

300

0 comments

Hellingly Asylum Mental Hospital Photos

Here you will find stunning photos from Hellingly Asylum Mental Hospital. Hellingly Hospital was a very large mental hospital in the village of Hellingly

design, inspiration, photography

197

0 comments

25 Handy Tools To Paste And Share Your Code Snippets

Paste tools are web applications that allow users to upload snippets of text, usually samples of source code for public viewing.

220

0 comments

2010

10

JUN

150 Wonderful Logo Designs categorised by color

Logos, logos, logos. I love logo design and I decided to collect lots of logos here for you. You will find 30 Blue, 40 Red, 30 Green, 20 Yellow and 30 Black & White Logo Designs. They’re beautiful, minimalistic, colorful and they’re here to inspire you! Enjoy.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

297

0 comments

Super Macro Photos Of Ladybugs

In this post, we will showcase super macro photos of ladybugs. Macro photos are the close-up pictures of small things. Hope these macro photos will inspire you

432

0 comments

7 Habits You As A Freelancer Need To Ditch

Freelancers accumulate a lot of things and habits that get in the way of their work. Here are 7 Things You As A Freelancer Need To Ditch in order to find the kind of success you're looking for in your business.

211

0 comments

Intelligent Manipulation - Edward Bernays

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society… In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons …

design, inspiration, misc, tips, trend

206

0 comments

10+ iPad Apps Every Designer Will Love

This is a collection of the 10+ best apps for designers and developers which make them move more freely either on the canvas, or behind the scenes.

231

0 comments

2010

9

JUN

Stunning Illustration Art by David Lanham

David Lenham has a heck of an imagination, and loves traditional and digital arts. David studied drawing and design at the University of Central Florida, graduating in 2004. He is currently working for the Iconfactory, while keeping up with his personal work in the off time. He worked with clients like MacPractice, Sybase and Microsoft Xbox 360.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

126

0 comments

22 Excellent JQuery and CSS Tutorials

JQuery and CSS are evolving and reaching new levels of quality and interactivity. Jquery produces extremely smart and professional features without the need of any animation ability. The opportunity arises to use these elements to enhance Design. In all, CSS and Jquery will always have their place within the market of Web Design for the time being.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

457

0 comments

2010

8

JUN

48 Free Amazing Display Fonts

Look what we’ve got for you, an awesome collection of hand picked fonts! These are display styled fonts that should be added to your collection. To download the font just click on it and it will take you to the download page.

design, font, freebies

638

0 comments

200+ Free Grunge, Vintage, Hand Drawn Sketched Social Media Icons

unique feel social media icons for your blog readers to share or bookmark your content on popular social media sites. these icons will look wonderful on websites that use texture and have an organic approach to their design.

design, freebies, graphic

blogwebdesigner

552

0 comments

Flash Design Showcase #10

A showcase of my favourite flash designs in the last few weeks

design, flash, graphic, inspiration

345

0 comments

Make Seamless Fabric Texture In Photoshop In Just Three Steps

Learn how to make a seamless realistic fabric texture in Photoshop. It will take just 3 steps to create this texture – its that easy ! It will come handy in case of large files as it’ll repeat on its own. You won’t have to worry about tiling the texture.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

185

0 comments

6 Ways to use a seamless pattern in Photshop and Illustrator

We want you to get the most out of our vector patterns so to make your job easier, we've made a list of methods you can use to apply patterns to your artwork, for both Illustrator and Photoshop. Difficulty: Beginner Completion time: 5-10 minutes

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

317

0 comments

30 stunning 3d typography designs

Typography has always been linked with creativity and passion towards design. The beauty of typography enriches when it is bonded with 3D. As 3D in itself is know to amaze designers by its wonderful effect.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

373

0 comments

Fresh and Inspiring Flash Photo Gallery Solutions

These fresh and inspiring photo galleries present the creative and original ideas of displaying images online and impress both in terms of functionality and professional look.

design, flash, inspiration, photography

405

0 comments

Create a Custom Content Slider with jQuery

In this tutorial, we are going to create a custom content slider. The concept behind it is pretty simple, when you click on a button, it uses jQuery scroll-To plugin to scoll the content and display the right content.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

17477

21 comments

2010

7

JUN

Quick Tip: Get more efficient with jQuery's getScript!

GetScript is a jQuery ajax function that loads a script from your specified url and has an extremely useful callback function for when the script is loaded. This is exactly what I needed.

444

1 comment

Learn how to create a sleek portfolio layout

This tutorial will teach you how to create in just a few steps a sleek portfolio layout with a gritty look.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

485

0 comments

Create a real estate web layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a real estate web layout using Photoshop

design, graphic, photoshop, template, tutorial

320

0 comments

Typography: The Clothes Your Brand Wears to Work

If you had to wear only one set of clothing to work everyday for the rest of your life, how much time would you spend considering what you are going to wear? You might take some time to ask a few questions. Is this suit still going to hold up for another 20 years? Are these heels still going to be cute and comfortable in 2019?

design, inspiration, misc, tips, trend

443

1 comment

Color Trends Lead the Way to a Better Outlook

Why is it that, in those last dreary days of winter, people are almost choking with the longing for spring? Sure sunshine and warmth play a part, and the desire to shed all those cumbersome layers of clothing that seemed so cozy last September, but I think a huge part of this ache is the fundamental longing for color . . .

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, trend

403

0 comments

10 Detailed free and premium vector skulls

We made a selection of probably the finest free and premium vector skulls on the internet and we want to share it with you. Here it is

design, freebies, graphic, misc

321

0 comments

35 brilliant tilt photography for inspiration

Photography is an art of make things look vivacious. This art creates a WIN-WIN situation among designers whose creativity blossoms with the exotic blend of photography.

design, inspiration, photography

webanddesigners

266

0 comments

The Mind-Bending 3D Street Art Paintings of Edgar Mueller

As a tribute to Edgar Mueller, here are some of his best 3D artworks and time-lapse videos.

design, graphic, misc

282

0 comments

Creative Flash Websites – May 2010

In support of Flash, I started a monthly series last month where I will showcase Creative Flash Websites. Here is another great round of flash websites.

234

0 comments

95 Beautiful Business Card Designs

Business Card are commonly used these days to network with all sort of different people. Anybody who owns their own business should definitely have their own business cards.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

506

0 comments

Ultimate Roundup Of Photoshop Web Layouts Tutorials

Photoshop is an excellent tool for creating attractive & professional website designs. In this collection, you'll find 60 Very Detailed Tutorials on Creating High Quality Web Layouts Using Photoshop

353

0 comments

Modern Element Trends In Minimal Webdesign of 2010

In depth article researching how to design really modern website using latest trends and technologies. You will find a lot of examples to get you inspired here!

285

0 comments

Artist of the week – Joel Dayao

This week’s artist is from Philippines. Joel Dayao, aka j-d-yao is a very skilled and talented artist, specialized in photo manipulations with stunning concepts and lighting effects.

design, graphic, misc, photography

174

0 comments

60 Stunning Super Heroes Wallpapers

For all fans of Super heroes we give mega list of cool wallpapers of Most popular Super heroes. In this list we included Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine and Iron Man Wallpapers. Totally in this list you can find 60 free stunning Super heroes wallpapers for your Desktop.

design, freebies, graphic, wallpaper

345

0 comments

10 Resources to Help You Create a Killer Wordpress Options Page

Here are some awesome tutorials, articles, and templates to help you make a killer options page for your next Wordpress theme.

css-html, design, php, wordpress

479

0 comments

2010

6

JUN

jQuery: Animate to an Unknown, Variable Height or Width

Imagine an animated, sliding box displaying a daily news feed. When the page loads the box displays an excerpt of news then expands to display the full content. Now make sure the article is selected at random so we never know it’s full length. Sounds like fun already. The unknown variable for height in this scenario can cause a few headaches using the .animate() method . . .

design, graphic, javascript, tutorial

578

0 comments

Tutorial: Magic Fields Duplicates

agic Fields provides a greater amount of control and ease-of-use over Flutter when it comes to duplicate fields. Unfortunately the instructions needed to use duplication are still difficult to locate, mainly because the manual hasn’t been fully translated from Spanish and posted on the Magic Fields website . . .

design, php, tutorial, wordpress

527

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #56

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

322

0 comments

55 Creative Examples of USB Designs

We wanted to do a roundup of something creative, and interesting. We chose USB drive designs. USB drives are very cheap these days, and each year memory is costing less. When USB drives were expensive, they were plain and simple like a stick. Now that they’re so cheap people are getting creative with all sorts of USB drive ideas.

design, gadget, inspiration, trend

404

0 comments

2010

5

JUN

Creative Spherical Social Bookmarking Icon Set

In this icons pack you will find professional and creative Spherical icons set. In this set are included 5 popular Social media website icons that you can use on your blog to share posts. Of course all icons you can download for free and use them on your blog.

design, freebies, graphic, icon

246

0 comments

2010

4

JUN

Apple’s Showcase of HTML5 & Web Standards

Every new Apple mobile device and every new Mac — along with the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser — supports web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

css-html, design, trend

279

0 comments

jQuery Notification Plugin with jQuery UI-ThemeRoller Ready

Pines Notify is a JavaScript noti fi ca tion plu gin for the jQuery JavaScript library, devel oped by Hunter Per rin as part of Pines.

ajax, css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

498

0 comments

How To: Implementing Gravatar in your PHP Application

We'll now make a simple PHP application which shows you the Gravatar associated with an email. So let's get started without wasting any time!

design, tutorial

213

0 comments

40 Handy Photoshop Custom Shape Sets: Save Time

Browse trough these 40 sets (over 400 unique shapes) to find something useful for you to use in your next web or graphic design project!Feel free to experiment!

design, photoshop

275

0 comments

2010

3

JUN

10 Leading Presentation Tools Every Designer Should Know

Here are 10 top of the line programs that will help you take your PowerPoint presentation global. If you haven’t used any of these to create some great video, give them a shot!

85

0 comments

Creative and unique website design layout

Every designer wants his/her design to be solitary in type or characteristics. Exclusivity is always rewarded with appreciation for thinking out of the box.

design, graphic, template, trend

webanddesigners

211

0 comments

External Design Inspiration - Fantastic Graphic Design by Keid

Time for another inspiration. Here I want to introduce the really great works by Keid from Poland. He creates amazing designs and illustrations which are very harmonical and full of interesting details. His special choose of colours and his eye for details is one of the reasons why he should not miss in this inspiration category.

design, graphic, inspiration

110

0 comments

25 Websites for Typography Inspiration

Typography is a beautiful thing, and plays a huge role in designing. Most of the time its hard to get inspired when you’re working on a project. Not every font fits in perfectly with every project. Why not take a little time off, and check out these typography resources for inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration, tools

92

0 comments

52 Inspiring Website Elements You Must See [pics]

A list of websites that contain inspirational elements that will help you get inspired and ready to design beautiful websites!

design, graphic, inspiration

80

0 comments

2010

2

JUN

How Important DOCTYPE Declaration is for your HTML Document

Today I am going to share a very basic problem related to DOCTYPE declaration. We all know that according to HTML standard it is must that each HTML document has document type declaration.

css-html, design

223

0 comments

40 Awesome Pencil Sculptures

Some of designers create fantastic sculptures from pencils. In each pencil sculpture are used hundreds of pencils. Most famous designer how create sculptures from pencils is Jennifer Maestre. Her sculptures are colorful and simply amazing. In this post you can admire cool and interesting pencils sculptures.

design, inspiration

139

0 comments

How to create a damask seamless pattern in Illustrator

In this tutorial we will learn to create a damask seamless pattern based on a few vector flowers. Difficulty: Intermediate Completion time: 1-2 hours

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

201

0 comments

2010

1

JUN

A Showcase Of ‘Handmade’ Websites #2

A showcase of websites that effectively use the current trend of making your websites look handmade

design, graphic, inspiration

425

0 comments

Beautiful Google Doodles (1998 – 2010)

We’re all familiar with Google Doodles the customized logos that appear on the search engine’s home page to commemorate special dates or events.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

414

0 comments

8 Useful Plugins for Theme Developers

When you are developing theme you need to view it before making it live or if you want to show the demo of the themes you need to have control on your Wordpress and for this there are different plugins available, out of which i have collected only 8 useful plugins.

design, tools, wordpress

439

0 comments

12 Useful Mac Dashboard Widgets for Web Designers and Developers

My little secret playground - mac dashboard. I have been using heaps of widgets, and most of them are pretty handy and useful to accomplish small task and display information.

design, os, tips, tools

15186

3 comments

How to code an HTML Email Newsletter

In this step-by-step tutorial, I’m going to show you exactly how to code an HTML email; be it an HTML Email Signature or HTML Email Newsletter.

css-html, design, template, tips, tutorial

516

0 comments

How to create a sport web layout

In this tutorial, I will walk you through the process of creating a sport web layout.

design, graphic, photoshop

354

0 comments

2010

31

MAY

D-Lists 1st Birthday Celebration!!

D-Lists is 365 days old and it's time to celebrate by saying thank you to everyone who has supported us.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration

249

0 comments

Showcase of inspiring computer workstation

Style of working is directly inclined towards the way you work and the workstation you are embedded with. Be it PC or Mac workstation defines the style of working. Workstation plays a vital role in whatever you do.

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

338

0 comments

jQuery Websites - The international Showcase - Be inspired!

jQuery provides a variety of approaches to making content of Web pages interactive. Whether sliding or fading to navigation or content elements, whether a Lightbox popup offers detailed descriptions, or the incorporation of animation effects for background graphics, jQuery is still a large repertoire in order to inspire them to leave.

design, inspiration, javascript

Webstandard-Team

697

0 comments

Artist of the week – Tim Bower

Tim Bower’s illustrations are simply suggestive. When you look at one of his paintings, you will see the literal meaning of an expression or quote. They are full of substance and nostalgia.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

197

0 comments

April’s Fresh Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials

This roundup includes 16 Photoshop tutorials which deal with creating web layouts, fresh and inspirational resources from design community (April 2010).

design, photoshop, trend, tutorial

416

0 comments

External Tip - 11 Very Useful Photoshop Tutorials You Should See

In this category we want to give you an advice to other great sites, where you can get a lot of very useful information, inspirations and materials. I collected 11 fantastic Photoshop tutorials, which can help you to expand your skills.

design, inspiration, photoshop, tutorial

263

0 comments

2010

30

MAY

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #55

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

360

0 comments

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 21

Here goes another series of web design inspiration collection we publish every week. Stay tuned with the latest trends in web design .

277

0 comments

51 Inspirational Orange Based Websites

What color is vibrant, and makes you feel warm? Orange! In my opinion orange is an eye catching color that grabs your attention. We have gathered some beautiful orange based websites to get your mind juices flowing. All the websites were hand picked and chosen by the quality orange design element.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

390

0 comments

2010

28

MAY

Quick Tip: Photo enhancement in 10 seconds – Photoshop

In this quick tip I will explain how to easily enhance a photo using a very neat trick.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips

419

1 comment

25+ Best Real Estate websites

Real estate these days is in hype, despite of recession and number of crises around the world, it seems like one booming market.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

402

0 comments

2010

27

MAY

50 High Quality Funky and Groovy Fonts for Your Designs

Today we have collected 50 High Quality Funky and Groovy fonts which can be used to make some funny design and on the other hand they can be used in web-designing also

design, freebies, tools

344

0 comments

Simple “Call To Action” Button With css and jQuery

Today we’re going to cre ate an effec tive and awe some call to action but ton with some CSS and jQuery that grab the user’s atten tion and entice him to click.

design, freebies, photoshop, tutorial

511

0 comments

Experiment: Realistic Ipod with CSS3

For today’s post, I got inspired by Ahmed El Gabri and his article CSS3 Gradients Coffee cup. I figured if you could make a coffee cup, you could make just about anything with CSS3! For example, today I created a realistic Ipod just with CSS3 and no images at all.

css-html, design, trend, tutorial

392

0 comments

A Showcase Of 20 Amazing Digital Illustrations

This post presents a showcase of 25 beautiful examples of digital illustration from around the world to amaze and inspire. Digital illustration has been one of the most rapidly evolving art forms of recent years, as technology and software improves .

304

0 comments

April’s Best Resources for CSS3

Here are 28 useful CSS3 coding techniques and tutorials published in april 2010, ready to be implemented in your future web design projects.

css-html, design, trend

309

0 comments

10 Superb Free and Premium Floral Backgrounds

A nice background is difficult to find. To help you save time, we’ve made a selection of 10 awesome backgrounds for you to download and enjoy. Check them out!

design, freebies, graphic, misc

348

0 comments

15 High Quality Free PSD Wordpress Theme

In this article below, you’ll find 15 Free High Quality PSD Wordpress Themes template by which you can also learn, modify to meet your requirements or just for inspiration. Some of free PSD bellow are converted to wordpress themes and available on themeforest.

design, graphic, photoshop, template, wordpress

542

0 comments

40 inspirational architects websites

Here follows a collection of the best architects sites that we’ve found from around the web. Some are particularly impressive visual masterpieces, others have particularly interesting UI designs, and some are simply easy to use.

design, flash, graphic

361

0 comments

Highlight Current Category Menu Item for WordPress Single Post

Here are some quick tips help us to dynamically highlight the category menu item(s) when viewing a single post which belongs to that category(ies).

design, php, tutorial

308

0 comments

CSS Sprite - Optimize loading speed and reduce http-requests of your website

CSS Sprite - The biggest advantage of CSS sprites is the saving of HTTP requests to load the reduction in the overall size of the images and thus shortening the loading time of websites, for instead of many small individual graphics will create a larger graph with individual graphics.

css-html, design, tutorial

Webstandard-Team

325

0 comments

5 Powerful Resources for Web Designers and Developers

I have a list of some powerful resources that recently launched and very beneficial to web designers and developers. This list includes some of my favorite resources like Video JS, Google Font API, & Nivo Slide (jQuery Plugin) etc.

design, freebies

415

0 comments

Designer Showcase – Fontfabric

A showcase of some beautiful fonts from the guys at Fontfabric

design, font, graphic, inspiration

313

0 comments

2010

26

MAY

150+ Free and Premium vector animals

To spare you the effort of hours of searching, I’ve made a selection of some nice free vector animals for you download and enjoy. Here they are.

design, freebies, graphic, misc

448

0 comments

Inspirational Watercolor Typography

Handmade Watercolor Typography Examples | Typography And Design Art | Design Alphabet

design, font, graphic, inspiration

71

0 comments

40+ Fabulous Fairy Tales Inspired House Designs

While living in a house like that, you can forgot about some of casual problems and feel like a fairytale character. In this post, you will find more than 40 very interesting and fabulous house designs that are inspired from fairy tales.

design, inspiration

342

0 comments

Top 7 Design Tips For Ecommerce Sites

When it comes to ecommerce, design is everything. If you have any intention on making profit, you're going to need a site that is designed so as to be appealing and comforting. Here are seven tips to help move your ecommerce website design in the right direction.

383

0 comments

Drawing vector portraits Part 4: The Lips

In the previous posts, I’ve explained how to draw the face, eye and nose. In this tutorial I will explain how to properly draw the lips, obtaining depth and volume.

design, graphic, misc, tutorial

299

0 comments

2010

25

MAY

Photo reconstruction: Venus de Milo

The concept of this tutorial is my response to the overwhelmingly magic power of the new Content Aware Fill tool, which is part of the new Photoshop CS5. You could also call it "Why humans are better than machines", even.

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

438

1 comment

Why I Paid $30 For Something I Already Got For Free: A UX Tale

An article outlining why user experience is important in every aspect of your website. Find out why I chose a newcomer with less features and more cost over a very popular, powerful and free webmaster tool.

design, misc, usability

402

0 comments

45+ Inspirational Typography showcase

The principle behind topography is based on the creation of a complete text by reusing identical characters. Typography to define is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

340

0 comments

How to Create A Simple and Elegant Search Form in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we're going to learn how to create a search form in photoshop, with simple and elegant design. This design will become a mockup for the search form in WordPress. There are six easy steps to complete this tutorial, and shouldn't take you any longer than 15 minutes to complete.

design, photoshop, tutorial

671

0 comments

Innovative Product Design #2

A showcase of some amazingly innovative product design

design, gadget, graphic, inspiration

346

0 comments

25 Jaw Dropping 3D Digital Artwork

Digital artwork can be used to reflect wide range of artistic work by using digital technology. There are some designers who have excelled in digital artwork since 1970. So today I have collected 25 Jaw Dropping 3D Digital Artwork for your inspiration

586

0 comments

30 Fresh And Beautiful 3D Typography Designs

Here we have collected 30 Beautiful 3D Typography Deisgns , I found these design realy inspiring, hope you will be inspired.

design, freebies, inspiration

598

0 comments

Artist of the week – Elena Savitskaya

Elena Savitskaya is a designer from London, UK who specializes the Photoshop lighting effects. Her style is amazing: grayscale images combined with explosions of light...

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

563

0 comments

2010

24

MAY

35 Candy Packaging That Will Tickle Your Sweet Tooth

When it comes to candy, we just can’t get enough. So with Ernestine Ulmer’s saying in mind, I had to go and do a little digging about the best candy packaging I could find.

design, graphic, inspiration

386

0 comments

25 Must Read Photoshop eBooks

Become a photoshop expert by reading some of the most important Photoshop ebooks of all time. Improve your knowledge and creativity.

design, graphic

255

0 comments

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 20

A series of web design inspiration collection we published every week. Stay tuned with the latest trends in web design ...

273

0 comments

Top 25 online t-shirt stores

T-shirt is the best in adding zest to beauty. Now as all that we are talking about is Zest and creativity when it comes to online store, online t-shirt stores comes first as it is high in creativity and there are plenty of designs that can’t be kept hidden.

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

346

1 comment

35 Creative & Inspirational Hip Hop Websites & MySpace Designs

A Showcase of the hip hop design world and find some of the top website and myspace designs on the web. They are creative and inspirational.

design, inspiration

289

0 comments

Stunning Black Wallpapers For You Desktop

Black goes beyond a simple or mixed color; It can be seen as the color of solitude and misery, but it can also express a sense of creativity, power, elegance, strength, nobility, and beauty.

design, graphic, wallpaper

399

0 comments

2010

23

MAY

12 Creative Wooden Social Networking Icons

Today we start our icons series with wooden social networking icons. You will be able to download and use icons of your websites for free, but of course using icons in commercial use is strictly prohibited, for example selling.

design, freebies, graphic, icon

421

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #54

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

274

0 comments

2010

22

MAY

20 Free And Fresh PSD Website Templates

Below are 20 PSD templates to help you through the learning curve or generate some new ideas.

design, freebies, inspiration, photoshop

507

0 comments

How to create an awesome hosting layout

Learn how to create a sleek hosting layout with a 3D navigation bar and a gritty background

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

339

0 comments

Ulap Clean and Simple Free Wordpress Themes

Ulap is the theme used over at the Filipino Design & Creativity Blog: Plus63.net. Ulap is”cloud” in Filipino, it’s a fitting name for a theme that believes content is king. Whites, light greys and blacks are the main swatches of the theme – a take on Cirrus, Cumulus and Nimbus clouds.

cms, design, template, wordpress

417

0 comments

2010

21

MAY

Designer Showcase - Pablo Alfieri

Showcasing the tremendous graphic design skills of Pablo Alfieri

design, graphic, inspiration

426

0 comments

20+ Highly Detailed Black And White Illustration Collection

Here's 20+ black and white drawings/ illustration collection from a number of talented artists. We tried to show how powerful these illustrations can be ...

design, inspiration, photography, photoshop, wallpaper

476

0 comments

Design an animated banner in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to use Photoshop to create an animated leaderboard banner.

design, photoshop, tutorial

456

0 comments

2010

20

MAY

51 photoshop tutorials for creating wallpaper and poster

Here are some splendid techniques where you can create your own wallpaper by learning some distinctive photoshop tricks in these.

design, photoshop, tutorial

webanddesigners

419

0 comments

Infographic Cool Tutorials and Examples

Infographics are very informative and beautiful. After reading lots of them, you can learn important information about everything. They are simple, colorful (not always) and funny. I collect some tutorials to make your own but also some examples to take some ideas!

design, graphic, tutorial, usability

566

0 comments

2010

19

MAY

404 Error: 60+ Creative And Well Designed Pages

When doing my research for 404 error pages, I was surprised to see that three quarters of the websites I visited did not have custom 404 error pages. These pages are designed to tell the end user that he or she is lost or has come across a page that no longer exists and thus guides them back to the homepage of the website that they were viewing.

design, graphic, inspiration

433

0 comments

Design a professional wordpress layout

In this step by step tutorial you will learn how to design a professional Wordpress template

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

443

0 comments

Save The Day with a Coupon

With the economy slowly recovering it’s always a good idea to keep an eye out on those little expenses. I use a lot of paid web services and they quickly add up to a fair amount of my monthly expenses. Luckily I always google around for coupons and discount codes, which I can use for the web services I signed up for.

design, freebies, tips, wordpress

354

1 comment

100+ Must Check Tutorials for Creating a Logo in Photoshop

A great collection of most professional and creative logo designs in Photoshop and how to make them. Learn how to make famous brands logos in Photoshop.

design, logo, photoshop

412

0 comments

Top 34 celebrity websites for inspiration

Despite the fact they are not reachable they are in touch with their loved once through their website. From designers perspective, lots of inspirational aspect can be gained from celebrity websites.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

378

0 comments

Amazing Vector Landscape Illustration Websites

Vector landscapes are very popular trend in web design these days, and in my opinion, when done well, the use of vector graphics and landscapes can create amazing artist images and designs

design, graphic, photoshop, trend

376

0 comments

2010

18

MAY

Showcase: Simplicity in WordPress Blog Design

In web design, Simplicity or minimalist not really mean ugly, bad or poor of creativity. Its can mean clean, neat, light, elegan and professionalism. Here are some sites that use minimalist design, as an inspiration for you.

design, inspiration, trend, wordpress

705

0 comments

free vector flourishes

Download this amazing set of flourishes! Combine them with more of our vectors and obtain brilliant nature themes!

design, freebies, graphic, misc

557

0 comments

Red Website Showcase #2

A showcase of sites using a red colour scheme effectively

design, graphic, inspiration

507

0 comments

35 Creative call to action buttons for inspiration

Web designers always focus from the user perspective. Call to action is that expression in web deign that seek an action from the user. The most demonstrated form of call to action in web interfaces comes in the form of click able buttons that when clicked, perform an action.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

890

0 comments

List Of Creative Web Designer And Graphic Designer Websites

Are you looking for Web Designer or Graphic Designer? Find a list of creative graphic & web designer websites around the globe, for

645

0 comments

8 Extremely Beautiful Flash and Javascript Image Sliders

There are heaps of image sliders out there. This time, my search is not limited to javascript only, but flash too. I know there plenty of flash gallery, but most of them are not free though. I have filtered out simple javascript slider and listed out only the best of the best.

design, flash, javascript, tutorial

13080

5 comments

2010

17

MAY

The History of Web Design Blogs

The current state and especially the future of the design community have recently become a subject for hot debates and conversations. As someone once said, to know your future you must know your past.

289

0 comments

22 Best jQuery Twitter Plugins

Twitter integration into web design is now fun and easy, thanks to the amazing jQuery Twitter plugins. Get tickers, Quoters, Real time tweets and much more with this collection of amazing jQuery twitter plugins.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

725

1 comment

30 free social media icon sets

Social media bookmarking is an easy and effective way to boost popularity and improve your page ranking. So if you are in a hedge to get popular and improve your web ranking you should set yourself seriously into enhancing a few icons to your favorite social media bookmaking sites.

design, freebies, graphic

webanddesigners

428

1 comment

Design Posters, Not Landing Pages

What are posters? Well, in a nutshell, posters are visually pleasing single pages of highly optimized information for quick scanning and understanding. Does that not sound exactly what you are trying to achieve with your landing page?

css-html, design, inspiration

349

0 comments

10 Informative Posters that you should read

Everyday I see lots of informative posters on buildings, streets or internet. They’re good and usually helpful for everyone, so I decided to find some of them for you. Check them and don’t forget to read them!

design, graphic, inspiration, usability

339

0 comments

Nike Inspired Graphic Designs

About a month ago I wrote a post that showcased some really talented artists’ designs and their tribute to the Adidas brand. In today’s post I am featuring some really cool Nike designs. Although Adidas is my preferred brand, I still think that it is important to showcase these beautifully inspired Nike designs which are equally as impressive.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

316

0 comments

40 Elegantly Designed Agency Websites

Studio Agency’s usually express their designing skills with their own design. This task is challenging because it needs to attract new customers, and express their skill while they’re at it. We have looked around and found some wonderful websites, that implement this perfectly.

design, inspiration, template, trend

414

0 comments

2010

16

MAY

Get your designs to pop: Part 5 – Typography

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to the last post of our 5 part miniseries jam packed with easy to follow tips and tricks. In this episode we’ll be covering the basics for: Typography.

design, font, tips, tutorial

407

0 comments

50 Great CSS Awarded Websites and Works Of Designers,Design Agencies and Studios

One of the best CSS showcase site is The CSS Awards Site.The reason is that, they analyse the submitted CSS sites very detailed.They have really professional judges and all the CSS sites are selected daily under a strict system of valoration and every month they decide the ”Site Of The Month”

css-html, design, inspiration

557

0 comments

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 19

You will never get bored from these amazing website showcase we publish every week. You are always welcome to submit any website for our next roundup.

363

0 comments

25 Creative 404 Error Page Designs

A lot of websites don't have a 404 error page, but having a good one is very important. Here are 25 Creative 404 Error Pages to give you some inspiration to get you started.

360

0 comments

Developing an ASP.NET ColorPicker Server Control using jQuery

A tutorial on how to develop a custom jQuery plugin as well as an ASP.NET Server Control that wraps the mentioned plugin. The complete source code is also provided.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

422

0 comments

33 colorful website design for inspiration

Color adds charm enthusiasm and art to anything that one applies. Selection of colors can be a vital decision for designing website. Color matches person's personality. It talks about expression, color makes a horizon high and gives a platform to add on smile and life.

design, graphic, trend

webanddesigners

405

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #53

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

284

0 comments

2010

14

MAY

The Fantastic Art of Alongkorn Sanguansook

Alongkorn Sanguansook is a character designer/animator who loves to create the characters with gradient and shading technique. He was born in Chiangmai. After graduated from Faculty Of Fine Art Chiangmai University, he went to Bangkok.

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

377

0 comments

Comic Book Inspired Artwork: The Joker

In my last post of comic book inspired artwork Batman was the focal point . In this article it is only fitting that I follow it up with Batman’s archenemy, the Joker. The Joker has been Batman’s nemesis since the 1940’s, and has been responsible for many bad fortunes in Batman’s life.

design, graphic, inspiration

411

0 comments

April’s Free Professional PSD Web Templates

Here’s a collection of fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (April 2010).

design, photoshop, template

550

0 comments

70 Beautiful Animal Logo Designs

Running out of ideas sucks, but we are here to help. If you are looking to create an animal based logo, this roundup will help you. We have collected some truly innovative animal logo designs. These were all hand-picked and based on quality to make the cut. Please leave us your thoughts below.

design, inspiration, logo, trend

520

0 comments

35 Best Wordpress based websites

Wordpress these days is creating hype and is almost reshaping the online world. It is winning the heart of the designers as it gives the designer full liberty and flexibility in the layout and design. What else would a designer crave for other than the sense of security and command over the base of any design?

design, inspiration, wordpress

webanddesigners

475

0 comments

2010

13

MAY

Designer Showcase – Simon C Page

A showcase of the geometric graphic designs of Simon C Page

design, graphic, inspiration

363

0 comments

10 Free Marvelous Seamless patterns

We enjoy amazing artwork complemented by a great background, so we’ve made a selection of free marvelous seamless patterns for you to make use of. Enjoy!

design, freebies, graphic, template

376

0 comments

25 Free And High Quality Photoshop Brushes

Today , we attempt to present you a collection of high quality and good photoshop brushes, those we thought would be generally useful in many occasion and definitely worth checking out and bookmark.

design, photoshop

351

0 comments

55+ Photo manipulations of sexy girls

How about adding sexiness in your art? I’ve made a selection of more than fifty photo manipulations of sexy girls that I want to share with you. Here they are.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

480

0 comments

30 creative and beautiful twitter icons

Icons play a vital role in any design and when it comes to twitter icon, it is hard for you to find a funky icon that shall make your web page glow. It is really a risk factor in designing to adapt something that is soulless and boring.

design, freebies, graphic, icon

webanddesigners

434

0 comments

How To Avoid Being Taken Advantage Of By Clients When Freelancing

Freelancers are not like retail store or food service clerks. You do not have to be pushed over and you even have the choice of what projects you will choose to take on.

290

0 comments

55 Captivating Examples of Illustration Art

Some people say that, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This is so true and we want to show you why. We have gathered some awesome art illustrations, that will totally inspire you. This collection contains many different art works, that are all beautiful. Please let us know what you think, by commenting below.

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

354

0 comments

2010

12

MAY

Free vector floral grunges background

Here’s another top notch vector from vectorious.net! Use it in abstract themes, posters, prints, greeting cards, covers and more.

design, freebies, graphic, misc

445

0 comments

Drawing vector portraits Part 3: The Nose

In the previous post, I’ve explained how to properly draw the eye. Further, I will explain how to draw the nose easily from scratch and with not too much strain.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

402

0 comments

75 Scary Examples of Monster Artworks

A showcase of ugly, scary and dangerous monster artworks from around the web.

design, graphic, inspiration

400

0 comments

50 most beautiful navigation menus

Creativity of website is only proven when the visitors can make efficient use of it. A website should be user-friendly, where user can easily understand the navigation and can in a proper way interact with a webpage. Then we can say that the goal and objective of a webpage is proven.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

1107

0 comments

13 Best Web Form Design Tutorials and Resources

All of blogs designed these days have at least one form. Forms are the real workhorses of the Web design. If you’re a web designer then you’ll know that creating a good form is essential if you are to be efficient in your work.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

618

0 comments

28 Free Fantastic Retro Styled Fonts

We have gathered an awesome collection of free fonts. These are retro styled fonts that must be added to your collection. To download the font just click on it and it will take you to the download page. These fonts are completely free for commercial and personal use, and will look great on any type of print media. We would like your feedback, so please comment below.

design, font, freebies, graphic

442

1 comment

12 smashing examples of illustrations and sketches from skineart.com

design, graphic, misc

353

0 comments

5 CSS Methods to Style a Block with Background

Find out the different ways to style up a block with background with CSS and CSS3! This post is great for beginner who want to know most common methods to style up a website.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial

10581

14 comments

Creating a Bubble Coda Style with CSS3

As I have previously mentioned, CSS3 allows for web techniques such as: text shadows, rounded borders, animations, custom web fonts, and much more. CSS3 has a great future in web development and I have being reading and learning as much as I can about it!

css-html, design, trend, tutorial

558

0 comments

2010

11

MAY

A Different Type of Vintage: 40s Movie Inspired Retro

One of the most popular styles of late is the vintage look. So, in today’s tutorial I’m going to show you how to pull off a specific kind of vintage, inspired by the awesome art of 1940s cinema.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

277

0 comments

45+ Free vector buildings for your artwork

At some point, you’ve probably looked for a nice vector of building or a Photoshop brush and you didn’t find a proper one. To come to your aid, we’ve made a collection of over 45 free vectors for you to download and enjoy.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

439

0 comments

FunDay - A free wordpress Theme

FunDay, a free wordpress theme come with a background image to an illustration and bright colors, it can make your hearts to be cheerful :) . FunDay theme packed with 2 customized widget like flickr and twitter streams, perfect for your personal blog theme to aggregate all your online profiles.

cms, design, freebies, template, wordpress

463

0 comments

50+ Conceptual Logos for your Inspiration

Ever since Fedex revealed their logo with the hidden arrow, conceptual logos have become a popular trend in logo design. We've searched the popular logo showcase websites to find this selection of awesome conceptual logos.

478

0 comments

20 Unusual Websites Navigation

But now we are in creative work and these days designers and front end developers try to stand out of crowd and in this process they experiment with the navigation menu.

design, inspiration

643

0 comments

Use Of Hand-Drawing In Web Design

Most of the designer reveal their creativity on paper in the form of sketches. So In this showcase we have collected 35 websites in which hand-drawing elements is used.

design, inspiration

281

0 comments

60 Inspiring Footer Designs

A footer is usually used to display the copyright information, and other links contributing to the website. In my opinion that sounds pretty boring. Why not spice things up a little and make an awesome footer design. With footers the possibilities are endless.

css-html, design, graphic

584

0 comments

40 ecommerce website designs to look through

Internet is in a hedge of crafting a new economic revolution, the popularity of internet has added an extra value to business as people these days are using Internet as a trading medium.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

350

0 comments

What Are The Pillars Of A Blog?

What are the pillars of a blog? In this post we will discuss these pillars which really make your blog a special one & make it so much more amusing and fun for your reader to read.

design, inspiration

207

0 comments

A Showcase Of Illustrative Websites #2

A showcase of the most beautiful illustrative sites around the web at the moment

design, graphic, inspiration

305

0 comments

2010

10

MAY

Everything You Need to Know about CSS3 Color Techniques

CSS3 is revolutionizing Web by introducing a number of totally amazing elements and attributes that push modern web development a little bit forward. Many features are already supported to some extent in latest versions of the modern web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.

css-html, design

376

0 comments

Web Design Inspiration

We love webdesign and showcase some amazing websites every week. We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration.

design, inspiration

471

0 comments

The Dynamic World of Sports Flash Websites

In this article, we are going to show you some examples of cool sport websites designed in Flash. We hope they can bring inspiration to you.

design, inspiration

278

0 comments

Artist of the week – Adam Potter

3D modeling is no child’s pencil play and Adam Potter from Adelaide, Australia shows us that this statement is true. It requires extended knowledge of anatomy, a keen...

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

224

0 comments

30+ Best And Impressive Single Page Website Design for Inspiration

Here is a compilation of 30+ Best and Impressive Single Page Website Design for Inspiration. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

489

0 comments

50 Remarkable Examples of Typography Design

Typography is the art of print. Typography is everywhere, including greeting cards, books, posters, newspapers, magazines, and any other print media. The goals of Typography are simple, it must clearly communicate the message and do so in a visually effective way.

design, font, graphic, inspiration

436

0 comments

25 Login page design for inspiration

We design web page to attract user and make them relate to the site now and then. This can only be done when user find our site friendly and worth visiting. No one in their busy schedule will like to waste their time hanging on to the site and understanding its complexity.

design, graphic, trend

webanddesigners

881

1 comment

40 Free Apple iPad Wallpaper

Since the new Apple iPad is one of Apple’s latest products, many designers and developers are scrambling to create products to sell to the iPad consumer. Rest assured, i am not selling anything here today!. What you will find in this post is a great collection of free iPad wallpapers to pimp out your new iPad.

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

512

0 comments

Case Study: Call to Action in Web Design Usability

Numerous reasons why it’s essential to distil your calls to action down to only the core outcomes you want from your audience

design, graphic, usability

310

0 comments

2010

9

MAY

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #52

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

396

0 comments

5 Nice to Read Ebooks for User Interface Designers

If your are a User Interface Designer and love to read ebooks related to UI Designing then this post going to help you. In this post you'll find 5 free ebooks (PDF) on User Interface Designing. These all books are very interesting to read and very helpful.

design, usability

473

0 comments

Pareto Principle – The 80-20 Rule

We can apply the Pareto Principle in design. 80% of all design work can be produced with only 20% of the Photoshop functionality. We will show you as a real example here ....

299

0 comments

E-Commerce Website Design: 50 Well Designed Apparel Sites

In the last six months I have written eleven posts on web design covering various types and styles of websites. In this post I am going to focus on e-commerce website design. I have scoured the internet for some of the best designed apparel e-commerce websites.

design, graphic, inspiration

489

0 comments

2010

7

MAY

Get your designs to pop: Part 3 – Colors

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to part 3 of our 5 part miniseries jam packed with easy to follow tips and tricks. In this episode we’ll be covering the basics for: Colors.

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

382

0 comments

120+ PSD to HTML Conversion Tutorials

There are lots of PSD to HTML services that they can convert your PSD fast and quality into an HTML page. But why don’t you try to convert it alone? It’s cheaper and you will gain some experience! Below you will find a lot of PSD to HTML Conversion Tutorials, give them a try.

css-html, design, photoshop, tutorial

518

0 comments

100+Free Bad-ass Tribal vectors

Finding good quality tribal vectors is not an easy task. So we’ve made a collection of free bad-ass tribal sets to help you make your designs more aggressive.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration

360

0 comments

2010

6

MAY

Bulletproof of Mind Mapping: Overview, Benefits, Tips and Tools

The process known as mind mapping has proven itself to be a helpful and very useful instrument for both individuals as well as corporations from all areas of the globe. In this article we’ll talk about mind mapping, why you need it, how to produce effective visual mind maps and the tools.

design, tips, tools, usability

484

0 comments

Designer Showcase – Ginger Monkey

A showcase of the beautiful designs from Ginger Monkey

design, graphic, inspiration

331

0 comments

How to display ratings as stars using CSS and a bit of jQuery

A tutorial on how to display rating values as colored stars using CSS, two images. Optional enhancement with a touch of jQuery code.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

527

0 comments

30 Stunning Upcoming Movie Posters

For designers, one of the most interesting elements of the movies are posters. To draw the attention of fans, the movie industry designers must create stunning, surprising posters. In the movie posters you can find solutions for some of the design works, therefore today I want to show you the best upcoming movie posters.

design, graphic, inspiration

395

0 comments

Tutorial: How to create a burning flower

In this tutorial I will explain how to create a burning flower using Adobe Photoshop CS3.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

423

0 comments

40 Free Fantastic Sans Serif Fonts

Boy oh boy do we have a collection for you! We have found some really amazing sans serif fonts that you should definitely add to your collection. These fonts are completely free for commercial and personal use. We hope you like them and find them useful. We would love to hear you thoughts, so please comment below.

design, font, freebies, graphic

567

0 comments

2010

5

MAY

Get your designs to pop: Part 2 – Light & Shadows

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to part 2 of our 5 part miniseries filled with easy to follow tips and tricks to get that lovely design of yours to pop! In this episode: Lights & Shadows.

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

356

0 comments

Optimizing Images for a Faster Website

The way you handle images in your website can have a substantial effect on your site performance. There are several actions you can take

design, tips, tools

517

0 comments

40 eye catching dark website designs

Color adds attraction interest and keenness to any design. Dark is also a color that with great combination can inspire and brighten your thought.

design, graphic, trend

webanddesigners

538

0 comments

45 Delightful Wood Textured Websites

As a growing trend in web design, wood textures really give a natural and organic feel to a website. If you’re planning to create your very own wood textured website, these examples will inspire you. All the websites below use wood as one of their elements. If you know of other awesome websites we missed, feel free to comment below.

design, graphic, trend, wordpress

420

0 comments

35 Amazing And Mindblowing Photo Manipulation

This presentation shows an amazing collection of photo manipulation art related to nature, photography, objects, illustrations, HDR as well as some abstract and fantasy-related concepts.

design, inspiration, photography

333

0 comments

2010

4

MAY

Tute Argentine Graphic Humor

Hello guys, today we venture into Argentine graphic humor once again. Tute is the nickname used by Juan Matías Loiseau,born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 21, 1974, son of the highly recognized Caloi and like his father transformed into one of the bearers of the Argentine graphic humor.

design, inspiration

249

0 comments

60 Free High Quality Stock Photography Sites

Pictures are worth a thousand words. However, for good quality, engaging photographs, they normally come at a very expensive price. While stock sites are making photography more affordable, they are occasionally more expensive for regular use.

design, freebies, graphic

501

0 comments

14 Best Fresh CSS3 Tutorials

CSS3 is one of new elements that take the website design to the next level. CSS3 has been around for awhile but it’s still not supported on some browsers such as Internet Explorer. css3 has the ability to allow you to create rounded borders, drop shadow behind an element or even allow multiple images to be layered on the background and much more.

css-html, design, tutorial

599

0 comments

9 Blog Post Ideas For Business

Coming up with fresh content is not always easy if you are in charge of a blog. And the better the blog becomes, the higher the expectations are from its readers. If you are a regular blogger, it may be challenging to think of new topics and ideas to blog about

269

0 comments

15 Modern Designed Walls for your house

This post wants to fight the blank or one-colored walls. Don't paint your walls only with one color but decorate them with modern ideas. Below, there's a showcase with 15 Modern Designed Walls for your house. Take a look if your house needs a renovation!

design, inspiration, photography

370

0 comments

Orange Website Showcase #2

A showcase of the very best websites using an orange colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

343

0 comments

2010

3

MAY

Drawing vector portraits Part 2: The eyes

In this article I will explain how to properly draw the human eye based on anatomy. We will discuss all details based on this pencil sketches I made.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

375

0 comments

Free vector spring illustration | Vectorious.net

Use this free vector in any of your nature themes spring artwork and watch your designs flourish!

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

329

0 comments

35 cool and unique business card design

Business cards are the most prevailing promotional tool to market your company and yourself. Business card speaks about the business you are in and organization that you belong to.

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

521

0 comments

25 Original Flash Solutions for a Web/Graphic Designer’s Website

A creative and stylish web/graphic designer's website is the main proof of his professionalism. Here are some original flash websites of web/graphic design online studios and freelance designers. Perhaps, some of them will inspire you to some ideas as for your own flash website.

design, flash, inspiration, template

536

1 comment

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration No. 17

We love webdesign and showcase some amazing websites every week. We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration.

design, inspiration

347

2 comments

2010

2

MAY

Get your designs to pop: Part 1 – Textures & Patterns

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to a 5 part article filled with easy tips and tricks to get that lovely design of yours to pop, without compromising quality

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

415

0 comments

101 Weird and Creative Examples of Surreal Artworks

A showcase of the most creative and weird surreal artworks from around the web.

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

496

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #51

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

493

0 comments

45 Mind Blowing Colorful Logo Designs

If you’re a logo designer that is looking to design a colorful rainbow like logo, you came to the right place. When designing a colorful logo, the possibilities are endless. We want to help you out and lead you in the right direction. We have gathered some really outstanding logos to inspire you. Please let us know what you think, by commenting below.

design, font, inspiration, logo

518

0 comments

2010

1

MAY

Best of the Web: April 2010

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the month of April, 2010. There is plenty of great stuff out there such as tutorials, freebies, resources and lots of inspirational pieces. I am confident that your designs will benefit from these hot new finds.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

506

0 comments

2010

30

APR

A Simple But Effective Free Wordpress Theme PSD

Here is another simple but effective Wordpress Theme Design (PSD) from Designbeep.This time i wanna share the Homepage,Single Post Page and Contact Form Page.It is totally free to use this theme(Personal or Commercial)

design, freebies, wordpress

453

1 comment

6 Places to Turn Yourself into an Adobe Fireworks Professional

A handy guide and resource to turn you into a true fireworks champ!

design, graphic, photoshop

305

0 comments

50 Astonishing Abstract iPhone Wallpapers

This is a collection of some outstanding abstract wallpapers. If you’re looking to spice up your iPhone or iPod touch, then this is the post for you. Below we have listed some of the most impressive, beautiful, and outstanding wallpapers. We would love to hear your thoughts, so please comment below. Enough talking, lets get to it.

design, freebies, graphic, wallpaper

362

0 comments

2010

29

APR

20+ Impressive Flash Portfolio Websites

Portfolio sites are critical for designers and photographers that need to showcase their best work and land new clients. I am happy to report that the sites I’ve collected here do neither of the above. So yeah, Flash can suck but in the rights hands it can be an unparalleled user experience which these sites show.

368

0 comments

30 Fresh and Exceptional Flash Portfolio Websites

There is no any single “right” way of creating portfolios, as it’s something personal that expresses your personality. This showcase of fresh inspiring Flash based portfolios will definitely help you end up with a successful idea for your own portfolio.

design, flash, graphic, inspiration

436

0 comments

25 Premium Admin Template on Themeforest

The front end design and admin user interface both is the important element to make our client satisfied and impressive. Custom made admin user interface will take a time and usually cost you a fortune. How about buy hight quality admin template with lower price?. Today I will share with you 25 premium admin template from temeforest that you can use on your next project.

cms, css-html, design, template, trend

623

0 comments

57 Exquisite Examples of Angel Artworks

A showcase of exquisite angel artworks from around the web.

design, graphic, inspiration

300

0 comments

2010

28

APR

In-Depth Tips For Creating Original Designs

Whether designing for a client or simply just for artistic purposes, it is always important to maintain originality in your design. Why? Because originality means that you as an artist stand out as an individual. This means you are offering a distinct service that others are not providing, therefore putting you a step ahead of the competition in the eyes of potential clients.

design, graphic, misc

392

0 comments

5 Principles for Effective Web Design

A website forms the face of a company, product or service. Therefore, it is of great importance to make the website communicate clearly with its users. Web designers always need to keep in mind about the needs of the users. This leads one to the kind of web design required for the subject.

design, graphic, tips, trend

625

1 comment

Tutorial: Retro vector illustration in 15 Steps

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a retro vector illustration using stock vectors and simple distortion techniques.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

409

0 comments

Ultimate Collection of HTML5 and CSS3 Resources

Ultimate collection of HTML5 and CSS3 resources. HTML5 and CSS3 are still under development but you must experiment all new features included in these technologies.

css-html, design

543

0 comments

23 Free Online Tools To Help Stay In Touch With Customers

Here is a list of some of the best free online tools to help improve communication with patrons.

375

0 comments

Part 1: How to Turn a Design Image Into a Working Web Page

Do you sometimes struggle taking a design image and turning it into a working web page? Does your development start out well, but then you can't seem to get one part of the design working?

css-html, design, photoshop, tutorial

294

0 comments

Sweet Designs of Birthday Cake

When you are creative you have to show your skills in every field. Designing a birthday cake is not much different just medium is different.

design, graphic, inspiration

312

0 comments

2010

27

APR

35 creative and funny print advertisement for your refreshment

Advertisement isn't a science, neither its history that can be mugged up, its an Art of persuading people. Its about making them realizing that there are missing on some WOW product or services that they should grab at any cost .

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

311

0 comments

Flash Design Showcase #9

A showcase of my favourite flash designs in the last few weeks

design, graphic, inspiration

275

0 comments

170+ Great Photoshop Brushes for Light Effects

Do you like the light effects on several photos? Do you want to add some light effects on your photos too, just with some clicks? Below, you will see a collection of sets with 170+ Great Photoshop Brushes for light Effects. Enjoy!

design, graphic, photoshop

337

0 comments

9 Photoshop Editing Tips Web Developers Should Know

There are quite a few reasons why having basic Photoshop skills beyond slicing PSD’s to XHTML/CSS is essential to any web developer. I have discussed some of those reasons

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

325

0 comments

35+ Fruits Photo-Manipulations

I was recently browsing for fruits pictures to play around with in Photoshop and I’ve stumbled upon some really creative photo manipulations. Here they are.

design, graphic, inspiration

304

0 comments

The Right Way to Browse a Web Design Gallery

Where do you turn for inspiration for your next website design? If you’re like many, you probably head straight for a design gallery. Read these tips and techniques on the right way to browse a design gallery and I’m sure you’ll find your browsing experience to be more valuable and pleasant.

design, inspiration

300

0 comments

Batman Inspired Artwork

As you probably already know from the last couple of comic book inspired artwork posts, Batman is one of my favorite superheroes. One of my childhood memories was coming home after school and patiently waiting until Batman staring Adam West aired on TV.

design, graphic, inspiration

242

0 comments

20 Incredible Tumblr Themes

Tumblr is growing in popularity, and as it does so too does the number of designers creating and sharing cool new themes. This post brings 20 examples of the best themes available, perfect examples of the class and style ...

463

0 comments

10 Image Galleries jQuery Script with Thumbnail Filmstrip

There are heaps of image galleries out there but don't know which one is the best? I have searched through the Internet and I found these image galleries that come with a filmstrip (thumbnails). Most of the are pretty easy to implement, and if you want to create a custom jQuery script, no problems at all because some of them are presented in tutorials.

design, javascript, tutorial

13621

3 comments

2010

26

APR

CSS Sprites – What, Why, How and When?

CSS sprites are a technique where a single large image is used to display multiple images or icons. How is this possible? As you may know,

css-html, design, tools, tutorial

358

0 comments

30+ Brilliant Typography Inspirations Featuring The Word 'Summer'

30+ brilliant typography designs showcasing the word 'Summer'. Some are posters for Summer programs, some paper cutouts but the major part consists of really cool digital artworks. Hope you too will enjoy this 'Summer Collection' and feel a bit chilled out from the scorching heat!!

design, graphic, inspiration

374

0 comments

40 Websites to Sell Designs and Photos Online

In this article I summarize the best 40 websites where you can sell the photos, logos, themes and others design works online. You can compare what charges each of Website will pay you, compare all the rules and choose the most suitable service for you.

331

0 comments

Flash Sites with a Retro Feel

Check out 40 Flash sites that come with retro graphics, retro textures and fonts. More than likely you'll enjoy the effect produced by mixing Flash animations and retro styling.

490

0 comments

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration – #16

A series of web design inspiration collection published every week.We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration.If you have any website you would like to submit for our next week roundup,use the Contact page or comments section below. We respect all website recommendations and list them only after review.

design, inspiration

484

0 comments

Artist of the week – Grant Hood

Grant Hood is an artist who likes to paint any motorcycle tanks, fenders and fairings, leather garments, crash helmets and anything else that has wheels and engine. If you have a dull bike..

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

285

0 comments

61 Incredible Logo Designs #3

Here’s yet another roundup of amazing logo designs. This is a series that we do frequently, so make sure to check out the past logo articles. For this collection we found some really creative logos, they’re all unique and eye catching.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

435

0 comments

Everything Adidas!

If you are anything like me, you really love your Adidas apparel. I have found that over the last few years the Adidas brand has really taken off with their three divisions of clothing; Performance, Original and Style. Although my favorite is the Original line, I found that everything Adidas makes is great.

design, graphic, inspiration

271

0 comments

2010

25

APR

10 Amazing Google Chrome Extensions for Designers

Google Chrome is an Internet browser developed by Google in 2008 which combines a minimal design to make the web faster, safer and easier.Google announced the availability of extensions for Chrome on May 12 2009. Many people love Google Chrome, especially advanced users because of its amazing extensions.

browser, design, tools, usability

523

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #50

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

312

0 comments

20 color tools for web designers

Color adds charm to any design, if you choose an individual color it’s not a big deal, the complexity arises in matching other color with the core color.

webanddesigners

477

0 comments

Create Blood and Milk Typography Poster in Photoshop

With this technique you can create interesting flayer for dace club or you can use in advertisements. To create this typography poster we will use some paint splashes, custom fonts and few stocks from Desiantart and of course your knowledge.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

379

0 comments

2010

24

APR

Touch The Future: Create An Elegant Website With HMTL 5 And CSS3

I’m sure that who chooses to work as web designer makes a choice of heart, a choice of love. He decides to bet any given day on his creativity and his ability of producing an idea and of making it tangible, visible and perceptible for all.

css-html, design, template, tutorial

754

0 comments

2010

23

APR

Showcase of 30 Corporate Website Designs

Design is all about the collage of creative unite brought together to create a WOW effect. But when it comes about corporate site the design calls in a bit of professionalism with simplicity, readability, presentation and accessibility in designs.

design, inspiration, trend

webanddesigners

641

0 comments

20 Website Designs with a Desktop Motif

Desktop designs incorporate coffee mugs, post-it notes, and iphones among other common workplace items. Enjoy browsing these 20 desktop-inspired website designs.

design, inspiration

526

0 comments

March’s Free Professional PSD Web Templates

Here’s a collection of fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (March 2010).

design, photoshop, template, trend

516

0 comments

2010

22

APR

Designer Showcase – Martijn van Dam

A showcase of the wonderful work by the graphic designer Martijn van Dam

design, graphic, inspiration

440

0 comments

How to Create a Funky Vintage Badges

This tutorial, will show you how to create a stylish vintage badges using Photoshop.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

473

0 comments

Shadow Motion Effect in 5 Lines Of jQuery

Get done with shadow motion affect in jQuery with 5 line codes. This effect can use with any animation. You can use it via everyTime or setInterval method.

ajax, css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

851

1 comment

Drawing vector portraits Part 1: The facial structure

In this tutorial I will explain the basics for portrait drawing. These guidelines are a must to know and will help you a lot in your future portrait drawings.

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

416

1 comment

100 Wonderfully Designed iPhone App Websites

The App Store is growing daily, that means if you’re a developer your competition is heavily increasing. Your app needs to be greatly designed, have a website, and should be heavily promoted. Take for example TapTapTap, they have a webpage for each of their apps, and they promote apps by giving away prizes.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

501

0 comments

Top 5 Autoblogging Wordpress Plugins

Autoblogging Wordpress Plugins can make a blogger life easy. These autoblogging plugins post articles based on the keyword and niche the blogger configures

css-html, design, tips, tools, wordpress

421

0 comments

Using Negative Space Effectively In Logos

Negative space is the space around and between the solid colored graphics (subject) of any image. Also known as whitespace, negative space is often used in logo design to form interesting or relevant shapes/letters reflective of the nature of business.

design, graphic, logo

480

0 comments

2010

21

APR

30 Eye Catchy Cartoon Fonts

I am sure you agree cartoons fonts are just too specific to be used on daily basis. But when creating a memorable logo, good cartoon fonts could help a lot. If you like cartoon style, you'll enjoy these 30 beautiful free fonts below I put together.

design, font, freebies

4838

4 comments

Play More With jQuery Games

The well know jQuery is not restricted to just animated user interfaces and amazing widgets. There is more to the “write less do more jquery”! See the cutest side of jQuery with this digest of eye catching and attractive jQuery games. Play more with this 20+ collection of jQuery games.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

723

0 comments

Interview with digital artist Jurryt Visser

Jurryt Visser is a 21 years old artist from Netherlands who values originality and individuality. He has found a way to harmoniously blend vectors with pictures, obtaining unique...

design, graphic, inspiration

234

0 comments

Design Research: Breathing Life into Your Projects

Prior to embarking on any design project, whether the end product is a website, a graphic or visual artwork, a lifestyle item or gadget, the most important and first step any designer should take is to do ample research.

design, graphic, tools, usability

289

0 comments

35 icon design tutorials in Photoshop and Illustrator

Icon is a work of art that adds beauty to a website. We all know the importance of artistic design in a web page. Icon is another essential aspect of any design as icon plays an important role in making the website user-friendly and striking.

design, graphic, icon, tutorial

webanddesigners

499

0 comments

Top 21 Helpful Color Tools for Designers

If you are a designer that is stumped on color variations for your project, you’re in luck. Choosing colors for your project can be a hard task. You have an idea in your head but you can only pick one. For this type of situation you should play around with different color variations.

design, freebies, tools, usability

375

0 comments

2010

20

APR

The definitive guide to formatting CSS

Learn how to format your CSS stylesheets for both maintainability and legibility. Make your CSS fit your project, not your personal preference.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial

492

0 comments

Professional Opinions – Gavin Strange

I asked Gavin Strange (aka Jam Factory) what his favourite web designs were and I thought I'd showcase them for you

design, graphic, inspiration

229

0 comments

20 Awesome and Very Creative Online Portfolio Designs for Inspiration

In this post I'm sharing some very creative online portfolio to boost your creativity. This list includes some well known portfolio like Oliver James Gosling, Jord, Martin Balhar, Yodabaz, Adhemas Batista, Dab Tobolic, Cobus Bester etc.

145

0 comments

70+ Inspirational Logo Designs

I find viewing other artists and designers logos is a great way to get inspired for you next project. If you want to get those creative juices flowing, you should check out this post. I have assembled a beautiful collection of fresh logo designs that will definitely help stimulate your creative juices for your next design. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

509

0 comments

9 Must See Character Design Tutorials

Character Designs is one of the most effective ways for promoting your projects and also for inspiration. Creating character designs is really very interesting to do it beside design logos and layouts. In this post, we’ll showcase some interesting Character Design Tutorials.

design, graphic, tutorial

394

0 comments

40 Beautiful Rainbow Based Website Designs

Rainbow websites have been very popular lately. For this reason I have gathered some nifty rainbow based websites. The title says they’re rainbow based, what I mean by this is that they contain the rainbow as a common element. This element, will give the website a colorful eye appealing look.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

474

0 comments

30+ Amazing And Mindblowing 3D Portrait Art Works

In this article, we will showcase an amazing list of 3D portraits that we have collected for you the most popular CG artists Community from around the globe

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

299

0 comments

Create a light effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to combine some textures, vectors and Photoshop techniques to create a colorful wallpaper

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial, wallpaper

359

0 comments

Free wordpress gallery themes for web savvy people

With the versatility of word press as it can function as a blog, e-commerce site, or photo gallery. Despite the great space that wordpress provides for photographer, and it is out of this world when content management comes to play, finding a quality free theme for a Wordpress photography site is a bit more complicated.

design, freebies, wordpress

webanddesigners

512

0 comments

15+ Signature Tutorials from deviantArt

Signatures are used everywhere in the web. You can find lots of them on forums or blogs, but not everyone has the skills to make one alone. Below, there’s a collection of 15 and more signature tutorials from deviantArt to make your favourite signature as you want, alone!

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

608

0 comments

12 Ways To Market Your Brand Better

In this article, Geoffrey explains different ways to market your brand so much better. Very informative read for everyone, especially serious designers and business owners...

311

0 comments

10 usability related websites waiting for your guest post

A great list of websites, interested in contributions from other people, all writing about user-centered design.

design, inspiration, usability

289

0 comments

A Million Track Mind: Learning How To Tame Your Creativity

We’re going to look at a few different ways we can tame our over-active minds and find ways to get more done with our creativity.

264

0 comments

2010

19

APR

Bubbly jQuery Plugins

Bubbles are one of the most interactive user interface elements. Create animated pop up bubbles, dialogs and bubble tips in jQuery with these wonderful collection of jQuery Bubble plugins. Leave a bubbly impression on users with these set of bubbly jQuery plugins.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

697

0 comments

elFinder – Open Source File Manager for Web

elFinder is an open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery UI. As you can see its creation is inspired by simplicity and convenience of Finder program used in Mac OS X operating system.

css-html, design, javascript

559

0 comments

Single Page Websites With Creative Javascript Effects

So, you must be thinking, how to create a website with good user experience with just CSS, HTML and Javascript? Check out these websites, they are using jQuery, and really captivating! I have gained a lot of inspirations through this findings and I believe you will love it too :)

css-html, design, inspiration, javascript

18294

10 comments

51 Exciting Email Newsletter Designs

Newsletters are very important to your brand or business. A newsletter informs your reader about whats going on. It is extremely important to have an appealing design, on top of that you should have news that will interest the customer. As you might know newsletters are a great marketing strategy to keep your subscribers coming back.

css-html, design, graphic, inspiration

475

1 comment

Artist of the week – Eugene Fokin – Maya, behind the scenes

Eugene Fokin is a freelance artist from St. Petersburg, Russia. He creates 3d art from pieces of digital mud like awesome portraits, character concepts and human body sculptures. Here are some...

257

1 comment

Interview: Web Developer Dan Cannon from Nicasio Design

In our article, We are Calling all Web Designers and Developers: We Want to Know the REAL You, I requested designers and developers to nominate colleagues in the field for an informal interview conducted by myself.

design, graphic, misc

223

0 comments

2010

18

APR

jCoverFlip – Customizable jQuery Feature Content Plugin

jCoverFlip is jQuery plugin that allow us to showcase both images and content associated with an item. This plugin has been developed to enable fast and granular customization of the look and feel and feature set. jCoverFlip support for Drag or click functionality to showcase featured content items on demand by the user.

css-html, design, javascript

826

1 comment

A tribute to Photoshop using just CSS3 (no images)

Since Adobe has just released the new CS5 package, I found it fitting to show my respect to the most awesome franchise in the design world with a bit of a CSS experiment: recreating the Adobe and Photoshop logos (CS3, 4 and 5) without images.

browser, css-html, design, photoshop

359

0 comments

Portfolio websites using illustration

Portfolio is a platform where sites showcases designers skill, innovation and creativity the skills of the designer.

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

358

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #49

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

325

0 comments

Freelance Omen! 9 Ways Not To Get Hired

There are many things an employer will look for when interviewing for a new employee, and most people know these, but what no-one talks about is the things you shouldn’t do. So here I have compiled a list of ways to not get yourself hired and why. Some of these also apply to what you add into your work.

305

0 comments

2010

17

APR

How To Develop A Homepage Layout That Sells

Every website on the face of the planet has a homepage, and that every homepage uses the same basic layout. Here we will discuss how to develop a homepage layout that sells.

css-html, design, inspiration, trend

585

0 comments

12 Tips To Increase Subscribers To Your Blog

In this article, we will discuss some techniques blogger can use to increase the number of subscribers multiple times to their blogs.

design, tips, tutorial

437

0 comments

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration – #15

We know you guys love Web Design and need some Inspiration time-to-time go keep the creativity flowing. Here's 15th series of Smashing Web Design Inspiration.

css-html, design

505

1 comment

Educate your clients about their budget

A technique to use when discussing budgets and requirements with clients

310

0 comments

2010

16

APR

40 Illustrator Tutorials created in 2010

We have posted variety of List tutorials on various category like Icon Tutorials, Photo Retouching, Retro, Grunge etc. Since last two months there are plenty of well written Illustrator tutorials has been posted on various blogs so we selected some of our personal favourite tutorials. Check out this awesome Illustrator tutorials that has been created in 2010.

design, graphic, tutorial

632

1 comment

40+ Beautiful Arabic Typography And Calligraphy

Today, I want to share with you a different styles of inspiring Arabic calligraphy and Arabic Typography that I hope you like and hear your comments about it.

design, graphic, inspiration

343

0 comments

A-Z of Photoshop Tutorials to Create Realistic Gadget Design

Since the appearance of electronic devices, we have seen our lives change dramatically. Due to the huge commercial success gadgets became most popular objects in graphic design.

design, tutorial

1433

0 comments

Improve Your CSS Skills With Pure CSS UI Components

More and more developers are now playing with idea of pushing CSS to do things, normally done with the help of JavaScript. This roundup provides a categorized list of pure CSS UI components that you may find useful in your own quest to push CSS beyond its ordinary use.

css-html, design

539

0 comments

20 Free Grunge Fonts You Just Must Have

Each day we see more grunge fonts out there and I am quite grateful for that! From my point of view grunge fonts are one of the coolest fonts out there. I put together 20 awesome grunge fonts you’ll love. All of them are free! Enjoy!

525

0 comments

25 Online Stores Built with Flash

See how Flash adds to web design and how great online stores are when built with Flash. Each online store looks unique and captivating.

314

0 comments

30 Useful Photo Editing Softwares

Today, for your assessment, I give you a list of 30 in my opinion the best photo editing softwares. This list will allow you to compare all programs parameters: softwares features as well as price and choose the most appropriate program for your work or hobby.

design, graphic

482

1 comment

2010

15

APR

Comic Book Inspired Artwork: Wonder Women

With the Wonder Women movie coming in 2011, there has been much speculation over who will play the part of the attractive superhero. Lots of people are saying it could potentially be Megan Fox while Lucy Lawless has expressed interest in the role as well.

design, graphic, inspiration

439

1 comment

Designer Showcase - Bram Vanhaeren

A showcase of the wonderful work by the mixed-media digital artist Bram Vanhaeren

design, graphic, inspiration

330

1 comment

15 examples of big fonts used in web design

A design loses its meaning if it is not properly typo graphed. Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design and modifying type glyphs.

design, font, graphic

webanddesigners

522

1 comment

30 Breathtaking Examples Of Drops Photography

Here we’ve collected a total of 30 breathtaking drops shots taken by photographers all over the world. Enjoy.

design, inspiration, photography

391

1 comment

Free PSD : Checkbox Replacement

From the previous post, I was explained how to stylize our own checkboxes by replacing the default checkbox with image. The technique is very simple, we just need to prepare the image for replace the checkbox, set the CSS and let jQuery replace them, if you missed that one you can read the tutorial here.

design, freebies, graphic

749

1 comment

41 Creative Examples of Twitter Based Logos

There is a huge rise in Twitter based startups these days. Why do entrepreneurs want to target Twitter? Simple, Twitter will only keep growing in the future. Why not take advantage of the low failure rate, and start a Twitter based business.

design, graphic, logo, trend

510

1 comment

Does Your Blog Have Fixed or Fluid Layout?

One of the questions often asked before slicing PSD to HTML and CSS, is whether the website should have a fixed or fluid Layout. Most websites have fixed width, therefore

css-html, design, tools, usability

453

1 comment

2010

14

APR

Why choose Wordpress as an E-Commerce platform

There are lots of great reasons to build an e-commerce website on WordPress. In past, to build an e-commerce site required a vast amount of time, technical knowledge, and money.

design, wordpress

541

0 comments

60+ Hot New Tutorials From Around The Web

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of March.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

482

0 comments

Where to Submit Your Web Design and Development News

Quickly drive traffic to your website by submitting your content to websites featuring user submitted community news. Featured in this article are over 110 websites supporting community news.

design, seo, tips, tools, trend

letscounthedays

509

1 comment

25+ Stunning Websites Using HTML5

Now, HTML5 is the new web standard. HTML5 defines many elements and attributes that can be seen under the hood. Apple is continuously exaggerating the statement that flash will be soon replaced by HTML5.

670

0 comments

2010

13

APR

Yellow Website Showcase #2

A showcase of the very best websites using a yellow colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

421

0 comments

20 Tutorials to effectively blend HTML with jQuery

HTML is an amazing scripting language. Blending HTML with jQuery lets one make the most out of HTML. Extend the limitations of HTML by blending it with jQuery. So here is a collection of amazing tutorials and plugins to blend HTML and jQuery.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

779

0 comments

Tutorial: Illusion of transparency – Vector rays

In this tutorial we will create cool rays with gradients without using ANY transparency settings, ideal for .eps files, which do not have a support for gradient-on-gradient transparency.

design, graphic, tutorial

337

0 comments

Use iecollection to Test Your Site in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

Making your website compatible for different versions of Internet Explorer should still be top priority. Browser usage trends are constantly changing, and Google Chrome usage

browser, css-html, design, tutorial

915

1 comment

Giveaway: 500 Business Cards from Makemecards.com

In this giveaway, one lucky winner will receive 500 full color offset printed UV Coated business cards from Makemecards.com. The winning prize is valued at $90.

design, freebies

285

0 comments

Tips to work from home with the perfect motivating environment

If the layout of your workspace is not in your control and you are looking to have the liberty to create your own schedule then you are in a hedge to follow and move towards your own workplace with the exact kind of ambiance you desire.

design, tutorial

webanddesigners

261

0 comments

Wordpress Design Flaw – Reason for the Hacking of Blogs

In the past few days, so many hacking cases of wordpress blogs have been reported. Referred to the Wordpress News, the hack seems to affect Wordpress 2.9.2, the latest version of the blogging platform.

design, wordpress

270

0 comments

8 Ways to Increase the Readibility and Beautify your HTML Code

Learn how to tidy up your html code with these methods. These are the methods I have been using, and it will able to guide us to produce code that are easy to read and neat.

css-html, design, tips

8527

8 comments

100 Refreshing Black & White Business Cards

This is a massive collection of amazing black and white bnusiness cards. These examples prove that the most basic colors can create amazing pieces of artwork. Most of these are white and black, but accasionally you will see a third color. If you are thinking of designing a black based business card then this article is the jackpot. Please let us know what you think by commenting below.

design, font, inspiration

516

0 comments

Adobe CS5 Launched: An Extensive Overview of New and Nifty Features

Along with thousands of others worldwide, I joined the global CS5 launch and watched the brief 62-minute presentation on all the amazing leaps Adobe has made in the new suite.

design, graphic, photoshop

388

0 comments

13 Ways To Improve Client Interaction

The way freelancer handles client interaction is very important. A good relationship with clients can make sure you have tons of projects while bad client interaction can only brings failure.

375

0 comments

2010

12

APR

The Most Fascinating Flash Websites You’ve ever Seen

10 most fascinating unusual and outstanding examples of Flash based websites you’ve ever seen!

design, flash, graphic

487

0 comments

7 Useful CSS3 Code Generators

To write CSS manually is not tough, if you know the properties you can easily write CSS. But what if you are too lazy to write your own code then there are lots of CSS code generators available on net.

css-html, design, tools

426

0 comments

Adobe CS 5 released – Are you upgrading?

Today, April 12th, Adobe launches the new Creative Suite! The product revamps PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, DreamWeaver and Flashand it comes with a new feature: Omniture, a tool to track the

design, flash, graphic, photoshop

384

0 comments

17 websites using beautiful big backgrounds

When images are big they create an impression of being live and aloud, which add an extra effect to design giving it a stunning feel adding value to design compared to customary tiled background graphic.

design, graphic, template

webanddesigners

488

0 comments

Best of Web #22: Inspiration, Tutorials, Freebies

Continueing a fresh weekly portion of the best graphic resources, inspiration and tutorials from around the web.

design, freebies, inspiration, tutorial

368

0 comments

Artist of the week – Adrianna Zurek

Aggressive, sensual, dynamic, freedom, urban. These are the words that emphasize her art. She really is a living example that art also requires heart, soul and dedication, not just computer effects.

design, graphic

303

0 comments

30 Awesome Examples Of Metal Artwork

Manipulation with the metals are very sensitive, especially when trying to make something real.Here we have collected 30 truly excellent examples of Metal Artwork.

design, inspiration, photography

363

0 comments

35+ Cool & Creative Examples of One Page Websites

Designers took out full advantage out of this. When they can enable users to view their portfolio without making them to move to another page. I think this works amazingly.

384

0 comments

2010

11

APR

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #48

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

435

0 comments

Pure CSS Vignette

Our latest posts have mostly been about design, so today we’re going full on code monkey with a cool CSS3 technique: Vignettes! The technique involves a few divs, a bit of simple CSS, and a whole lot of fun.

browser, css-html, design, tutorial

882

0 comments

Broken Glass Photoshop Photo Effect

This is a tutorial that will help you achieve a dynamic glass shatter effect. In this tutorial we will use some broken glass brushes and also on of my own glass texture. With this photoshop photo effect, you can make your photo look like it was ripped or broken into pieces.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

710

0 comments

50 Unique Examples of Single Page Portfolios

Portfolios often show off your personality, skill abilities, and the work you have done. To impress the customer you need to have an awesome portfolio and show off your creativity. We made a roundup of ideal portfolio websites.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

573

0 comments

2010

10

APR

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration – #14

Series of web design inspiration collection published every week. We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration

css-html, design, flash, inspiration

782

1 comment

Mobile Interface Development: Ultimate GUI Toolbox for Android, iPhone, iPad, Palm Pre

User interface development is an important part of the mobile application development. At the same time getting started with it you can spend hours just looking for the right tools.

css-html, design, tools

706

0 comments

Saturday Swirl 12: Tasty Snacks From the Design Community

Articles, resources, tutorials and inspiration from around the web. Kick off your weekend with some tasty snacks.

321

0 comments

List of Really Useful Tools For CSS3 Developers

This roundup covers CSS3 generators, cheat sheets, reference guides and JavaScript based solutions that will assist you in learning and applying CSS3 today.

css-html, design, tips, tools

451

0 comments

60 Free Twitter backgrounds to Download and Customize

If you dislike the default twitter backgrounds and you want something different, this post is for you! Search, download, customize and use every twitter background you like from this post. They’re 60 and free!

design, freebies, graphic, wallpaper

682

1 comment

2010

9

APR

6 Essential Attributes of a Great Web Site

There is no single feature that makes a good web site. It is always a number of attributes combined together which would constitute a great web design.

542

0 comments

35 Human Face Inspired Logo Designs

Like I always say, your source of inspiration plays a critical role in any successful design project. The following list is concentrated on the Human Face shape and style. Few designs are really great logos, other suffer on typo or are more close to illustration / mascot design.

design, graphic, logo

883

2 comments

Interview: Curtis McHale

Today’s interview is with Curtis McHale, web designer/developer. Read more about him.

design, wordpress

355

0 comments

40 Great Examples of Facebook Fan Page Designs

Facebook is the second most visited site in the world. Just from that sentence alone you should be hopping on and creating a Fanpage for your business. But before you do that, you need to get some good old inspiration. Now whatever your business is, Facebook Fanpages are not all the same. Unlike Twitter, Facebook has more usable features than just status updates.

design, graphic, tips, trend

1008

0 comments

2010

8

APR

Designer Showcase – The Beast Is Back

A showcase of work from the illustrator The Beast Is Back

design, graphic, inspiration

290

0 comments

Quick Tip: Cool asymmetric rays in Illustrator

I’ve put together a quick tip of how to create cool rays that have an aspect of randomness, but still maintaining that clean look. For this, you don’t really need a graphic tablet...

design, graphic

410

0 comments

20 Beautiful cartoon wallpapers to add some joy to your PC

Today I would like to share with you some free cartoon wallpapers that will help turn your PC into a real fun and joy. These cartoon wallpapers vary from different styles and colors. Lets share the fun.

design, wallpaper

742

2 comments

Discovering the Totoro Forest Project

The Totoro Forest Project started quite some time ago and it was to achieve the salvation and promote the conservation of Sayama Hills, a forest near Tokyo that inspired Miyazaki for his film "Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)."

design, inspiration, misc

336

0 comments

25 Fine Crafted E-Commerce Website Designs

These 25 e-commerce websites showcase some design masterpieces that are not only beautiful, but accessible and useful. Enjoy these unique and custom e-commerce shops. No cookie-cutter designs here.

461

0 comments

Amazing Websites Designed for Kids for your Inspiration

Most websites, and their content (design, font, images, color, style, etc) are focused at a particular type of person, and these persons are collectively called your target audience. The target audience is made up of the people you want to visit your site, and who the intend the content to be directed to.

design, graphic, photoshop, trend

579

2 comments

2010

7

APR

40 Excellent jQuery Plugins To Work With Data Presentation and Grid Layout

The roundup of 40 excellent jQuery plugins to work with data presentation and grid layout

ajax, design, freebies, inspiration, javascript

897

0 comments

30+ Wonderful Twitter Birds

The bird of twitter is very popular and used as alternate way to represent twitter. In this collection you will find some wonderful twitter birds. Enjoy!

design, freebies, graphic, icon

334

0 comments

Picbox – Lightweight Javascript Image Viewer

Picbox is a lightweight (around 5KB) javascript image viewer based on the Slimbox by Christophe Beyls, and available using either the Mootools or jQuery frameworks. It features automatic resizing and zooming of large images, allowing them to fit in the browser or be viewed at full size.

css-html, design, javascript

598

0 comments

Why Caring for Users is More Important Than Caring for Search Engines

Would you buy from your own store? This is a very important question one should ask oneself when one is running a store of any kind. This article talks about user experience and how important it is for building trust in your customers and not just Google.<br>

design, seo, tips, usability

298

0 comments

Should Web Design be Timeless or Trendy?

It’s often easy to fall into the latest trends when trying to be relevant. This post looks at the balance a web designer should choose when faced with the decision to go timeless or trendy.

258

0 comments

Organize Your WordPress Sidebar Smartly

WordPress widgets administration screen, is simple and easy to use with a sexy ajax drag and drop interface. However, in many cases the widget screen is not enough to customize your sidebar like you really want to.

design, php, tutorial, wordpress

519

0 comments

30+ Attractive Dark Websites

Choosing the color of website is the one of the most important part of web designing. Some prefer to have light backgrounds while some like dark websites. Dark websites can really look amazing provided it has been designed very properly and systematically.

501

0 comments

2010

6

APR

One Page Websites

A showcase of the latest and greatest in one page website design

design, graphic, inspiration

566

0 comments

2010

5

APR

Blogazines – Trendy, Interesting and Amazing

This trend is followed when you want to create something exceptionally amazing that would truly help to differentiate your blog from others and which will push the blog to stand out from the rest usual sites!!!!

352

0 comments

40+ Beautiful Cleaver Typographic Logos

There are two types of logos: logomarks are symbol-based logos, and logotypes of logos that are made up of artist typography. The latter has become increasing more popular with the explosion of the functional, clever, and simple graphic design.

design, font, graphic, inspiration, logo

552

0 comments

Extraordinary Digital Artworks of Kagaya + Wallpapers

I always like Kagaya's works because of his unique style of art. I used to use some of his works as my desktop wallpaper. I always wonder if I can make digital arts like him.

design, graphic, wallpaper

332

0 comments

Hidden Beauty: 45 Splendid Examples of Reflection Photography

Reflection photography is a truly endless exploration of the hidden natural beauty: water (including water droplets), glass / mirror and any other reflective surfaces (even our eyes).

design, photography

387

0 comments

Peeping into 88 Designer’s Workstations in the Design Community

We have seen lots of beautiful websites, created by many talented web designers from around the world. And I bet many of us are curious to know how their workstations look like or what kind of computers they use.

design, inspiration, photography, trend

308

0 comments

20 Wonderful PSD’s from 365psd.com

On 365psd.com there are hundreds of .psd’s ready to be downloaded. Please, have a look around and see if there is any design that you can give a second chance; a new purpose. Believe me, it feels great!

design, freebies, graphic, icon, photoshop

436

0 comments

Huge Collection of High Quality Social Media Icons

Social media is every where and is rapidly growing. You gotta stay alert and keep up with the latest trends. These beautiful social media icons should help. Keep in mind these are only high quality, we know there are tons of others out there, but we hand picked the only ones that met our criteria. If we missed any please let us know.

design, freebies, graphic, icon

422

0 comments

52 Amazingly Creative Food Art

It was time for another creative,amazing and mostly unbelievable post.When it comes to creativity there is not limit for human beings.I think the first thing is of course imagination.

design, inspiration, misc

280

0 comments

25+ Tutorials on How to Build Navigation Menus with jQuery

Check out a long list of comprehensive tutorials that teach how to use jQuery when building awesome navigation menus. The better your website navigation is the higher chances your visitors will find what they are looking for.

design, javascript

934

0 comments

Monday Morning Inspiration #39

Every Monday Morning we’re give you a bunch of cool design Inspiration. Do you wanna share your Work, next Monday, in this Post join our Flickr Group!

design, graphic, inspiration

288

0 comments

10 Fresh And Impressive Adobe Illustrator Tutorials For Beginners

In this edition, we’ll be featuring the best 10 Adobe Illustrator tutorials and we hope it would expand your creativity and imagination to be expert user.

design, graphic, tutorial

438

0 comments

Making Your Website Multicultural

Do you know half of all Google users are searching in languages other than English? Read this interesting article about 'Making Your Website Multicultural'

design, tips, trend, usability

348

0 comments

2010

4

APR

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #47

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

411

0 comments

11 Fresh Portfolio Design Tutorials

Creating your own portfolio website will showcase the work and services in best manner.When you start working, your great graphic design portfolio is going to help you land that great job. Your portfolio represents your skill and artistry, so put it together carefully because your artwork is going to speak for you.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

495

0 comments

70 Incredible Logo Designs #2

Here a fresh new set of cool logo designs. I hope these logos will get you inspired. Don’t be shy, let us know what you think by commenting below.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

516

0 comments

Bicker with Light Effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how easily using Adobe Photoshop you can create such a biker light effect.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

382

0 comments

Ultimate Collection Of jQuery Tabs

Tabs help create amazing amazing user interfaces. Web space can be used efficiently and effectively with tabs. So here is an ultimate collection of over 25 jQuery tabbing plugins to help designers create excellent user interfaces.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1096

0 comments

20 Impressive jQuery Button Plugins

Buttons are no longer rectangular and limited to grey and black. Thanks to jQuery, now you can paint your UI with colorful, glowing and animated buttons. Style the good old buttons to bring out impressive effects with these wonderful jQuery button design plugins.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

829

0 comments

2010

3

APR

15 Beautiful & Minimalistic Tumblr Themes

Thumblr is an easy and simple blogging platform. In his collection, you can find some wonderful themes. 15 of them are included in this post!

design, graphic, template, usability

1413

0 comments

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: April 2010

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the fourth installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. April’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney.

design, freebies, wallpaper

541

0 comments

2010

2

APR

40 Brilliant Examples of Mascot Designs

Mascot design is a huge key to your brand, and are thought to bring luck. A mascot usually represent a corporate brand or a public identity. Since human picture memory is better that text, a mascot easily helps people remember who you are. I strongly suggest considering a mascot, before you build your business.

design, inspiration, logo, tips

579

0 comments

Best of the Web: March 2010

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the month of March, 2010. There is plenty of great stuff out there such as tutorials, freebies, resources and lots of inspirational pieces. I am confident that your designs will benefit from these hot new finds.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

398

0 comments

FlashMoto Design Collection Updated with New Business Flash CMS Templates

FlashMoto Design Collection Updated with New Business Flash CMS Templates. FlashMoto control panel will allow you to update your Flash website fast and easily, without requiring any technical skills. Simple navigation, friendly WYSIWYG environment with familiar to everyone drag-and-drop interface brings a really comfortable workflow experience to users.

cms, design, flash

235

0 comments

Cross Browser Pure CSS3 Vertical Accordion

This tutorial shows you how to build pure CSS vertical accordion. It uses CSS3 to add transition and gradient effects, but the main structure and behavior is written in cross-browser CSS that will work on all modern browsers including Internet Explorer.

css-html, design, tutorial

747

0 comments

Learn How to Enhance Your Backgrounds with jQuery!

As jQuery becomes a new trend, we thought you’ll find it useful to follow the top jQuery tutorials. Note: most of these tutorials are aimed to make your backgrounds even more impressive.

design, graphic, javascript

391

0 comments

Implementing A Good Redesign: Advices And Examples

Redesigning a website can be very satisfying and very stimulating for a web designer. A redesign consists of objectively improving the aesthetics or the structure of a website and, with the use of new elements or content, giving a new form or a new identity to the site

css-html, design, photoshop, tutorial

300

0 comments

25 Unusual website layout for design inspiration

So here we have collected some unusual website layout to get inspired and create one for yourself too.

design, inspiration

668

0 comments

2010

1

APR

24 High Quality Adobe Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

There are lots of Photoshop tutorials available to create text effects, but only few tutorials are available following which you can create really amazing and high quality text effects.

design, tutorial

531

0 comments

20 Free Unique Fire Fonts

Using Fire style fonts in your designs can work tremendously well if done correctly. Take a look at these 20 free Fire fonts I put together. These are some of the best I could find. Enjoy!

design, font, inspiration

584

0 comments

Interview: Chad Engle, Editor of Fuel Your Creativity

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing an amazing young talent, who is a very well known American designer and blogger, Chad Engle, the editor of Fuel your Creativity blog. Chad is only twenty-three years old, and he is already an amazingly successful designer, who can only improve with age and experience.

design, inspiration, misc

241

0 comments

Interview with Alex Tass, Graphic Designer form Bucharest

Today we’ve got a very interesting interview with a great Graphic Designer from Bucharest, Alex Tass. So Alex thanks so much for taking your Time and responding to my Questions! :) So lets start!

design, graphic, inspiration

433

0 comments

Comic Book Inspired Artwork: Iron Man

With Iron Man 2 opening on May 7 2010, I have decide to write a second installement on comic book inspired artwork. Iron Man has quickly become one of my favorite super heroes in the last couple of years.

design, graphic, inspiration

466

0 comments

60+ Sites to Promote Your Design Articles

Article promotion is essential to building traffic for your design blog. Check out this roundup of over 60 sites to submit your design articles and tutorials and tips to help generate buzz about your blog.

design, freebies, wallpaper

351

0 comments

40 Grunge Style Photoshop Brushes

40 Grunge style Photoshop brush sets, to add to your design arsenal.

376

0 comments

Post to Twitter30 creative and conceptual logos in 3D

A conversation about different ways to create logos with Thiago Vilarinho were discussing the use of 3D. See the best creative 3d Logos

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

161

0 comments

A New WP Theme: whitePress from SencerBugrahan

Introduction Everything has been thought in the wordPress theme for you to change your blog into an elegant and classy one easily. In whitePress you can add your widgets to the footer and the sidebar easily with four special widgets. You can show your statistics in the header by setting your twitter username and feedburner URI from the whitePress administration panel.

cms, design, freebies, wordpress

716

0 comments

Free Web UI Element Pack

It take us some time to create our web UI element, so the UI pack will be very useful. Today I release an User Interface Element Pack in PSD format, it contains 19 elements including Loading Bar, Button in normal and clicked state, Button toggle, close, next, previous and paging icon and slider.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, template

677

0 comments

Marchs Fresh Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials

This roundup includes 31 Photoshop tutorials which deal with creating web layouts, all were published in March 2010.

design, photoshop, trend, tutorial

365

0 comments

55 Useful and Necessary Color Tools For Web Designers

Color is one of the most important part of the web design.Most of the amateur designers and of course clients who are new to this world,first use and prefer colors which they like but in web design the matching of the colors is much more important.

450

0 comments

2010

31

MAR

40 Inspirational Hand Drawn Web Designs.

Hand-drawn website are becoming more and more popular among wed designers. This trend is very inspiring and shows creativity. I think this is really cool, because its different from the regular types of design, like the web 2.0 style. We collected some awesome hand-drawn websites, that are sure to inspire you.

css-html, design, inspiration, trend, wordpress

567

0 comments

Document Links Styled with CSS Attribute Selectors

CSS attribute selectors provide an additional method of setting CSS styles outside of ids and classes. Learn how an attribute selector, when used with a hyperlink, can increase your clicks.

design, tutorial, usability

letscounthedays

425

0 comments

20 Best PSD to Joomla Service Providers

The widespread of Joomla! as a successful CMS is visible by its large community of users and developers. People use it as a website, community portal, social networking site, online magazine and in various other forms. In other words it is a CMS which is fit to everyone’s need.

421

0 comments

30+ Beautiful Examples of Web Design Templates

Check out these 32 Inspirational Examples of Amazing Layout, Interfaces and web design templates and WordPress themes or xhtml, Hope find your design or if you a designer get inspiration and see different ideas. You will see a variety of nice colorful designs from creative designers from DeviantArt.

design, inspiration

835

0 comments

2010

30

MAR

Purple Website Showcase #2

A showcase of my favourite websites with a purple colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

336

0 comments

60+ Amazing and Unique Illustrations By Bob Canada

Bob Canada a graphic designer from USA. He has nice style of drawing funny cartoon. visit its Flickr gallery to see another inspirational illustrations and artworks.

design, graphic, inspiration

385

0 comments

Animation Music Videos and Techniques

In this post we are going to see a little bit of animation in music videos. I `ve compiled a list of videos trying to show different techniques of animation, and after this showcase of videos we are going to learn about the techniques.

design, inspiration, misc, video

422

1 comment

Inspiration: Compilation Of Business Card Designs

I have to say that writing posts on business card design is one of the most satisfying for me. I feel that my readers get the most inspiration out of this type of post, seeing that they are so incredibly popular. So with no further ado here is your monthly dosage of beautifully designed business cards. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

360

0 comments

75 RSS Feeds Every Designer Should Follow

a look at great design blog RSS feeds to follow as well as some tips to consuming large amounts of content.

552

0 comments

10 Fantastic blogs for Freebies

Freebies are a great way of getting several useful stuffs without any cost. There are several Design blogs on the internet offering freebies to their visitors such as free icons, free textures ,free brushes and free PSD files , etc.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration

436

0 comments

2010

29

MAR

Ten Tips to Improve your Freelance Portfolio

A great freelance portfolio should highlight your talents and give potential clients a meaningful way to choose you amongst your competitors. Here is 10 tips to improve your freelance portfolio.

design, graphic, tips, wordpress

476

0 comments

Comic Book Inspired Artwork: Spider-Man

One thing that I used to love doing while I was in school was to draw my favorite comic book heroes and villains in my homework books. My favorites at the time being Spider-man and Batman. If you are into comic books, you will really get a treat out of this post. In this article you will see some Spider-Man inspired artwork from some really talented artists.

design, graphic, inspiration

360

0 comments

46 Amazing 3D Animation Short Films

Short Films are always smart and beautiful! In this collection you will find 46 Amazing 3D Animation Short Films to watch for hours. Enjoy!

design, graphic, video

606

0 comments

14 Wonderfully Raised Farm Sites

A showcase of some well designed farm websites from all over the world.

377

0 comments

20 Creative Typography Art

These images below are mixtures of both images and typography, where the latter is used to shape the pictures while the words within have messages to deliver. It is just amazing how manipulation of font types, sizes and keywords can form a great artwork with inner meaning.

492

0 comments

Beautiful Workspaces Where You Would Love to Work

Just this week I decided to go shopping for a new desk for my home workspace, where I actually spend more than 20 hours a week designing and developing. With so many options ranging from the most ornate desk to the bare minimum, I was getting somewhat overwhelmed as to what type of desk would be best to create the ideal workspace.

design, inspiration, trend

549

0 comments

2010

28

MAR

5 Excellent Footer Design Tutorials

Footers are the usually the last thing you see on sites and blogs But has become useful for many reasons. To be different from the standard design, you can utilize the footer to provide links or shortcuts to other areas of your web site.

design, inspiration, tips, usability

784

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #46

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

441

0 comments

30+ High Quality Examples of 3D Digital Artworks

Create 3D objects you can with some of special programs, such as 3D studio max, Cinema 4D, and others. Today for designers and all our readers, we would like to show the best more than 30 high quality examples of 3D digital abstract artworks.

design, graphic, inspiration

400

0 comments

2010

27

MAR

25 Flash Website Galleries for Inspiration

For now lets see some flash galleries to get inspired for your next jQuery project.

design, graphic, inspiration

506

0 comments

170 Free Smashing Wordpress Themes

Do you want to make a new wordpress blog? Do you want to change your wordpress theme? If your anwser is YES, then you have to take a look on this post! You will find 170 Free Smashing Wordpress Themes to download!

design, freebies, template, wordpress

801

0 comments

2010

26

MAR

Every bloggers must read this! 15 Important Factors on high quality graphic design blog

In this article, i will summarize about 15 important factors to consider to make high quality graphic design blog based on several famous graphic design blogs around the blogging world

design, graphic

598

0 comments

50+ Beautiful Patterns & Useful Tools

High quality free seamless vector and pixel patterns that you may need for your web projects, prints or any other design related works.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration, template

632

0 comments

Best Animated Jquery Slideshows

Here is a collection of some of the best jQuery slideshow scripts, packed with eye-catching transition effects which are just perfect for showcasing your work and image galleries.

design, javascript, trend

1161

0 comments

25 fresh and colorful logos

I love colors and I love logos ,so when you combion colors and logos the result is a list of inspiring and beautiful logos. Here is a 25 of fresh and colorful logos .

design, inspiration, logo

650

0 comments

2010

25

MAR

31 CSS Navigation and Menu Tutorials You Should Practice

As a new CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) learner i decided to start from creating menu and navigation buttons.You know one of the most important part of a web site is the menu and navigation.Today i made a detailed search about the menu tutorials

css-html, design, tutorial

1232

0 comments

30 Cool Free Futuristic Fonts To Work With

It's clear that futuristic fonts are not suitable for every creative project you are working on. This is a list of 30 cool and free futuristic fonts.

design, font, inspiration

851

0 comments

Create Rockstar poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will use plenty of various photoshop techniques. Tutorial is pretty complex, so you will need to carefully follow each step of this tutorial. As you can see from final image preview, we will create awesome effect using usual photo and your photoshop knowledge.

design, graphic, photoshop

497

0 comments

30 Attractive Minimalist Website Designs

Minimalism refers to a design style which is very simple yet elegant, which does not contain complex and too many design elements in it. It keeps on drawing the attention of the readers towards the focus area of website.

682

0 comments

Interview: Jacob Gube from Six Revisions

We are back with our fourth interview in our interview series, where we will be conducting personal interviews on fellow designers and developers! We have been getting some great interest, and we are so excited about the upcoming interviews we have scheduled for the next few weeks.

design, inspiration, photoshop

432

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - Mr. Kone

A showcase of the work of the graphic designer Mr. Kone

design, graphic, inspiration

467

0 comments

10 Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make As A Freelancer

Tips on mistakes which you don't want to make as a freelancer. By following these suggestions you will have a better chance at succeeding.

design, tips, tools, trend

519

0 comments

2010

24

MAR

Logo Evolution Of 7 Tech Giants

I was observing the logo evolution of Tech giants like IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Intel etc and it was reasonably interesting. There is one clear trend, more the company becomes mature and prominent, logo becomes more simpler.

design, graphic, logo

449

0 comments

A Comprehensive Guide to Web Terminology

When you are just getting started, it can be easy to get a bit lost in the lingo, and beyond that, not being aware of the non-commonality of our terminology can impact our client relationships.

ajax, css-html, design

506

0 comments

Speeding into the World of Automobile Websites: The Good, Bad and Ugly

One of the most popular industries in the world is the automobile or motor car industry. Women love their jewels and fashion, while men love their cars. Although that may be a cliché, there is some element of truth in it.

design, graphic, trend, usability

385

0 comments

Digital Art: 40+ Most Beautiful CG Girls On The Web (Part 2)

I have said it in the past and I will say it again, the talented artists and their outstanding works that I showcase on designrfix.com never cease to amaze me. Today I have assembled an amazing collection of beautiful CG girls in 3d, most of these great works are created in 3d Studio Max and Maya. This article is the second part of a two part series on digital art. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

751

0 comments

170+ Designers to Follow on Twitter

Getting plugged into a community should be a high priority for a new designer and one of the best tools for design networking is Twitter. See my recommendations for designers to follow on Twitter and a few tips to get you started.

369

0 comments

2010

23

MAR

18 Awesome Photo Manipulation To Turn Statue Into Life

Photoshop can make the life easy. With the right technique and some creativity you can totally turn any image into something extraordinary with a bigger impact. Today we'll show you some very nice and amusing photo manipulation with which worth1000 have transformed the statues into real life photos. We hope this inspires you and help your creativity.

design, inspiration, photography, photoshop

549

1 comment

5 quick and easy ways to improve your website’s usability

The ultimate goal of usability tests is to obtain the necessary information which will give you the possibility to make an interface so simple and intuitive in use that people can work with it without thinking. In this article I show you how to discover the most prominent interface problems of your website by following five simple tips.

design, inspiration, tools, usability

414

0 comments

Inspiration: Beautifully Rendered 3d Vehicles

There are many sources of inspiration that an artist or designer can draw from. In this post you will see some amazing renderings of 3d vehicles from some very talented artists from around the globe. So whatever type of project you are working on, I hope these designs will motivate you achieve your greatest of works. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

291

0 comments

10 Most Commonly Used Colors In Web Design And Their Examples

Color is one of the important part in web design. Here we share 10 most wanted colors in web design.

588

0 comments

20+ Firefox Add-ons for Designers and Webmasters

If you compare various browsers, you will find that Firefox is the most widely used browser and offers amazing functionality. That is why designers and developers simply love it.

425

0 comments

How to Find and Remove Broken Links in Your Website

Broken links are links that lead to pages that do not exist. When clicking on a broken link, the page you land on is called a 404 error page, a standard HTTP response that indicates that the requested URL doesn’t exist. What do you do when you happily surf the web and suddenly come across a 404 error? For most of us

design, seo, tips, tools

398

0 comments

Guerrilla Advertising – Creative Attention Seeking #6

The sixth showcase of fantastic guerrilla advertising/marketing solutions

design, graphic, inspiration

445

0 comments

27 Wonderful Font from deviantArt

A collection of wonderful fonts from deviantArt including all the kinds of fonts. DeviantArt is a pretty nice place to search for fonts. You can find a variety of fonts there.

design, font, freebies, graphic

609

0 comments

2010

22

MAR

13 Company layout Design Using Photoshop

There are some very easy to follow tutorials on just how to design Company layout using photoshop .Company layout should be pleasing to the eye. Choose colors, graphics, text fonts, and other background items keeping in mind both aesthetics and convenience

design, inspiration, photoshop, tips

570

1 comment

I Have Just Moved From Psd Tutorial! Read & Get Some Useful Informations!

On this first post, I will share some of guest articles that I have made for some other popular blogger & feature some of my best post from my former blog Psd Tutorial.

design, graphic

296

0 comments

Tips For Calling Visitors To Action

A blog is a blog. But without a call to action, you risk losing readers. Find most effective methods & associated tips for calling your visitors to action.

design, tips, usability, wordpress

471

0 comments

35 Stunningly Elegant Web Designs

What separate good design, from great design is the amount of attention to detail. The sites featured in this roundup have executed this task very nicely. All the websites are hand-picked and represent high quality. Hopefully this will help to inspire you for your next project.

css-html, design, graphic, trend

674

0 comments

30 Amazing Typographic Movie Poster Designs

You must have seen many articles on typographic posters but during my search i wasn’t able to find any post on typographic movie posters. So i thought why not compile a list of typographic movie poster designs for your inspiration.

design, graphic

391

0 comments

Funny and Crazy Illustrations for Inspiration

Sometimes you get amazing ideas and inspiration from funny or crazy artworks and any strange stuff. These are some funny and crazy illustration and artworks, Hope you inspire and feed your creativity.

design, inspiration

313

0 comments

30 Premium Wordpress Themes of February 2010

Keeping your blog or website`s design eye catching and up to date to the tendencies is a must have these days,when the design is developing so fast.This is still available if you run a Wordpress website.I must say that why are lucky with it,because all we have to do is to change the old theme with the new one,fully functional,with an outstanding design and an amazing back-end admin panel.

css-html, design, photoshop, wordpress

468

0 comments

Stylize Your Own Checkboxes

Checkbox is one of the most frequently used element on the forms, plain checkbox will be nice if in the forms we made there are many checkbox or others forms element that are used, but how about we just need a single checkbox in our forms without any other forms element, a little bit horrible, i think.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

821

0 comments

Four Steps For Effective Cross-Cultural Website Design

It's not every city eats and thinks and shops in the same way, and the same with website design. The expert will show you four steps for effective cross-cultural website design.

386

0 comments

How to Dig Into the PHP Behind Your Blog in 7 Steps

In one of my early blog designs, my client asked me to replace the “newer entries” and “older entries” links in their home page with arrow images. As you may already know, putting images as the previous posts link is not a difficult task. It made me curious however, how the next_posts_link function works, and how customizable it really is.

browser, css-html, design, php, tools

399

0 comments

How to Optimize CSS Selectors for a Faster Website

Browsers render optimized style sheets faster than messy ones. Therefore, making your CSS code as short and clean as possible is an efficient method to improve page loading time. To make your CSS short and clean, you need to remove redundant selectors carefully, in a way that

css-html, design, tips, tools, tutorial

527

0 comments

2010

21

MAR

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #45

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

472

0 comments

80+ Websites To Submit Your Design News

Getting exposure is not easy, this is why i made this post. I feel bad, because there are many talented blog writers, that don’t get noticed. They provide great content, but only get a few views a day. This is where i come in and help.

design, tips, tools, tutorial

401

0 comments

3 FireBug Tips Every Web Developer Should Know

It is nearly impossible to overrate FireBug as a web development tool. One of its awesome qualities is that it lets you test design changes on the fly, without actually changing the code. Here are some examples:

css-html, design, misc, tips, tools

952

1 comment

4 Most Annoying Mistakes to Avoid When Building a Client’s WebSite

Being a web developer for some time now, I can say I’ve made a few mistakes along the way that I learned to avoid. The most common mistakes made by web developers have to do with leaving things unclear during the project instead of clarifying them in the very beginning.

browser, css-html, design, seo, usability

677

1 comment

40+ Beautiful Tutorials to Design your Portfolio

A nice and beautiful portfolio is very important for a Web Designer. It should present your experiences on Web Design / Develop etc. If you don’t have a portfolio or if you want to upgrade it, this post is for you!

design, graphic, photoshop, template, tutorial

579

0 comments

2010

20

MAR

8 Free Web Based Image Editors

By now, you probably have heard of Photoshop. Photoshop is a professional image editing software. If you’re always on the go, and don’t have access to Photoshop then this roundup is for you. You can also use photoshop.com if you wish, but here are some alternative online image editors.They should definitely help you complete intermediate tasks on the go.

design, graphic, tools, usability

568

0 comments

Win 15,000 design templates!

A competition to win over 15,000 design templates

design, freebies, graphic

438

0 comments

2010

19

MAR

Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration – #11

A series of web design inspiration collection published every week. We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration

css-html, design, inspiration

580

0 comments

Apple iPad Funny Pictures

Apple iPad, the device which looks like a larger version of Apple’s iPod Touch will be available in April 2010. Before its availability, we would like to share some funny pictures for iPad. A lot of people disappointed after iPad introduced and created some funny pictures and illustrations about it.

design, gadget, graphic, inspiration, trend

918

1 comment

17 attractive web apps and tools you simply cannot miss

while searching on google , yahoo and bing for some web applcations I came across very attractive web applications, thought to share with my readers. Go through the list you will surely love it.

833

0 comments

Wallpapers of the month: March

This months wallpapers are from Deskotopography. This community has some of the best designers on board, creating highly detailed and surreal wallpapers. Be amazed by this collection of great landscape wallpapers that make your mind just wonder off and walk around in surreal worlds and places.

design, photoshop, tips, wallpaper

565

0 comments

20 WP Themes with Cufón Font Replacement

Cufón tool allows you to embed any font in any web page. We selected 20 wordpress themes, which are rich in functionality and supports text replacement.

design, font, template, wordpress

877

0 comments

Learn how to design a dark business layout

In this tutorial you will learn how to design a sleek black business layout.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

442

0 comments

2010

18

MAR

6 Best Free Online Drawing Tools

A number of useful drawing tools are made available.Drawing tools are useful in page layout and graph windows for highlighting material with boxes, circles and arrows and can also be used to create diagrams.

design, graphic, tools

588

0 comments

Web Designer Interview - Design Vetica

An interview with the young entrepreneurs who started Design Vetica

design, graphic, inspiration

390

0 comments

5 Creative Photoshop Compression Techniques To Use In Webdesign

There are creative ways to use simple compression techniques in Photoshop. That is what we're going to discuss in this post.

design, graphic, photoshop

664

0 comments

25 Amazing Natural Brushes and Textures

25 Amazing Natural Brushes and Textures for Photoshop

design, misc, photoshop, usability

429

0 comments

Engage 2 CSS Positions : Relative & Absolute

As a web developer or designer we must be frequently facing a task to create a webpage layout. In creating that, positioning a stacked-random element usually put through a nightmare for us, fortunately CSS and its beautiful properties help us cure that nightmare and in this post i will explain how to take advantage of the two CSS positions, relative and absolute.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial

402

0 comments

2010

17

MAR

25 Beautiful Free Twitter Icon Resources

I though i would write this article to help bloggers, developers, and many others. Web icons are a huge element when it comes to web designing. Most people want a free, fast, and easy resource they can use to get what they are looking for.

design, graphic, logo, trend

441

0 comments

How To Build Your Reputation And Authority As A Designer

Whether you are just starting out in the design business, or you have been around awhile but few people have ever heard of you, there are potentially great benefits to growing your reputation and establishing yourself as an authority in your field.

424

0 comments

Minimalist Approach to Creating Flash Websites

Sometimes wisely used extreme simplicity speaks even more, that is less is more or maybe even less but better. Yeah, what is at issue is the minimalist approach in Flash website creation.

design, flash, inspiration

472

0 comments

200 Common People Vectorpack

We list only the best Freebies Free vector silhouettes of common people. You are free to use it for personal or commercial purposes.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

522

0 comments

ManageME7: A Recommended Financial Tool for Designers & Developers

Dealing with your website design business finances when a lot of website design projects are waiting to be delivered, is a crucial task.

310

0 comments

Create Portfolio Website With CSS/jQuery

amazing tutorial which uses only pure CSS and jQuery to design a whole portfolio website, no photoshop or any other design software required.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

899

0 comments

20 Firefox Plug-ins for Web Designers and Developers

There are whole sea of Firefox plug-ins out there for you to sift through, but we've done the hard work for you and selected 20 of the best.

browser, design, tips, tools

11050

13 comments

2010

16

MAR

8 Common CSS Mistakes and How to Fix Them

CSS has the distinction of being one of a handful of web technologies that newcomers tend to learn by doing.

css-html, design, graphic

519

0 comments

Creating an Animated CSS3 Horizontal Menu

Inspired by CSS Sprites2 – It’s JavaScript Time from A List Apart and Using jQuery for Background Image Animations written over a year ago, I decided to create a short tutorial about a animated menu just using CSS3.

css-html, design, tutorial

799

0 comments

101 Tips and Resources for Designers, Entrepreneurs and Marketers

A roundup of tips and resources for designers, entrepreneurs and marketers that 99designs.com recently shared via twitter @99designs.

design, graphic, usability

325

0 comments

The most stylish Websites of February 2010

Our editor team has chosen the 4 most beautiful websites in FEBRUARY. We congratulate the winners - they get our CSSstyle.me GOLD DESIGN AWARD for good and creative design.

css-html, design, graphic, inspiration

424

0 comments

50 Hot New Tutorials (Part2)

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of February.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

535

1 comment

6 CSS3 Smashing Generators

Many exciting new functions and features are being thought up for CSS3. You can try and take the code to use them with a CSS3 Generator. Below there are 5 wonderful generators that they will help you with these new functions and features!

browser, css-html, design

486

0 comments

The Best Worst Web Designs!

A showcase of the very best awful web designs

design, graphic, inspiration

504

0 comments

25 Inspirational Offices

Large and small offices, which inspire creativity and imagination.

design, inspiration, misc, photography

281

0 comments

How To Create A Custom Background For Twitter

First impressions are very important, even when it comes to twitter.Your background on twitter represents you and who you are. Whenever you visit someones twitter page it shows you personality of that person. Sometimes your background might even get you new followers. Because of this i strongly suggest you should have a personal background on twitter, that will represent you or your company.

design, tips, tutorial, wallpaper

343

0 comments

12 Amazing and Creative Javascript Games

Javascript never cease to amaze me nowadays. I have found some amazing and really creative games made with javascript. A good inspiration to know what javascript can really achieve. You will enjoy this post.

design, inspiration, javascript

13712

5 comments

2010

15

MAR

Using Vectors for Header Design + 38 Websites with Vectorized or Illustrated Headers

The beauty of using vectors for header design and showcase of 38 websites with awesome vectorized or Illustrated headers.

design, graphic, inspiration, tips

511

0 comments

Mindblowing collection of 50 3D models impersonated in monsters, trolls, warriors and demons.

Mindblowing collection of 50 3D models impersonated in monsters, trolls, warriors and demons.

design, graphic

332

0 comments

5 Fresh Navigation Menu Design Tutorials

Every Designer need to design good website navigation for more usability and attraction.Provide simple and straightforward navigation menus so that every visitor will know how to get round your site and visit your site next time.

design, inspiration, usability

881

0 comments

46 Astonishing Examples Of Digital Paintings

To digitally paint your sketches or illustrations lots of different tools are used. Photoshop and tablets are most important tools to make digital paintings.

design, graphic, inspiration

312

0 comments

40+ Creative Example of Web Interfaces and Web Design

Check out these 40 beautifully Web Interfaces and Web Design. Hope you inspire and feed your ideas.

design, inspiration

185

0 comments

2010

14

MAR

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #44

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

479

0 comments

2010

13

MAR

24 Beautiful Web Designs Across the Color Spectrum

Here are 24 beautiful examples of web designs that feature a specific color across the color spectrum. If you’re in a color rut, take this opportunity to expand your horizon and be inspired by a color that may be out of your comfort zone.

design, inspiration

462

0 comments

11 Must See Fire Effect Tutorials In Photoshop

One of the most popular and attractive effects that you can add to your photograph using Photoshop is the fire effect In this article, we’ll look at 11 Must See Fire Effect Tutorials In Photoshop.Hope you will learn something new and share your opinion in comments.

design, graphic, photoshop

432

0 comments

70 of the Best Headers used by Popular Blogs

The header is one of the most important parts for a blog/site. It’s the first part, it’s the part that the visitor will see visiting your page. Here is a header’s collection from 70 popular blogs.

design, graphic, template, usability

770

0 comments

2010

12

MAR

8 Design Elements Your Blog Should Have

There are certain design elements that all blogs should have to keep readers happy and engaged in your content. With the evolution of blogs and social media sites, the expectations for a blog are much higher.

design, tips, wordpress

611

0 comments

Amazing Super Street Fighter 4 Artwork for Inspiration

Designers surf the web daily and visit popular design galleries for inspiration. Sometimes we don’t see the inspiration source while enjoying what we are doing. Games are one of them. We love to play games, specially me, and Street Fighter is my favorite game with Ryu a favorite fighter.

design, graphic, inspiration

604

0 comments

10 Useful Web Design and Development Books

There are thousands of online tutorials to help you master the profession and there are dozens if not hundreds of books on all aspects of web-based creativity. Not having access to any one book will stop you from learning your desired skill but some books will greatly assist you in the process. 10 of these such books are below.

571

0 comments

14 Important Writing Tips For Graphic Design Related Bloggers

There are some important things that i learned from being a graphic design blogger since months ago. I hope that this article will help every graphic design bloggers to grow their blog rapidly.

design, graphic

577

0 comments

20+ Stunning Free Apple Files & Icons

This is a roundup of hand picked psd, png, and other format files. All the files you see here are professionally designed. I would like to thank all the amazing designers we have on the web, that provide us with great free content like this. If you have any thoughts or comments please share them with us below.

design, freebies, graphic, logo

476

0 comments

Showcase: 20+ Blogs Use Paper In Their Design

Paper is one of the most texture that people usually use in their website, the reason is simple because paper given unformal impression for anyone see that. Be sides that paper given a creative impression too. Here we offer 20 + blogs that use a paper element in their design, as a source of inspiration.

design, inspiration, trend, wordpress

387

0 comments

Aqueous Sun Texture Pack | Version 1 – 50 Free Images

This amazing texture pack is the first of multiple packs being released on Media Militia exclusively from Aqueous Sun. In this pack there are a total of 50 images, all with high detail and resolution. We are really excited to have these useful textures available on Media Militia. They look great as backgrounds or as an overlay in your design. Now go download them and create something.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

493

0 comments

2010

11

MAR

PC Pixel Icon Pack

Each of the 100 icons is created in two sizes so that you can choose the most preferable 16X16 or 32X32. Just try our PC Pixel Icon Pack for your applications , websites or anything and find out the benefits of our idea . PC Pixel Icon Pack is a set of 100 icons for any purposes .

design, freebies, graphic

652

0 comments

20 Top Free Fonts

A showcase of the most downloaded fonts from Fonts 2 U

design, graphic, inspiration

532

0 comments

10 Tools to Determine Your Websites Rockstar Status

Determining a website’s popularity can be beneficial when you’re looking for areas of growth or sizing up the competition. Use these 10+ tools to help determine a website’s popularity.

501

0 comments

45 Web Design Inspiration for iPhone

Web Design is a beautiful (for the viewers) and creativity (for the designers) part of a website. Nowadays, lots of people have an iPhone so if a website wants to gain more visitors, it have to attract them. A web design inspiration for iPhone is a big advantage for a website. Here you will see some beautiful inspiration!

browser, design, graphic, inspiration, usability

536

0 comments

2010

10

MAR

85 Fresh and New Logo Design for Inspiration

A unique logo formed a trademark from any brand or company. Design of a logo depends upon the kind of work done by the organization and creativity of designer. So here we have collected some of the fresh and new logo design for design inspiration.

design, graphic

688

1 comment

Amazing Julian Beever 3D Chalk Drawings

Julian Beever is an English artist that creates surreal chalk drawings on pavement surfaces. His art is sometimes so convincing that people avoid potholes he has drawn on a pavement. In this post, we collected the best J. Beevera 3dchalk drawings artworks.

design, inspiration

177

0 comments

Thought and Speech Bubbles Pack – 104 Free Vectors and Images

This gigantic pack of 104 different styles of thought and speech bubbles is a fun addition to your collection. The styles include comic book, 3D, hand drawn, modern, and more. It is available for download as vector (EPS) and images (PNG w/ transparent background). The images are 4000px at 300 ppi.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

675

0 comments

Most Effective Method to Reduce and Optimize PNG Images

A friend of mine showed me this simple but effective technique to reduce PNG image file size without compromising too much of the image quality. I was pretty amazed and I want to share it with you all and I hope this will help you.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips

9559

16 comments

2010

9

MAR

50 Hot New Tutorials (Part1)

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of February.

design, graphic, inspiration, tutorial

395

0 comments

A Guide To Typography On The Web

The web is alive and growing more active with each new day. The increasing number of sites that crop up on the daily shows no signs of slowing, and as the online ranks grow, designers are constantly looking for ways to make their sites stand out from the rest.

331

0 comments

Ricardo Liniers Siri: Cartoonist, Illustrator and more

In this post we are going to take a closer look to seme of Ricardo Liniers Siri work. He is an Argentine cartoonist, born in 1973.

157

0 comments

Twitter placement on the web

How to place Twitter update on your site the best way.

css-html, design, tips

355

0 comments

50 Incredible Logo Designs

Logo’s are a unique key to a sucessful brand. Here is a roundup of amazing, beautiful, and creative logo designs. I hope these logos will get you inspired. Please share your thought with us below, and let us know what you think!

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

523

0 comments

25 Examples of Watercolor Art in Web Design

Hand-painted creations in web design. Be inspired by these 25 beautiful examples of watercolor art in web design

design, inspiration

373

0 comments

300+ Amazing Social Network Bookmark Icons

Promote your blog/site with the best Social Network Bookmark Icons. Search inside a collection with more than 300 icons and find what you want!

design, freebies, graphic, icon

655

1 comment

Great Uses Of White Space #2

A showcase of web sites that use white space brilliantly

design, graphic, inspiration

382

0 comments

2010

8

MAR

How to create a web hosting layout

Learn how to create a nice looking web hosting layout with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

384

0 comments

How to Create a Fancy Image Gallery with CSS3

Even though CSS3 is still in the development stages, it is the new craze that many web developers are excited about. CSS3 is something that will take web development into newer and greater heights, while modernizing the web and allowing web designers and developers to make their creativity a reality.

css-html, design, inspiration, tutorial

813

0 comments

2010

7

MAR

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #43

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

418

0 comments

Music Blogs Powered By WordPress

One of the early dreams for the Web was the same as the early dreams for television—that it would be a home for science, art, music, and much more that’s uplifting.

design, wordpress

1214

5 comments

9 Best Modern Web Design Tutorials and Articles

Web Design field is growing very fast and as a modern web designer you should know new design techniques such as CSS3 and Web 2.0 . A visitor to your website is going to decide to stay or leave your website in just a few seconds. If the design looks out of date,

design, usability

694

0 comments

2010

6

MAR

QualityXHTML Give Away: Up to $100 Free Credit!

The lucky 5 winners will have the chance to enjoy the quality service provided by QualityXhtml team. To participate, just subscribe Queness RSS Feed or follow us on twitter and leave a comment afterward, and you'll have the chance to win!

css-html, design, freebies, template

434

0 comments

Saturday Swirl 8: Tasty Snacks From the Design Community

Articles, resources, tutorials and inspiration from around the web. Kick off your weekend with some tasty snacks.

273

0 comments

Create a clean and light business layout

Learn how to create an awesome clean business layout with this step by step tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

619

0 comments

Fresh Website Layout Tutorials

14 professional and brand-new web layout tutorials created this year in January and February.

design, photoshop, template, tutorial

550

0 comments

NewYork – Amazing Pictures by Aleks Ivic

New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment.

design, inspiration, photography

411

0 comments

Monday Morning Inspiration #35

Every Monday Morning we’re give you a bunch of cool design Inspiration. Do you wanna share your Work, next Monday, in this Post join our Flickr Group!

design, graphic, inspiration

349

0 comments

280+ Best Fonts for your Headlines

Sometimes you have imagine what you want to draw/create but you can’t find the suitable fonts to make it better. This is a collaction of 280+ best fonts for your Headlines. Take a look!

design, font, freebies, graphic, logo

504

0 comments

2010

5

MAR

40+ Fresh And Great Portfolio Design Interfaces for Inspiration

A collection of more than 40 fresh and great portfolio design interfaces. Maybe it's helpful for you while you are stuck with the next portfolio design.

design, graphic, inspiration

427

0 comments

Web Design: 40 Fantastic Examples

In many of my previous posts on website design I have always categorized the style of websites that I was showcasing. In this post, I have decided to compile some of the most visually appealing websites from all sorts of different design styles that are out there today.

design, graphic, inspiration

468

0 comments

50 Awesome Examples and Tutorials of Illustrations in Web Design For Your Inspiration

Illustrations on a website can be found in many places, including elaborate backgrounds, part of a header, or as an accent in the content area. Today, lets take a look at 50 awesome examples and tutorials of illustration in web design for your inspiration.

design, inspiration, photoshop, tips, trend

designtutorials4u

548

0 comments

2010

4

MAR

10 Fantastic Free Apps [March Collection]

Collection of free web apps and tools.

design, freebies, tips, tools

416

0 comments

35 Street Speed Lights Wallpapers

In this post there is a collection of 35 spectacular wallpapers from street speed lights! I hope that you will use one of them!

design, freebies, graphic, photography, wallpaper

428

0 comments

Logo Design Inspiration: 50+ Cool Examples

Always logos should be clear, clean and clever . I think that not all designers can design logos because they should be simple and creative. These are cool examples for inspiration with different shapes and colors , Enjoy!

design, inspiration, logo

456

0 comments

Best Practices for Building an International Website

here are several points worth observing when building a website for an international audience.

312

0 comments

Blueprint For A Successful Design Blog

The blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds, and as the design field also expands many designers are looking to take their business and brand to a blog.

326

0 comments

4 Ways to Get Rounded Corners Using CSS

Rounded corners are a common CSS effect these days. There are several ways to accomplish this effect, and how you go about implementing rounded corners will depend largely on what purpose they will serve in your design.

css-html, design, graphic

890

2 comments

2010

3

MAR

Top 10 Fonts 2010

We have complied a list of our TOP 10 fonts for 2010. All but 2 of the fonts are FREE can be downloaded using the link we provided.

design, font, graphic, inspiration

3315

2 comments

Decorative Elements Pack – 33 Free Vectors, Brushes, and Images

This design pack comes with 33 unique decorative elements such as flourishes, swirls, motifs, and more! They look great as text dividers or as a border surrounding your design. They are available for free as either vector, brushes, and images. The images are PNG files with a transparent background. They are all high quality and handmade.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

695

0 comments

50+ Creative Use of Typography in Print Design and Products

Typography now became popular and essential in designs and artworks. but it need creative designers to make it nice and amazing. These are 50+ Creative and inspirational examples of using typography in print design and products. Hope you inspire and get new ideas.

design, inspiration

483

0 comments

50+ Beautiful and Inspiring Drawings

Ozan Küçükusta an Illustrator Designer from Turkey, He has creative and inspirational Drawings.

design, inspiration

382

0 comments

2010

2

MAR

21 Mistakes Freelancers Should Avoid

A freelance web design business was my first venture and I made many mistakes that eventually resulted in the loss my business. In this post, I try to highlight what I did wrong and hopefully help you avoid the same mistakes. Despite the title, this post applies to anyone starting out on their own - not only freelance designers or developers.

347

0 comments

Weekly Inspiration: jackcheng.com/roulette

Why it’s inspirational: Well written copy Interactive Beautifully functional timeline in the header Simple use of single page posts Effective use of whitespace.

design, graphic, inspiration

458

0 comments

Green Website Showcase #2

A showcase of web sites that feature a beautiful green colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

471

1 comment

February’s Fresh Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials

This roundup includes 34 Photoshop tutorials which deal with creating web layouts, plus 10 fully editable psd templates, all published in February 2010.

design, photoshop, template, tutorial

465

0 comments

How jQuery is Killing Flash + jQuery Tutorials & Plugins to Beat Up Flash Animations

In most cases, jQuery can do better than Flash. We'll round up some tutorials and jQuery plugins that are simply awesome. Each of these teaches how to get a desired Flash effect, but with jQuery instead.

ajax, design, inspiration, trend, tutorial

766

0 comments

Creative Advertising Photography By Various Photographers And Ad Agencies

To create eye catching ads and get the first attention is not easy task. If your ad doesn’t convey the message what it is for, then it’s useless. To really stand out among others, the idea should be unique and out of box.

design, photography

468

0 comments

Business Flash Website Design at Its Best

The winning collection of business Flash website designs that will prove to you the effectiveness of Flash.

design, flash, inspiration

243

0 comments

Hospitality in Web Industry: Good Service is Good Business

Hospitality, the art of making guests feel treasured and welcomed, is the core dictum of the service industry. However, hospitality is not just crucial to the tourism and hotel industry, but also in the web design and development industry as well.

design, inspiration, tips, trend

328

0 comments

You Have To Look At These 50 Creative & Meaningful Logos!

If you want to search for inspirations for making logo, this article will help you a lot. I found this website very helpful, especially for those who wants to design creative & meaningful logo.

design, graphic

336

0 comments

2010

1

MAR

How Much Do Standards And Trends Dictate Your Web Design?

Near the end of 2009 and on into the first months of the new year I have seen a number of articles and blog posts discussing web design trends, with reviews, discussions about the good and the bad, and predictions for what will happen in 2010.

445

0 comments

Post of March: 5 Well Designed Sites

5 Well Designed Sites for March! 1. Tapmates 2. Riot Industries 3. Atebits 4. Culinary Culture 5. Meta Lab

design, graphic, inspiration, template

453

0 comments

25 Awesome 3D Glass Wallpapers

3D Glass Wallpapers | High Resolution | Desktop Wallpapers | Free Download

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, wallpaper

774

0 comments

20 Inspiring Illustrations by Murat SÜNGER

In this post we will see a vector artist from Turkey, Murat Sunger has nice inspirational Illustrations. You can contact with him on the web via Deviantart or see his website.

design, graphic, inspiration

408

0 comments

Simple Website Layout Tutorial Using HTML5 and CSS3

Simple Website Layout Tutorial Using HTML5 and CSS3 includes HTML5 tags reference sheet

css-html, design, template, trend, tutorial

1148

0 comments

2010

28

FEB

15 Blogger themes adapted from Wordpress

The theme of a blog is really important so some coders decided to adapt some Wordpress themes for Blogger. Below you will see a list with 15 beautiful blogger themes adapted from Wordpress!

design, graphic, template, wordpress

730

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #42

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

449

0 comments

6 Fresh Amazing Icons Sets

Free Icons are the most wanted elements on projects for designers and graphic artists and there are many sources of amazing Icons Sets around the web.I collected most recent Icons Sets released this year.

706

0 comments

50 Examples of Beautiful Illustration in WebDesign

Have a look on this beautiful illustration in website design. To stand out from the crowd designers design unique and creative websites, use of illustration or character in website design will make it unique from others.

design, inspiration

442

0 comments

2010

27

FEB

99 Alternatives to 99designs

Just getting started in design? Tempted to try out crowdsourcing or spec work? Before you head down that path check out these 99 alternatives to build your portfolio, expand your skill set, and make a few bucks.

599

0 comments

Digital Art: Most Beautiful CG girls On The Web (Part 1)

I have said it in the past and I will say it again, the talented artists and their outstanding works that I showcase on designrfix.com never cease to amaze me. Today I have assembled an amazing collection of beautiful CG girls in 2d, most of these great works are created in Photoshop and Painter. This article is a two part series on digital art. Enjoy and stay tuned for part 2.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

1052

0 comments

2010

26

FEB

10 Firefox Addons Every Web Designer Should Know

If you are web designer you absolutely use firefox because of Firefox has some cool add-ons which make the job of website designers much easier and fast. We’ve selected 10 helpful add-ons for web designers hope it will benefit.

528

1 comment

Free Social Network Icons from IconShock

IconShock has designed Social Network icon-set exclusively for Smashing Share readers. The IconShock – icon sets are awesome and free to use for both your personal and commercial projects. Included Icons are for following services. Digg, StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter and Delicious.

design, graphic, icon

387

0 comments

Design Envy : Make it Work For You!

It’s natural, it happens to the best of us. And it is certainly nothing to be ashamed of. We see a design that not only makes us stop in our tracks, but it makes us feel the creeping reach of that green eyed monster, envy.

design, graphic

603

0 comments

Integrate SexyBookmarks into your Personal page with JavaScript

In this post, I’ll show you how to add SexyBookmarks into your personal page, only with HTML, CSS and JavaScript; no server-side requirement. Obviously, you (and your visitors) can have some little limits without PHP; but this release still satisfy most of the circumstances. With different platforms, please query the search engines for the installation guides.

css-html, design, javascript, tips

573

0 comments

Wood Sculptures by Gehard Demetz

Gehard Demetz was born in 1972, in Bolzano, Italy. Currently he lives and works in Val Gardena on these amazing woodcarvings.

308

0 comments

Learn how to create a clean busines layout

Learn how to create a clean business layout with this step by step tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

419

0 comments

2010

25

FEB

24 Useful Footers used by Popular Blogs

A footer usually contains a text with copyrights. However, there are some exceptions. Here you will see the most useful footers that used by several popular blogs. They are big and contain lots of information!

design, template, wordpress

898

0 comments

34 Outstanding Admin Panels for Your Web Applications

I want to come in your help and presenting you 34 most appealing and fully featured back-end control panels from the internet. Choose you favourite,create an web app and start taking your internet stake too!

ajax, css-html, design, javascript

542

0 comments

40 Free Black Wordpress Themes

There are lots of list post on free wordpress theme so we thought why don’t we collect some good looking black colored free wordpress theme.

design, freebies, template, wordpress

415

0 comments

PSD to XHTML Service Providers: Who to choose?

Constant increase in the number of PSD to XHTML service providers has pushed the total number of conversion service providers well beyond 100.

226

0 comments

Innovative Product Design

A showcase of innovative product designs, ranging from the clever to the ridiculous

design, graphic, inspiration

282

0 comments

2010

24

FEB

100+ Remarkable Free Fonts

From bold to thin, from extraordinary to minimal, exeptionally beautiful free fonts you should definately have.

design, font, freebies, logo

610

0 comments

20 Best PSD to Wordpress Service Providers

A quick website setup is what everybody loves these days. The level of competition has been raised so much that no webmaster can afford to let their prospects wait for his website to stand and run.

design, wordpress

180

0 comments

Inspiration: 27 Great Logo Design Galleries

There are many sources of inspiration that designers utilize when trying to get their creative juices flowing. If you are working on a logo design for a client or just for fun, this is a must see article. In this post I have assembled a great list of logo design galleries that will definitely inspire you to bring your logo design to the next level. Enjoy and happy surfing!

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

619

0 comments

1000+ Free Photoshop Custom Shapes In 40 Sets

One of the essential and important part of the photoshop is the the custom shapes.Most of the time we use brushes but also custom shapes are really useful which they save so much time.

design, graphic, photoshop

773

0 comments

The Battle for Developers: Flash vs HTML5

Learn more about the battle between Flash and HTML5 and discover what makes HTML5 so special.

524

0 comments

50 Useful Cartoon Character Design Tutorials

Learning how to create cartoon character is not a tough job. With these cartoon character design tutorials, you can easily get started and arm yourself with intermediate skills for character designs.

design, graphic, photoshop

627

0 comments

250+ Of The Best Seamless Patterns, Resources and Tutorials For Web Design

Lets take a look at this collection of more than 250 of the best free seamless patterns, resources and tutorials, ranging from grunge to metallic to floral patterns that can be used to enhance your designs immediately.

design, graphic, tools, tutorial, wallpaper

designtutorials4u

467

0 comments

50+ CSS Techniques Designers Should Know

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is just an important part of Web Designing. Without CSS, Websites can look untidy as it used to happen before.

css-html, design, tips

778

0 comments

Taking Type to the Next Level with Alternate Characters

Are you sick of your type looking plain and boring? Many OpenType fonts have alternate characters built into them that can transform your type into a beautiful piece of art. By using these alternate characters you can add things like flourishes and flair to your type with ease.

design, graphic, tutorial

363

0 comments

2010

23

FEB

Learning jQuery: Your First jQuery Plugin, “BubbleUP”

A jQuery tutorial which helps you create your own jQuery Plugin. Learning jQuery with a fun and easy way to generate a bubble effect for your menu list and we're going to call it BubbleUP.

ajax, css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

784

0 comments

Blue Website Showcase #2

A showcase of beautifully designed blue websites

design, graphic, inspiration

532

0 comments

20 Gorgeous Free Fonts for Your Headlines

Headlines are very important. One thing is they need to inform, the other they have to draw attention. And there is no better way to do that than by using a nice looking font. I put together 20 free beautiful fonts which will do the job. Enjoy!

design, font, freebies

8895

7 comments

2010

22

FEB

45 Awesome Colorful Logo Designs and Tutorials For Your Inspiration

Where do we start? What colors work best? When developing a full color logo and we don’t know where to begin, we should look to be inspired by the best in order to keep the creativity flowing. In this article, you’ll find 45 awesome colorful logos and tutorials to inspire you the next time you are going to design for yourself or a client

design, graphic, logo, trend, tutorial

designtutorials4u

237

0 comments

7 ‘Scroll to Top’ jQuery Solutions

In this post you will find seven jQuery solutions which allow your visitors to smoothly scroll right to the top of a page, making your website more user friendly.

design, javascript, tutorial, usability

411

0 comments

CSS Graphs And Charts: 11 Hand-picked Tutorials And Solutions

Pure CSS Graphs and Charts are best way to visualize and present your data. It doesn't require Javascript and Flash. Hence, your CSS graphs and charts will be able to be displayed at almost all type of browsers/computers.

css-html, design

357

0 comments

30 Creative Shoe Advertisement

Today we thought of posting for shoe Advertisement, which are creative and unique. Many shoe companies presents various posters designed in a creative way.So i have sorted some of the unique and creative posters representing shoes. please check out…..

design, graphic, inspiration

431

0 comments

32 wonderful twitter backgrounds

They are beautiful, they are designed, they are 32 wonderful twitter backgrounds. Explore the beauty that a twitter profile can obtain with only a background. You will, definitely, love some of them!

design, graphic, logo, photoshop, wallpaper

334

0 comments

2010

21

FEB

30 Glamorous Windows 7 wallpapers for your PC

If you use the Windows 7 operating system, you will find here useful wallpaper for your PC. Overall, I've compiled the best 30 Windows 7 wallpapers from deviantART community. I hope in this post you will find most perfect for your PC.

design, graphic, wallpaper

667

0 comments

100 beautiful Floral Ornament backgrounds – Free EPS Files

These are 100 beautiful and colorful vectors for design and inspiration. Free EPS Files for Floral Ornament backgrounds. I hope you find them useful and cool.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration

1199

0 comments

120+ Design Showcase Websites to Submit your Designs

A design showcase is a website dedicated to seeking out the latest and greatest designs from the web, whether it’s a website, flash presentation or a piece of print work.

design, seo, tips

526

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #41

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

451

0 comments

Tutorial on how to create a software layout

If you are a software manufacturer and you need a great design to represent your company and your products then you need to design an eye catching web layout.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

431

0 comments

35 Stunning Fantasy Castle Artworks

A showcase of most outstanding and spectacular castle artworks from around the web.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

515

0 comments

2010

20

FEB

10 Best PSD to Drupal Theme Service Providers

CMS(s) provide the ease to operate and manage your website and this is the reason why there are so many content management systems smearing the internet

685

0 comments

21 Post Previews used by popular blogs

Every blog has it’s own interface and stylish. One important thing for a blog is the preview of posts (the thumbnails, the excerpt and generally the whole posts’ content). I bring to you 21 post previews of the most popular blogs.

design, template, wordpress

515

0 comments

16 Blogs to Help You Master the Business of Design

While it's easy to focus solely on expanding your design skills, it's also important to be sure you understand how to market, network, and grow your design business. I’ve compiled several of the best in the business of talking about the business of design.

475

0 comments

7 awesome smashing blogs apart from smashing magazine

Apart from big giants in web design and development resources like smashing magazine , we have other seven smashing resources for web design and development.

773

0 comments

Google Olympic Logos from Past To Present

Google has for many years doodled on their homepage. These doodles are decorative changes that Google makes to their cooperate logo to celebrate certain holidays and other world events. In keeping with the decade long tradition, Google has doodled Olympic events on their website to commemorate this special global event.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

378

0 comments

Weekly Inspiration No. 05

If you're looking for something to inspire yourself then you just have to take a look at our new weekly blog. Enjoy this sensational collection of creative art work and design!

design, inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop

416

0 comments

20 Fonts made popular by or inspired by Movies and Brands

If you're a movie fan I am sure you'll enjoy this collection of 20 beautiful movie/brand fonts. All these are free and I think they should be part of any designer's font library.

design, font, freebies

487

0 comments

2010

19

FEB

9ish captcha solutions to make your web app impressive

Found some really helpful and good looking captcha solutions for you website integration. Thought to share so as to use them freely on your website.

487

0 comments

60 Web Design Galleries for Design Inspiration

Web design galleries are the best way be keep in touch with latest trends in website designing and also for design inspiration. Web Design galleries also helps bloggers like me to create a list of inspirational websites or list of beautiful websites. So here we have collected some galleries for web design inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration

622

1 comment

20+ Exceptional Online Professional Image Editors and Drawing Applications

Here are the list of some popular and Professional Image Editors And Drawing Applications that work online.

design, graphic, inspiration, tips, tools

386

0 comments

Top 40 Authors Of The Famous Design Blogs

Today we’ve decided is to come up with an amazing list of the top 40 authors in the web design, web development and internet industry. If you’ve got your own blog that you want to increase the popularity of.

483

0 comments

2010

18

FEB

Guerrilla Advertising – Creative Attention Seeking #5

A showcase of fantastic guerrilla advertising/marketing solutions

design, graphic, inspiration

306

0 comments

10 of the best Calligraphy fonts

A good designer should have the best fonts. There are thousands of good fonts everywhere and here you will find 10 of them. Take a look!

design, font, photoshop

780

0 comments

Tips to creating an email signature for your online brand

Email signatures are not new and they have been around for as long as email itself has. So if you have a website/blog, you might want to look at designing a email signature that represents your brand and yourself online.

design, tips, tutorial

607

0 comments

How Those Famous Websites Have Evolved Throughout the Years

I went to wayback machine and searched for those famous websites and take a screenshot of it in few years ago and also their current website. Pretty impressive changes and very encouraging as they all are moving forward with all sort of new technologies. I hope you will enjoy this post :)

design, graphic, inspiration

7128

12 comments

Eating into Restaurant & Recipe Web Design: 50+ Mouth Watering Websites

The food industry is one of the largest categories of business in the world. While taste is generally the main focus, design & appearance are just as important when it comes to showcasing products, restaurants and recipe websites.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

425

0 comments

70+ Best Fonts For Headlines And Titles

70+ handpicked fonts for big, bold headlines and titles in website or blog design.

design, font, freebies, logo, usability

410

0 comments

10 Beautiful non-blog Websites Using Wordpress As CMS

I handpicked 10 beautiful non-blog websites that are using wordpress to handle the content. Enjoy.

cms, design, wordpress

1483

0 comments

2010

17

FEB

40+ Websites with Awesome Backdrops

Again, now it is time for some more inspiration. Inspiration is the mother of beautiful creation. Backgrounds do play an important role in giving attractive look to the website.

design, graphic, inspiration

685

0 comments

22 Beautiful Textures On Black Backgrounds - High Res - 4000 x 5000 pixels at 300 PPI.

Everything looks better on black! This texture pack has 22 artistic slapdash styled images on black backgrounds. The amazing thing about this pack is that they are extremely high resolution. Most of the images are around 4000 x 5000 pixels at 300 PPI. With this high of a resolution you can get different looks depending on where you zoom into. We hope you enjoy this release!

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

1117

0 comments

20 Creative Warning for Global Warming

Checkout this amazing advertisement posters about the effect of global warming.

design, graphic

486

0 comments

Raging Dawn Photoshop Brushes

We list only the best Freebies The last photoshop brush set in Series 4. Inspired by a bunch of nuclear explosions.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

466

0 comments

User testing and thirteen ways of selling a book

By conducting simple user tests, you can improve the effectiveness of your online banners. Find out how Smashing Magazine is selling their book.

design, graphic, tips, usability

359

0 comments

Create a portfolio layout from jeans texture

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an unique portfolio layout using jeans texture.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

555

0 comments

How to Build Web Cred as a Designer

Credibility on the web is not easily earned. To be a successful designer, you need people to recognize you as skilled, competent and professional. Here are some tips to put your name out there and earn some legitimate Web Cred.

design, misc, tips

452

0 comments

50+ Stunning Example of Photo Manipulation

In this post we will see another creative example of photo manipulation for your inspiration. You will see dark designs, light or surreal, digital art and abstract.

design, inspiration

469

0 comments

40 Single Page Mini Templates

Simple, modern, well documentated mini templates for online resumes, business cards and under construction pages.

css-html, design, freebies, graphic, template

936

0 comments

Top 10 SEO mistakes web designers and developers make

If you own a website, you probably know that search engine optimization is an inherent part of design and development process. It would not be an overstatement if we said that the website design and development.

613

0 comments

2010

16

FEB

Flash Design Showcase #8

A showcase of my favourite flash designs in the last few weeks

design, graphic, inspiration

401

0 comments

How to Pull Your Google Buzz with jQuery

Embed your buzz stream into a website yourself by pulling your Google Buzz using jQuery.

ajax, css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

276

0 comments

50 Awesome Website Design Galleries

For the longest time, one of my best sources of inspiration has been web design galleries. My favourite being The FWA: Favourite Website Awards which was founded in 2000. The FWA showcases the most cutting edge website designs.

design, flash, inspiration

506

0 comments

28 beautiful Drupal websites

It’s not usual to read articles with Drupal websites (at least for me). I tried to collect the best of them here. You will see 28 of the most beautiful websites powered by Drupal. Let’s start!

cms, design, graphic

1352

2 comments

Six Project Management Skills Every Web Design Freelancer Must Have

Managing web design projects is one difficult job. There are communication and organizing issues, negotiation and networking, and most of all, a strong need for planning. Effectively wielding the skills necessary to implement a successful project can be painful.

design, inspiration, tips

445

0 comments

25 Most Stylish jQuery Plugins

Stylize your designs with the best in class widgets, utilities, slide shows, forms and much more with this collection of most stylish jQuery plugins. Style is all that matters for a best in class design. Stylish designs and user interfaces are now a cakewalk with these jQuery plugins.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1516

0 comments

Design an eye catching dark web layout

In this tutorial we will be creating a sleek, dark layout using Adobe Photoshop.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

425

0 comments

Create your own social network icons

There are thousands of icons for social network that you can use for your project but why you don’t try to create your own? Here, you will learn how to make your own social network icons, simple and fast! Just follow the guide!

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

592

0 comments

34 places to find what you want!

One of the best ways to find what you want is the search engines (Google, Bing) but also you can take a look on some sites with related content. I made a list with some sites that you will find Design / Web / Wordpress elements. Enjoy!

design, graphic, photoshop, tools, tutorial

367

0 comments

99 Creative and Funny Advertisements for Inspiration

These are 99 Creative and funny advertising. Advertisements for Toshiba, Samsung, Val-spar colors, WWF, Food, Tools and a lot of awesome ads. Enjoy

design, inspiration

559

0 comments

2010

15

FEB

Websites of 24 Heads of Government

In honor of Presidents Day a showcase of 24 websites of heads of government from around the world.

182

0 comments

Empower Photoshop Skills With 40 Cool Photo Effects Tutorials

Photoshop is very powerful tool and it becomes more powerful in the hands of imaginative and creative people. They can give their imagination a life by using Photoshop. You can create as much as photo effects as you like to create.

design, photoshop, tutorial

340

0 comments

15 Essentials of a Successful Website with Examples

When hundreds of web sites are designed up every other day, your website need to have something special to attract your potential customers.

446

0 comments

Fat Footers: The Long Tail of Your Website

Why should you extend your footer? Or Why would you keep the footer short? This article explores the pros and cons of an extensive footer.

370

0 comments

70 Awesome Rust Texture Packs From DeviantArt

Last two post regarding texture list 70 Awesome Wooden Texture Packs from DeviantArt and 70 Awesome Paper Texture Packs from DeviantArt was a huge hit so this time we decided to collect some Rust Texture for our designer friends. Check out this 70 Awesome Rust Texture packs from Devaint Art.

design, graphic

231

0 comments

Google Buzz Free Icons And PSD Files

Google Buzz is a new way to Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos and more with your friends.It is the best social product launched by Google compared to orkut and google wave

design, icon, usability

258

0 comments

2010

14

FEB

10 Awesome and Creative CSS Templates For Design Inspiration

In this post I am sharing some awesome and very creative examples of CSS templates for design inspiration. So take a test drive of creativeness.

design, inspiration

1290

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #40

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

535

0 comments

Use of Effective Typography in Logo Design

To have a nice looking and creative logo is so much important for any brand. Logo represent your brand, here we are presenting you some uniquely designed typographic logo for design inspiration.

design, graphic

603

0 comments

Best of Web #18

Continueing a fresh weekly portion of the best graphic resources, inspiration and tutorials from around the web.

design, freebies, graphic, tutorial

571

0 comments

2010

13

FEB

The Best Web Design Links From The Week #3

A look back at some of our favourite web design links from the past week

design, graphic, inspiration

568

1 comment

Saturday Swirl 5: Tasty Snacks from the Design Community

Articles, resources, tutorials and inspiration from around the web. Kick off your weekend with some tasty snacks.

459

0 comments

2010

12

FEB

50 Amazing Example of Yellow Inspiration

These are 50 Yellow Creative and inspiration designs , Sites, Cards & Brochures, Typography and Photography.. I hope you enjoy and inspire you!

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

251

0 comments

Create a valentine’s day post card

Learn how to create a romantic valentine's day post card with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

222

0 comments

40+ Creative And Unusual Business Card Designs

Today i will be showcasing of some really unusual but creative business card designs.I’m not sure if all these can be used in business and a little bit risky i think but if you ever decide to use these kind of business cards

design, inspiration, misc

241

0 comments

Quick and Clean iPad PSD to Download

It is only how many weeks now when the iPad was announced, there are already a lot of blog post, reviews and critics that came out in the Internet. Whether this iPad will bring glory to the design field or any techy field in this world, I don’t give a @*&% care.

design, graphic

458

0 comments

Create a Grunge Snowboard Poster for the Winter Olympics – Photoshop Tutorial

In this tutorial we’re going to put together a cool grungy poster design for the upcoming Vancouver Olympics. We’ll go over several basic Photoshop techniques and combine some basic image manipulation with some grunge text treatments to create some cool effects.

design, photoshop, wallpaper

530

0 comments

2010

11

FEB

55+ Beautiful and Colorful Vector Illustration

These are 55+ vibrant colors and amazing Vector Illustration from creative designers. You will see Food Illustration and animals, people and wallpapers.

design, inspiration

679

0 comments

50+ Brilliant examples of HDR photography

These images are so magical and change our dark, gray world in to colorful shiny paradise. Below you will find more than 50 newest, mystery, colorful examples of High dynamic range (HDR) Photography.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

506

0 comments

Design Your Own Custom T-Shirts,15 Qualified Companies

Last night i’ve looked around to find some qualified companies which let you design your own t-shirts and i wanna share them with you.The prices start from $15 up to $40

design, tools, trend

367

0 comments

Website Design: 30+ Beautifully Designed T-Shirt Sites

Everybody knows how trendy t-shirts are. There are some really creative and fun designs out there. Last November I wrote a post about t-shirt designs titled: T-shirt Design: 50+ Awesome Examples.

design, inspiration

472

0 comments

12 Useful Logo Web Galleries to Help You Create a Great Logo

Logo design, I guess it's one of the most difficult design because we need to embed meaning, branding and corporate identity into a simple piece of design. In this post, I have found some tips and inspirational website to help you create a good logo.

design, inspiration, logo

10104

11 comments

Designer Showcase - Steven Bonner

A showcase of the beautiful work of Steven Bonner

design, graphic, inspiration

286

0 comments

2010

10

FEB

How CMS is beneficial for your business?

Most of the CMS available are open source and hence available to you at absolutely no cost. Only few are paid ones and that too are available at fairly low cost. These open source software can easily be migrated from one server to another and are compatible with most databases.

design, graphic

601

0 comments

35+ Brilliant Examples of Optical Illusions

These are 35 Optical Illusions paintings to refresh your mind and inspire you. Creative visual tricks that confuse the eye and the mind in the first look.

design, inspiration

942

1 comment

7 Questions for Jacob Cass

Jacob Cass is a world-renowned web, graphic and logo designer residing in Brooklyn, New York and is the founder of ‘Just Creative Design‘.

design, graphic, inspiration

570

0 comments

Pixelcrayons – Your coding partner

Xhtml.pixelcrayons.com offers pixel-precise hand-coded markup services (PSD to HTML / XHTML / CSS), implementation of designs into various themes/CMS/shopping carts/blogs and website re-coding services.

cms, css-html, design

470

0 comments

10 Stylish jQuery caption plugins

Listed here you will find ten stylish jQuery caption plugins which you can freely use in your future work.

design, javascript, tutorial, usability

905

0 comments

70+ Business Card Designs

It has been almost two months since our last post on business cards. Since then I have assembled an amazing collection of fresh and creative business cards. I am confident that these new business card designs will stimulate your creative juices for your own beautiful designs. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

788

0 comments

22 Places To Purchase Premium Wordpress Themes

Wordpress has become very popular with bloggers. Its simple and easy to use. One of the problems bloggers run into is finding the perfect theme. Now i know from my experience, that there are many awesome (free) themes out there.

css-html, design, template, wordpress

469

0 comments

44 Outstanding Business Card Designs For Inspiration

Unusual and outstanding business card designs

design, graphic, inspiration

656

0 comments

2010

9

FEB

40 Examples of Cool Javascript

JavaScript has blossomed so rightly. Since then, there are jquery, Mootools , Scriptallicious, Prototype etc..which really produces cool effects. In todays time, java script is a must have component.

design, javascript

811

0 comments

28 Beautifully T-Shirt Illustrations #3

These are 28 Nice T-Shirt Illustrations from Flying Mouse 365.com. I hope you find them creative and feed your inspiration. I like their vibrant colors indeed.

design, graphic, inspiration

435

0 comments

A Showcase Of Illustrative Websites

A showcase of websites that feature an illustrative theme

design, graphic, inspiration

432

0 comments

Buttons and usability

An article about buttons, links, and a lot of usability. Studies on a couple of websites, devices and applications showing how one can improve user experience by improving simple buttons.

design, tips, usability

725

0 comments

The most influential web designs today and why they work!

This is a list of the most inspirational and influential designs today. Each one is explained and evaluated.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

475

0 comments

Daily Design Inspiration #11

In this post we will show you some inspiration artworks, Logo, Illustrations and Advertising etc of creative designers, André de Aquino, Antonio Sampaio, Walee

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

412

0 comments

12 most exotic wall arts designs : Vibrant and Colorful

Can you imagine intricate artwork on the walls filled with vivacious colors and vivid characters. Here is the list of extraordinary wall arts which might inspire you for a magical color play.

design, graphic, inspiration

455

0 comments

11 Popular Wordpress Plugins for Designers

WordPress Plugins as you know allow you easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. Instead of changing the theme.So I've collected several WordPress plugins to help designers in enhancing of their wordpress.

cms, design, usability, wordpress

739

0 comments

Household Items Vector Pack

Many household items for your vector illustrations. This pack includes a fan, wind chime, trophy, margarita, globe, bread basket and more. Royalty free vector. Free to use in your personal and commercial designs.

design, freebies, graphic, icon

563

0 comments

2010

8

FEB

20 Fonts Ideal For The iPhone And Other Mobile Screens

Fancy fonts which look awesome on large screens are often barely readable at smaller resolutions. Here is a collection of 20 free fonts which will surely work on any resolution required.

design, font, graphic

414

0 comments

Pre Print Basics: Generating Originals

In this postwe are going to talk about some pre print stuff, generating originals. As you can imagine there are a lot of things involving the creation of originals, pixel images, text, vector and/or bezier curves based images, more or less. In this post I`ll try to explain or help in the construction by giving information about original components.

design, graphic, tips

261

0 comments

30 The Best jQuery plugins inspired from Twitter and Facebook

The plugins in this article will allow you to insert in to your website very interesting effects of Social media giants: Twitter and Facebook. If you want to create Facebook like Twitter fan page or Facebook post on Wall effect, these plugins are for you.

design, javascript, tools

1026

0 comments

Freelancers :: Increase Your Productivity

Your Freelance work can be one of the easiest and hardest things you’ll ever have to do – depending on what day it is, how much energy you have, what kind of mood you’re in, etc. Anyone who has ever made a living as a freelance completely understands how hectic things can get. Sometimes it may seem as if the smallest thing has completely thrown you off schedule.

design, graphic

freelance4money

250

0 comments

Using Philosophy to Better Understand The Methodology of Design

While these facets of the design process are undeniably crucial, it is high time designers took a step back to fully understand and absorb the structure of the design process and its subsequent application in the industry.

design, misc, tips, trend

261

0 comments

25 Unique 3D Light Graphics Wallpapers

What I'm gonna show you is 3D version of light painting wallpapers, which called light graphics. At first, I'm a little bit confused & had no idea what they are called.

design, graphic, wallpaper

537

0 comments

Top Designs for Football Websites – Tribute to Super Bowl

Super Bowl XLIV has come to a close and if you want to say good bye to it, you can browse different football websites. Not only will these websites be interesting for football fans but web designers too.

408

0 comments

Monday Morning Inspiration #32

Every Monday Morning we’re give you a bunch of cool design Inspiration. Do you wanna share your Work, next Monday, in this Post join our Flickr Group!

design, graphic, inspiration

406

0 comments

30 Creative Examples of Glossy Effect Logo Designs

30 Creative Examples of Glossy Effect and 3D Logo Designs

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

837

0 comments

Green Thumb: A Free Social Media Icon Set

Green Thumb is a free, vector-based social media icon set designed exclusively for release on Visual Swirl. The package contains icons for the following sites: Delicious, Design Bump, Design Float, Digg, Facebook, Linkedin, Myspace, Reddit, RSS, Stumbleupon, Technorati, and Twitter.

design, freebies, icon

525

0 comments

Best of Web #17

Continueing a fresh weekly portion of the best graphic resources, inspiration and tutorials from around the web.

design, freebies, tutorial

420

0 comments

2010

7

FEB

Web Hosting Layout Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to create a PSD layout for a hosting business, internet service provider, or any other internet related business.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

565

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #39

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

484

0 comments

43 In-Browser Web Development Tools That Will Make You A Better Web Developer

This is a toolbox that is sure to contain most of the web developer tools you need to develop your website into something unique and make you an infinitely better web designer.

browser, design, tools

529

0 comments

60+ Amazing Abstract Backgrounds – Free EPS Files

These are 60 Amazing Abstract Backgrounds - Free EPS Files, The backgrounds have vibrant colors, Each one has its own beauty. I hope you like.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

672

0 comments

Four Common Steps Every New Blogger Would Face When Starting A Blog

In this article I will give you "Four Common Steps Every New Blogger Would Face When Starting A Blog" along with some helpful tips that will save you time when starting a new blog or website.

design, tips, usability

500

0 comments

2010

6

FEB

40 Historical Pepsi Cola Ads Which Will Make You Smile

You can easily find inspirational Coca Cola ads all over the internet and especially in these kind of blogs.I’m sure you have seen most of them but today i thought that we are not interested in Pepsi ads.

design, graphic, inspiration

512

1 comment

20+ Stunning jQuery Animations

A little bit of animation can spruce up a dull user interface. This collection of jQuery Animations pull up a whole new style of interactivity through stunning animations and effects.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1141

0 comments

10 Must See CSS Sprites Tutorials

CSS sprites are a way to reduce the number of HTTP requests made for image resources referenced by your site so it will increase page loading speed.This post looks at useful tutorials for CSS Sprites.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

962

0 comments

Goddess cadeira photo effect in Photshop

This photo effect is primarily devised for womens, but I thing mans also can get cool result. In this photoshop tutorial we will use some layers styles, photoshop basic tools and we will works with lights, a lot. This effect isn't hard to make, but as you can see it is effective.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

592

0 comments

2010

5

FEB

42 Striking Examples Of Snowboard Designs

Since its Winter season, i decided to make a corresponding post. Today i bring you a showcase of snowboard designs. Snowboard design has become very popular.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

844

0 comments

jQuery Navigation Solutions – Spectacular and Dynamic

Browse one-page websites that come with jQuery plugins and tricks. You’ll be amazed how easy it is to navigate them.

969

1 comment

Top 15 Jquery CSS Animated Navigation Tutorials

Top 15 Jquery CSS Animated Navigation Tutorials with download sources and live demos

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial, usability

1122

2 comments

16+3 Brands You Should Consider For Your Next Startup

Whether to inspire new brand ideas or to inspire you to build a business for one of these, I present you 16+3 of my favorite brands that should should be brought to life.

design, inspiration

459

0 comments

2010

4

FEB

Vote For the Best Web Design Trends for 2010 – Part II

You have another chance to cast your vote for the best web design trends. Your opinion is very important and can influence what trends will be on the top this year.

412

0 comments

Create a rustic layout for hotels or restaurants

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a site related to hotel industry: restaurants, bed and breakfast, motels, etc...

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

602

0 comments

120 Most Inspiration and brilliant Surreal Artworks

120 brilliant and Inspiration designs, Drawings and Photography by talents Artists who mastered Surreal Artworks. By Suliman Almawash, Eric Lacombe and Adnrey.

design, inspiration, photography

464

0 comments

50 Beautifully Blue Designs

I collect some nice example of blue designs, websites, logo, icons, brochures, typography and photography. I hope you enjoy and inspire you!

design, graphic, inspiration, logo, photography

743

0 comments

75 Fresh Business Cards for Design Inspiration

For marketing point of view to any kind of business, its very important to have a good looking business card. Business card reflects the seriousness of you involved in your own business. Therefore we have collected some nicely designed Business cards for design inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration

539

0 comments

88 Creative and Free Fonts With Really Inspirational Showcases

Font is a must for designers and you can find thousands of free fonts over the internet.As a big fan of different types of fonts,i downloaded hundreds of them and spend a few hours to try

design, font, inspiration

563

0 comments

2010

3

FEB

Lighting Effects Pack – 50 Free Photoshop Brushes and Images

This graphic design pack is filled with 50 different types of glowing light streaks. Available in two different formats, Photoshop Brushes and JPEG images. The images have full color intact as well as larger dimensions making them more versatile. The great thing about the brushes is they have a transparent background. You choose your format or download both of them.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

586

0 comments

CSS text-indent: An Excellent Trick To Style Your HTML Form

A simple but great trick to style your HTML Form input using CSS text-indent property.

css-html, design

1051

0 comments

Focus on Icon Designs: Tips and Examples

Icons are a source of Identification. We are familiar with so many icons around us like twitter, metros, traffic signals, mails etc. The icons are a great way to provide the user focus and enhance the visibility of web page. Not only this, well-designed icons can help the user thereby to move more efficiently through the site

design, graphic

463

0 comments

115 Creative Advertisements that feed your inspiration

These are 115 creative advertising, many ads for Volkswagen car models, Audi, Minicar agency, Volvo Cars. Samsung Camera, Radio FM, DHL, GPS .. etc

design, inspiration

454

0 comments

30 Nice Valentine's Day Wallpapers + Other Resources

Now, I'm going to share some of nice Valentine's Day wallpapers which can be downloaded for free! You may use it to design your own artwork in your Valentine's Day Card.

design, graphic, wallpaper

535

0 comments

2010

2

FEB

Valentines Day - Photoshop-Brushes & Tutorials

Since it is (almost) any request or any big event there such strokes, it is not surprising that it even for a day is like Valentine's Day, gives a suitably wide range of resources. The following list contains photoshop-brushes, a few vector graphics and tutorials on this subject, including book tip!

design, inspiration, photoshop, tutorial

Webstandard-Team

739

1 comment

A Showcase Of 'Handmade' Websites

A showcase of websites that look as if they have been made by hand

design, graphic, inspiration

491

0 comments

37 Inspirational and Detailed Wordpress Theme Design Tutorials

Do you think that designing a wordpress theme is really hard?Well i don’t think so anymore.Most of us,at first, think that theme design is something so complicated

design, photoshop, wordpress

479

0 comments

Create a Custom Apple iPhone/iPad Icon For Your Web Site

With the Apple Tablet the iPad arriving it is time to finally learn how to give your web site an icon for Apple touch devices. Years ago the favicon.ico was only found on a few select websites, but today they can be found just about everywhere. The apple-touch-icon rel link attribute has become Favicon 2.0 in today’s web.

design, icon, trend, tutorial

957

2 comments

Freefont Family: Public Gothic

It is little industrial, little vintage, little condensed, little bold. Public Gothic is our new font family and beta release is free to use in all your designs, commercial or non commercial. PB family members are PB Square, PB Vintage, PB Circular, PB Federal. It's compatible with any os system. (Mac T1, Win OTF, Win TTF)

design, font, freebies

1109

0 comments

35 Mind Blowing Digital Paintings by Gary

35 Mind Blowing Digital Paintings by Gary Tonge from Deviant Art

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

417

0 comments

75 Creative Architectural Models

These are Amazing, Creative Architectural Models. You will see also Creative landmarks models from one paper each one has its own beauty. Enjoy with inspiration

design, inspiration

471

1 comment

99 Beautiful Roads Photos

These are 99 beautiful roads images. Roads in forests, asphalt roads, highway, You will see also a long roads in farmland, deserts and rough roads.. etc. I hope you enjoy and get nice impression. Each picture has its own beauty!

design, inspiration, photography

528

1 comment

2010

1

FEB

Create a glossy high tech 3D speaker icon

Learn how to design an awesome hight tech glossy icon with a 3D look in Photoshop.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

458

0 comments

We're Now a Design Magazine! (And another big announcement...)

AEXT.NET - An Extension of the NET - is now a design magazine. Proudly to be a service of HelloLogic.

219

0 comments

20 Ways to Streamline Your Web Business

Making more money and working less. Here are twenty different ways you should know to streamline your web business.

design, tips, tools

493

0 comments

Invoicera Unveils its New Invoicing Application for Designers & Freelancers

Invoicera has recently unveiled the release of their new fully blown web application with tons of powerful features to further simplify the management of bills and invoices. The new version is a complete makeover and you may probably even fail to recognize it.

design, misc, trend

465

0 comments

50+ Free Valentines day wallpapers for your desktop

More than 50 free lovely and romantic valentines day wallpapers for your desktop. These wallpapers will add romantic mood to your workplace. All wallpapers are high resolutions and free to download.

design, wallpaper

579

0 comments

A New Look for Visual Swirl

We've redesigned Visual Swirl to implement a custom theme and provide a better user experience. Here are some highlights of the redesign. Come see the new Swirl!

css-html, design, wordpress

784

0 comments

15 Ways to Improve Freelance Creativity

We’re all creative, there’s no doubt about that. Nobody is born without creative tendencies and abilities; it’s just that some people are better at putting their ideas on paper and relaying them to other people. A lot of it is to do with confidence. If you’re confident that your ideas are great, other people will think so too!

design, graphic

436

0 comments

15 Valentine's Day Photoshop Tutorials

Here is a roundup of 15 Photoshop tutorials to draw inspiration from, when designing your own pretty greeting card or wallpaper for your loved one.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

740

2 comments

15 Beautiful And Completely Free WordPress Themes

Everybody loves free themes, but most of those themes aren’t rally eye appealing. In this roundup i handpicked 15 gorgeous and completely free wordpress themes. I hope you will like them as much as i do.

design, freebies, wordpress

1023

0 comments

60+ Brilliant Examples of Logotype and Typography #2

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading, adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

486

0 comments

2010

31

JAN

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #38

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

494

0 comments

Apple iPad- A New Way to Feel the Design World

After literally years of speculation, Apple’s tablet is here and it’s called the iPad. iPad runs almost 140,000 apps from the App Store. It’s also a useful tool for designers, illustrators and digital artists looking to get creative on the move.

294

0 comments

Free 76 High Quality Icons From Elegantthemes

Recently, i got a shocking email from elegantthemes, as i am one of elegantthemes members. For the first time, elegantthemes send his members a set of high quality icons which can be redistribute to other people for free! What an unusual moment here!

design, freebies, icon

985

0 comments

6 Free High-Res Grungy Paper Textures

Arbenting presents 6 high-resolution grungy paper textures free for commercial and personal use with no attribution necessary.

design, freebies

472

0 comments

100+ Amazing Paintings + Sculpture + Graphics Drawings by [Boris Indrikov]

Boris Indrikov was born in Leningrad in 1967 and lives and works in Moscow . From 1991 – 1997 he was a book designer and worked as an illustrator for the popular science magazine “Chemistry and Life”.

design, graphic, inspiration

392

0 comments

30+ Very Useful Color Tools For Designers

Choosing the right colors and color combination for your web or print design is crucial when trying to invoke a certain feel, reaction or emotion from your viewers. In this post I have assembled an amazing collection of color selectors / color combination tools to make the selection process a little easier when trying to figure out what colors to use in your next design.

design, freebies, graphic, tools

508

0 comments

2010

30

JAN

47 Most Beautiful Wordpress Websites from the internet

Wordpress has became in the last years the most used blogging platform,being utilized by millions of people. The reason is simple:Is so easy to use it,it has many features and more and more people comes with themes,tutorials and plug-ins just to help you and to make your life easier.

design, inspiration, wordpress

677

0 comments

20 Premium Wordpress Themes of January 2010

Is nearly a month since the beginning of the new year and Wordpress developers created some great premium wordpress themes for us.The search for Wordpress themes is never ending and developers know that.

css-html, design, wordpress

688

0 comments

Digging Into E-Commerce Website Design: Overview, Best Practices and Examples

The World Wide Web is a privileged channel for spreading good ideas and, in this time of crisis, it could be very useful to improve a business. Internet provides many possibilities to enhance, in different ways, our activities and one of this surely is the electronic commerce.

design, inspiration, tips, trend

663

0 comments

2010

29

JAN

Free Icons: Ultimate Resource List

In the past months I have written a couple of articles on icons; the most recent titled: Freebies: Social Media Icons for Your Blog. In that post I wrote about the importance of using social media icons in your web design or blog.

design, freebies, icon, inspiration

656

0 comments

80 Free Download Illustration Ai Files - For Kids

80 Ai Files - Illustration For Kids

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

836

1 comment

48 Amazing Fresh Links for Designers

Every day there are new design posts being published to help designers promote their projects.We have included the links to some of favorite design posts that are worth checking out and studying.

design, freebies, inspiration, tutorial

1364

0 comments

50+ Brilliant Example of Fantasy Drawings

This post is part of an ongoing Daily Design Inspiration series that showcases to our readers the best designs to inspire and feed your creativity.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

512

0 comments

40 Popular Lists of Photoshop Tutorials

Today, psd-tutorial.com are going to give you roundups of so many adobe photoshop tutorials. I've seen so many blogs posting about photoshop tutorial lists. Today, I'm gonna give you list of adobe photoshop roundup that is written by several top graphic design bloggers around the blogosphere.

design, graphic, photoshop

457

0 comments

Give Your Resume a Creative Boost

No matter what your situation is, it is always prudent to have a well crafted resume to call upon when needed. It is your ticket to new job opportunities and clients.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

459

0 comments

2010

28

JAN

Fresh Examples of Web 2.0 Design and Interfaces

Fresh Examples of Web 2.0 Design and Interfaces gathered from Deviant for Inspiration

css-html, design, photoshop, template

763

0 comments

14 funny yet creative 404 error pages

Today evening I was wondering how designers can think that much creative. These designers simply took out creativity with humor , which is the most difficult to achieve for any top class designer.

css-html, design, flash

643

0 comments

6 Ways Apple's iPad Will Shake Up The Design World

Why should designers care about Apple’s new iPad? This post looks at 6 takeaways from the new Apple iPad that will change the way we look at design for the web and beyond.

design, tools, trend

672

0 comments

The Smashing Book in Review

The Smashing Book has been well praised from within the web design and development community. Smashing Magazine typically releases high quality content but does the book live up to the hype?

design, usability

letscounthedays

323

0 comments

Top 60 Outstanding Photoshop Tutorials

Again it’s time for photoshop tutorials. The tutorials are good as an inspiration for creative ideas. You have to learn how to combine photos and add special effects to turn a normal photograph into a stunning artwork.

design, graphic, photography, photoshop

571

0 comments

Interview With A Pro Rod Hunt

An interview with the wonderful illustrator Rod Hunt

design, graphic, inspiration

405

0 comments

2010

27

JAN

Creative Advertising Photography And Photo Manipulation By Fred Perrot

For your inspiration doze i have selected a talented artist named Fred Perrot. He is France’s leading advertising photographer and has done many projects for BMW, Absolut, Peugeot, Jaeger-Lecoultre, Tefal, Renault and Nespresso.

431

1 comment

120+ Creative Advertisements

These images speak for themselves. I hope you love them as much as I do.

design, inspiration

528

1 comment

How to Create Perfect Radial Shapes in Illustrator

In this tutorial, I will walk you through the creation process on how to effectively recreate some perfect radial shapes. Once you have completed this tutorial. I am sure you will be creating some amazing radial shapes to include in your designs.

design, graphic, tutorial

474

0 comments

Photoshop Variables: How to Import External PSD Smartly

When working on large projects, with many mock-ups and style-sheets, even the smallest change on a re-occurring component can take quite some time.

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

532

0 comments

100 Cool poster design for your inspiration

A poster is a visual presentation of information.It should be simple , understandable and catch the attention of target audience . This is not an easy task .In this post I’ve collected 100 posters for your inspiration .I’ve tried to collect variety of design styles …enjoy :)

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

1193

0 comments

How to Find the Right Web Hosting Company for your Online Business?

There are a number of web hosting companies operating in the market. However, you wish to choose the best one of all that gives you affordable services without compromising on the indispensable element of quality.

design, graphic

331

0 comments

2010

26

JAN

Great Uses Of White Space

A showcase featuring web sites that effectively use whitespace

design, graphic, inspiration

570

0 comments

Google like imageless buttons

This jQuery plugin is an attempt to recreate Google imageless buttons and prove that it doesn’t take a whole team of engineers and an endless cycle of code revision and quality control (their own words) to pull this off. This buttons automatically adapt to paddings and other styling you wish to use.

css-html, design

869

0 comments

The Semantic Web: Speaking to Humans With Readable Code

The semantic web consists of teaching computers to understand the meaning of web content. Learn the advantages of writing descriptive semantic code.

design, usability

420

3 comments

60+ Stunning Examples of Abstract Designs.

Many designers, painters like abstract art because it expresses the interior feelings and their ambitions etc. The paintings contain symbols and shapes that have no meaning virtual. I hope that when you look at these designs you will feel inspired like me.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

538

0 comments

50 Landscapes and scenery photo manipulation

Check out some great landscape and scenery photomanipulation and play with your raw photos which you have taken on your previous trip.

design, graphic, inspiration

433

0 comments

Working with Flash: Tips & Tricks to Create a Detailed Image

“God is in the details”. This is a phrase I’ve heard many times before. Perhaps this is why I love taking a closer look at all the small details that make up a whole. It is my search for every bit of perfection working together to create a whole beautiful picture.

design, flash, graphic, usability

396

0 comments

25 fresh and creative logodesigns

Need inspiration for logodesign? Have a look at this showcase including 25 great examples for creative logo design.

design, font, graphic, inspiration, misc

502

0 comments

70+ New Example of Brochures #2

Brochures and Business cards are used by companies or individuals to provide brief information during formal introductions. They include information such as name, address, e-mail, telephone number and offer services etc . These 70+ New and Creative Example of Brochures. You can learn from them and get nice ideas for your designs.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

629

0 comments

2010

25

JAN

3 Elegant Html Resume Templates

A web page resume can be read, printed, bookmarked for later review on any computer connected to the internet. Here are 3 elegant html resumes, I hope they will be useful for you.

design, template, trend, tutorial

1069

0 comments

Creative 404 Error Pages With Characters

You can use 404 error page to communicate with your visitor and tell them what to do next. Here i have collected creative examples of 404 error page designs in which you will find characters communicating with you in their own way.

459

0 comments

Create Avatar movie poster in Photoshop

This tutorial elaborates how you can create a Navi image of any usual photo as you add impressive text and backgrounds to make an Avatar movie poster. Let us begin to see how you can get this amazing Navi photo effect in just 8 easy steps.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

603

0 comments

30 Nice CG Posters From SeventhStreet

SeventhStreet is a graphic design company who employ some of the most talented graphic designers & digital artists to make high quality CG - computer graphics.

design, graphic

463

1 comment

50+ Creative Examples of Minimalist Web Design.

Minimalist design has been described as design removing the unnecessary elements and focus on simplicity, Typography, simple and creative layouts. You can find the content of the site easy and simple. where it doesn’t have fancy colors or effects. In this article 50 examples showcase some of the best minimal site designs out there on the web. I hope you love them as much as I do.

design, graphic

910

0 comments

Domain Name Theft & Safety Measures

Cases of Internet domain name theft has swept the World Wide Web. This upsurge in domain theft news has proven that your domain name is not as safe as you expected it to be. There are a number of common mistakes that we do and as a result domain theft takes place. However, there are some safety measures, which if followed prudently, can help you keep your domain name safe and secure.

design, graphic

379

0 comments

2010

24

JAN

36 Magnific Tutorials for 3D Effects

I put together a list of 36 tutorials that will teach you how to create some amazing 3D effects with Photoshop and Illustrator.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

543

0 comments

Monday Morning Inspiration #30

This Post belongs to our “Monday Morning Inspiration” Series. Every Monday Morning we’re give you a bunch of cool design Inspiration. Do you wanna share your Work, next Monday, in this Post join our Flickr Group!

design, graphic, inspiration, tips

500

0 comments

How to Choose a SEO friendly Domain Name?

Technological revolution has transformed the face of modern society at an amazing pace. A strong online presence is a must for everyone, from individuals to entrepreneurs to big corporate houses.

design, graphic, seo

575

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #37

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

504

1 comment

70+ Brilliant Examples of Logotype and Typography Inspiration.

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading, adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters.

design, graphic, logo, photoshop

1106

0 comments

12 Awesome, Fresh And Free Web Social Icons Sets

Enjoy 12 Awesome, Fresh And Free Web Social Icons Sets around the web. They are free for download and use without any restriction.

design, graphic, icon

645

0 comments

2010

23

JAN

Designer’s Collection #10 [75 Learning Tools Images]

This post contain 77 Learning Tools Images, Pencils, books, Empty classroom, Dictionary, Anatomical model, Brain on a pile of books, Periodic Table and another learning tools. These images are pure with high resolution. Nice materials for your designs.

design, photography

410

0 comments

The Best Web Design Links From The Week #2

A look back at some of our favourite web design links from the past week

design, graphic, inspiration

436

0 comments

35+ New Websites With A Stunning And Effective Use of Textures

An over-used style in modern Web Design surely is Grunge. It is relatively simple to realize: with some photoshop tricks it’s possible to create stunning effects in a few minutes. A grunge website often is a mix of “confuse” stuff and a good use of textures, but however with a logical order to highlight the contents.

design, inspiration

598

0 comments

80 Amazing African Wildlife Photos

Wildlife is very nice place for who have a passion for nature photography, Africa is unique location for adventures who interested in photography, Here are 80 amazing photos like lions, zebras, Giraffes, Elephants, Rhinos and another stunning animals photographs. I hope that when you look at these pictures you will feel inspired and refresh your mind.

design, photography

500

0 comments

2010

22

JAN

PSD Files (Books, Notebooks, Magazines)

This week’s PSD files are all of books, notebooks and magazines.

design, graphic

579

0 comments

20+ Amazing Twitter Icons

This week we will be presenting you some cool twitter icons. including some new ones you may not have seen before.

design, graphic

441

0 comments

Anatomy of Colors in Web Design: Blue and the Cool Look

The ability to mix and blend colors creates new possibilities in today’s already colorful world. Today we discuss the color Blue and take a look at how it has benefited us.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

524

0 comments

Tagclouds, useful or just keyword spam?

Tagging your articles or pictures should be done methodically and consistent throughout your entire website. Find out how!

css-html, design, seo, usability

454

0 comments

20 Best Twitter-likes And Useful Tutorials To Work With Twitter

20 best tutorials and resources that are Twitter-like and useful for your web project.

design, inspiration, tools, tutorial

516

0 comments

2010

21

JAN

How To Wrap Google Adsense In Wordpress Posts Correctly

Two simplest but correct ways to wrap Google Adsense code in WordPress posts.

design, tutorial, wordpress

304

0 comments

30 Stunning Strength Images

Enjoy with these crazy strength cliparts, they have nice colors and you can use these initial materials on your design.You will see funny images with super Strength, I think strong men or annoying kids will like this stuff.

design, graphic

496

0 comments

Tag Your Friends in Facebook With This Picture!

I made these small photos/wallpapers for all of you who wants to tag your friend of best friends in your Facebook. Choose your favorite color that you like.

design, graphic, photoshop

1224

1 comment

Awesome jQuery Solutions for Online Portfolios

See the websites enhanced with powerful jQuery tools. Don’t loose your chance to see animated websites which have nothing to do with Flash and complex programming.

707

0 comments

Chinese Ink Illustrator Brush Set

Here you find plenty of Freebies for Designers collected by Designers needing them on their daily business... The site is updated every day, so be sure to check back often.

design, freebies, graphic

863

0 comments

Redesign Vs. Tweaked Design: What’s Best for Your Website

When the urge to redesign hits, take time to consider what’s best for your website: an all out makeover or simple, calculated tweaks? This article examines both and helps you decide.

466

0 comments

10 Quick Tips for Running a Website Optimization Test

Running website optimization tests can be a very rewarding process. It is important to make sure that every test you conduct is worth your time and effort.

design, trend, usability

letscounthedays

543

0 comments

Designer Showcase - Firmorama

A showcase of the beautiful design and illustration work from the guys at Firmorama

design, graphic, inspiration

427

1 comment

2010

20

JAN

Essential jQuery Tips, Plugins and Tutorials for Building a Fancy Website

In this post, I'm going to let you know all the plugins and scripts that I used in my recent project that requires intensive AJAX calls and javascript fanciness. I have listed them in a list of plugins and tutorials and I know it's going to be really useful to all of you.

design, inspiration, javascript, tips

17299

9 comments

10 Amazing Web Design Tutorials

Web design is about the pleasures and habits. With a tutorial that will be explained later, we’re sure you will have the ability to design and develop the site with the design and layout is interesting. This tutorial is very easy to follow and fun to do! . Here are 10 Amazing Web Design Tutorials to help you get started.

design, font, graphic, tutorial

701

0 comments

30 Amazing 3D Room Interiors

30 Amazing 3D Room Interior renders by awesome 3d artists

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

706

0 comments

Best of the Web for the Week of January 10, 2010

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the week of January 10, 2010. There is plenty of great stuff out there such as tutorials, freebies, resources and lots of inspirational pieces. I am confident that your designs will benefit from these hot new finds.

design, graphic, icon, inspiration

437

0 comments

60 Free Download 4 Season Calendar AI files

Here are 60 free download 4 Season Calendar AI files , You can use them to get amazing Calendar for your months, You can see example below they have vibrant colors. They Suitable for children, girls and family designs.

design, graphic

1102

1 comment

50+ Amazing $$Dollars$$ Images

Here are 50+ Amazing Dollars Images from shutterstock, You can use them to get amazing designs. Bell Gates said If you born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake. Enjoy with these money.

design, graphic

418

0 comments

Daily Creative Advertising #4

Here 60+ Creative Advertising, have inspiration ideas. You will see funny ads, food and tools adwork etc. This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring Advertising. If you want to share your own work or that of other designers you come across with Desigg readers, just drop us an Email with the URL. Enjoy and Share!

design, graphic

382

0 comments

Minimal Blog Design Tutorial

Learn how to create a minimal blog design in Photoshop, final PSD available for download.

760

0 comments

Websites Decorated with Tags

Feel free to browse websites which come with different tags. It seems tag could be called another web design trend.

419

0 comments

Joomla Showcase: 44 Beautiful Joomla Website Designs

There are a lot of beautiful Joomla websites and this article showcases 44 Joomla designs which include E-commerce, online magazine and also personal blog.

802

1 comment

Common Mistakes in Choosing a Web Host

A good percentage of people risk the success of their websites even before starting it by choosing a wrong web host.

design, graphic

371

0 comments

2010

19

JAN

A Showcase Of Sites For iPhone Apps

A showcase of the very best websites for iPhone apps

design, graphic, inspiration

453

0 comments

90 magnific 3D text effects designs

Here are one of the best 90 text effects in 3D. Hopefully you will find them useful and give you some inspiration towards your design.

design, font, inspiration, photoshop

683

0 comments

20 Amazing Creature Illustrations

20 Amazing Creature Illustrations by Imaginism from Deviant Art and Imganisim studios

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop, wallpaper

535

0 comments

2010

18

JAN

Mind Blowing Illustrations & Branding By Fully Illustrated

While browsing internet i came across a media company named ‘Fully Illustrated’ which offers creative services, from design and branding to illustration and 3D motion graphics.

design, graphic, inspiration

468

0 comments

40 best photoshop tutorials for web layouts

Learn how to create website layouts with one of the best layotu tutorials around.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

681

1 comment

40 Mind Blowing Surreal Photo Manipulations

40 Mind Blowing Surreal Photo Manipulations by awesome manipulators from DA

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

677

0 comments

50 Free Download Abstract Backgrounds EPS Files

Here are 50 free download Abstract Backgrounds files from shutterstock, You can use them to get amazing designs, Don’t forget to use your own and unique ideas for designs to be creative, don’t depend on these files only. You should have artistic touches to be talent designer.

design, graphic

1513

0 comments

21 Purple Websites Fit for a King (or Queen)

21 beautiful purple websites to inspire your next design. The last in a series of posts showcasing color in web design.

design, inspiration

651

0 comments

2010

17

JAN

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #36

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

444

0 comments

Create a layout for architecture or real estate website

Learn how to create a clean layout for a real estate with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

589

0 comments

22 Free High-Quality Icon Sets For Your iPhone

iPhone is getting popular day by day and those who are using it have fallen in love with it. If you love iPhone too and want to give it a personal touch, you can do it via a new icon set.

design, freebies, graphic

486

0 comments

2010

16

JAN

5 Fresh jQuery Plugins Make You Love Your HTML Forms More

Working with HTML forms is really a nightmare because your forms always mess up. This post includes 5 newest and useful jQuery plugins that help you work with HTML forms better and love them more.

ajax, design, javascript, tools

1281

0 comments

Wow Typography Art

Combination of alphabets makes a whole sentence if its a combination in particular manner. But alphabets are not just use for only making sentences, sometimes it can be used as art. Now just check this images below, aplhabets are used to create art.

design, graphic

551

0 comments

Design Professionals on WordPress

Sometimes words alone are not enough to convey a message. However, creating a Web page that includes both text and pictures is more involved than randomly inserting graphics on the page.

design, inspiration, wordpress

519

1 comment

The Best Web Design Links From The Week

A look back at some of our favourite web design links from the past week

design, graphic, inspiration

524

0 comments

2010

15

JAN

Newsletter Design: 50+ Great Examples

A good newsletter campaign can be a great way to inform your subscribers of all your company’s latest news, products and specials. In this post you will see some great examples of newsletter designs from various online companies. If your in need of some design inspiration, this post just might do the job. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

1527

0 comments

Websites Using Cute Twitter Icons

Have you noticed how many websites have added cute Twitter icons? In this article list the most impressive of them.

design, inspiration

508

0 comments

Excellent Resources Help You Create Your Own Social Networking Site

Ultimate list of resources help you build you own social networking site or community news site.

cms, design, inspiration, trend

513

0 comments

26 Creative and Inspirational Dark Colored Blogs

Mostly webmasters prefer light color combinations in the themes they use and especially white is the most prefered color.But in the last few years,we see

design, inspiration, misc

651

0 comments

2010

14

JAN

Blue Website Showcase

A showcase of the very best websites using a blue colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

584

0 comments

Amazing Grunge Artworks by Alex

Amazing Grunge Artworks and Illustrations by Alex Cherry From DA

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop, wallpaper

591

0 comments

Websites Built with Flash Content Management Systems

Don’t loose your chance to browse websites powered by Flash CMS solutions. Not only will you see Flash CMSs in action but also understand which Flash CMS fits your needs.

477

0 comments

94 Css and Web Galleries To Get Inspired and Promote Your Work(Part #1)

Web design galleries and especially Css Galleries are really great sources for the web designers.Of course there are some reasons for this.Let’s give an eye why these galleries are

css-html, design, trend

588

0 comments

50 Incredible Asian Vector Portraits

A vector portrait is basically a computer-generated work of art made up of lines. The coordinates of these lines, which contain blocks of colour between them, are plotted with the aid of computer software. Vector images can easily be differentiated from bitmap (raster) images, which are arranged as arrays of individual pixels.

design, graphic, inspiration

576

0 comments

10 Ways to animate your hyperlinks

CSS provides some powerful ways to style your hyperlinks but if you want to go one step further and add some smooth animation to your hyperlinks, than I believe you will find this list useful.

design, javascript, tutorial, usability

787

0 comments

2010

13

JAN

Comic Book Inspired Vector Artwork

Ever since I was a child I have been a fan of comic books. In October of 2009, I wrote a post titled: CG Artwork: Superheroes and Villains. In that post I assembled some amazing examples of superheros and villains created in CG.

design, graphic, inspiration

496

0 comments

16+ Amazing Brown Websites For Your Inspiration

Perhaps you remember the 21 Websites that are Yellow Post i published some Weeks ago. Now i went on a “find wonderful Brown Websites” search and here’s what came out. Do you now a brown website I forgot to add to the collection, write a comment.

design, graphic, trend

654

0 comments

Radial Pack – 50 Free Elements (Vectors & Photoshop Brushes)

Radial based shapes are a great addition to any design. Included in this pack is a wide assortment of different radial styles that are sure to make your designs pop! This pack comes with 50 elements in two formats, Photoshop Brushes (ABR) and Vectors (EPS).

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

694

0 comments

50 Packaging Designs That Pack A Punch

There is an old adage that taught us: “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” but in a world where there are thousands of competitors for any one specific product, this does not hold true.

design, graphic

416

0 comments

Strategizing Web Content: The Right Strategy for Writing for the Web

Users do not commonly browse the internet looking for a good design or decent user experience. Users browse in search of good content. The more effort you put into your content the better the pay off.

design, tips, usability

letscounthedays

483

0 comments

40 3D wallpapers to spice your desktop

As you all know its Avatar time going on hope you guys having fun watching avatar. So after watching avatar in 3d i thought why not to collect some 3d wallpapers for my desktop and share with you guys.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration

525

0 comments

The most stylish Websites of 2009

Have a look at this list of 12 great website disigns. We took the best of every month to give you an overview for the best designs of 2009. Enjoy!

615

0 comments

2010

12

JAN

Guerrilla Advertising - Creative Attention Seeking #4

A showcase of fantastic guerrilla advertising solutions

design, graphic, inspiration

468

0 comments

Create a Beautiful Looking Custom Dialog Box With jQuery and CSS3

This custom dialog box is one of the scripts in that website and I think it will be quite useful for all of us. The reason I have this custom dialog box is to overcome the inconsistencies across different browsers. It uses CSS3 to style everything and it looks really nice!

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

49887

12 comments

27 Bold and Beautiful Brochure Designs

A roundup of bold and beautiful brochure designs for inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration

1094

0 comments

Top Flash Trends for 2010

Here are described the latest trends in Flash technology that will enter the Flash fight arena and have all chances to be popular in 2010. Flash, along with other Internet technologies, have a long road left to travel and new horizons.

cms, design, flash, tips, trend

868

0 comments

Wet Logos: Showcase of Logo Designs Featuring Water

25 logos that feature characteristics of water. Gushing, rushing, pouring, dripping, raining, sloshing, refreshing. Inspiration from one of the most abundant resources on Earth.

design, inspiration, logo

561

0 comments

Think outside the box! the team perfect page!

A detailed tutorial on building an original team page for any kind of website. Contains full source code and code guidelines for XHTML, CSS, jQuery.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

552

0 comments

Quick Tips for your Domain Nomenclature

Seeing the multiple benefits of having your own online identity, you decide to build a website. Now comes the time for you to make an important business decision—choosing a domain name., which may delve you in sheer dilemma.

412

0 comments

How Web Hosting is Beneficial for You?

Today, almost all the people need web presence for their respective personal/business objectives. One needs to set up a website for the same, which is very easy owing to the easily available web hosting services. Web hosting service is quite advantageous for you if you use them intelligently to reach out to your target audiences. Your choice of a suitable web hosting provider matters a lot here.

401

0 comments

2010

11

JAN

Design a plane crashing one a mountain in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a great photo manipulation with a plane crashing against a mountain.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

577

0 comments

23 Brighter-Than-Sunshine Yellow Websites

23 fantastic yellow websites to inspire your next design. The fifth in a series of posts showcasing color in web design.

design, inspiration, trend

746

0 comments

Cool Computer Animated Videos

The thing that interests me most in the design world is computer animation. It is so interesting to see how these talented artists create stunning designs and put them into motion so they can tell a story. These videos are used in such mediums as advertising, movies and cartoons just to name a few.

design, graphic, inspiration, video

508

0 comments

Interview with Paravel

A three man web design & branding agency from Austin. We gave Trent Walton, the founder of Paravel, an interview to give an insight into their great work. Enjoy!

424

1 comment

9 Rating and Voting Javascript Plugins and Tutorials

Rating and voting features are one of the ways to encourage user interaction with the website. I have gathered a few of javascript rating plugins that are built with jQuery, Mootool or prototype framework and a few of tutorials if you want to know how it works or implement it by yourself.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

12903

1 comment

2010

10

JAN

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #35

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

502

0 comments

21 Wonderful Yellow Websites - For Your Inspiration

Well you don't see Yellow in Webdesign every Day. With a wavelength of 570–580... I went on a Big "Find Yellow Websites" Journey.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

967

0 comments

10 Must-Read eBooks for Social Media Lovers

This series is supported by Times Reader 2.0. Learn more about The New York Times’ latest innovation in newspaper delivery here.

cms, design, gadget, graphic, inspiration

626

1 comment

Creative Digital Arts Alert The Global Warming

The showcase of 45+ photography, photo manipulation, illustration... alert us about global warming.

design, graphic, photography

481

0 comments

What An Office Should Look Like

In the creative Industry it’s very Important to work in a Office who gives you Inspiration and let’s you think somehow different.. Most Designers don’t see work as a medium to only make Money. They love their Work.

design, graphic, trend

1054

0 comments

2010

9

JAN

Avatar movie tutorials and inspirational designs

Very inspiring collection of arts and design created around the internet and the world which are inspired by Avatar movie plus some tutorials to help achieve the effect yourself.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

892

0 comments

2010

8

JAN

7 of the Best Free Vector Image Resources

A compilation of some of the best places to find free vector images and artwork for your next design. Bookmark for your design resource folder.

design, freebies, graphic

658

0 comments

15 Tutorials That Helped Me Grow As a Designer

As a Trainee in a Advertising Agency, I’m learning every Day awesome new things. As i started designing, I followed these Tutorials. They showed me the “Way’s” in Photoshop and co.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips, tutorial

854

0 comments

55 Beautiful Modern Websites

This collection is for those people who want to design a new Website, and need some new Ideas, new Inspiration.

css-html, design, graphic

1755

0 comments

SnackTools Makes Creating Rich Media Content Easy

Since SnackTools is web-based, there’s no need to install anything, and you can access your work any time and anywhere (with an internet connection). Currently, the suite has BannerSnack, which lets you create rich interactive Flash banners, and PhotoSnack, which lets you create stunning photo galleries (perfect for portfolios).

design, flash, graphic, seo, tools

597

0 comments

2010

7

JAN

Designer Showcase - Bogielicious

A showcase of brilliant work by the illustrator Bogielicious

design, graphic, inspiration

489

0 comments

Highly detailed Anime Illustrations By Jenny

Highly detailed Anime Illustrations By Jenny Jinya from Blasting Art Inc.

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

602

0 comments

200 + icon set from top 6 best web resources for designers

While designing a website a designer needs variety of icon for his/her needs. He/she has to search for many resources which is really hectic. Therefore today we tried to remove some pain and listed 6 major icon set resources out of thousands.

736

0 comments

6 Ways to Improve Quality in Your Projects and Reduce Stress

Anyone in the web design field has likely experienced the burn of project management before. How do you protect the quality of your work and yourself from the ensuing stress? I've identified a few ways that can help.

design, inspiration, tips

544

0 comments

35 Fantastic and ”Awarded” Flash Web Sites You Should See

When it comes to creativity,there is no limit.And i always think that some designers are really unusual and do whatever they can.Especially if you use some tools like Flash,animation programs or videos

design, flash, inspiration

535

0 comments

Add Cooliris to your Website or Blog and Enhance your Graphical Experience

Cooliris is simply the fastest and most stunning way to browse photos and videos from the Web or your desktop for free.

design, graphic

1441

1 comment

2010

6

JAN

Sexy bookmark like effect using pure css

You must be heard of sexy bookmark plugin of wordpress. we really like the way it pop up the icons on hover. Sexy bookmarks is using javascript to accomplish this. We tried it using only css. This method of using css is known as css sprites. Css sprite is very useful technique in optimizing website performance.

css-html, design, tutorial

2250

0 comments

60+ Fresh Hot New Tutorials From Around The Web

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of December.

design, graphic, inspiration, tutorial

521

0 comments

10 Javascript Plugins that Skin and Beautify Web Forms

In this post, I have found 10 javascript plugin that will able to skin the web form, they will look consistent in different browsers. Some of them skin the entire form elements and some of them skin only checkboxes and radio buttons. Anyhow, I think this is something good to know if your client want to spice up the webform a little bit more.

design, javascript

22702

10 comments

Photoshop tutorials - Best of 2009

I create, Top best photoshop tutorials of 2009. I added the best photoshop drawing tutorials, text effects tutorials, photo effects tutorials, photo manipulations tutorials, web layouts tutorials and design tutorials. Totally in this chart I added more than 150 the best photoshop tutorials of 2009.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

598

0 comments

Interview with Design Master Demen1

You have definitely seen Demen1’s designs scattered across design blogs, t-shirts and posters. There is no missing his unique design style and highly detailed typography. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with my long time friend Steve Goodin to interview him on life, design, and what sets him apart.

design, graphic, inspiration

442

0 comments

2010

5

JAN

44 Must Follow Job Boards For Designers And Programmers

You know there are thousands of people who work as a professional designer or work as an amateur designer to get extra income.In the past years as the internet technology and design world grows,many companies,bloggers etc.

design, freebies, graphic

604

0 comments

20 Absolutely Stylish Web Form Design Showcase

A web form is one of the methods for users to interact with the website. We use it to collect user feedback, sign up for a service, comments and as well as entering data. It's crucial to make a clean and usable form layout to ensure it's easy to use and understand. In this showcase, you will be able to get inspired by the creativity from other web designers.

design, graphic, inspiration, usability

14000

5 comments

Have This Typeface For Free… On One Condition

I started working on a typeface about 4 years ago and then got pre-occupied with other projects and being a dad. The idea was that each letter would be as close in shape to the basic rounded corner box that it started as. I’ve played and played with this and you can see below how it stands at the moment.

freelance4money

582

0 comments

12 Free attractive Coming Soon pages

A personalized coming soon page typically has the option for the visitor to sign up for email updates, subscribe to RSS, connect with you on social media networks. Here are listed 3html templates and 9 themes and plugins for WP to personalize your landing pages.

ajax, design, freebies, wordpress

1169

0 comments

2010

4

JAN

Flash Design Showcase #7

A showcase of the really beautiful flash web design

design, graphic, inspiration

609

0 comments

4 Simple Design Elements Behind a Good Call to Action

Designing and creating a strong call to action is easier said then done. Take a look at these 4 design elements then reevaluate your call to action to see if it could be dramatically improved.

design, inspiration

letscounthedays

643

0 comments

How to design an attractive web page

We have listed some of the efficient tips for creating a good web page. So just have a look at it.

design, graphic, tips, tools, tutorial

1059

0 comments

23 Professional Facial Photoshop Retouching Tutorials

Photoshop able to add, reduce or transform parts of your face. This article shares several Facial Photoshop Retouching Tutorials which you can learn and master the skill of Photoshop Retouching.

design, graphic, photoshop

564

0 comments

2009

31

DEC

Your website Designing & Content Strategy.

It is understandable to all that webpage design & content should have the power of attraction. In first look they should impress the clients. Design of Website is a visual communication and presentation. Various images symbols & words are used to create a visual representation of ideas and messages.

design, logo, seo

825

0 comments

The Very Best Web Designs Of 2009

A round up of my favourite web designs from 2009, taken from the Weekly web design series

design, graphic, inspiration

847

0 comments

285 Free Exclusive & Colorful Illustrator Brushes

As compared to photoshop brushes there are not enough free brushes available for illustrator. It is very hard to find the quality brushes, but i searched the internet for best and quality illustrator brushes and compiled a list.

design, freebies

829

0 comments

2009

30

DEC

Don't Miss Out Latest 10 jQuery Plugins Before Closing The Year 2009

Enjoy the newest, latest 10 fresh and helpful jQuery plugins in jQuery Plugins series before closing the year 2009.

design, inspiration, javascript, tools

980

0 comments

An In-Depth Look Into Background Removal Techniques

Removing a background from an image is a common task that every designer needs to do on an almost regular basis. There are so many ways that you can extract a subject from its background to end up with a transparent background.

design, graphic, photography, photoshop

789

0 comments

Web Designing and W3C Standards.

It is a common misunderstanding that W3C standards cause hindrance in designing exciting website template designs. These standards increase the quality and reliability of the HTML or Flash Template designed. They also help in the Search Engine Optimization of the website.

cms, design, flash, graphic

1045

0 comments

2009

29

DEC

Collection of latest logos for inspiration

In our previous post this month we have collected logo design tutorials for our readers to learn designing logos. So today we have collected some nice looking logos, guys check this beautiful logos to get inspire for your next logo design project.

design, graphic, logo

796

0 comments

What Portfolio Designs Would We Continue to See in 2010?

Small preview that works on the new, fresh, and never-seen-before portfolios some web designers prepare for their portfolio in 2010.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

749

0 comments

2009

28

DEC

UKI – Simple UI Kit for complex web apps

Uki is a fast and simple JavaScript user interface toolkit for desktop-like web applications. It comes with rich view-component library ranging from Slider to List and SplitPane.

design, javascript

739

0 comments

Design a dark portfolio layout or a css design gallery for wordpress

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a dark portfolio layout or a css design gallery for wordpress.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

630

0 comments

Stunning 3D Street Art From Kurt Wenner

Kurt Wenner born in Ann Arbor, Michigan is an artist best known for his realistic street painting and chalk murals using a projection called anamorphosis. These 3D chalk drawings on pavement have been featured in many newspapers and on several television shows

design, inspiration, misc

667

0 comments

Inspirational Apple iPhone Artwork

About a month ago, I created a post titled: Inspirational Artwork: Hugo Boss Fragrance. This post featured the famous Hugo Boss fragrance bottle infused with some great artwork. In today’s article we are featuring the ever popular Apple iPhone and the great artwork associated with the marketing behind it.

design, graphic, inspiration

514

0 comments

2009

27

DEC

The Nice Way To Mention Your Recent Articles in WordPress SideBar

Tutorial explains how to mention recent articles in WordPress sidebar by display post thumbnails and titles with a well-styled. That would be a nice way to display without using WordPress Plugins.

css-html, design, wordpress

661

0 comments

2009

26

DEC

35 Realistic 3D Robot Illustrations

35 Realistic 3D Robot Illustrations and Character Designs

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

860

0 comments

WordPress Theme from Scratch – Day 2: PSD to HTML

A tutorial explains how to convert PSD layout to HTML file. You are on day 2 of the series WordPress Theme from Scratch.

css-html, design, wordpress

651

0 comments

2009

24

DEC

Beautifully Designed Holiday Wallpapers

With the holidays quickly approaching, most of us we are scrambling to decorate our homes and finding that perfect gift for our loved ones. Why not get into the Christmas spirit by decorating your desktops with these beautiful free wallpapers?

design, inspiration, wallpaper

569

0 comments

Google Sketchup Plugins, Extensions and Resources Must have

Traditional drawing is about translating what you see onto a flat piece of paper: going from 3D to 2D, which is hard to do for most people.

984

0 comments

How to integrate google maps into flash

One of the most important skills for Flash developers to learn is how to utilize the vast collections of Web APIs that are available for services such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, and mapping using either Google or Yahoo. Layersmagazine teach us how to integrate Google Maps into your Flash application using just a few lines of code. .

design, flash, misc

698

0 comments

6 Free Christmas Social Networking & RSS Icon Sets

Christmas is almost here and your social networking icons need to be changed according to occasion. Yes i know you don’t have enough time to design Christmas social networking icons but why you have to design them when you can find them free.

design, graphic

525

0 comments

2009

23

DEC

30 Free cute Christmas desktop wallpapers

For you we collect 30 free cute Christmas desktop Wallpapers. Here you will find some interesting wallpapers that will elevate your mood. I am sure you will love those cute puppies, kitties and others funny Christmas wallpapers.

design, graphic, wallpaper

520

0 comments

50 Amazing and Useful Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials

In this post i’ve collected amazing tutorials created by Photoshop.You can see how Photoshop is powerful and if you can imagine,you all can do these kind of photo manipulations.

design, photoshop, tutorial

907

0 comments

Abstract 3D Renders Pack – 33 Free Images

This abstract render pack comes with 33 images of 3D abstract renders. All the images are in PNG format with transparent backgrounds. Also includes two 3ds Max files!

design, freebies, graphic

761

0 comments

Use of Character Illustrations in Web Design

Having a unique web design can grab your visitors attention. And if you use some vector characters or illustration on your webpage then it can establish an image in visitors mind. So if you are looking for some inspiration then check this beautifully designed websites using vector character/character illustrations.

design, inspiration

525

0 comments

2009

22

DEC

Ultimate Resource List for Vector Graphics

If you are in search for particular vector graphics for your next project, look no further! In this article you will find a great selection of websites that offer free vector graphics for you to use. I am confident that you will find what you are looking for. So why not take advantage of these great resources. Happy surfing!

design, freebies, graphic

389

0 comments

Reviewing List Articles Trend: 30 Powerhouse and Prospective Design Blogs

In the numerous hours you've spent surfing the Internet, I'm sure you've come across countless online content with titles that start with numerals and go along the lines of these headings like "40 Most Inspiring...", "65 Incredible...", and "10 Most Popular...".

design, inspiration, misc, trend

413

0 comments

20 jQuery Utilities For A Smashing Website

Webdesigners create and design a whole lot of widgets and utilities to make a website more appealing. Here, I have collected the best jQuery Utilities that will help every web designer and web master to build a beautiful yet fully loaded smashing website.

css-html, design, graphic

1552

0 comments

Get more exposure from CSS Galleries

Web design and CSS galleries are a great source of inspiration for freelance designers. They can also be an excellent way for you to get thousands of links to your portfolio site and of course, exposure for your work.

css-html, design, graphic

freelance4money

363

0 comments

PSD into WordPress: How To Get It?

In view of the fact that ‘Blogging’ is now bigger and commercially crucial, the surge in demand of Wordpress themes is not very surprising. The Wordpress themes are simply amazing, as they cater to ever-ending needs of customers and blogging aspirants.

cms, css-html, design, wordpress

435

0 comments

Christmas Themed Websites

A showcase of websites displaying the festive spirit with a Christmas theme

design, graphic, inspiration

687

0 comments

2009

21

DEC

Write to Santa Claus – Free CSS Template

Christmas is almost here. And so is Santa. Children want gifts and most of them write to Santa. We come up with a new nice template for you to let your kids send you their whishlist. Please take a look at this template and write your opinion about it.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop, template

742

0 comments

Brilliant collection of websites powered by Flash Moto CMS

This is an amazing showcase of flash websites powered by the innovating feature-rich Flash CMS - FlashMoto. Enjoy the powerful flash animation.

cms, design, flash, graphic, inspiration

1274

1 comment

20 Free Photoshop business cards

Your business card is often the first impression people have of your business. A distinctive and unique business card will make you standout, get noticed, be remebered. Here are twenty free business card designs (in PSD file format), to inspire you and improve your skills.

design, freebies, inspiration, tutorial

1189

0 comments

54 Inspirational Wordpress Design

54 Inspirational Wordpress Design.

css-html, design, wordpress

809

0 comments

40 Incredible Vintage Websites

Here, you’ll find 40 of the most incredibly well designed vintage web sites. In reality, of course, they’re only vintage at the most superficial of levels. Peel back the vintage veneer and you’ll find cutting edge web development and design processes have been employed.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

14535

4 comments

2009

20

DEC

Create a wreath illustration for Christmas postcards

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Christmas wreath vector illustration with Adobe illustrator.

design, graphic, tutorial

613

0 comments

50 Digital Painting for Design Inspiration

Painting has been done with pencils, water color, canvas, brushes etc. But now digital painters use photoshop, illustrator, mouse and tablet to make paintings, graphic designer use tools of illustrator as brushes to paint the layout.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

731

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #33

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

603

0 comments

40 Free photoshop brushes for Christmas design

Here are 40 free photoshop brushes specially for Christmas. With Christmas brushes you can add some holiday decors to your artwork and create unique Christmas card for your lovers.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

615

0 comments

2009

19

DEC

35 Fresh and Cool Web Design Interfaces for Inspiration

Enjoy the featured list of 35 fresh and cool web design interfaces from DeviantArt that was hand-picked by me and in my opinion!

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

971

1 comment

56 Beautiful and Colorful Dual-Screen Wallpapers

In the last few years some professional web developers and and especially some graphic designers use dual screens to separate and organize their work.It is really good to work efficiently by using dual screens.

design, graphic, wallpaper

1037

0 comments

2009

18

DEC

Learning jQuery: Optimize Using Modal Window or Dialog Box in JQuery UI

This post is in the Learning jQuery series. Let's enjoy a post today by learning how to maximize the Modal Windows or Dialog Box in jQuery UI. This post explains how to use this Dialog Box on the right way.

ajax, design, javascript, tutorial

1734

0 comments

Tutorial: Create a simple Christmas Flash image scroller

Is there an easy way to create a basic image Scroller in Flash? You could go the usual way and manual create the scroller in Flash using ActionScript, but today I'm going to show how you could do the scroller without coding. We will have a sequence of images encapsulated in a movie clip and will scroll them with two buttons, using the Creative Flash Scroller Flash component.

1094

0 comments

7 Questions, 7 Designers – Day 1

This is the first in a seven part interview series in which I put a number of design related questions to seven awesome designers including: Chris Spooner, Sneh Roy, Mike Smith, Jeff Finley, Brad Colbow, Grace Smith and Nick La. Come join the discussion!

design, graphic, misc

550

0 comments

11 Points of Well – Designed PSD to HTML Service Provider’s Website

PSD to html service providers are expert in xhtml and css coding. Visitors not only expect quality code on their website but also an esthetically pleasing design and good information architecture. Like any other online business, its equally important for providers to increase their sales.

css-html, design

677

1 comment

2009

17

DEC

20 Best jQuery Tips and Tricks Collection

jQuery adds amazing effects to your designs. With the beauty and attraction of animations and effects comes the overhead to speed and performance. Create efficient and optimized jQiuery designs with this collection of jQuery tips and tricks collection, which is a compendium of several easy ways to generate commonly used effects and simplest ways to optimize your jQuery code.

css-html, design, javascript

1136

0 comments

Best jQuery Video Plugins

Integrating videos is no longer a hassle! Thanks to jQuery, there are a number of jQuery plugins that can help stream videos from your favorite websites easily. Display videos and video play list in style with these jQuery video plugins.

css-html, design, javascript

1932

2 comments

Best JavaScript Christmas Effects

Christmas is a season to showcase your creativity and best designing skills. This collection of JavaScript Christmas effects tutorials cover addition of Christmas lights, colorful santaclause, generation of Christmas trees for websites and much more. Decorate your website with a Christmas theme using these colorful JavaScript effects.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1222

1 comment

Business Cards: Collection of Inspirational Designs

One of the great things about writing posts on business cards is that there is no shortage of great business card designs. Talented graphic artists are coming up with new brilliant designs every day. In this post you will see business card designs ranging from really creative to very simple and slick.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

585

0 comments

60+ Creative & Inspirational Newsletter Designs

As web designers, we know how to build a modern, semantic and accessibility-oriented website, with proper XHTML and CSS. We understand all the necessary ingredients in making a good website and their implementation.

909

0 comments

9 Things You Should Be Doing For Your Web Design Projects Over The Holidays

For those who aren’t traveling over the holidays this season, this time represents a rare opportunity to get things done. Clients leave town, email is at a minimum and people don’t really expect much to get done. Use this precious holiday time to get some critical project activities taken care of.

design, inspiration

534

0 comments

70 Awesome Paper Texture Packs from DeviantArt

While working on your graphic design project sometimes you need paper textures, and most of the graphic designer knows devaintart would be the great source for texture download they have lots of free paper textures to download. Therefore we have collected some great paper texture from devaint art in one single post. Check out!

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

894

0 comments

Retro Style illustration in Photoshop

In this photoshop tutorial we will show you how to create retro style illustration effect in Photoshop. Mainly we will work with lights and colors.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips

603

0 comments

Orange Website Showcase

A showcase of the very best websites using a orange colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

846

0 comments

Merry Christmas, everyone! – TextMate giveaway

As a huge thank you to everyone who has supported D-Lists through the year, I have arranged for one lucky reader to win themselves a free copy of TextMate

design, graphic, inspiration

535

0 comments

35 Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials For 3D Artwork

Adobe Illustrator is a best vector illustration application. Using illustrator you can create cutting edge graphics and give your artworks 3d effect too.

design, graphic

634

0 comments

2009

16

DEC

Bling Effects Pack – 50 Free Photoshop Brushes

This pack will make a great addition to your collection. You can bling anything…from type to an image of your car. These brushes are large and look great on almost anything. Try experimenting with the Brush panel settings like scattering and dynamics to get a different effect. As with all of our resources, personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

1281

0 comments

2009

15

DEC

60+ Amazing Snowboard Designs

With the ski and snowboard season already upon us, we are all anticipating the new designs in ski and snowboard designs. Who can wait to hit the slopes to get a few runs in and show-off their new equipment? In this post I have assembled a great collection of snowboard designs that will catch the eye of everyone on the mountain. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

1695

1 comment

WordPress Theme from Scratch - Day 1: PSD

In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a cool WordPress layout in Photoshop.

design, photoshop

657

0 comments

40 + iPhone Apps for Designers and Developers

The iPhone is more than just a phone. It combines three devices in one: a revolutionary phone, a wide screen iPod and a groundbreaking Internet device.

css-html, design, graphic, tools

600

0 comments

Avoiding Multiple Concepts

When doing design work, you have to present your concept for the project to the client, but just how many should you show your client?

494

0 comments

Dazzling Logo Design Tutorials Part 2

We have written a article 35 Dazlling Logo Design Tutorial Part 1 last week and this week we come with another set of logo design tutorials for our readers. So have a look at all this cool logo design tutorials.

design, logo, tutorial

597

0 comments

Magic macro photography of snowflakes

Macro photography is close-up photography. Macro photography opens up the doors of a new world. It captures minute details of the subjects – such details are not at all visible in the naked eye, for example snow flakes.

design, graphic, photography

693

1 comment

Designer Showcase - Rockfield

An inspirational showcase of the beautiful design from Rockfield

design, graphic, inspiration

502

0 comments

Most Popular Wordpress plugins

The best part of Wordpress is its flexibility. Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything one can imagine.We contacted many Wordpress coders and created the list of most commonly used plugins for wordpress.

css-html, design

924

0 comments

2009

14

DEC

Design Portfolios That Introduce Web Designers

Take your chance to see personalized web design portfolios. Creative web designers deserve to be seen!

716

0 comments

29 Most Wanted Texture Packs

29 Most Wanted Texture Packs for designers and Manipulators

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, wallpaper

942

0 comments

2009

13

DEC

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #32

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

720

0 comments

Design a Clean Portfolio Website Layout in Photoshop

Today I’ll take you through the creative process of designing a beautiful and clean portfolio website layout in Photoshop. The layout will have incorporated a beautiful slider to show your work,an original Twitter integration,displaying your latest tweet and a social area where will be displayed your links to your social network pages.

design, graphic, tutorial

855

0 comments

Design an awesome christmas tree illustration

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn some easy steps and techniques to design an awesome illustration for Christmas.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

575

0 comments

Showcase: Beautifully Designed Black Portfolio Websites

Designing a good looking portfolio for any web and graphics designer is very much important, and black colored website gives a decent look to any portfolio. So here we have collected some great looking black colored portfolio websites to take inspiration from it and design one for yourself. Enjoy!

design, inspiration

793

0 comments

2009

12

DEC

Industrial Design: 80+ Awesome Product Designs

One thing that amazes me most about industrial designers is how they can take an idea like a telephone or a watch and enhance it with all kinds of creative elements and bring them to the next level. These designers can make these product designs look like they are straight out of a James Bond movie.

design, inspiration

761

0 comments

Save 15% on PixelCrayons Markup Services

PixelCrayons, one of the Bestdesigntuts.com sponsors announces a Christmas Discount of 15% on all its Markup Services. The company is glad to make this announcement on this platform, and it gives an opportunity to all BestDesignTuts readers to be the first to avail this offer.

css-html, design

607

1 comment

2009

11

DEC

Eight Ways to Combat the Content Crunch

Web design is an exciting field to be involved with. Many times, clients are relatively new to having a professional online presence, which leaves us a lot of room to be creative. The downside, however, is lack of content. Organizations that haven’t had a good web site before don’t have the copy needed to propel their new site.

568

0 comments

Rust Textures Pack – 21 Free Images

Download these 21 rust textures for free and use them in your next design. They are dirty, scratched up, smeared, and cracked. All the images are high quality around 3800 pixels wide.

design, freebies, graphic

617

1 comment

Color Theories In Advertising Design #2 Green Color

Today we are going to talk about the green color and how it reflects on consumers, what are the feelings and moods that green color produces, and how can we use that in design. What are the main groups of products that mostly utilize green color packaging, what are the trends, and what are the expectations. Think positive, think green. In a good way.

design, graphic, misc, tips

763

1 comment

2009

10

DEC

Collection Of Awesome Christmas Giveaways Around The Web Design Community

Check out the interesting collection of awesome Christmas giveaways around the web design community. This collection will be updated daily.

design, freebies, inspiration

569

0 comments

Purple Website Showcase

A showcase of the very best websites using a purple colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

735

0 comments

Web Application Interface Design Guide

A guide covering the basics of Interface Design. From the initial planning stages to the final touches.

design, graphic, misc, tips, usability

1046

0 comments

Top 6 Ugliest Web Design Company Websites

It’s not really hard to find beautiful websites, and it’s even easier to find beautiful websites of web design companies. I searched the web for quite a while and selected the top 6 ugliest web design company websites. You won’t like them, i promise.

css-html, design, inspiration, misc

877

0 comments

42 Really Funny And Creative Print Ads

Designing a print ad is very difficult, you have to convey your message using few words and single image. If your ad can make others smile they will not forget their smile and so the ad.

design, graphic

664

0 comments

Fading navigation on the Google homepage

As you may well be aware of, testing and optimizing your webpages is incredibly important to ensure a good usability and performance. Google certainly is not an exception and is testing some new features, trying to improve the interface to a more efficient, simpler and intuitive search experience. Wonder how they did it?

design, graphic, trend, usability

644

0 comments

PSD to HTML service discount to Psdeluxe readers

It is first Christmas when Psdeluxe celebrate Christmas with you, we want give you some gifts. This time we with Qualityxhtml.com together give you discount to PSD to xHTML/CSS conversion service. With this discount you will have extra free money that you can use to get gifts to your close friends. To know what is discount amount, read more.

css-html, design, freebies

710

0 comments

10 Hot logo resources, 550+ free logos

A well designed logo, should give your business an impression of proffesionalism, it portrays the company’s aims and objectives and separates you from the competition. On this site you will find listed some interesting brand ideas, which come in many different formats, all are fully editable.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration, logo

1292

1 comment

Inspiration: 50 Fabulous Photo Illlustration

Photo illustartion is all about Illustrators that use Photoshop to digitally create collage and montage style illustration.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

674

1 comment

35 Epic and Awesome Inspirational Wallpapers

35 Epic and Awesome Inspirational Wallpapers gathered from Deviant Art

design, inspiration, wallpaper

1192

1 comment

2009

9

DEC

All About Generative Art

Generative art is any art practice where the artist creates a process, such as a set of natural language rules, which is then set to motion with some degree of autonomy contributing to or resulting in a complete work of art.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips, tutorial

745

0 comments

30+ Amazing Examples of Famous Caricatures

One of the great things about Montreal (the city I am from) is all the activities that go on here all year long. If you have ever visited Montreal in the summertime and have gone down by the river to the part of the city called Old Montreal you would have seen that there are lots of artists lined up in the streets waiting to do caricature illustrations of you.

design, graphic, inspiration

656

1 comment

35 Dazzling Logo Design Tutorials Part-1

Logo Design is another part of graphic design which needs special skills. So here we have collected some logo design tutorials to learn designing logos. This article includes 35 logo design tutorials and will come with second part of this articles in upcoming days. Enjoy!

design, photoshop, tutorial

760

0 comments

2009

8

DEC

6 Mistakes Freelancers Make When They Blog

I have been telling you freelancers that if you want to be successful and attract loads more clients like a magnet you need marketing tools in your belt. I was going to say tool belt, but enough with the analogies.

design, graphic

freelance4money

771

0 comments

Christmas Vector Pack Vol. 2

We list only the best Freebies 14 free Christmas colorful vectors in EPS & AI format

design, freebies, graphic

938

1 comment

60 Humorous Print Advertisements to Tickle Your Bones

The use of humor has become a common practice in advertising. Humor is by no means a guarantee of better ads but its effect can be enhanced with careful consideration of their objectives as well as the audience, situation, and type.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

764

0 comments

Designer Showcase - Mike Campau

A showcase of brilliant designs from the extremely talented, Mike Campau

design, graphic, inspiration

712

1 comment

2009

7

DEC

50 Beautiful Web Application Sites

Everything about a web app site needs to reflect the great design and user experience the customer can expect from the actual product. Here's a striking selection of effective web application sites.

design, inspiration

1741

1 comment

23 Best jQuery Facebook Style Plugins

The Facebook User Interface is one of the most popular, attractive and simple to use. At the same time, it is a challenge for designers to create these kind of user interface. These jQuery plugins help designes to create facebook style UI with ease.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

2158

0 comments

40 Mind Blowing Female Vexel Illustrations

40 Mind Blowing Female Vexel Illustrations gathered from Deviant Art

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop

975

0 comments

2009

6

DEC

Incredible Drop Down Menu Solution With CSS Only

This drop down menu solution uses CSS only, but it has a smooth drop effect and the css sprites that changes the toggle icon jQuery-likely

css-html, design, tutorial

1558

0 comments

40+ Examples of Character Illustration

We all like cartoon characters because it makes us happy. Digital artist and painters always create character illustrator to show there imagination. So we have collected some amazing examples of character illustration from behance and devaintart. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

898

1 comment

Create a clean and elegant wordpress theme in Photoshop

Create a simple and clean elegant wordpress theme design using adobe photoshop

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

726

0 comments

33 Gorgeous Pink Websites - InspirationTime

Here's a beautiful selection of pink website designs - from the delicate to the dazzling!

948

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #31

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

738

1 comment

2009

5

DEC

50 Heavenly Church Websites - InspirationTime

Many churches are keen to connect with the web-savvy generation, and their websites reflect this. They are beautifully designed, often with large, crisp imagery, edgy grunge elements, and a lot of consideration for interaction and community. Here is a showcase of inspiring church websites that are far from dull or old-fashioned!

901

0 comments

2009

4

DEC

20 Amazing Digital Artists You Should Know

Most graphic and web designers have a fairly good knowledge of Photoshop or other image creation tools. However, some people take their expertise and talent by spending countless hours working on it, the result being some stunning digital artworks. The following collection introduces you to twenty amazing digital artists and one of their creations.

design, graphic, inspiration

593

0 comments

Custom fonts embedding: no hacks, no Javascript, no Flash

A CSS-only solution to use custom fonts without sIFR, or any Javascript or Flash hacks.

css-html, design, font, tutorial

941

0 comments

Christmas Vector Pack

We list only the best Freebies Great Christmas vector pack. Lots of good stuff in this pack

design, freebies, graphic

900

0 comments

5 Best Web Design tutorials on november 2009

The selections todays especially from designm.ag who created online template layout and sixrevisions who created band website layout. This monthly round up come from sixrevision, designm.ag, gravpedia,circleboxblog and tutoriallounge. As alaways PSD files available for download

design, photoshop, tutorial

827

1 comment

Why Do We Love These 5 Fresh and Awesome jQuery Plugins?

Enjoy the post of 5 fresh and awesome jQuery plugins, then you will find out why we love them by their cool features.

ajax, design, inspiration, javascript

808

0 comments

2009

3

DEC

Vector Typeface : RPVS

We list only the best Freebies Vector Font Created by mmolai

design, freebies, graphic

715

1 comment

40 best illustrator tutorials plus websites for illustrator tutorials

Web and graphic designing can’t be mastered without an inspirational art and passion .Illustrator is a standard way to bring your vision into existence and flow your creativity in the canvas of the software.

design, graphic, tutorial

webanddesigners

1014

1 comment

70 Gorgeous Blog Footer Designs

Blog footer is the area where most of us didn't really take it serious. Today, we are going to share gorgeous blog footer designs and we hope the list can brings inspiration and idea to you.

740

0 comments

Photo manipulations - 50 examples of fantastic photo manipulations

Using Adobe Photoshop you can create creative and fantastic photo manipulation. You do not have any limitations to create awesome photo manipulation, all dependent on you designer imagination. You can create unreal flying elephant or giant man or even tree-man. To inspired you, we will show you 50 examples of fantastic photo manipulations from best world designers.

design, photography, photoshop

739

0 comments

Few Words About Our Sponsor – SEO Semantic XHTML

I believe that quality always scores over quantity. This is a universal phenomenon as each client like me desires the best work from any service provider.

css-html, design

seosemanticxhtml

715

0 comments

Yellow Website Showcase

A showcase of the very best websites using a yellow colour scheme

design, graphic, inspiration

672

1 comment

2009

2

DEC

Planning More Effective Milestones in Web Design Projects

Most successful web design projects are organized into a system of milestones with each one representing a critical piece of the project. Milestones are simple in concept, but they can be tricky to nail down.

847

0 comments

30+ Professional Business Website Design Tutorials In Photoshop

With more and more businesses needing an online presence, it’s no surprise to see there’s a lot of photoshop tutorials out there about creating a professional business website design layout. We have collected some of the very best 30+ professional website design tutorials mostly done in photoshop. These website design tutorials would help to improve your photoshop skills.

design, photoshop, template, tutorial

944

0 comments

Oldest Design Galleries

CSS galleries have been around for a long time, but just which ones came first?

design, inspiration

626

1 comment

36 Do It Yourself Gift Box Tutorials For Your Christmas Presents

Make this Christmas special by giving it a personal touch. All these tutorials are fairly easy to follow, although there are some harder ones too. Materials should be easily accessible because they are mostly made of paper, card board, and plastic. Whichever gift box you choose to make, we are almost certain that you will succeed.

design, inspiration, tips, tutorial

730

0 comments

65 Light Graffiti For Inspiration

Light Graffiti is a photography technique in which light exposures are made usally at dark room or at night. There are many photographers who take this kind of photographs so we have collected some cool light graffiti effect for inspiration.

design, graphic, photography

817

0 comments

2009

1

DEC

Interactive jQuery Plugins

The key to a successful design is interactivity. Interactivity makes a design usable and friendly. These interactive jQuery plugins showcase the simple yet inspiring ways in which interactivity can be added to designs.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1026

1 comment

30 Most Popular Wordpress Plugins

Every blog working with Wordpress has at least some plugins installed. If you want to know more about the most popular plugins, here is the list with the 30 most popular.

design, graphic, usability, wordpress

833

0 comments

Things to consider before you start your blog

Blog is a tangible demonstration of creative effort. It is in a simple term a platform where an individual can share its feeling, expression, guideline through text, pictures, and videos.

design, tips, tutorial

webanddesigners

815

0 comments

Flash Design Showcase #6

A showcase of the very best flash websites for your inspiration

design, graphic, inspiration

659

0 comments

50+ Awesome Photoshop Poster Design Tutorials

Photoshop is a powerful application to create and design poster. These 50+ awesome Photoshop tutorials will help you master the skills of poster design.

design, graphic, photoshop

1069

0 comments

2009

30

NOV

20 Colorful jQuery Plugins

Colors add beauty to designs. So why not add a splash of color to jQuery plugins? These colorful jQuery plugins enhance the usability and interactivity by animating and playing with colors. Bring out a riot of colors in your designs with this collection of colorful jQuery Plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1222

0 comments

Create a wordpress theme in Photoshop - Theme available for download

Create a blog theme design for one of the most popular blogging platform - Wordpress - Theme available for download

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

818

0 comments

30+ Error 404 page designs

A creative person is one who can make a client stick to his/her service despite the fact the service is not provided in your particular arena.

design, inspiration

webanddesigners

742

0 comments

2009

29

NOV

Showcase of 30+ Blog Designs With Awesome Datetime Display

This round up will show you more than 30 web blogs that are doing well with their posts date displaying.

css-html, design, inspiration, trend

726

0 comments

50 Perfect Portfolio Websites - InspirationTime

An effective portfolio site has to make the designer's past work look amazing, as well as expressing their personality and creativity. This is a gallery of portfolio websites that get the balance right.

css-html, design, inspiration

920

0 comments

Green sites showcase

A showcase of websites that use a lot of green in their design, bundled with information about light and green color.

design, graphic, trend

565

2 comments

12 Useful Tutorials to Style Web Forms

Styling a tableless css web form requires advanced skills in CSS. Besides that, we have to consider the form accessibility and usability as well. With all these tutorials, they will show you the right way to implement web form.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

21811

15 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #30

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

656

0 comments

2009

28

NOV

Free Textures : List of Resources

Today we have collected some usefull resources to download texture for your next web design project or graphics design projects.

design, freebies, graphic

600

0 comments

2009

27

NOV

25 Print Ads Featuring Excellent Use Of Typography

Showcasing 25 excellent print ads that feature great typography. What most of these ads have in common is that they use typography in a very interesting manner in order to get their message across. Of course typography alone is great, but here we’re featuring some ads that combine type and images to convey a strong and influencing message.

814

0 comments

10 Awesome Tutorials How To Create Image gallery

In this collections you’ll find hight quality tutorials how to create image gallery. All of them demo and source code available for download.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1338

0 comments

jQuery Plugins For A Better User Interface

A well designed user interface is the prima-facie medium for user attraction. A good user interface can impress users and improve the reputation of a website. This collection of jQuery Plugins For A Better User Interface help you design attractive and intuitive user interface to communicate well with users.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1159

0 comments

Inspirational Web Design: 50+ Beautifully Designed Blogs

If you are in the middle of designing a blog for yourself or a client and need some inspiration, this article is just right for you. In this collection of beautifully designed blogs, you will see some great examples that will get your creative juices flowing. I hope that after viewing these blogs you will complete your project with ease.

design, inspiration, wordpress

675

0 comments

How to Use Twitter with Prospects and Clients Before, During and After Web Design Projects

There’s no question that social media has reshaped the way we do business online. Used correctly, Twitter can become an integral part of your projects from client screening to web site integration to ongoing client education and interaction. In this post I will step through some ideas on integrating Twitter with your projects and clients before, during and after the project process.

design, inspiration, tips

530

0 comments

2009

26

NOV

50 Amazing Interior Designs created in 3D Max and Photoshop

Here are 50 amazing futuristic house interior designs rendered in 3D Max.Those are truly amazing but I must tell you that using the software is not so easily.Is very hard to reach the level for creating such pieces of modern art.Check them out and tell me which you liked the most!

design, photoshop

1131

1 comment

30 Selected Calligraphic Fonts for Fellow Designers

Content, writings and fonts have very special importance in the world of web. And when the words are written in an expressive manner or design they give a brilliant touch to the whole content, and consequently to the web page.

955

1 comment

Quick And Cute Christmas Greeting Card Featuring Santa

Since today is Thanksgiving Day, and we are very grateful to all our guests here on PrintRadar, and since Christmas is very very near, we made this quick but cute Christmas greeting card ahead of time, so you can prepare yourself for the upcoming holidays.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

791

0 comments

40 Ravishing Street Art

Street art is all about the art developed in street(Public space). Designer shows there talent on the street designing some cool looking art on the walls of house or commercial buildings. So here we have collected some ravishing street art for inspiration in your next graphic design.

design, graphic

579

0 comments

The most stylish Websites of November 2009

Our editor team has chosen the 4 most beautiful websites in NOVEMBER. We congratulate the winners - they get our CSSstyle.me GOLD DESIGN AWARD for good and creative design.

css-html, design, inspiration

1029

0 comments

10 New Tools and Resources for Developers and Designers

Great and easy-to-use tools and resources are always nice to have .Here we have put together some great tools and resources which developers and designers can use to accomplish their web development and design project. These tools not only make your job easier, but they have the ability to improve the quality of work as well.

769

0 comments

Designer Showcase - Mike Mitchell

A showcase of stunning illustration from the extremely talented, Mike Mitchell

design, graphic, inspiration

643

1 comment

2009

25

NOV

Overview On Our Sponsor SEO Semantic XHTML

Seo-Semantic-xhtml came to me as godsend. I was involved in a project of large magnitude and the deadline of the project was nearing. Time constraints and fear of losing a great client forced me to outsource PSD to HTML / XHTML & CSS work. I would like to share my professional journey with seo-semantic-xhtml.

css-html, design

seosemanticxhtml

632

0 comments

Best jQuery Drawing Plugins

jQuery, the write less do more code, now lets you to write less and draw more. These plugins and tutorials provide you with an insight on how jQuery can be used for drawing lines and a wide array of shapes.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1562

0 comments

Enhance your clients list page with jQuery goodness

A tutorial on building a unique clients list page for your company or portfolio site using HTML 5, CSS 3 and jQuery.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

891

0 comments

40 Free Music Themed iPhone Wallpapers

iPhones as we already know, have so many different applications. One of my favorite uses of my iPhone is as a mp3 player. I just love listening to various styles of music while i am working. In this article I have compiled an amazing collection of iphone wallpaper that is music inspired.

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

1389

1 comment

20 Photoshop photo effect tutorials

Effective attribute to a image adds value to what a person perceive. Photoshop is one medium that adds beauty to the picture through its various effects.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

webanddesigners

857

0 comments

25 Online CSS Compressors To Optimize Your Styles

We all know that sometimes our CSS style sheets can really get big, especially if we are coding large websites with lots of pages and sections. That’s where CSS compressors jump in to optimize them properly.

browser, css-html, design, tools

846

0 comments

Free Line Art Pack | Volume 2 – 104 Brushes & 104 Vectors

This pack is gigantic! We have included 104 elements in two formats, Photoshop Brushes (ABR) and Vectors (EPS). Line art elements are always a great thing to have in your design toolbox.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

1058

1 comment

33 Free,Creative And Unusual Wordpress Themes

When it comes to the Wordpress theme designing,some designers have no limit to imagine.Day by day the designing structure changes in wordpress themes and it is really hard to imagine what will happen in the next few years of Wordpress Themes design.

design, freebies, template, wordpress

1111

0 comments

2009

24

NOV

T-shirt Design: 50+ Awesome Examples

If you’re like me, you love your tees. It’s all about the comfort and casual style when it comes to the hip t-shirt designs that are out there today. Everyone wants to walk down the street and have peoples’ heads turn and envy their newest tee.

design, graphic, inspiration

1233

1 comment

10 Quick E-Commerce Optimization Tips

Websites are all in a continuous need of enhancement and we can always be improving our websites. E-commerce websites may be more complex however are no exception to the rule.

design, usability

letscounthedays

978

1 comment

25+ Awesome Websites to Make Funny Pictures Online

The presence of many online tools and applications makes it very easy and also fun to play with your images(not necessarily) or with your friends. The best part of these websites is that most of them are free to access, and you do not even need any technical knowledge to operate.

design, photography, tips, tools

2367

1 comment

31 Mascots And How They Help The Brand

Mascots are a type of marketing that allows you to immediately become unique in even the most saturated of niches. That is why, we’ve decided to give tribute to some of the best mascots we believe are in the business.

design, graphic

548

0 comments

How to avoid comment spam?

Mindbreaking questions you need to answer, impossible images to decipher just to comment on an article or buy a product. Want to know how to avoid comment spam?

design, javascript, tools, usability

836

1 comment

Guerrilla Advertising – Creative Attention Seeking #3

A showcase of fantastic guerrilla advertising solutions

design, graphic, inspiration

655

0 comments

41 Apple Inspired Wallpapers

You all want a good looking desktop wallpaper right.. And now you are bored with your old wallpaper.. so here we have collected some apple inspired wallpaper to spice up your desktop with colors.

design, graphic, wallpaper

1107

0 comments

2009

23

NOV

5 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins Were Born in November 2009

In November 2009, 5 jQuery plugins were born and most of people believed that they are useful for web designers. Enjoy the 5 fresh jQuery plugins!

ajax, design, inspiration, javascript

1061

0 comments

Photoshop Tutorial: Let's Design a Awesome Login Page

Today in this tutorial you'll learn how to design a awesome login page by using Photoshop. After completing this tutorial you can use this login page in your project as well.

design, graphic, photoshop

1822

1 comment

Top 20 Business Cards

In this article we give you our top 20 business card designs in hopes that you will get inspired by them to create your own masterpiece.

design, graphic, inspiration, seo, tips

833

0 comments

Say it Loud! 60 Websites with Huge Typography

Design is all about communication, and if you want to communicate something loudly and clearly, write it large! Here's a selection of great websites that use big type to convey big messages.

design, inspiration

680

0 comments

2009

22

NOV

Create a gritty website layout in Photoshop

Learn how to design a grunge website layout, or create a grunge wordpress theme with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

990

0 comments

Bubble Effect with CSS

Create a similar menu with bubble effect by using CSS only. Although it doesn't have as smooth of an effect as jQuery Dock, it's helpful for those that just want to make a cool menu by using pure CSS.

css-html, design, tips

1396

1 comment

20 Best JavaScript Charting and Plotting Libraries

Won't it be nice if all your theoretical data were presented as charts? Charts add style and spice up the graphical interface. Style your content and layout with my handpicked collection of best JavaScript Charting plugins.

design, graphic, javascript, tutorial

705

0 comments

Text Effects In jQuery

jQuery is not just about Menus and Animation Effects. With jQuery you can also create attractive text effects and play with the text to communicate well with the users. With this collection, you can create text gradients, text fly effects, text glow and much more.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1614

0 comments

7 Stripe Generators That You Can Use Online

We all know that there are virtually dozens of online generators for almost every possible task you can think of. Amongst those tools, we also have stripe generators which are often easy to use and give quick results. If you need a background image with stripes, and you need it quickly, there is probably no better and faster way to make it than to use one of those generators.

design, graphic, tools

579

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #29

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

604

0 comments

2009

21

NOV

Inspirational Photo Manipulation Techniques In Photoshop

Photo manipulation techniques let us work wonders with Photos. The better idea you have, the better Photo Manipulation you can create. This collection of Inspiring Photo Manipulation techniques unleash the power of Photoshop, inspiring you to do more with your Photos.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1281

1 comment

Checking in Hotel Web Design: 50 Cosy Hotel Websites and Trends

Hotels often take great extend in trying to provide the perfect ambiance and atmosphere for their customer. However, most of the hotels overlook the importance of providing a great website which will eventually be the gateway for their business.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

1059

0 comments

60 Elegant Photo Manipulation Tutorials

We have collected some great photo manipulation tutorials to increase you skills of photoshop.

design, photoshop, tutorial

1296

0 comments

2009

20

NOV

15 Free Wordpress Themes

Wordpress is blogging software that helps people who normally do not have any programming skills or design skills get their blogs on line with little or no effort. In this article we will showcase top 15 Wordpress designs that are FREE and we think anyone looking to spice up their blog should use.

design, freebies, inspiration, template, wordpress

1003

1 comment

83 Awesome Firefox Add-ons every Web Designer must have!

We all know that Firefox is the best browser for web designers. One thing that makes Firefox so special is quality of its unique add-ons. That's why I carefully selected and organized the best 83 add-ons for you!

design, tips, tools

1489

0 comments

2009

19

NOV

Top 10 Article Submission Sites

If you have great articles about website design, graphic design, or anything design related but no one ever sees the content, does it count as great content? If you have great articles but people do not see them then you need to get your content published on more popular websites, websites with news content feeds. In this article we show you our Top 10 choices for your article submissions.

cms, design, freebies, seo, wordpress

1275

1 comment

Inspirational Artwork: Hugo Boss Fragrance

I have always been very interested in fashion and keeping up with the latest trends or what the latest hot fragrance is. Hugo, by Hugo Boss is a fragrance that was very popular in the late 90s and early 2000s among young adults and all though it was introduced almost 15 years ago it has stood the test of time.

design, graphic, inspiration

565

0 comments

21 Best CAPTCHAs: Bloggers Boon & Spammers Bane

Do you know about “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,” terminology? If you are a blogger then you must have used this in your various projects, while designing a contact form, login form or any other type of registration forms.

design, php, tips, tools, wordpress

1099

0 comments

PR Project - Quick And Stylish Photo Frame In Photoshop

The time has come to give something back to the fabulous community. This project is just a small step towards that goal and in the future we hope we will do some bigger and more interesting ones.

design, photoshop, tips, tutorial

815

0 comments

Interview with Interactive Media and Web Application Developer Derek Entringer

Derek Entringer is a talented Interactive Media/Web Application Developer whose talents include a mixture of multimedia and application development that allows him to create dynamic and engaging projects.

design, flash, graphic, inspiration

558

0 comments

Green Website Showcase

An inspirational showcase of green websites

design, graphic, inspiration

693

1 comment

Free Portfolio PSD Template from OurTuts

This week OurTuts is offering another Freebie:A free portfolio PSD template for every designer who want to have a website for showing his work. The template has a beautiful orange-gray color scheme and is created using the 960 Grid System.The PSD file has been created in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and is fully editable,layers being organized in relevant groups.

design, graphic, photoshop

1146

0 comments

2009

18

NOV

Best Magento Themes

Magento is a eCommerce website engine, just for my input I also think that Magento offers the best FREE cart solution on the market. In this article we give you our top 10 skins or themes that we have run across. All of the themes we list are FREE as of the posting of this article.

design, freebies, inspiration, mysql, php

1737

1 comment

9 Fresh jQuery Media Players

Let jQuery play the tunes, with these fresh jQuery Media Player plugins.

css-html, design, javascript

1515

1 comment

Really Useful jQuery Plugins

Would not it be great if all your complex and hectic tasks be done with just a tiny piece of code? Then these jQuery Utilities will turn your wish true. Check out these wonderful jQuery Utilities that help you perfrom all your much sought tasks in a jiffy. Write less and really do more with jQuery Utilities.

css-html, design, javascript

1149

0 comments

50 logo design inspiration

A logo is a uniquely set and arranged typeface that form a trademark or commercial brand. It is a graphical element that gives immediate recognition of an organization.

design, graphic, logo

webanddesigners

818

0 comments

Distressed Grunge Design Pack (Free Download)

This pack includes 26 high resolution distressed grunge elements in two amazing flavors – Photoshop Brushes (ABR) and Vectors (EPS). You can lay these elements onto any design and get instant results! Spruce them up by adding a gradient color overlay or bust out your eraser tool and make your designs look dirty and abused.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

1208

0 comments

Boggle Over CSS for Google

CSS is interpreted as a tool for styling screen elements. However, its quite evident that CSS is much more than just a layout instrument, it has other functionalities too. There is a brawl of opinions among web designers while using tables during the application of CSS.

css-html, design, tutorial

seosemanticxhtml

759

0 comments

69 Awesome Abstract Photoshop Brushes

Yet another set of killer brush sets to play along with, created by great brush artists.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, tools

786

0 comments

2009

17

NOV

200+ Free Abstract Brushes To Use For Light Effect

Adobe Photoshop comes with basic brushes so it is never enough for designers.We have to find and update our brushes with new trends and we all have to respect who creates these brushes and share with us for free.

design, freebies, photoshop

781

0 comments

Defend your Designs Against Unexpected Defaults

Surprisingly, there are a number of websites out there that are subject to being hijacked or broken by unexpected browser defaults. Is your site at risk? Read more about why this happens, and what you can do to defend your sites against it!

browser, css-html, design, tips

704

0 comments

30 Premium Quality Free Wordpress Themes

30 Premium Quality Free Wordpress Themes and Templates

design, inspiration, template, wordpress

1068

0 comments

Amazing Website Footers

The newest trend in great website design is the implementation of the site footer. The footer is slowly becoming as important to the layout of the website as the header is. Back in the day this was just blank space with links or some general content, but now there is images and it is visually appealing. In this article we showcase some of the greatest footer designs from around the internet.

design, graphic, inspiration, template, wordpress

1095

1 comment

Mind Blowing Illustrations And Photo Manipulations By Zach Bush

You can not learn and create more without getting inspired. Inspirational work gives you motivation and energy to step forward and create amazing stuff. So here i have collected amazing work done by Zach Bush for your inspiration.

design, graphic

440

0 comments

9 Tutorials to converting psd to html

This article list out 9 awesome tutorials which helps you to build a website, from designing a layout in photoshop to write your own HTML and CSS for a website.

css-html, design, photoshop, tutorial

webanddesigners

504

0 comments

12 Job Boards for Designers where Quality is Praised Above all

We designers- the community of creativity, how often have thought about a forum or marketplace where quality of work is placed on top, where people do not compare the bids, but take credibility as a measure of comparison to assign the projects.

css-html, design

1177

0 comments

14 Stunning And Surreal Cityscapes Made With 3D And Painting Software

Yes they are surreal and imagined, but they also can represent futuristic visions at the same time, so we simply can not avoid the following question. As materials, technology, and humans in general, evolve even more in the future, will we ever live in cities that somewhat look like those you are about to see?

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

736

0 comments

21 Prototyping, Mockup, and Wireframing Tools for iPhone App Development

There are many different types of tools available to developers, from low-tech stencil kits to high-tech collaborative software. So I've rounded up a few of the more popular ones people are using specifically for iPhone development. It's far from being the definitive list, but it's definitely a good place to start.

design, freebies, graphic

1067

1 comment

2009

16

NOV

Create a sleek, classy download button

Today we will be creating a neat download button with subtle gradients and letterpress effects(some may call it web 2.0). The colors are exchangeable and the icon is easy to resize. We’re using simple techniques and everything is explained so that even if you’re new to photoshop, you should have no problems following every step.

design, icon, photoshop, tutorial

1135

0 comments

Best Hosting Companies, Top 10

An essential part of starting a business on the internet is getting the perfect website host. You can either go with a Linux based server (cheaper) or you can go with a Microsoft based server. In this article we show you the top 10 web hosting companies from around the internet. The companies we chose in this article have unlimited email and FTP, as well as great support, among other things.

browser, design, php, seo, trend

946

0 comments

7 Design Elements and Techniques that will make your Website stand OUT!

Introducing some of the most used and well known design elements that make websites stand out and look better.

design, graphic, misc, template, tips

984

0 comments

30 Best Web Design Layout Photoshop Tutorials

This roundup includes 30 of the best web design layout tutorials created in Photoshop:portfolio layouts,layouts designed for blogs,business layouts and more…

design, photoshop, tutorial

1245

4 comments

Post to TwitterCreative And Clever Single Page Portfolio Websites, 40 Stunning Examples

Single Page Portolios for Your Inspiration. Here you can see a showcase of creative and well-designed websites that could inspire you. Enjoy!

design, inspiration

612

0 comments

7 Great Stories From The Past Week You Should Check Out

As we aim to help the community and provide you with the best possible resources, we’ve put up a list of seven great stories from our colleagues that you probably shouldn’t miss from the past week.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

550

0 comments

Best of the Web for the Week of November 8, 2009

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the week of November 8, 2009. There is plenty of great stuff out there such as tutorials, freebies, resources and lots of inspirational pieces. I am confident that your designs will benefit from these hot new finds.

design, graphic, icon, logo, tutorial

581

0 comments

Round Up And See How They Designed Beautiful Colorful Websites

This round up contains a collection of beautiful colorful designs.

css-html, design, template, trend

743

0 comments

Business Card Showcase Sites and more

A business card it`s a very important part of our business, It`s our presentation, usually it`s the first thing our (soon to be) clients se from us, so we have to pay extra attention to it`s design, with this post you`ll learn a couple of things. Here we have a couple sites that showcases, among other design related stuff, business cards, hope you enjoy it.

design, inspiration

679

0 comments

2009

15

NOV

30 Single page portfolio design for design inspiration

Single page portfolio are being used by many designers to present their project or work.

design, graphic, inspiration

webanddesigners

1006

0 comments

30 New and Promising Design Blogs You Should Know

This article presents 30 new and promising design blogs you should know that are worth checking out. Blogs featured here discuss about web design, Photoshop, WordPress, development, graphic design and much more.

design, inspiration, photoshop, tutorial, wordpress

1014

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #28

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

602

0 comments

2009

14

NOV

16 tutorials using photoshop to build a website

Designing a website has been much more easier from the resources provided on web itself. There are loads of tutorials which helps to build a elegant website templates, wordpress themes and so on.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

webanddesigners

950

1 comment

38 Websites Using Horizontal Scrolling

Horizontal websites are quite rare, but when done properly they can really make a website standout. Horizontal scrolling on websites used to be avoided but for some designers, the decision to use horizontal scrolling is as much a part of the design as choosing the colors.

design, inspiration, trend

1406

0 comments

35 Randomly Selected Beautiful Vector Illustrations

35 Randomly Selected Beautiful Vector Illustrations gathered from deviant art . a must see post

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

629

0 comments

21 Awesome Piece of Digital CMYK Art

For those who don’t know what CMYK represents here is a short explanation. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key or Black Well with those basics covered, we can proceed further and see what artists can produce while using those primary colors as their inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration

702

0 comments

40 Beautiful Retro Art for Inspiration

Many graphic designers adopt a particular technique for there digital art like Grunge,vintage,retro etc etc.. So for the beginners we have collected some beautiful retro art for inspiration.

design, graphic, photoshop

661

0 comments

2009

13

NOV

Showcase of beautiful UK medical designs

A showcase exposing interesting medical designs of clinics, medics, hospitals in the United Kingdom.

design, graphic, template

915

0 comments

How To Create Amazing 3D Type

If you love typography like I do, you are always looking for a new way to funk out your type. You will learn some amazing and creative ways to make your type look absolutely beautiful!

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

819

0 comments

Best Collection of CSS Rounded Corners Tutorials

Creating CSS Rounded Corners for the HTML or markup is a big challenge for most of the designers. Many designers end up with a design where they don’t use Rounded Corners to have an ease in creating markup or HTML and CSS pages. Rounded Corners have always been an issue

css-html, design, tools, tutorial

1114

1 comment

Design a cool and original jeans style Business Card in Photoshop

This tutorial will guide you through the process of designing a professional jeans style business card. The tutorial features some great techniques, effects and layer styles in which you can use over and over for future projects.

design, graphic, tutorial

650

0 comments

2009

12

NOV

Photo Retouching: Background Extraction and Color Manipulation

This tutorial aims to educate the reader about the Background Eraser Tool, as well as how to manipulate colors and lighting in Photoshop.

design, graphic

883

1 comment

10 Wordpress Plugins To Boost Up Your Theme You Have Ever Known

This post contains 10 wordpress plugins that help you to boost up your wordpress design. Some of plugins in this collection based on the ideas around the web blog design posts. Enjoy it!

design, inspiration, trend, wordpress

782

0 comments

Flash Design Showcase #5

A showcase of the very best flash websites for your inspiration

design, graphic, inspiration

575

0 comments

35 best twitter backgounds theme

Although TWITTER is restricted to personal themes, which is confined to only color and background changes. Designers have been showing off their creativity by designing innovative and creative background adding up with color combination to show their skills or designing knowledge.

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

webanddesigners

696

0 comments

2009

11

NOV

Vibrant Bokeh Effects Design Pack - 42 Free Images!

Light is one of the key elements in creating some beautiful designs. However, finding that perfect light image for your design can be time consuming and exhausting. This bokeh pack has a wide range of different styles, colors and clusters. They were all photographed – no fake digital bokehs here! The pack includes 42 images, all weighing in around 3500 pixels wide at 300 dpi.

design, freebies, graphic, photography, photoshop

1197

0 comments

Website Design: Beautiful Vintage and Retro Inspired Designs

In the last couple of months I have been working on bringing you series of website design inspiration articles. In this post, I would like to concentrate on some really great vintage and retro inspired designs. Although these styles are from two different era’s, they both have an old-fashioned feel to them.

design, inspiration

1263

0 comments

The Characteristics of a Less Conventional Website with Examples

The evolution of web design has changed significantly over the past 50 years. Back then, a Geocity webpage could be as simple as a brochure, using a multi colored background and gaudy text effects.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

649

0 comments

10 Awesome Portfolios from argentinian Freelancers

10 of the best portfolios of argentinian graphic/web designers. If your looking for some inspiration to create your own portfolio I recommend you to read this post and check all the links. I have selected this 10 sites because of the diversity of designs and implementation.

design, inspiration

787

0 comments

35 Most Creative Web Design Interfaces

35 Most Creative Web Design Interfaces gathered from deviant art for inspiration

design, graphic, inspiration

770

0 comments

31 Innovative, unique, and inspiring example of calendar design

As much as they are useful for keeping track of time, calendars can also represent a great addition to successful company or self branding and promotion. They usually come within company packages but they can also be distributed as standalone pieces at fairs, conventions, or other forms of specially organized occasions and events.

design, inspiration

1892

0 comments

111 Sites To Submit Your Design Related Articles

I know you can find some posts about submitting your design related articles to various blogs but i think this is one of the biggest collection

design, freebies, inspiration, tools

645

0 comments

2009

10

NOV

Inspirational Business Cards: 100+ Various Examples

When we first launched designrfix.com, my initial design post was titled: 40+ simple and elegant business card designs. Since then, we have released two other posts about business cards. All three articles have been very useful in inspiring the design community.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

857

0 comments

Designer Showcase - SHORT

A showcase of wonderful illustrations from SHORT

design, graphic, inspiration

515

0 comments

Free Flash Interactive Calendar Components

Here are presented fully customizable interactive flash calendar components that provide successful configuration within minutes.

design, flash, freebies

1204

0 comments

2009

9

NOV

Design an advanced clan layout or a game layout

If you are thinking about launching a website for your clan team with plenty of eye catching features in the design, or if you want to create an advanced game layout then you need to follow this tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

917

0 comments

Dissection of Holy Websites: Modern Church Web Design Trends & 88 Inspiration

Churches website have evolved immensely over recent years with the introduction of social media and advancement of web technologies and standards. Most churches has realized that in order to reach out to the world, they could not neglect the importance of the Internet

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

990

1 comment

How to Design Delicious Bookmarking Icon in photoshop

How to Design Delicious Bookmarking Icon in photoshop a simple tutorial includes downloadable psd

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

716

0 comments

35 Single page portfolio design

Single page portfolio are being used by many designers to present their project or work. Avoiding sophisticated design and maximum use of text is overcome by these single page portfolio design, even more these are much simpler to navigate for the viewers.

css-html, design, graphic

webanddesigners

1194

0 comments

30 Icon Design Tutorials in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Have you ever thought how those beautiful icons which all of us make use of them in our web designing projects are made? Here are 30 Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials about “how to design most beautiful and fully detailed icons in Photoshop and Illustrator”.

design, graphic, icon, inspiration, photoshop

946

0 comments

Get By with a Little Help from Your Friends

As designers, artists and illustrators, we all need some inspiration from time to time. It’s what makes us creative people. We take in the things around us and our brains process it, turning what we’ve seen and heard into thoughts and ideas.

858

0 comments

2009

8

NOV

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #27

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

766

0 comments

2009

7

NOV

Forms. Can’t live with them. Can’t live without them.

The first part of a series of articles that are meant to provide valuable insides no how to develop web forms, what options are there, how to properly code a form and to validate it.

design, tips, usability

768

1 comment

Fantastic JavaScript 3D Libraries

Ever imagined if the tiny JavaScript code could render amazing out of the box 3D? Then be ready to enjoy wonderful 3D effects in simple JavaScript code. These JavaScript 3D Libraries let you render smooth yet attractive 3D effects with great ease.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

995

0 comments

Simple Jquery Background Positioning Animation Tutorials

Simple Jquery Background Positioning Animation Tutorials for menu and form elements

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1230

0 comments

2009

6

NOV

Particles Pack – 25 Free Images (PNG - With Transparent Backgrounds)

Particles are a great way to add that final touch to your design. They make designs feel more alive and moving. This resource pack includes 25 PNG images with transparent backgrounds of dirt, debris, and broken particles. All the PNG’s are around 3000 pixels wide at 300 dpi. Personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

1517

2 comments

Relax with Javascript: Randomize Your CSS Style

Sometime, we are bored with the only-one style in our website, but today, we will make some changes. We will create a javascript to randomize the CSS every time we refresh the web page.

design, javascript

641

0 comments

Exclusive Freebie: Crawling Vines Vector Pattern

The Crawling Vines pattern pack contains 9 different variations of this detailed, hand drawn vector pattern, and comes in AI, JPG and PNG formats!

design, freebies, photoshop, wallpaper

1191

0 comments

111 free mini pixel icons

I don’t know about you, but I had enough of those fancy “web 2.0″ web icons. Sure, they get the attention of the visitors because of the stylish looks (bright colours, reflections and shadows), but do you really need these crying-for-attention icons?

design, freebies, graphic, icon, photoshop

1280

0 comments

Why do passwords appear as dots in a form?

When I want to subscribe myself for a newsletter, website, online application or want to sign in, I need to put in my password. This is the easiest way to protect websites/applications and it works, but what I really don’t understand is why a password need to appear as dots in the textfield.

design, tips, usability

691

3 comments

25 inspirational blogs for content and graphics

You have no idea what you want to talk about in the next post, nor have the inspiration to start designing a new project? Just have a look in here. A small collection of websites that gets me inspired.

design, graphic, inspiration, tips

703

0 comments

How to market your website with a confirmation email.

If you ever made an online purchase or subscribed yourself to a website you surely received a confirmation mail afterwards. Of all these emails you’ve received, how many times did you read information other than the obvious (your purchased books, the thank you note for subscribing)? All I see is a missed marketing opportunity because these emails are a powerful tool towards your visitors.

682

0 comments

2009

5

NOV

30 Unique and Artistic Website Designs

Being a web designer i am always after inspirational and unique web sites. Now a days there are lots of web site designing trends going on, the most effective is using cool graphics and illustrations or anything else that can make design unique.

design, graphic, inspiration

1087

1 comment

5 Attractive Content Sliders with Featured list Layout

These content sliders are different with the rest because they have a featured list and a slideshow area. I have collected 5 of them, 4 Javascript and a flash based content slider which I believe could be very useful.

design, javascript, tutorial

25150

4 comments

Showcase of beautiful horizontal scrolling websites

25 gorgeous original websites that use horizontal scrolling instead of the usual vertical one.

design, graphic, trend

1255

0 comments

Vector Artwork: 50+ Inspirational Creations

Vector artwork has always intrigued me. When executed correctly, these creations can be simply stunning. In this post, I have assembled an amazing collection of vector artwork design which will truly inspire you. Each artist showcased has their own unique vector style. Hopefully one of these creations will inspire you to create your own amazing design. Enjoy!

design, graphic, inspiration

652

1 comment

3 new and amazing CSS tricks every web designer must know

Yesterday evening, I took some time to imagine new interesting ways to use the text-shadow CSS property. And I found 3 New Amazing CSS Tricks!!!

css-html, design, tips

1034

0 comments

Interview with a pro – Whyisbox

An interview with illustrator and creator of NewSugar Magazine, Whyisbox

design, graphic, inspiration

511

0 comments

Photoshop-Actions The easy way to a perfect picture

Awesome collection of Photoshop-Actions + Screencast "How to create a "Photoshop-Action"!

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

Webstandard-Team

649

0 comments

Twitter Fever: 55 Extraordinary Twitter Button & Icon Sets

Twitter fever is upon us and it will definitely stay with us for awhile. Whether you are a web designer, blogger, or developer, you simply cannot ignore the Twitter phenomenon

design, freebies, inspiration, logo

575

0 comments

12 advanced and creative can designs worth watching

Don't miss these 12 examples for creative and advanced packaging design for cans!

design, inspiration

550

0 comments

2009

4

NOV

Creative 3D Lines Pack – 27 Free Images

This design pack includes 27 images of creative yet chaotic 3D lines. The best part about them is they are in PNG format with a transparent background. You can lay these things over any color or design and they will look awesome. All the PNG’s are around 3000 pixels wide at 300 dpi. Personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, template

595

0 comments

Beautiful Birthstone Character Illustrations

Beautiful Birthstone Character Illustrations

design, photoshop

495

0 comments

We Have 30 Beautiful Fat Foots To Respond To The Showcase of Big Heads Guys

This showcase contains 30 beautiful design with the Fat Foot which known as Oversized Footer.

css-html, design, inspiration, trend

689

0 comments

19 Creative Photomanipulation By Michael Oswald

There are a vast number of talented illustrators around the world but skill in art is only one side of the spectrum needed to be a professional artist. It also takes strong organizational skills

design, graphic

618

0 comments

5 Things to Ignore When Designing Websites

Designers have enough to worry about when doing a design. Here are a few thing that you are safe to forget about.

422

0 comments

2009

3

NOV

Design an Intense Particle Illustration using Photoshop

In this tutorial, I thought I would show you a simple process of manipulating a image with lighting effects and incorporating brushes too. This tutorial will bid you a step by step guide on how to achieve the illustrated outcome.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

705

0 comments

Trend Spotting: The Beauty of Using Two Colors, Black and White in Graphic Design

In the 90s, many areas of design- including fashion, home interiors, garden, and furniture, have evidenced a paring down to simple workable solutions. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than in graphic design.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

918

0 comments

8 Best Web Design mockup tutorials on october 2009

There is a nice selection of sites in todays Monthly Web Design mockup tutorials, especially from 1stwebdesigner and sixrevisions who have both created very clean and stylish sites .

design, photoshop, tutorial

940

0 comments

Freebies: Apple Inspired iPhone Wallpapers

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about how the Apple iPhone is one of the most popular tech gadgets out there and the extent to which users have the ability to customize the phone to their personal taste. That post was titled: Free iPhone Wallpaper: 70+ Creative 3d Designs.

design, graphic, inspiration, wallpaper

763

0 comments

Let's slice a clean .psd layout in 12 easy steps

Today a special article for the beginners: I will show you how to slice a clean .psd layout in 12 easy steps. This tutorial has many pictures, hence it's a piece of cake to follow it!

css-html, design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

989

0 comments

Red Website Showcase

An inspirational showcase of red websites

design, graphic, inspiration

826

1 comment

2009

2

NOV

How To Fix Dark Pictures

There’s an easy way to adjust your dark photos. It’s so easy it only takes a couple minutes. Check it out.

design, photoshop, tutorial

742

0 comments

10 Free Online Image Resizing Tools For Designers

A bunch of free Online Image Resizing Tools that help to resize images in a jiffy. A must read for designers and web weavers. Make use of these hand tools to save time resizing images.

design, graphic, tools, usability

852

0 comments

Theme Based Digital Arts and Painting

The impact of digital technology has transformed traditional activities such as painting, drawing and sculpture, while new forms, such as net art, digital installation art, and virtual reality, have become recognized artistic practices

design, photoshop

621

0 comments

18 Mobile Frameworks and Development Tools for Creating iPhone Apps

The world of iPhone application development is evolving rapidly, and developers have a growing list of development tools from which to choose. I've created a list (incomplete I'm sure) of some of the more popular tools and frameworks.

css-html, design, freebies, javascript, tools

750

0 comments

Ultimate Resource list of Patterns and Backgrounds

Have you been in search of that perfect pattern or background to enhance your latest design? Well look no further! In this post I have compiled a great list of websites that offer an amazing selection of unique patterns and backgrounds for you to use in your designs.

design, freebies, graphic

598

0 comments

15 jQuery slideshow/gallery plugins

To choose best jQuery slideshow or gallery plugins can be difficult. We have worked out top 13 plugins to make your life easier. Below are the most aesthetic, innovative and creative jQuery plugins.

design, trend, tutorial

webanddesigners

2168

1 comment

Weekly Inspiration No. 02

If you liked our last inspirational blog, you'll love this one, too. Smashing illustrations, stunning designs, gorgeous paintings and much more!

design, inspiration, photography

542

0 comments

40+ Stunning and Creative Graffiti Artworks

Most people have the impression that graffiti was started by young vandals trying to “make a statement”, however graffiti has been known to go as far back as 30 000BC. The Ancient Romans and Ancient Greeks, used to scribble on their walls, descriptions of their current day events.

design, graphic, inspiration

566

0 comments

Simple Jelly Text Effect Photoshop Tutorial

Simple Jelly Text Effect Photoshop Tutorial

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

891

0 comments

2009

1

NOV

Design a clean website layout in Photoshop

Clean style web templates are those that are not overloaded with graphic elements. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a clean layout.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

722

0 comments

Gorgeous jQuery Tab View Plugins – Part-1

Tabs optimize the Navigation of web sites. Take Tab Navigations to the next level with my handpicked collection of Gorgeous, colorful and attractive jQuery Tabbed Navigation Plugins and Tutorials.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1637

0 comments

50 Open Source Tools For Web Designers

A collection of 50 Open Source Tools dedicated to web designers. This set consisits of Editors, Graphic Manipulation Programs, FTP Applications, Coding Tools and much more that ever Web Designer longs for. Try out these Open source Versions and make a difference.

design, graphic, misc, tools

780

0 comments

Most Useful Collection of Premium 3d models

3d models can be a great way to spice up a project that you are working on. I have assembled a collection of amazing premium 3d models for you. These models are some of the best designs available at a very low cost. You will find a selection of different models here such as racing cars, boats, spaceships, deluxe interiors, motorcycles, trains and electronics.

design, graphic

545

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #26

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

577

0 comments

2009

31

OCT

40+ Beautiful Fish Inspired Logos

Your source of inspiration plays a very important part of successfully designing you next project. Here at Designrfix.com, we are always in search of ideas to fuel our creativity. In this article you will find a collection of 40+ Beautiful Fish Inspired Logos.

design, graphic, inspiration, logo

775

0 comments

2009

30

OCT

Spray Paint Textures Pack – 25 Free Images

You can never have enough spray paint textures. Almost every design I work with has some type of spray paint texture in it. Just drop them in your designs and add a hue/saturation adjustment layer to change the colors. Easy as that. This stunning pack includes 25 images that are all around 3000 pixels at 300 dpi. Personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, freebies, graphic, misc

697

0 comments

Useful Money Management Tools for Designers and Freelancers

Managing your finances at times can be a very tricky and complicated task. Proper allocation and transfer of money not only requires careful planning, but also the services of some highly effectual and efficient tools. Not too long ago, there were only a handful of money management tools to choose from.

design, misc, tools

735

0 comments

Download Free Business Icons at Smashing Share

Are you looking to spice up your business website with some awesome icons? These free business icons are not standard .ico extension, these are all vector icons which can be used at maximum or minimum size you want. Icons are very useful to draw the attention of the user.

design, icon, wordpress

818

0 comments

2009

29

OCT

8 Tips and Tricks on Developing Usable Websites

Tips and tricks on creating websites with higher usability.

design, graphic, misc, seo, usability

804

0 comments

Best Firefox Addons For jQuery Developers

A gift for jQuery developers! Integrate jQuery documentations and tools into Firefox using these wonderful add-ons for jQuery for ease of jQuery development.

browser, design, javascript, tools

1110

0 comments

Awesome Collection of Tutorials, Plugins, Showcase and Freebies on October

Round up of October community news goodies from jquery tutorials, plugins, wordpress plugins to showcase of beautiful and well-designed website. Also, A list of freebies to giveaway!

design, freebies, javascript, tutorial, wordpress

7595

2 comments

45 Inspiring Navigation Menus That You Must See

Navigation menu is the most important element in web design. Designers should pay more attention to design the navigation menu. Sometimes, simple but user friendly navigation menu will bring better effect.

css-html, design

1360

0 comments

10 Attractive Jquery CSS Tooltips Tutorials

10 Attractive Jquery CSS Tooltips Tutorials

css-html, design, javascript, usability

1304

0 comments

45 Stunning Wood Textured Websites

Adding a touch of wood textures would make any websites stand out. Here's a huge list of stunning wood textured websites.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

780

0 comments

Slice Your Designs with One of Our Sponsors: PixelCrayons

The Design process alone is so time consuming that you are not left with much time and energy, if you are a designer, to even code it.

css-html, design, graphic, tips

561

0 comments

Create a clean hosting layout with Photoshop

This tutorial is the best solution for those who want to create a web page for representing web hosting company of any kind.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

593

0 comments

6 Useful WebTools For Designers

6 Useful WebTools For Designers

657

0 comments

2009

28

OCT

30 Amazing jQuery Plugins To Play With Tables

Play with tables and present table data as you wish with these Table Enhancement jQuery Plugins.

css-html, design, graphic

1092

0 comments

15 Best jQuery Navigation Plugins

The tiny navigation in your site decides if a two second long visit is memorable or not! Spice up your web user interface with this collection of easy to use yet eye catching navigation plugins and tutorials.

css-html, design, javascript

1341

0 comments

101 invaluable questions to build your Web Design Client Questionnaire

With these 101 invaluable questions, you'll be able to build an awesome Web Design Client Questionnaire and gather all the information you need to create outstanding websites.

design, misc, template, tips, tutorial

1288

0 comments

The Commercial Art of Mid-Century America

Being the passionate I am, I decided to collect work of stylish beauty, preserving advertising and illustration art of mid-century America.

design, graphic

556

0 comments

How To Create Cinematic Poster

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to turn a random picture to an amazing cinematic poster.

design, photoshop, tutorial

930

0 comments

26 Captivating Wodpress Comment Form

Need inspiration for your form? Check out these 26 well-designed and beautiful comment forms, I'm sure it will bring you inspiration in form design.

design, graphic, inspiration, wordpress

5987

12 comments

2009

27

OCT

The most stylish websites of October 2009

Our editor team has chosen the 4 most beautiful websites in OCTOBER. We congratulate the winners - they get our CSSstyle.me GOLD DESIGN AWARD for good and creative design.

1071

0 comments

Why Web Designers & Freelancers Should Switch to Online Invoicing?

The number of paper invoices generated by corporate America is even worse. Here is some food for thought. About 13 billion invoices are traded annually by the businesses is US, accounting for 25 billion pieces of paper floating around in offices every year.

738

1 comment

Photoshop Grunge Brushes - The ultimate Collection

If your are looking for some Photoshop Grunge Brushes, don't miss "The ultimate Collection of Photoshop Grunge Brushes". Also included 2 Screencasts with "Create your own grunge Brush" & "How to load Brushes into Photoshop"!

design, freebies, inspiration, photoshop

Webstandard-Team

888

0 comments

Free Corporate Home Page Design (PSD File) for Design Community

I am sharing PSD (1.39MB) file as well as high resolution JPEG file. This is just a home page so you can change it according to your requirement. This is absolutely Free.

1102

0 comments

Designer Showcase - Fernando Volken Togni

Have a look at the amazing graphic design work of Fernando Volken Togni

design, graphic, inspiration

649

0 comments

2009

26

OCT

50+ High Quality Icon Design Tutorials (Part 2)

Last week I created a post about how important icons are to contemporary website, applications and user interface design. That post was a two part series. Today I would like to present to you the second half of Icon design tutorials.

design, graphic, icon, photoshop, tutorial

839

0 comments

Showcase of 40+ Woody Textured Websites with Texture Resources

One of the latest trends in web design is combining the use of textures, images, graphics and type. As there are a wide range of texture resources available, catering to any look and feel is not a problem.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

743

0 comments

Best jQuery iPhone Style Plugins

Unleash the power of jQuery on iPhone and create impressive iPhone style cool effects and widgets with these jQuery plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

3624

0 comments

6 Free Icon Editors To Create and Edit Icons

These free icons editors offer features to create and edit icons, favicons or even create icons for Windows/Mac applications.

651

0 comments

2009

25

OCT

Toshiedo Online Marketing Agency

Toshiedo is a Sydney based online marketing agency that exists to help its clients lead in the digital age. We are experts at delivering effective and highly creative web design solutions: world class brand and eCommerce websites, strategic online marketing campaigns and cutting edge technology tools.

css-html, design, flash

643

0 comments

Designer Showcase: Gorgeous Works by Cristiano Siqueira

Cristiano Siqueira is a digital illustrator from Brazil. He is also known as CrisVector. With very little formal training, being mostly self-taught, he has risen to become a truly talented designer. His stunning creations blends 3d characters, vector graphics and amazing uses of vivid colors.

design, graphic, inspiration

735

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #25

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

617

0 comments

App Development: HTML/CSS3/JavaScript is the New Platform

MobiOne, an IDE that utilizes the power of WebKit browser engine, is an enterprise-class emulator that enables development of mobile applications using web standards such as HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript.

css-html, design, freebies, javascript, tools

771

0 comments

Design a colorful theme for wordpress in photoshop

In this easy to follow photoshop tutorial you will learn how to design a colorful wordpress theme.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

726

0 comments

2009

24

OCT

60 Breathtaking Smoke Art

Use of smoke in digital art or in graphics design will increase the overall looks of any art. Here we have collected some smoke art photos and creation for design inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration, photography

671

1 comment

2009

23

OCT

Best jQuery iPhone Style Plugins

Unleash the power of jQuery on iPhone and create impressive iPhone style cool effects and widgets with these jQuery plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1953

0 comments

Mixed Media Pack – 29 Free Textures

With this pack you get a spectacular combination of media styles in each texture! Images were created with spray paint, acrylics, markers, pencils, crayons, and finger-paint! With over 25 high resolution images, you’re sure to find something that will fit perfectly into your designs. Commercial and personal use is okay.

design, freebies, graphic, misc

628

0 comments

Watercolors Pack | Volume 2 – 30 Free Textures

This is our second collection of high quality watercolor images that are sure to make a great addition to your designs. Try switching the colors by adding a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer or a gradient layer and changing the layer style to overlay. Personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, graphic, misc

626

0 comments

55 Awesome Online Photo Editors

An online photo editor tool if used professionally can bring a lot of difference to the image. A colossal presence of photo editors available online for free really makes it difficult for user to choose the best one.

design, misc, tutorial

651

0 comments

24 Captivating Digital Painting Tutorials

All designers know the power of photoshop and the fantastic stuff they can create using it. There is always more to learn in photoshop, if you want your sketches to get painted photoshop is best tool.

design, graphic, tutorial

659

0 comments

12 Flash-like jQuery Effects

One of the brilliant things about jQuery is the ease in which you can implement animations. A few years ago anything that looked even the smallest bit impressive would make you think of Flash. But now with all these new javascript libraries it makes animation easy.

css-html, design, flash, javascript

1936

0 comments

2009

22

OCT

Skies The Limit - Websites With A Sky In The Theme

A showcase of web designs featuring the sky in their theme

design, graphic, inspiration

658

0 comments

30 Amazing jQuery Image Effect Plugins To Enhance Your Images

Add a gush of style to the plain images in your website using this collection of jQuery Image Effect plugins, that help enhance images, create galleries, scrollers and bring in life to the plain images.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1303

0 comments

Freebies: Twitter Icons for your Blog

If you are looking to get more people to follow you on Twitter, placing one of these beautifully designed icons on your blog or website will certainly help. I have assembled an amazing collection of free Twitter icons from which to choose from. I am confident that one of these cute little birds will fit your design needs. So go ahead and use one of these twitter icons in your next project. Enjoy!

design, freebies, graphic, icon

643

0 comments

2009

21

OCT

Website Design: 50+ Photographer Portfolios

I have always found that photography websites have been of a different breed of web design. With their use of Flash technology, unique navigational menus, and clean minimalistic design, these website let the photographer’s pictures do the talking.

design, flash, graphic, inspiration

827

0 comments

10 Superb Image Effects and Slides tutorials with jQuery and CSS

10 Superb Image Effects and Slides tutorials with jQuery and CSS

css-html, design, gadget, javascript, tutorial

1283

0 comments

App Protoyping Made Easy with iPhone Stencil and Sketchpad

Many creative types like pen and paper versus design software when designing the UI for that new killer app. The folks at Design Commission understand this and have come up with an excellent set of tools to add to your box.

design, graphic

747

0 comments

2009

20

OCT

25 "Cutest" jQuery Plugins

Blend cuteness with usability with this collection of Inspirational jQuery plugins blending, Animation, usability and cutenes to create the perfect user interface. An excellent source of inspiration for jQuery Developers.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1370

0 comments

Best of the Web for the Week of October 11, 2009

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the week of October 11, 2009.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

665

0 comments

Design and Test Custom iPhone Themes Before Installing with CSS/jQuery/HTML

If you like designing custom iPhone icons and themes, you’ll find this little package extremely handy. Giovanni Corti developed the iPhone Theme Creation Tool using HTML, CSS and jQuery.

css-html, design, graphic, tools

862

0 comments

75 Creative And Unique Business Card Designs For Your Inspiration

Creative and unique business card design will help you gain a better impression from your potential clients. This post share 75 creative and unique business card designs for your inspiration.

728

0 comments

Designer Showcase - Alex Beltechi

A showcase of the stunning design work from Alex Beltechi

design, graphic, inspiration

574

1 comment

2009

19

OCT

50+ High Quality Icon Design Tutorials (Part 1)

Icons play such a key part of any contemporary website, application or user interface design. I find that strategically placed icons can do one of two things. The first is that it visually enhances your design.

design, graphic, icon, photoshop, tutorial

715

0 comments

Research of Lingerie Industry Web Design: Trends and 33 Sexy Examples

Most people are visually inclined to beautiful and sexy images. This concept is especially important if you are selling something sexy. What’s better place to start with than the lingerie wear industry?

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

1267

0 comments

Create a nature inspired layout in photoshop

Learn how to create a website layout inspired by nature with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

801

0 comments

2009

18

OCT

17 Amazing jQuery Rollovers – Examples and Tutorials

This collection helps create eye catching rollovers with ease. Create amazing rollovers with sliding boxes, rolling images, moving text and much more using jQuery.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

3346

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #24

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic, inspiration

656

0 comments

2009

17

OCT

Collection of Beautiful Packages – Design Inspiration

Designing a nice looking package plays a vital role in marketing of any product. So to design a nice looking package is very much important for any product based company, a nice design can increse the overall selling of product. Thats why we have collected some beautiful packages for design inspiration.

design, graphic, photography

664

0 comments

Best Halloween Design Gimp Tutorials and Brushes

Its Halloween Season, so why not create your own custom E cards, Posters and Wallpapers with Gimp? This collection of Best Gimp Halloween Design Tutorials and Halloween Gimp Brushes help you to create attractive Halloween designs on your own.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

737

0 comments

2009

16

OCT

Better home link buttons (4)

Fourth article in a series showcasing best practices and tips to improve usability for logo's on websites.

design, graphic, tips, usability

787

0 comments

10 Blunders to Avoid on Business Websites

Websites are the most preferred way for promoting a business online. For that reason, you must focus on blunders that are responsible to hurt the website performance.

design, graphic, misc, tutorial, usability

743

0 comments

52 Beautiful Vector Illustrations and Designs

52 Beautiful Vector Illustrations and Designs

design, graphic, inspiration

704

0 comments

30+ Freelance Work Websites and Resources You Should Know

Have you ever thought what happen if you lose your job tomorrow? Or your company closes due to some reason? The situation could be anything. Many have faced this problem in last few months. What should be your option to handle this situation? Do you know about Freelance Work Websites and Resources where you could survive in this situation

design, graphic, photoshop

738

0 comments

16 Best jQuery Widgets

Splash up your designs with jQuery widgets. A collection of smart widgets combining usability and style, a must read for designers and developers.

css-html, design, javascript, usability

3169

0 comments

2009

15

OCT

Contact Us Page Best Practices with 22 Fabulous Showcases

In the entire world wide web, most sites, be it large or small, contain the Contact Us page. The purpose of the Contact Us page is to get your clients or customers to talk to you or enquire more about your services, ultimately it is to generate potential businesses for your company.

design, inspiration, tips, usability

994

0 comments

Inspirational Showcase of Sports Websites

Here you can see a showcase of awesome (in my opinion) sport-related websites that could inspire you. Enjoy!

design, inspiration, trend

663

0 comments

25 Stylish and Outstanding Login Forms

This time we will focus on one of the design elements - the Login Form. I have collected a list of login forms that are well styled and decorated and I'm pretty sure it'll inspire you!

design, inspiration

20030

7 comments

25 Free Online Tools for Web Designers, Developers, Freelancers and Individuals

25 online tools which are implicitly made to make the life of the busiest community i.e. web designers hassle free. They are not only free to use but many of them do not even require registration. This means that anyone can start the moment he/she hits the website.

design, freebies, tools

901

0 comments

2009

14

OCT

jQuery Games! Write Less, Play More!

These are my handpicked collection of colorful and enjoyable games developed using jQuery. You can use the techniques implemented in these games as an inspiration to bring out yet more intuitive games.

design, graphic, javascript

1449

1 comment

All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Planning and Process

Having a keen understanding of Web Design Project Planning Process is invaluable. With a clear organization, you’ll be able to work better and more efficiently. Moreover, with this document you’ll be able to show your clients what they are paying for.

design, misc, tips, tutorial

841

0 comments

Design a website layout inspired by Apple

Learn how to design a clean website layout inspired by apple.com

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1051

0 comments

Must Follow Invoicing Practices for Freelance Designers

How often people have talked about the benefits that enterprises and businesses can derive from e-invoicing and streamline their invoicing process. Therefore, we now do from various survey reports and experiences that advantages of using online invoicing for SME’s are stupendous. But are these advantages limited to businesses or service providers only? I suppose not.

design, misc, tips

602

0 comments

Elegant Portfolius Wordpress Themes from Panda WP Themes

An elegant, highly flexible and customizable premium wordpress template from Panda Wordpress Themes. It's well designed and comes with different layouts, colors and page structures that will meet all different needs.

design, template, wordpress

8069

9 comments

CG Artwork: Superheroes and Villains

With the anticipation of movies Iron Man 2 and Spider-Man 4 being released in the near future, I have decided to bring to you some amazing Superhero and villain inspired CG artwork such as Iron Man, Spider-man, Batman and The Joker just to name a few.

design, graphic, inspiration

657

0 comments

2009

13

OCT

How to Layout a Comic Book Cover

Learn how to lay out a comic book cover, as well as create a hybrid photograph and comic book inspired image.

design, graphic, photoshop

817

0 comments

Web Layout Designs: 60 Must Have Tutorials

Once or twice a week I like to come up with articles that really expose my viewers to the various types of tutorials that they need to get their latest designs off the ground.

design, graphic, photoshop

734

0 comments

10 Best Javascript Drawing and Canvas Libraries

Develop Rich interactive internet applications with these javascript drawing and canvas libraries.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript

1267

0 comments

Thinking of Starting a Career in Web Design? 5 Tips Before You Go…

The Web is officially coming of age. The design industry is starting to take web design seriously, and it’s no longer being confined to enthusiasts. Web design is now a lucrative and exciting career path to follow, with lots of opportunity and high potential earning power.

css-html, design, graphic

671

0 comments

Stunning Art Of Digital Artist Kerem Beyit

Kerem Beyit is from Turkey and currently working as a freelancer. He has been in digital area for four years and has been awarded on many CG related sites.

design, graphic, inspiration

568

0 comments

5 Techniques to Style Buttons using Images and CSS

Learn all the common ways to style a button. This tutorial will show how to create a search engine friendly, customizable, and expandable button and also style buttons with CSS sprite.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial

14724

6 comments

NimbleKit: Native iPhone apps with HTML and JavaScript

NimbleKit, developed by VolnaTech, is an SDK that allows users to develop iPhone applications much quicker using HTML and Javascript.

ajax, css-html, design, tools

1085

0 comments

Flash Design Showcase #4

A showcase of the very best flash websites for your inspiration

design, flash, graphic

507

0 comments

2009

12

OCT

Pipho - a PHP iPhone Optimized Image Gallery

I wrote before about JAIPHO, a mobile optimized web gallery that can be installed on both mobile and standard websites. Now the developer of JAIPHO has created a server side solution – Pipho.

design, freebies, javascript, php

1440

0 comments

Improve iPhone’s UX with custom TLD

One simple, but awesome way to improve the user experience on iPhone when it comes to Safari web browsing.

browser, design, misc, usability

678

0 comments

Best of the Web for the Week of October 4, 2009

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the week of October 4, 2009. There is plenty of great stuff out there such as tutorials, freebies, resources and lots of inspirational pieces. I am confident that your designs will benefit from these hot new finds.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop, wallpaper

651

0 comments

2009

11

OCT

Design a clean car dealer website layout in Photoshop

Design a clean car dealer website layout in Photoshop by following this simple tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1051

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #23

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

672

0 comments

Designer Showcase: The Unmistakable Creations of Alberto Seveso

Alberto Seveso is both an illustrator and graphic designer from Italy. His creations are simply mind blowing. To achieve his works of art he maximizes the use of Illustrator and Photoshop.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

746

0 comments

50 Wonderful Poster and Advertisment Photoshop Tutorials

Many posters, particularly early posters, were used for advertising products. Posters continue to be used for this purpose, with posters advertising films, music, comic books, consumer products and travel destinations being particularly notable examples. So here we have collected 50 photoshop tutorials on designing poster and advertisement.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1083

0 comments

2009

9

OCT

70+ Apple Inspired Desktop Wallpapers

It’s that time of month again! Time to change your wallpaper to something new and exciting. I have always found that by updating my wallpaper on a monthly (and sometimes weekly) basis, it gives me a sense of being in a new work space thereby motivating me to get my day to day tasks done easier.

design, freebies, graphic, inspiration, logo

927

0 comments

9 jQuery Twitter Plugins

Integrate Twitter tweets into websites with ease using jQuery. These jQuery twitter plugins are a road-map for creating twitter widgets, live feeds and related tweets bars.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1268

0 comments

40+ simple and elegant business card designs

The business card is the first thing that is exchanged when meeting a new potential client or business contact. Even in new world of digital media, the business card is still an important piece of initial exchange in the world of commerce. Lately, I have noticed that many business cards today are being designed with a creative edge.

design, graphic, inspiration

1299

0 comments

2009

8

OCT

15 Helpful Website Usability Facts & Guidelines

Web site usability is the quality of a user’s interaction with a web site or, in other words, how usable a web site is to the user. Ultimately, users want to be able to easily access a web site and determine how to use it within seconds.

design, usability

822

0 comments

34 Fresh and Creative Wordpress Blog Design

Awesome collection of wordpress blogs. Some of them are simply amazing and well-designed. I'm pretty sure you'll get inspired by this wordpress blog design collection.

design, wordpress

10392

10 comments

Designer showcase - We Love

A showcase of some stunning designs from the guys at We Love

design, graphic

582

0 comments

2009

7

OCT

25 Pure CSS and HTML Web Development Solutions

Check out this CSS based solutions without using any Javascript. I have collected 25 CSS Menu, accordion, lightbox, drop shadow, rounded corner,and misc. pure CSS solutions.

css-html, design, tutorial

22283

11 comments

2009

6

OCT

Guerrilla Advertising – Creative Attention Seeking #2

A list of some of the most creative solutions to a number of advertising problems.

design, graphic

616

0 comments

20 Best PSD to Wordpress Service Providers

A quick website setup is what everybody loves these days. The level of competition has been raised so much that no webmaster can afford to let their prospects wait for his website to stand and run.

css-html, design, graphic, wordpress

1385

3 comments

2009

5

OCT

Creative Uses of Illustration in Website Design

One thing I love to see in web design is how artists and designers take a certain style of design and incorporate it into their websites.

design, graphic, inspiration

742

0 comments

Create a photorealistic wordpress layout in Photoshop

Create a photorealistic wordpress layout in Photoshop by following this simple tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

766

0 comments

2009

4

OCT

Typography Showcase: 70+ Amazing Examples

Typography is everywhere! The use of Illustration of text is on every web page and every modern designer's artwork out there. Typography allows every graphic artist to provoke feelings and mood in their designs.

design, graphic, inspiration

1000

0 comments

Gimp Textures For Designers

Excellent Gimp Textures. Create attractive, eye catching designs with this collection of free Gimp Textures.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

806

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #22

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

707

0 comments

2009

3

OCT

25 Best Collection of jQuery Menu Design Tutorials

Menu is the heart of the navigation for any website. jQuery lets you create attractive and intuitive animated menus. This collection of jQuery menu design tutorials collection lets you create beautiful and animated menus in jQuery with ease.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

2542

0 comments

2009

2

OCT

Wordpress Theme Design with Options Adminstration

Wordpress offers you get_option() function to get the options of your wordpress. However, all of default options wordpress gives to you are not enough. You maybe want to add more options that easy to implement on your theme design. How to do that? This tutorial will help you create options and administrate them in wordpress admin page.

design, template, tutorial, wordpress

1334

0 comments

2009

1

OCT

30 Must See Character Illustration Tutorials

One of the things that brings me back to my childhood memories is when I see Character Illustrations in some of the websites and artwork that are being designed today.

design, graphic, tutorial

643

0 comments

How to design a simple and sleek web Portfolio

Learn how to create a simple and sleek web portfolio with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

869

0 comments

Interview with a pro – Philip Beel

An interview with the very talented freelance web designer, Philip Beel

design, graphic

686

0 comments

2009

30

SEP

50+ Brilliantly Rendered Designs of Concept Cars

When I was younger, one of my passions was drawing many different types of cars. I was always intrigued by automotive vehicles, especially the elegant and sporty ones.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop

613

0 comments

2009

29

SEP

A Discovery Into 30 Beautiful And Inspirational Korean Websites Design

Korean Internet Industry has been growing in recent years and more than 80 percent of their households in South Korea are connected with broadband access.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

768

0 comments

Web Design Case Study – BeTheMiddleMan

A case study of how the new property website BeTheMiddleMan was developed

design, graphic

637

0 comments

2009

28

SEP

14 Best Collection Of jQuery Web Interface Design Plugins and Tutorials

jQuery lets you design eye catching animated menus and sliders Create attractive user interface for your websites using jQuery wit these jQuery Web Interface Design Plugins and Tutorials.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1728

0 comments

27 Excellent Digital Photography Tutorials

To improve and modify digital photographs is very interesting and a fun part. Lots of digital photography techniques and tutorials are available on internet, you can create same digital effect in different ways.

design, graphic

614

0 comments

45 Favorite Designers and Developers you must follow on Twitter

In this post I am sharing a list of some popular peoples that every designer and developer must follow. These following list includes categories like art direction, web design, graphic design, illustration, typography etc.

design, inspiration

861

1 comment

Creative Advertisements That Inspired You

Being a graphic designer, it’s really tough job to make things look beautiful or cool or cutting edge. Our job is to solve problems. Problems such as how to make complex information easier to understand and navigate

647

0 comments

2009

27

SEP

Best Collection Of jQuery Application Design Tutorials

jQuery, the “write less do more code” helps to create eye catching, useful applications and widgets with ease. These jQuery Application design tutorials lets you create jQuery applications that add a style to websites and meet the simple needs.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1547

0 comments

Best Collection Of jQuery Calendar and Clock Picker Plugins

Calendars and clock pickers play a vital role in forms and user interface. Add class and interactivity to your forms with these attractive and intuitive jQuery Calendar Plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

2661

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #21

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

738

1 comment

2009

25

SEP

15 Attractive Javascript Carousel Plugins

A lot of websites use Javascript Carousel to showcase its products, portfolio and also as a image gallery. I have collected 14 Javascript Carousel made with jQuery, Mootool, Prototype and Yahoo Framework and I am sure you will be able to find one that suits you.

design, inspiration, javascript

60919

11 comments

30 Beautiful and Inspiring Website Headers

I have compiled a list of websites with beautiful and attractive headers. Most of these websites are featured in many CSS galleries because of its uniqueness and well-designed graphics.

design, inspiration

16263

10 comments

2009

24

SEP

Create a wordpress interface in Adobe Photoshop

Learn how to design a wordpress interface with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

721

0 comments

Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #47

Interesting techniques used in these 20 tutorials, interesting and useful. With a logo tutorial there would have been a complete collection, but hey… they don’t appear like mushrooms after rain.

design, graphic, photoshop

656

0 comments

Designer Showcase - Touch

A designer showcase of the very talented graphic designer, Touch

design, graphic

605

1 comment

2009

23

SEP

20 Best PHP Tutorials Collection

Best PHP Tutorials to master PHP from scratch. A must read for designers.

css-html, design, php, tutorial

1631

0 comments

Most Painful and Weired Shoes Ever

I think these weird shoes cause intense discomfort to all who will try to wear them. These are really odd shoes, they look quite uncomfortable then again they are unusual and unique.

808

0 comments

26 Beautiful and Inspiring Website Footers

A well designed website should have a presentable footer. If you have no ideas what you should put in the footer, I have 26 websites with inspiring footer and I believe it will give you inspirations.

design, inspiration

18788

13 comments

2009

22

SEP

11 Best jQuery Layout Plugins

The Layout of a website plays a vital role in user comfort. The better the layout, the more the users stick to your site. Layout of text, images, widgets and menus affect the site the most. This hand picked collection of best jQuery Layout Plugins will help you design user friendly and attractive websites.

css-html, design, javascript

2817

2 comments

Really Awesome And Creative Work By Various Artists

While browsing CG Society i came across really amazing and creative work done by various artists. It included photoshop work, 3d graphics, matte paintings, CG portraits and concept art.

design, graphic

700

0 comments

Up For Grabs - A Free Copy Of Billings 3, LittleSnapper And A 6 Month Subscription To Tuts+

A competition giving away a copy of Billings 3, LittleSnapper and a 6 month subscription to tuts+.

design, freebies, graphic

666

0 comments

2009

21

SEP

PSD To HTML/XHTML & CSS Showcase

Exceptional code makes website accessible, cross browser compatible and of course search engine friendly too.

css-html, design, inspiration, trend

seosemanticxhtml

1182

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #19

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

871

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase – Meka

A lovely little showcase of a great illustrator I managed to find while browsing Behance, Meka

design, graphic

825

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #20

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

920

0 comments

UX Designer Interview - Paul Seys

An interview with the very talented UX designer Paul Seys

design, graphic, usability

907

0 comments

2009

20

SEP

Real Things In Modern Web Design, 30 Stunning And New Examples

In this collection we want to show how many web designers used some “real things” to make precious web-layouts. The websites show stuff that we use in our daily life, without leaving out the contents and holding the right balance between decorative elements and textual contents.

design, inspiration, trend

1089

0 comments

2009

17

SEP

33 Remarkable Photoshop Brushes That You Must Bookmark

The paint brush is the medium that communicates the artist’s intention onto the canvas. An experienced artist once pointed out that.

design, freebies, photoshop, tools

1057

0 comments

Design an amazing 3d hosting layout in Photoshop

Learn how to create an advanced hosting layout in Photoshop with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1000

2 comments

2009

15

SEP

Create a grunge personal portfolio layout

Learn how to design an grunge portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1217

0 comments

2009

14

SEP

Site redesign & how to lose 50% of your business

A case study based on guru.com's new homepage design, showing how you can miss 50% of your target without proper structure and layout.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

968

0 comments

2009

13

SEP

Design A Clean And Fresh Company Website In Photoshop

In this tutorial I will explain how to create a clean and almost serious (hard thing for me) web design for a company.

design, photoshop, tutorial

963

0 comments

2009

12

SEP

Best Collection Of Free CSS Templates

Ease your web design tasks with these best in class free CSS Templates collection.

css-html, design, freebies, template

2188

1 comment

2009

11

SEP

Outstanding Examples Of Concept Art, Mattepainting And Illustration

Andree Wallin is a digital artist from Sweden. He is currently working as a concept artist / mattepainter at RealtimeUK. Andree is very talented in producing amazing piece of concept art, mattepainting and illustration.

714

0 comments

2009

10

SEP

Learn How to Create a Unique Wordpress Theme

Create your own wordpress theme design following this step-by-step Photoshop tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

880

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase – 123Klan

A designer showcase of the very talented creative studio working out of France, 123Klan

design, graphic, inspiration

885

0 comments

2009

9

SEP

40+ Amazing Bus Graphics Wraps

Business graphics bus wraps are amazingly popular to vehicle owners and enthusiasts. The design made for buses is often an expression of ‘sky is the limit’ theme.

design, graphic

957

0 comments

The Encyclopedia of Typographic Contrast

Typography is an essential part of web design, and something I know that I could do a better job with. So, I figured I would start to assembly a mini-encyclopedia on some of the elements you can use to create contrast.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

866

0 comments

2009

8

SEP

Design a Furniture layout in Adobe Photoshop

Whether you sell modern furniture or antique furniture you’ll surely find this layout very useful if you want to create your own PSD layout.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1786

0 comments

Tuesday Morning Design Inspiration: I Need Coffee. Now.

It’s absolutely pouring rain right now in Ann Arbor, and as I’m sure you can guess, walking to class in the rain is about the worst thing in the world. It’s going to take a lot of coffee to motivate myself to do it, and I’m sure you all need some motivation and inspiration after the long weekend.

design, inspiration, tips, trend

809

0 comments

29 Free Stunning Web Icons Sets To Enhance Your Web Design

An icon is a small picture used on a screen to represent some action or content. Icons can be used alone or with words.

design, freebies, graphic, icon

1147

0 comments

Consistency. Key element in extraordinary UX

A detailed article about consistency, why it improves user experience on large website, together with lots of examples, good and bad practices around the topic.

design, os, usability

889

0 comments

Amazing Flash Design Showcase #3

A showcase of the very best flash web designs featuring great design and functionality

design, flash, graphic

833

0 comments

2009

7

SEP

Ghostly Compatibility: Cross Browser Transparancy with CSS

While CSS3 allows for a full range of effects, including transparency, the new selectors aren’t always compatible with a large variety of browsers. So, here’s a way to make text, sections, and images transparent with CSS.

browser, css-html, design

1040

0 comments

2009

6

SEP

15 Great jQuery Plugins For Better Table Manipulation

Tables are great for comparison purpose, but it is difficult to style and less cross browser compatible. This article shares 15 great jQuery plugins for better table manipulation.

design, javascript

1419

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #18

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

621

0 comments

2009

5

SEP

20 Must Have jQuery Tutorials and Plugins

I came across these strikingly useful jQuery Tutorials and Plugins. Here I would like to share these innovative jQuery Tutorials and Plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1215

0 comments

2009

4

SEP

Simple CSS Tricks to Greatly Improve Site Typography

When creating a minimalist or simple website design, typography plays a key role in adding contrast and interest that would normally be done with images. Because of that, it’s essential that the typography looks professional and is well-tuned with the rest of the design. Here are a few CSS tips to make sure you get it right.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

1305

0 comments

PixelCrayons Now for Small Businesses

Pixelcrayons announces the launch of Smallbusiness.pixelcrayons.com – A service centric offering which will help small and medium size businesses (SMBs). It will not only help them to register their online presence but also enable them to leverage the power of web and grow their business opportunities.

css-html, design, graphic, php

683

0 comments

2009

3

SEP

How To: Recreate the Apple Product Slider with JQuery

Stylishly capitalize on limited space with a side scrolling image gallery, similar to the one that Apple uses to show off their products.

ajax, design, javascript, tutorial

3171

0 comments

Design a creative design studio layout in Adobe Photoshop

Learn how to create a creative layout with an excellent structure and easy navigation with this easy to follow tutorial.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

881

0 comments

Dump The Tables for Layout Designing

A very informative article about css based website designing. When website designer and developers are not in a favor of using tables while creating a web page and at the same time they can’t even explain why. I think this article will definitely give some solid grounds that people craft css based, table-less designs.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial, usability

seosemanticxhtml

871

0 comments

2009

2

SEP

40+ Creative Print Media Advertisements

To create eye catching ads and get the first attention is not easy task. If your ad doesn’t convey the message what it is for, then it’s useless. To really stand out among others, the idea should be unique and out of box.

design, graphic

741

0 comments

Timely and Quality PSD to XHTML Conversion Services

For every busy web designer and developer, there comes a moment when they want to kick the clock so hard that it stops time in its tracks.You might be struggling with yourself to know why CSS is good for Google.

css-html, design, graphic

772

1 comment

Interview with a pro - Fhoke

An in-depth interview with the guys from Fhoke, an emerging design agency from Hampshire, UK.

design, graphic

570

0 comments

2009

1

SEP

10 best jQuery gallery and slider plugins

These are the best jquery image gallery and slider plugins i have been able to find. My favorite is SCROLLABLE from jQuery Tools. I hope you like them.

design, inspiration, javascript, usability

3149

1 comment

PSD to XHTML CSS Design Service Providers and Tutorials

If you are good designers but don’t know the coding than check this selection of XHTML CSS coders who will turn your PSD to design in to valid XHTML CSS mark up. Tableless even. With a range of completion dates and prices.

css-html, design, photoshop, template, tutorial

1245

3 comments

21 Simple and Useful jQuery Tutorials You Might Have Missed

Collection of menu, gallery, slider, tooltips, dock, modal window, ajax and jQuery turtorials. This is a round up post for all the jQuery tutorials I have created since March 2009.

design, inspiration, javascript, tutorial

36282

16 comments

2009

31

AUG

10 Easy To Implement Flash Based Mp3 Players For Your Website

Flash mp3 players let you add a list of songs easily to your websites and customize the look of the players.

design, graphic, wordpress

1092

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #17

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

682

0 comments

Design a Sleek and Modern Portfolio layout in Photoshop

This Layout is designed to assist photographers, designers, artists, models, craftsmen and anyone willing to showcase their works and skills.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

958

0 comments

2009

30

AUG

Best Gimp Button Design Tutorials Collection

The best collection of button design tutorials in Gimp.

design, graphic, logo, tutorial

1348

0 comments

Best jQuery GUI Applications, Tutorials and Plugins

jQuery gives you the ease and flexibilit to design attractive GUI. This collection of good GUI Applications, Tutorials and plugins showcase the best jQuer GUI capabilities.

design, javascript, tutorial

4659

0 comments

25 Best Collection Of Online Photo Editing Tools

Have you ever longed for a Photoshop or Gimp like tool to open up in our browser? Then this list of the best online Photo Editing tools is for you. The online Photo editing tools help you to retouch and edit your photos from within our browser.

design, freebies, graphic, tools

1303

0 comments

2009

29

AUG

9 Best JavaFX Photo Gallery Applications Collection

JavaFX gives you the freedom and flexibility to design wonderful Rich Internet Applications. This collection of best JavaFX Photo Applications will showcase the best Photo Gallery applications in JavaFX.

design, flash, graphic, tools

2645

4 comments

2009

28

AUG

25 Creative web Designers Work from White Bears Land

When I was studying in Russia specially the time which I spent in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tula and Saransk, I realized that Russian Art is the most complete and expressive manifestation of the Russian creative genius.

design, inspiration, template

656

0 comments

20+ Best Psd to XHTML/CSS Tutorials

Many web designers find it difficult to convert their Photoshop designs into valid HTML/XHTML markups, either due to work load or in-efficiency in quality conversion.

design, graphic

869

0 comments

2009

27

AUG

The Keynotes Of Web 2.0 Design Elements With 30 Dazzling Showcases

Web 2.0 culture has indeed change the way on how we look at the design of websites and the Internet.

design, inspiration, trend, usability

870

1 comment

10 Best jQuery Interactive Design Plugins and Tutorials

Interactivity is essential for an application. Monotonous applications with no interactivity fail to attract users. This simple collection of tutorials on plugins for creating Interactive applications in jQuery will help create Interactive jQuery applications.

css-html, design, javascript

1977

0 comments

40+ Beautiful And Well Designed Blogs Powered By Wordpress

Unique and beautiful blog design are essential for every blog. This article showcases 40+ beautiful blogs that powered by Wordpress.

design, inspiration, wordpress

2020

3 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - Rod Hunt

A showcase of the amazing illustration talents of Rod Hunt

design, graphic, inspiration

677

0 comments

Design an impressive web hosting layout in Photoshop

If you want to start a web hosting business then you need to read this easy to follow tutorial to learn how to create a web hosting layout.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

853

0 comments

2009

26

AUG

9 Best jQuery 3D Effect Plugins

Ever imagined if you could create awesome 3D Effect with the write less do more code? Then these wonderful collection of jQuery 3D Effect Tutorials and examples will show off the power of jQuery in generating awesome 3D Effects.

css-html, design, graphic, javascript, tutorial

9537

0 comments

11 Best jQuery Fade Effect Plugins and Tutorials

Fade effects are simple yet attractive. They add simplicity to transitions and changes in the content of a web page adding to the elegance of a web page. Here I provide my choice of the best jQuery Fade Effect Plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

4532

0 comments

Service Review: Slicingpsdtohtml.com

This review is unlike other paid service reviews. We were approached by the company to review the quality provided by them and we accepted their proposal on one condition.

css-html, design

712

0 comments

2009

25

AUG

Let's make a nice vertical menu with 2kb CSS

In this post I am going to explain you that how to make a nice vertical menu with light weight CSS (i.e. 2kb). This menu is fully compatible with all standard browsers like IE6-7, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari.

css-html, design

1634

0 comments

Inspiring Digital Artists – Elsevilla

What makes him superb among other artist is his skill on minute details as he draw on canvas, for me his art is influenced and somehow similar to well-known master artists like Hyung Yae Kim and Miwa Shirow, but looking at his artwork, he has done nevertheless quite his own unique style, and that it is more inclined to anime-ish plus superb details.

design, graphic, inspiration, photoshop, wallpaper

849

0 comments

Guerrilla Advertising - Creative Attention Seeking

As creative thinkers we have to think of new and exciting ways to grab people's attention every day. Here's a showcase of some amazing examples of Guerilla advertising.

704

0 comments

2009

24

AUG

22 Non-Profits Looking Good, Doing Good

Below you’ll find a collection of great looking non-profit websites, although having a great looking website doesn’t ensure the non-profit is doing great things, but it does make it easier as you surf their site to find out what they are doing.

583

0 comments

50 Beautiful and Creative Portfolios

A great and creative portfolio is essential for every designer. This article showcases 50 beautiful and well designed portfolios for your inspiration.

design, inspiration

744

1 comment

20 Best PSD to HTML Service Providers

Converting design files (PSD, PNG, AI etc) to high quality, cross-browser compatible valid top-notch XHTML/ CSS semantic markup manually has never been easy, as it takes lot of time and precision.

css-html, design, graphic

825

1 comment

2009

23

AUG

Best Silverlight Photo Gallery Applications

Silverlight can be used to create wonders on the web. Here I provide my handpicked collection of best Silverlight Photo Gallery Applications that can be used to create wonderful photo galleries.

design, freebies, graphic, tools

3384

0 comments

Best Gimp Video Tutorials

The best collection of Gimp Video Tutorials on the web that will let you learn designing and photo manipulation using Gimp.

design, graphic, tutorial, video

839

0 comments

270+ Sets Free And Beautiful Watercolor Textures

Grungy and watercolor effects are really cool and hot in web design industrial. This article shares 270+ sets watercolor textures that may be helpful to all designers.

design, freebies, graphic

796

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #16

A showcase of the very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

591

0 comments

2009

22

AUG

18 Factors that will Increase the (cash) Value of Your Website

How can you increase the cash value of your website? I have put together 18 factors to increase the value of your site. Score high marks in all of these and you can be sure your site will be worth more than a just a few pounds.

design, misc, tips, tutorial

891

0 comments

40 Stunning and Creative Web Sites

For designers working on different tools is not only important, they have to get daily dose of inspiration too. So for your inspiration i have arranged really amazing and creative web sites.

design, inspiration

761

0 comments

42 Creative & Excellent Examples Of Illustrations In Web Design

There are lots of styles and techniques to make a beautiful web design and making illustrated layouts is one of them. Adding illustrations to a web design is very easy way to give your site a uniqueness and take it to a whole new level.

design, inspiration

638

0 comments

2009

20

AUG

Best Gimp Fractal And Design Tutorials

A wonderful collection of Gimp Designing and Fractal Tutorials. A must visit for every designer.

design, graphic, tools, tutorial

1230

0 comments

Amazing Flash Design Showcase

A showcase of the very best flash web designs featuring great design and functionality

design, flash, graphic

694

0 comments

2009

19

AUG

Top 6 Search Engines For Designers To Find Icons

For a stunning graphical user interface designers always need sharp and crisp icons. But sometimes there is not much time for designers to create them from scratch, then where to find them?.

design, graphic, tools

821

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - Stefan Lucut

A showcase of the Romanian graphic and web designer, Stefan Lucut

design, graphic

674

0 comments

2009

18

AUG

Create an awesome consulting layout in Photoshop

With this layout you will be able to easily build a web site dedicated to teaching and learning, or a business layout, as well as management or marketing layouts.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

874

0 comments

10 jQuery Button Design Tutorials Collection

Learn how to design awesome and stylish buttons in jQuery with the write less do more - jQuery.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

14257

0 comments

Pixelcrayons PSD to XHTML conversion work flow

Here is a well defined work process that Pixelcrayons follows to ensure strict adherence to quality parameters and to deliver superior service, time and again.

design, photoshop

831

0 comments

2009

17

AUG

10 Best jQuery Applications

jQuery Applications come handy in providing a funky yet usable component for websites. Here is a collection of the best usable and stylish jQuery applications.

ajax, design, javascript, tools

3070

1 comment

The Remedies For A Great Designers’ Online Portfolio With 25 Impressive Showcases

Nowadays, it seems like almost every designer has a personal website to showcase their work. The importance of creating an online portfolio is essential in their success.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

650

0 comments

Design an awesome corporate wordpress layout

Learn how to design a clean corporate wordpress layout with this easy to follow tutorial

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

943

0 comments

Subscribe to 75+ Awesome Design Blogs in 2 minutes with this file via your RSS Reader

Subscribe to 75+ design/development blogs by uploading a simple (OPML) file to your RSS reader. With this colection, you'll become a pro in no time!

813

0 comments

A bouquet of freebies for web designer and developers

In this post I am sharing some useful and interesting freebies for web designer and developers like Free Wordpress themes, Drupal themes, Flash gallery, Vector icon sets, Grunge fonts, Cool Twitter Graphics...

design, freebies, graphic, tools

870

0 comments

2009

16

AUG

Best of jQuery Tutorials Collection

There are a huge and vast variety of jQuery Tutorials available all over the web. So here I provide a single window to the best jQuery Tutorials on the web that is a must for learning jQuery from scratch and to gain expertise in jQuery.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

1403

0 comments

30+ Well Designed Online Shopping Carts

This article will showcase 30+ well designed online shopping carts which may bring inspirations to the readers.

671

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #15

The very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

680

0 comments

2009

15

AUG

20 Best jQuery Menu Tutorials Collection

Menus are one of the simplest user interfaces. Menus provide easy yet simple navigation option. So here I will provide you with my hand-picked colelction of best jQuery Menu Tutorials that will help you to design and create menus in jQuery.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

5444

0 comments

2009

14

AUG

14 Best JavaScript Sliders And Scrollers

Sliders and scrollers have evolved to be a window to a websites wonderful content and images. Showcase the exquisite content of your website with the awesome JavaScript Scrollers and Sliders available on the web. Here I present the best collection of JavaScript Sliders and Scrollers collection.

css-html, design, javascript, tools

2881

1 comment

Simple Lava Lamp Menu Tutorial with jQuery

I've break it into different sections, in depth explanations with text, illustrations and examples. Also, a little bit of style guide to create a unique lava menu for your own website. It supports styling, different animation transitions and it's so simple!

design, javascript, tutorial

80020

25 comments

2009

13

AUG

Connecting Through Type And 20 Typography Inspirational Sites

In its most basic form, type is an interface. It communicates an intended message to the user, facilitates communication, and incites a response.

design, font, inspiration, usability

675

0 comments

Creation And Manipulation Of Digital Images By Fiero Animals

Fiero Animals, Moscow, Russia. It is specialized in the creation and manipulation of digital images, blending of photo compositing, 3D and illustration. Fiero Animals gives service to the advertising sector, magazines and movies.

design, graphic, photography

722

0 comments

2009

12

AUG

32 Amazing Mini vCard Websites with Slick Javascript Animation

Have a look at these beautifully crafted javascript animated vcard websites. It's simple, beautiful and simply inspiring!

design, inspiration, trend

31449

20 comments

2009

11

AUG

Interview with Soh Tanaka, High-Skilled Web Designer and Front-End Developer

To continue meetings with hard-workers and helpful people in Web Design, I’m pleased to share this quick interview with Soh Tanaka. Soh is a passionate, high-skilled, Web Designer and Front-End Developer. He produces usable and aesthetically pleasing designs using XHTML and CSS structures.

css-html, design, inspiration, usability

1054

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - Joao Oliveira

A showcase of the hugely talented designer, Joao Oliveira

design, graphic

758

0 comments

2009

10

AUG

XHTML.PixelCrayons.com – Service Review

Quality has been always kept right above the quantity and why not? A client doesn’t care how many projects you got to deliver, he is only bothered about his own project, as he is paying for it. So whenever one does get overloaded with the work, outsourcing is the only best option to get your assignments deliver on time.

css-html, design, graphic

1017

0 comments

2009

9

AUG

7 Design Blogs Of My Friends

It is almost two months that i have been working on pelfusion and writing design related articles. While blogging i met really creative persons some of them became my friend too.

740

0 comments

Animals In Medieval Art

Designers and Artists existed in all time frames only the medium they used was different. Today i tried to grab something from Medieval Art and wanted to compile something which is not web related but inspiring.

852

0 comments

20 Best JavaFX Tutorials Collection

Get the most of JavaFX with these 20 Best JavaFX Tutorials.

design, flash, tools, tutorial

1831

1 comment

8 Good instances of z-index property

If you are new in CSS then you may find difficulty to understand about z-index property. In simple words z-index sets the stack order of specific elements. An element with greater stack order is always in front of another element with lower stack order.

css-html, design

1092

0 comments

Design web 2.0 wordpress themes in Photoshop

Create a clean web 2.0 wordpress layout in Photoshop with this step by step tutorial

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1121

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #14

The very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

774

0 comments

2009

8

AUG

15 Best jQuery Animation And Effects Plugins

Animations are the hot trends now. Animations and Effects add interactivity to our pages and bring a splash of color and life to the otherwise monotonous web pages. Here, I will provide you with my handpicked collection of Best jQuery Animation and effect Plugins.

css-html, design, javascript, tools

5147

1 comment

2009

7

AUG

The Analysis Of Great Photography Websites With 40 Talented Photographers’ Portfolios

Photography has not only evolved from a normal pastime to a favorite hobby but also an indispensable living trade for most photographers.

design, flash, inspiration, photography

933

0 comments

Web Design Updates Official Launch, A Quick Overview

Web Design Updates is a new place where to share unique articles and ready-to-use resources for the Web Design Community. The main objective of this PV.M Garage Side Project is to facilitate the search of useful informations related to Web and Graphic Design and Web Development.

design, trend, wordpress

654

0 comments

2009

6

AUG

24 Experimental Flash Sites For Your Inspiration

Here i have showcased 24 experimental flash sites for your inspiration in which designers used actionscript very well to produce these wonderful sites and tried not to follow usual trends.

design, inspiration

972

0 comments

15 Beautiful Wallpapers to Spice Up Your Desktop

I have handpicked 15 beautiful wallpapers that I like, and I want to share it to all of you.

design, inspiration, wallpaper

15126

7 comments

A showcase of sites displaying twitter feeds

A showcase of websites with well designed twitter areas

design, graphic

760

0 comments

2009

5

AUG

10 Common Design Flaws That Frustrate Your Website's Users

At one time or another, we have all visited a website that is so confusing and poorly-designed that it is not worth wasting any time or effort on. Some webmasters are so focused on collecting information from their users that they overload their visitors with requests and instructions. Listed here are some of the most common features of a website that frustrate visitors.

design, tips, usability

1111

0 comments

Create a Thumbnail Gallery with Slick Heading and Caption Effect with jQuery

This tutorial will show how to add heading and caption to your thumbnail and display it with jQuery cool transition effect. It's an elegant way to put content in your website, and only display it when users want to see it. It keeps your website clean!

design, javascript, tutorial

67194

40 comments

20+ Amazing Portfolio Websites

When you are trying to show the world your capability in the area of web design, your website design portfolio is your portal to the world. The portfolio is the most essential website a web designer will ever create in his or her career, because its sole purpose is to show their knowledge, scope, talent, and skill.

design, graphic, inspiration

1418

0 comments

Seven Tips to Use Colors in your Site

In this post, I will continue my discussion of the meaning and the use of colors in web design. As I have previously mentioned, color is one of the web designer’s most indispensable tools, because it is one of the main building blocks of a superior website. Below you will find my list of simple tips to improve the use of color in your site...

design, graphic, tips

1006

0 comments

8 Tips to Release and Reinforce your Creative Muse

Through my experiences, I have accumulated some useful tips that I have used to get inspired and release my creative muse.....

design, inspiration, tips

780

0 comments

Things to Consider When Choosing Font for your Website

A plethora of elements go into an exceptionally designed website; however, some web developers concentrate more on the art and less on the substance. What is more important than content?! The purpose of nearly all websites is to give information, and the content is what transmits that information....

design, font, logo, tutorial

850

0 comments

12 Tips on Pricing your Web Work

In this post, I will discuss how to establish an appropriate price for a website, when you do freelance. So, you have started doing freelance, but cannot decide what to charge? I know the feeling. When I first started doing freelance, deciding the price gave me a great deal of difficulty. ....

design, graphic, misc, tips

984

0 comments

Tips for Starting your Own Web Development Business

Are you ready to start your own business, but are not sure where to start or how to accomplish your goal? I worked as a developer for a large company for almost six years, and I grew tired of receiving only a fraction of the payment and no credit for a website, when I did all of the work....

design, graphic, tips

1201

0 comments

Web Design Rules to Follow

Web design is the combination of graphic design, layout, content, color, and effects which culminate to give a great user experience. As I have previously stated, I think good design involves the use of excellent graphics, fonts, color, layout, web accessibility, and design, which together give a feel of uniqueness, style, personality, and individuality......

design, graphic, tips, tutorial

1057

1 comment

How to Easily Create a JavaScript Framework, Part 3

In this week’s post, I will continue with my “VOZ” JavaScript Framework tutorial series, and we are going to continue to add new methods for dealing with a JavaScript Framework. Therefore, I will take the Framework one step farther, and I will add more useful methods for dealing with JavaScript before a page loads and other useful techniques. .....

ajax, design, javascript, tutorial

1305

0 comments

2009

4

AUG

How A Web Designer Can Make Your Email Campaign A Success

If you’re planning on making email campaigns a part of your Internet marketing strategy, consider enlisting professional help. Your website designer is a terrific choice when you’re ready to launch a successful email campaign.

design, tips, usability

807

0 comments

An Introduction To JavaFX

Rich, Content enriched applications are the need of the hour. Rich internet applications add style and class to your website. There are a lot of tools available to create Rich Internet Applications. Today we will have a sneak peak into JavaFx which is yet another tool to generate rich internet applications.

design, flash, graphic, tools

906

0 comments

Before putting CAPTCHA on your next web form

When to use CAPTCHA (importantly, when not to use) and if at all required, how to make it easier for your website visitors.

design, usability

975

1 comment

Announcement: Pixelcrayons PSD to XHTML Contest Winner

Time to announce the lucky tweet! BestPSDtoHTML had started a contest “PSD to HTML Contest by Pixelcrayons: Tweet & Win” sponsored by Pixelcrayons on 8th July 2009.

css-html, design, graphic, photoshop

761

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - Non-Format

A showcase of some stunning design from one of the worlds most famous design team, Non-Format

design, graphic

799

0 comments

2009

3

AUG

Adding a Facebook Fan list to your blog or website

Today I would like to share that how to add a Facebook fan list to your blog or website (like I have added here at right sidebar). This is the best way for your blog/website readers to connect with you on Facebook.

css-html, design, tips, tools

1857

1 comment

The Growth of Blogging as an Online Platform

Blog is a platform managed by individuals for personal or official interests. The word ‘blog’ has been extracted from ‘WEBLOG’ meaning website-blog. Blogs have revolutionized the information available on the internet. Millions of individuals access blogs to keep abreast with the daily updates.

css-html, design, tutorial

seosemanticxhtml

701

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #13

The very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

830

0 comments

2009

2

AUG

6 Best jQuery Charting Plugins

As javascript frameworks like jQuery and Mootools get more and more powerful, and browsers start to support the latest CSS capabilities, chart creation is becoming a cakewalk. Recently we saw the best JavaScript Plugins For Generating Charts. Here, I am putting forward the six best jQuery Charting plugins.

design, javascript, tools

1680

0 comments

2009

1

AUG

Create a sleek wordpress layout with Photoshop

Design a wordpress PSD layout with this easy to follow Photoshop tutorial

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1026

0 comments

12 Best CSS Frameworks For Designers

The best of the CSS Frameworks on the web. A Boon for designers!

css-html, design, tools, usability

1361

0 comments

Things To Remember, While Coding A Website, To Make It Search Engine Friendly

Writing quality code is the first step in making website search engine friendly. In this article we are covering the points which should be taken care of while coding the website:

css-html, design, tutorial

1021

0 comments

30 Best jQuery Photo Plugins - Sliders, Slideshow, Galleries and Scrollers

Images add life to a website. But plain simple images are now outdated. Splashy, layouts for images are the current hot trends in webdesigns. So here, I am going to provide the 30 best jQuery Photo Plugins that will help you to add an artistic and professional image galleries and slideshows to your website.

css-html, design, javascript

5915

3 comments

2009

31

JUL

40 Really Useful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

This article shares the most useful Photoshop text effect tutorials which will attract readers' attention and delivers a better message.

design, graphic, photoshop

974

0 comments

43 Amazing Abstract Photoshop Brushes

with so many of them available, I have gathered in this post the best of abstract brushes that would come in handy when designers/developers like us needed to spice up our designs.

design, freebies, graphic, photoshop

1138

0 comments

20 Breathtaking Macro Photography Shots

One of the most fascinating forms of photography is the art of capturing the littlest of things and revealing such minute details that are not visible by the naked eye.

design, inspiration, photography

885

0 comments

July 2009, 50+ Bookmarks To Collect the Best Of Web

I hope you'll find useful these bookmarks. July was a very HOT MONTH! Below you can find very cool and juicy things.

design, freebies, inspiration, tutorial

1058

0 comments

2009

30

JUL

The Essence Of About Us Page With 12 Captivating Showcases

About Us are important for establishing trust because they let customers know that there are real people and a real organization behind an otherwise virtual world.

design, inspiration, trend, usability

1194

1 comment

‘Flow’- Most Important Unit of a Designed Website

For the ascertained success of a task, it is imperative to have a flow in it. When there is a flow in the task, we love to do it without any disruption of boredom or anxiety.

css-html, design, logo, seo

886

0 comments

30 Excellent Logo Design Galleries For Your Inspiration

Every designer need to know where to find inspiration, and here you have an excellent list of 30 of these such sites that showcases great logo design. If you need inspiration you should visit them.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

1119

0 comments

16 Impressive Flash-Like Javascript Animation Inspirations, Tutorials and Plugins

Create impressive animation with javascript, I have gathred a collection of websites that uses flash-like animation and also tutorials, plugins and frameworks that will definitely blow you away.

design, inspiration, javascript, tutorial

77732

26 comments

10 Simple Ways to Make Life Easier for Your Website’s Users

Compatibility, usability, interaction, visual appeal, and support for a website’s users are all important aspects for a designer to consider when looking to present the most interesting and user-friendly site possible. By implementing the simple suggestions below, you can dramatically improve your users’ experience and the overall performance of your site.

design, misc, tips, usability

919

0 comments

2009

29

JUL

15 Best Fantasy Art Design Photoshop Tutorials

"Fantasy" is imagination unrestricted by reality. Creativity is at its best when imagination strikes the best level. So for all the creative minds out there, here I provide the best collection of Photoshop Fantasy Art Tutorials.

design, graphic, photoshop, tools

2747

1 comment

jQuery Image Gallery/News Slider with Caption Tutorial

A really cool News Slider that uses two scrollers to create very slick effect. It uses scrollTo to scroll both description and image items and it comes with previous, next, play, stop and mouseover events.

design, javascript, tutorial

162514

75 comments

30+ Web 2.0 RSS Applications & Sites

RSS is an important tool of marketing. Having great number of RSS readers means your blog or site worth a lot.

999

0 comments

2009

28

JUL

Keep Your Website Alive and Thriving with Regular Maintenance

Practically every business knows they need to keep their services and offerings fresh and up-to-date if they want to please their customers. The same is true for websites. Search engines and visitors alike become bored with old, outdated websites that fail to offer anything new. Broken links, antiquated news and dated content cripple your website, impairing your ability to attract new traffic.

cms, design, tips, usability

980

0 comments

10 Best JavaScript Charting Plugins

Who doesn't like charts? Charts add a splash of life to our websites data. Design Awesome Charts with ease using these JavaScript Charting Plugins.

design, javascript, tools

1347

0 comments

An Introduction To jQuery Tools

Being in the world of programming and development, I am sure that you would have surely heard about "jQuery". So now in this article I am going to provide you with a simple outline of jQuery Tools. I would let you know, what JQuery is all about, how it can help you and most important, how you can use jQuery.

design, javascript, tools

1356

2 comments

An Exploration Into 25 Artistic And Traditional Japanese Websites

Japanese websites might seem pretty rare on the web and for those who doesn’t understand the Japanese language will have a hard time searching for them.

design, inspiration, photography, trend

840

0 comments

Possible reasons for IE CSS fail

A cause of major CSS background/layout fail in Internet Explorer is messy style code. When your code is poorly organized, it can lead to problems that only mainfest themselves in every web developer’s favourite browser, Internet Explorer.

css-html, design, tips

904

0 comments

Promote your article and yourself with us

All you need to have is sound knowledge of web design industry and a good control over the language (English). The post must be unique and free from plagiarized content. Before publishing, it will be moderated and edited, if necessary, by our experts.

716

0 comments

Call To Action, Best Practice

A guide to the best practices to use when designing your web sites call to action

design, graphic, inspiration

783

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase – Simon Oxley

A showcase of some stunning design from Simon Oxley

design, graphic

699

0 comments

2009

27

JUL

Best Silverlight Tutorials Collection

Silverlight enables development of the next generation of Microsoft .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Here I provide a list of the best silverlight tutorials that will help you become a pro.

css-html, design, tools

1980

0 comments

2009

26

JUL

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #12

The very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

868

0 comments

2009

25

JUL

Free Twitter Background Templates With PSD Files

Last month i published a post on creative twitter backgrounds of designers which was very much liked by my blog readers.

design, freebies

2366

1 comment

25 Best JavaScript Tools For Designers

JavaScript is simplified by the development of various JavaScript tools. These JavaScript tools come handy in different scenarios saving time and effort. So here I provide the 25 best JavaScript Tools that will reduce the workload of Designers.

css-html, design, javascript, tools

1533

1 comment

2009

24

JUL

Simple Web Design: 75 Sites Featuring Minimalist Interfaces

Get inspired for your next web design project with these minimal site designs.

css-html, design, trend

1324

0 comments

Design a creative wordpress theme in Photoshop

Learn how to create a layout with photoshop for the most powerful blogging platform - Wordpress

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

867

0 comments

2009

23

JUL

Create a nice looking travel layout with Photoshop

In this easy to follow tutorial you will learn how to create a nice looking Travel Layout

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1058

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - ForceFeed:Swede

A showcase of some stunning design from ForceFeed:Swede

design, graphic

690

1 comment

Awesome navigation techniques

An article showcasing one interesting navigation technique, with multiple options given to the user, from basic links, to keyboard shortcuts rounding up with amazing gestures.

design, flash, tips, usability

1392

0 comments

2009

22

JUL

Get inspired: 70 CSS and Logo galleries

I think there’s no need to tell you that these galleries are for inspirations, right? Anyway, I don’t really know what introduction to make for this post so let’s start the gallery list.

css-html, design, inspiration, wordpress

1065

0 comments

65 Absolutely Cool And Creative Twitter Backgrounds

A well designed and creative Twitter background is able to attract visitor's attention. This article share 65 cool Twitter backgrounds.

design, graphic, inspiration

1179

2 comments

30 Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

30 examples of extreme minimalism in web design, including web apps, portfolios, and other websites

design, inspiration, trend

1386

1 comment

Awesome Designer Showcase - J3

A showcase of some stunning design from J3

design, graphic

764

4 comments

2009

21

JUL

30 Awesome Handpicked Design T-shirts From The 10k Design By Humans Contest

Design by Humans is one of the best places for designer T-shirts so from their 2nd year contest I have hand picked 30 awesome designer t-shirts for your pleasure.

design, graphic, inspiration

1192

1 comment

Awesome Designer Showcase - Tado

A showcase of some stunning design from Tado

design, graphic

798

0 comments

PSD to HTML Conversion – The Benefits and The Beneficiaries

Employing services of PSD to HTML conversion is commonplace by now. This arises two obvious questions, who are the beneficiaries of PSD to HTML service providers and how the beneficiaries get the benefits?

664

0 comments

30+ Exclusive Free Photoshop Style Sets

Using Photoshop Style is one of the best simplest ways to boost your design practice. I think this post will help you and every Photoshop lovers, which is a quite big collection of Photoshop Styles.

design, freebies

1344

1 comment

50 Burning Logos - Amazing Must See!

Below you’ll find a collection of 50 burning logos which will definitely heat up your creativity. Browsing through the showcase, you will get inspired by the creativity and art work shown by designers.

design, inspiration, logo

1414

0 comments

Red sites showcase

An article showcasing good and bad usage of red to emphasize key elements on different websites, plus a beautiful sites showcase.

design, graphic, tips, usability

835

0 comments

2009

20

JUL

The Art Of Applying Rule Of Five Plus Or Minus Two For An Effective Wireframe

Working on your wireframes before starting on the details of design is a crucial step in web design.

design, misc, tools, usability

969

0 comments

25 Best Starter Kits For Web Designers

Starter kits are great time savers for web designers and they are particularly useful for those who often create mock-ups for project pitching on daily basis. So here, I provide you the 25 Best Starter Kits, to kick start your designs!

design, graphic

1098

0 comments

We’re launching My Web Gallery

I’m happy to tell you that today we’re launching our design gallery: My Web Gallery. The site is new so be patient and kind with it because there are not many designs submited. As you will see you’ll find a submit page where you can submit website designs (flash and css), logos and business card [...]

772

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase - McFaul

A showcase of some stunning design from the guys at McFaul

design, graphic

741

0 comments

Preserving the corporate web design

This showcase is a great example how an international company is applying its corporate design on the web. Orange is present in eleven countries on two continents, yet all the websites follow a unique corporate design, which creates an outstanding powerful brand.

design, usability

792

0 comments

2009

19

JUL

30+ Best Examples of Blog Post Footer Designs

When readers come to your blog they usually come from referring sites or search engines and their interaction with your blog depends upon your content. If they liked the article they will comment and share it.

design, inspiration

1189

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #11

The very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

672

0 comments

2009

18

JUL

Best Accessible jQuery and Ajax Plugins

In this collection we will roundup 10 really cool, usable and accessible jQuery JavaScript and Ajax plugins that you can implement easily to your design or websites.

ajax, design, javascript

1809

0 comments

Top Ten Must Have jQuery Tutorials and Plugins

The best and must top 10 jQuery Plugins and Tutorials that will change the way you use jQuery!

design, javascript

1800

1 comment

2009

17

JUL

The Autopsy Of WordPress As CMS With 25 Great WP Plugins & Designs

WordPress clearly need no introduction for web devotees like us. Starting out from just a humble blogging platform in 2003, it had grow exponentially into a popular platform.

cms, design, tips, wordpress

872

0 comments

2009

16

JUL

XHTML Delivery in 8 HRS! Is it 8 HRS Really?

It continues to amaze me as to how the Web Development companies promise XHTML Deliveries in 8 HRS or 4 HRS Flat! The web is burgeoning with companies that guarantee “quality in quick time”, and this certainly entice the clients.

css-html, design

740

0 comments

2009

15

JUL

50 Best jQuery Resources For Designers - Tutorials, Tips and Tricks

jQuery definitely is one of the biggest trends coming in up-to-date designs and the best of all, everything is done without countless code lines. Keeping in mind such aspects I created hopefully pretty complete collection of jQuery sites, tip and trick articles, video screencasts, tutorials, cheat sheets and lot’s more. Took a while to compile and research was really solid. Enjoy as always!

design, javascript

2301

0 comments

7 Things You Don't Learn In Design School

When finishing design school you will learn so many thing your teachers never told you. Here you have some of those things.

design, graphic, inspiration, tips

961

0 comments

25 Best Coming Soon Pages

A Great collection of 25 of the best coming soon pages you can find on internet. A source of inspiration for your ideas when creating expectation on a new website or for the redesign of a site.

design, graphic, inspiration

2745

1 comment

50 Best Examples Of Select Your Language Pages

Have you seen a web site where you have to select your language before actually seeing the site, here is a collection of 50 Best Examples Of Select Your Language Pages you could find on Internet that could inspired you in your next project.

design, flash, graphic, inspiration

1295

0 comments

Tilt Shift Effect - How To Make Your Own Effect With Tiltshiftmaker

Here you can learn how to transform you normal pictures in tilt shift photos or miniature images, with an Internet tool for free, plus some examples.

design, graphic, photography

1274

0 comments

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

In this article, we are creating a checklist of all the basic but essential tasks which should be done and tested before launching any new website.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

seosemanticxhtml

1001

0 comments

35+ Free Comic and Cartoon Fonts For A Funny Design

In a previous post, 20+ High-Quality Free Fonts for Retro and Vintage Design, we collected some useful fonts for your graphic and web works. Again we take a look around for good stuff that could help your design process and here we have selected other free and high quality fonts.

design, font, freebies, graphic

1160

1 comment

Smashing Post - Web Design Resources

A place of web development related resources. Smashing Post giving you all kinds of helpful tutorials and resource links to improve your web design skills.

design, inspiration

827

0 comments

2009

14

JUL

The Best Web Design Links Of The Day 14/07/09

A round up of the best web design content from the day

design, graphic

700

0 comments

The Importance Of Wireframes In Web Design And 9 Tools To Create Wireframes

A designer doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel with each new wire frame diagram, of course. Every page in a site will share some elements, even when the pages don’t follow the same template.

design, inspiration, tips, tools

890

0 comments

105 Examples of Clean and Minimal Twitter Apps

A roundup of 105 examples of clean and minimal Twitter apps, for inspiration, fun, and a minimal use of brain power.

design, inspiration, tools

827

0 comments

Amazing Flash Design Showcase

A showcase of some of the most stunning flash design created within the last few weeks

design, flash, graphic

779

0 comments

2009

13

JUL

The Best Web Design Links Of The Day 13/07/09

A round up of the best web design content from the day

design, graphic

706

0 comments

Best Javascript Navigation Menu Examples

Successful, eye-catching and mainly user-friendly site navigation sometimes is key to whole web design, because users usually search for navigation at first, when they visit website. Keeping in mind such parameters, I created a list with 30 innovative, beautiful, creative and eye-catching navigation menus for your inspiration in web development process.

design, javascript

2767

1 comment

2009

12

JUL

The Best Web Design Links Of The Weekend

A round up of the best web design content from the weekend

design, graphic, php

980

1 comment

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #10

The very best web designs from the last week

design, graphic

833

0 comments

2009

11

JUL

Post Pic 26 incredible single page web designs

Some of us love the classic site design, with N number of pages, with links to other site page, right? If they are well designed too… whoa!, a beauty. But what if you change your mind and want to go for a new kind of design? The single page one. If you like to have [...]

browser, design, graphic, photoshop, template

1057

0 comments

2009

10

JUL

PSD to HTML Contest by Pixelcrayons: Tweet & Win

For all those who love to design but hate to write those life-long codes, Pixelcrayons has stood up to your relief.

design, graphic, photoshop

776

1 comment

45+ Unusual Layout Website Designs

List of websites that are unusual, coll and quite different. Websites that are unique, unusual design, structure, navigation, flow. All this is so different from regular websites that we see everyday.

css-html, design, graphic, usability

2564

1 comment

Vector illustration: create a cute bird

In this tutorial i’ll show you how to build the cute bird that you can see on my site. First will have a look at the final image. The tutorial will start with the paper sketch, then we will continue by tracing it in illustrator and finally add the details. So Let’s get started!

design, graphic, tutorial

1248

0 comments

Better home link buttons (3)

The third article of a series of articles showcasing ways to improve the user experience of home links, and logo's.

design, tutorial, usability

1062

0 comments

2009

9

JUL

Is Your Website in Need of a Facelift? The Pros & Cons of Redesigning Your Site

Many business owners who have seen success from their company website in the past are now stuck in the world of Web 1.0. Some do not feel a need to update their web presence and others do not understand how redesigning their website can result in increased traffic and sales.

design, tips, trend, usability

772

0 comments

A Complete Guide for Domain Portfolio Management

A good Domain name is always an asset for you. If you don’t use this, yet it can be a great thing for your earning. Only using a small creative mind on domain name, you can earn lots of dollar.

design, freebies

782

0 comments

The Ultimate Drupal Showcase

This Ultimate Drupal Showcase contains over 150 Drupal based websites grouped in six major categories: business, media, government, non-profit, university & research and entertainment.

cms, design, inspiration, trend

1359

2 comments

25 Incredibly Useful WordPress Cheat Sheets & Checklists

Are you a WordPress fanatic? No telling how many people share your passion, but there are plenty of WordPress cheat sheets,checklists &blogs dedicated to the WordPress blog flexibility,open structure.

design, mysql, php, tips, wordpress

891

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase – Adhemas Batista

A showcase of the stunning work from the mixed media artist, Adhemas Batista

design, graphic, inspiration

1177

0 comments

Awesome Designer Showcase – Catalina Estrada

A showcase of inspirational work from the Barcelona based illustrator, Catalina Estrada

design, graphic, inspiration

809

0 comments

2009

8

JUL

The Best Web Design Links Of The Day 08/07/09

A round up of the best web design content from the day

design, inspiration

727

0 comments

Where to use red color, information & advice

The first article from a series of article about colors. Also contains an interview with renowned color expert Igor Asselbergs.

design, graphic, logo, tips, usability

981

0 comments

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #9

The very best web designs from the last week

843

0 comments

10 Principles Of Navigation Design And Why Quality Navigation Is So Critical

If content is the heart of every website publication, navigation is its brain and a fundamental pillar of information architecture design.

design, graphic, inspiration, usability

954

0 comments

12 Navigation Options That Help Users Navigate Through Your Website Effectively

Previously, we have discussed the 10 principles of navigation design and why quality navigation is so critical. Readers think differently about how to find content, depending on their training, profession or habits.

design, inspiration, tips, usability

3072

0 comments

2009

7

JUL

The Best Web Design Links Of The Day 07/07/09

A round up of the best web design content from the day

design, graphic, inspiration

836

1 comment

What’s the right price for PSD to HTML conversion?

There are many aspects, which determine the overall price of the code. Some of them are: Design complexity, etc.....

css-html, design, graphic, tips, tutorial

946

0 comments

Does Your Website Send the Wrong Message?

Your website should be custom designed with your customer in mind. You have spent time creating a brand and image for your company. Why destroy that brand with a website design that a thousand other people are also using?

design, seo, tips, usability

3234

1 comment

2009

6

JUL

41 Ultimate Showcase Of Sites That Uses JavaScript Scrolling Navigation Perfectly

JavaScript has so much possibility and it'll only take any individual developer or designer creativeness to fully utilize this exciting language.

ajax, design, inspiration, javascript

1525

0 comments

22 Beautiful Icon Packs for Web Design and Development

Icons are very important to web design and development. I have collected a list of beautifully crafted icons for your next project!

design, freebies, graphic, icon

16055

17 comments

2009

4

JUL

Enhance Visitor Experience By Creative 404 Page

In this article, we are including 15 creative 404 pages which we have found after doing a extensive research of over thousands of websites.

css-html, design, seo, tutorial, usability

934

0 comments

HTML Coder – Rewarding career

HTML coder crafts a design into markup language. They increase a firm’s web site traffic by making it more accessible and usable. This is an especially important task in today’s internet-driven world, where 60-70% of traffic comes from the website.

css-html, design, misc, tutorial

927

0 comments

2009

3

JUL

Using web standards improve the accessibility of the websites, reduce development and maintenance time, improve search engine rankings and can also improve accessibility.

browser, css-html, design, tutorial, usability

seosemanticxhtml

1033

0 comments

Mark Prints for Self on Other’s Blog

For a change, this post is for readers from all niche, segment, interest, community and category. Even if you have no relation with the world of web designing you shall find reading it worthy.

design, misc, seo, tips, trend

979

0 comments

2009

1

JUL

40 Best Online Color Tools For Web Designers

Tired of scattered online color tools? Heres the boon for web designers. The web's best Online Color tools under one roof.

css-html, design, tools

975

0 comments

2009

29

JUN

Create a Digg-style post sharing tool with jQuery

I will show you how to create a social bookmarking tool that look similar to digg's. It looks cool, practical and useful! I also include the komodomedia's social bookmarking icons and a long list of submission URL for one click bookmark.

design, javascript, tutorial, usability

48333

28 comments

PSD to XHTML: Importance of Browser Compatibility

The increasing importance of PSD to XHTML conversion cannot be negated. It is an intrinsic part of Website Designing and holds a heavy weightage.

css-html, design

905

0 comments

2009

27

JUN

24 Superb Sites That Use Horizontal, Vertical Or Multi-Directional jQuery Scrolling Effect

jQuery JavaScript Framework have fast become an indispensable part of web 2.0 formation and will continue to be use heavily in websites and projects

design, inspiration, javascript, tools

3245

2 comments

15 Best Photoshop Button Design Tutorials

Buttons are an important aspect of every design. Buttons are indispensable in any user interface. So here am going to provide you with the best collection of button design tutorials available on the web.

design, graphic, photoshop

3825

2 comments

2009

26

JUN

16 Good Questions to Ask before hiring PSD to HTML provider

I am sharing my list with you all and feel free to add any question, which you think one should ask before awarding the project.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial

968

1 comment

2009

25

JUN

15 beautiful Headers

It is a well known fact that it takes an average user 3 seconds to decide if she wants to stay on the current website. Since header is the very first thing which attracts the users’ attention, it must be aesthetically designed. In the showcase below we present 15 beautiful headers. These headers are manually selected after visiting hundreds of websites.

css-html, design, inspiration, photoshop, tutorial

1950

2 comments

2009

24

JUN

Beautiful & Stunning Mini World Websites

Have you ever played simcity? Create your own world on a piece of land. I have found these beautiful and stunning websites created based on that concept. They blew me away!

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

18760

9 comments

2009

23

JUN

How To Add Pagination Into List Of Records Or WordPress Plugin

Often in many application, such as in WordPress Plugin, we will need to deal with list of records. As the records grow, more records will need to be displayed.

cms, design, tutorial, wordpress

1615

0 comments

2009

20

JUN

Best jQuery Plugins For Designers

Here is the best collection of jQuery Plugins that is a must have for every designer!

design, javascript, tools

3684

0 comments

2009

18

JUN

20 Best CSS Tips And Tricks Collection

Here I am providing you with the best collection of CSS Tips and Tricks available on the web, that will let you create drastically different and smashing looks with CSS. Use these tips to know how CSS used creatively can add life to your website!

css-html, design, tips

1625

0 comments

Tips to Choose Right PSD to XHTML Firm

There have been posts about top PSD to HTML providers. One of this kind of post you could find in our blog too, lol. So, today we thought of providing something more useful, more exact and more valuable to our readers.

css-html, design, graphic, photoshop

1264

6 comments

2009

17

JUN

38 Marvellous Graffiti Art And Street Art That Will Blow You Away

To the untrained eye, graffiti is the defacement of public property, the end product of street-yahoos making their names known to anybody who walks by.

design, graphic, inspiration, trend

931

0 comments

Create A Vertical Scrolling News Ticker With jQuery and jCarousel Lite

News ticker, or news scroller is a fantastic way to display your latest headlines. In this tutorial, i am going to show how to implement this using jQuery and its plugin, jCarousel Lite.

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial

7535

1 comment

2009

16

JUN

40+ Useful Color Tools, Color Palette, Color Scheme & Background Generators

Color is like the arms and legs of a designer. Not only do designers have to deal with them daily, they need to manipulate and integrated them precisely into their works.

design, freebies, tools, usability

1259

1 comment

2009

15

JUN

What not to do in mobile web design (#2)

This is a second article of a series of articles about what one developer, or for that matter, a designer, shouldn't do in mobile web design. This second article also treats some serious usability issues, so the problems described in this article shouldn't be used on any site, not just on website's versions targeted to mobile devices.

design, logo, tips, usability

948

0 comments

30 High Quality Magento Templates To Spice Up Your E-commerce Projects

Magento has become more and more popular open source ecommerce solution and it is the time to look into its high quality templates, both free and premium.

design, inspiration, template

1519

0 comments

2009

11

JUN

60 Awesome Sites for Free Fonts

Looking for more free fonts for your design, but don't know where to start off. Have a look at the here for a compiled list of 60 sites for getting free fonts

design, font, graphic

1228

0 comments

An Overture with HTML 5

With the passage of time, the versions of HTML start becoming obsolete. The daily up-gradation in the formats of creating a website gradually pushed the boundaries of HTML 4.

css-html, design, tips

1069

0 comments

2009

9

JUN

60+ Awesome Grunge Font That Every Designer Should Collect

Grunge and Dirty designs are become more and more popular recently. If you are a web 2.0 designer, i suggest you to seriously look into the grunge style design.

design, font, freebies, graphic

1211

0 comments

2009

8

JUN

120 CSS Galleries for Web Design Inspirations

A long list of css galleries for your reference.

design, inspiration

1315

0 comments

14 Javascript Resources And Plugins For Creating A Stylish Chart

Graph and Chart are very effective ways of visualizing data. Today, i am going to share different ways of generating charts through Javascript and its plugins.

design, javascript, tools

1155

0 comments

10 Great Places for Free Twitter Background

In search for a free twitter background? Try out these sites to improve your very own twitter pages.

design, inspiration

897

0 comments

35 Best Photoshop Tutorials Collection

Here is a list of the 35 best Photoshop Tutorials available on the web to make it easy for one to learn up Photoshop.

design, graphic, tutorial

1287

1 comment

2009

5

JUN

Must Have CSS Tools

A must have collection of CSS Tools for designers

css-html, design, tools

1298

0 comments

2009

4

JUN

110+ CSS Gallery To Submit Your Design, Part 2

Last week i shared about 55 CSS Galleries to submit your web design, and now i would like to complete the series by sharing another 55+ CSS Galleries.

css-html, design, inspiration

1912

0 comments

Why do firms Order PSD to XHTML Conversion Online

LPG (Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization) comes with its share of benefits for doing business globally. Internet however, recognized its LPG benefits way back, with its increasing (and still emerging) scope and trend.

css-html, design, graphic

963

0 comments

2009

2

JUN

30 Best CSS Tutorials Collection

Here is a list of the best CSS Tutorials collections available on the web so as to ease your task of learning CSS!

css-html, design, tutorial

1301

0 comments

Vertical Scroll Menu with jQuery Tutorial

Create a vertical scroll menu that scroll automatically according to your mouse axis-Y movement. This tutorial will cover some jquery tips, tricks, and plugin.

css-html, design, javascript, tips, tutorial

179917

67 comments

2009

1

JUN

15 Extremely Useful CSS Grid Layout Generator For Web Designers

CSS Grid Layout Generators are undoubtedly useful for a web designers. These generators saves designers time by generating different size grid layout that can immediately being used by designers.

css-html, design, tools

2244

0 comments

2009

30

MAY

Excellent Gimp Web Design Tutorials

Learn how to design cool web graphics and web layouts using Gimp.

design, graphic

3601

5 comments

2009

29

MAY

15 Essential Sites for Free Stock Images

Stock images is always the important ingredients for web designing. However, not all of them are free. Here I compiled a list of sites for sourcing your favorites images

design, inspiration, photography

1007

0 comments

2009

27

MAY

110+ CSS Gallery To Submit Your Web Design, Part 1

CSS Gallery is definitely the best place to showcase our design. But it can be used to get inspiration for our project too. So, i am going to share 110+ CSS Galleries that i had collected for WDB's readers.

css-html, design, graphic, tools

1657

3 comments

2009

26

MAY

Necessity of a Clean Markup

With the changes in the web world, we need to evolve and imbibe the new approaches. The pressures of meeting the deadlines for delivering each requirement are increasing day by day.

740

0 comments

2009

25

MAY

10 Promising CSS Framework That Worth A Look

We all know that a good CSS Framework can help us and save our development time. Today, i am going to share 10 most promising CSS Framework that worth a look.

browser, css-html, design

1203

0 comments

2009

24

MAY

Wonderful Photoshop 3D Text Tutorials

Who does not love 3d? Almost everyone loves 3D and its related effects. So here I am going to provide you with a list of excellent Photoshop 3D Text Tutorials that will let you work wonders with text.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

1511

1 comment

2009

23

MAY

Mobify Let's You Design For Mobile Devices in Minutes

Mobify enables the web design community to design a fully functional, lightweight version of your site specifically for mobile devices.

design, freebies, tools, trend

1030

0 comments

Wonderful Gimp Brushes Downlaod Collection

A collection of wonderful Gimp brushes, ready for download.

design, graphic, tools

1727

6 comments

Minimal design and who started it

The basics about minimalism and how to learn more about it.

design, misc, tips

1292

0 comments

2009

18

MAY

20 jQuery Tutorials For Developers

A collection of jQuery tutorials available on the web to learn jQuery from scratch.

design, javascript, tutorial

2447

0 comments

2009

13

MAY

120 Beautiful iPhone UI Icons

The icons are suitable for use in the Tab Bar and Tool Bar, but would also integrate nicely into any iPhoneized website.

design, graphic, icon

4662

1 comment

2009

12

MAY

Best Dreamweaver Templates Collection

The best collection of Dreamweaver templates on the web.

design, template

2795

3 comments

2009

11

MAY

GWT Widgets And Libraries

An excellent list of GWT Widgets And Libraries For AJAX Developers.

ajax, design, tools

4124

0 comments

2009

10

MAY

Excellent Gimp Tutorials

An Excellent website with a huge collection of Gimp Tutorials.

design, graphic, tutorial

1754

0 comments

Best HTML Tutorials Collection

The best collection of HTML Tutorials available on the web.

css-html, design, tutorial

1832

1 comment

2009

7

MAY

10 Best Gimp Brush Collections

Ten best websites offering a collection of GIMP brushes that you will find useful for various purposes.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

3722

0 comments

2009

6

MAY

Fifteen Best Dreamweaver Tutorials

The web's best Dreamweaver tutorials that will help you become a pro in Dreamweaver.

design, graphic, tutorial

3162

1 comment

2009

4

MAY

20 Websites with Beautiful Typography

Good typography is pleasing to look at and easy to read. In this post, I have collected 20 websites in the web that demonstrate good typography.

design, font, inspiration

24127

19 comments

30 Fresh Excellent Icon Sets

Icons are really useful for web design, application interface and more. Everyone loves good looking icons. In this post you will find 30 fresh new icon packs that you can use for your project. You can also spice up your mac or windows desktop with some if these icons.

design, graphic, icon, inspiration

2415

0 comments

2009

3

MAY

Must Have Gimp Tutorials Collection.

A must have collection of Gimp Tutorials for every designer.

design, graphic, logo, tutorial

2641

1 comment

2009

29

APR

The Art of Crafting Beautiful Stylesheets

Crafting beautiful stylesheets takes discipline, commitment and persistence but with a few tricks up your sleeve, you too can be a CSS ninja. Learrn how you can use a few simple techniques to craft readable, maintainable and easy to debug stylesheets.

css-html, design

2899

1 comment

2009

28

APR

60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers

Finding sets of nice looking Ubuntu wallpapers was one challenging task and here’s what we managed to collect - 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers. Full list after jump.

design, freebies, wallpaper

3984

2 comments

2009

26

APR

Designers finest freebies, Vectors, Brushes, Shapes

Need Design Inspiration ? Have a look at the most stylish websites, or get some of our fantastic freebies ! A mix of icons, fonts, vectors, brushes, badges, and much more...

design, freebies, icon, inspiration, photoshop

2912

0 comments

2009

22

APR

20 Creative Colorful Logo

This is another edition of logo collection, from previous logo post, it seem like people love to see it. That why this one It will be logo that using color as the way to make it different. It may use three color or more, but the important thing is they all creative and different.

design, inspiration, logo

3881

1 comment

2009

20

APR

8 Characteristics Of Successful User Interfaces

Following guidelines from experts will likely lead you towards creating a good user interface — but what exactly is a good interface? What are the characteristics of an effective user interface?

design, tips, usability

3265

0 comments

2009

18

APR

The Best Original Freebies by Web/Graphic Designers and Illustrators

There are so many web designer, graphic designer, digital artist, illustrator and more creative professionals/non- professionals, who has a good grip of what design, beauty and creativity is. They come up with some original works,Yet they give these out for free. In this post I am presenting some of the known designers and the underdogs as well.

design, freebies, graphic, icon, inspiration

2791

0 comments

2009

17

APR

24 HTML Form Elements Customization Techniques

24 HTML form elements customization solutions to have custom checkboxes, custom radio buttons and custom dropdown box.

ajax, css-html, design

4352

0 comments

2009

15

APR

Create a Retro Photo and Background | Denis Designs

In this tutorial we are going to take a regular, boring photo and liven it up using with some effects to give it more of a retro feel to it.

design, graphic, photoshop

3542

0 comments

50 Sites That Will Help You To Become a Better Designer

I hope you will enjoy these great sites, I’m sure if you are a beginner designers following these site regularly will make you pro designer in no time

design, inspiration

2861

2 comments

2009

14

APR

50 Excellent Corporate Website Designs

Here are 50 corporate website designs that you can use for inspiration in your own corporate designs.

design, inspiration

5497

0 comments

2009

13

APR

30 Beautiful Music Websites for Design Inspiration

In this article, you’ll be able to discover 30 beautiful music websites that stand out from the crowd.

design, inspiration

3115

0 comments

What not to do in mobile web design!

Mobile web design and development should be easy these days. We have iPhones, Androids and Blackberries which make our lives a lot easier. However, some web developers out there really cannot handle the pressure of mobile development and they do wrong big time. Find out what not to do in when designing web sites for mobile platforms.

design, usability

1864

0 comments

2009

12

APR

Stationary design showcase

I read lots of blogs and websites. I see a lot of showcase type articles every day. However, I haven't seen an article yet that showcases stationary design. I've seen logos, business card designs showcases, but no stationary design. Therefore, I wanted to fill up that space. Here's a roundup of creative stationary designs.

design, logo, misc, photoshop, trend

2707

1 comment

15 Photoshop tutorial websites en route for learning

When it comes to graphic design or image editing, mostly Adobe Photoshop comes first option to consider. Below you can find various range of Adobe Photoshop tutorial websites.

design, graphic, photography, photoshop, tutorial

webanddesigners

2290

0 comments

2009

10

APR

20 sites for free stock images

Back again with websites that will help designers and other people find free stock photography,this will definitely save your time and money. Photos contained in these sites are sorted in a handful of categories and subcategories which will make your life easier.

design, graphic, photography

webanddesigners

2041

0 comments

2009

9

APR

15 Excellent Free Wordpress Themes

High-quality Wordpress themes is what we always look forward to. From these 15 free themes you can gain knowledge of how to design as well as how professional coding is done .

design, freebies, template, wordpress

webanddesigners

2588

0 comments

15 Free PSD and photoshop resources websites

Top 15 free PSD websites and other Photoshop resource provider websites. Most effective for those who are totally new or trying to learn in Photoshop field.

design, graphic, photography, photoshop

webanddesigners

2467

1 comment

2009

8

APR

37 Examples of Unique Navigation

This post showcases some unique navigation’s and some well thought out designs.

design, inspiration

2864

1 comment

50 Trend-setting Design Studios and Agencies

Without further ado, we’d like to reveal you some of the group responsible for great websites we visit everyday. In no particular order, we present 50 Trend-setting Design Studios and Agencies. Full list after jump.

design, misc, trend

1995

0 comments

2009

7

APR

50 Beautiful Websites with Illustrated Landscapes

Here are 50 beautiful websites with landscape illustrations in a variety of styles.

design, inspiration

4370

0 comments

40 Excellent Free WordPress Themes

In this collection, you’ll find 40 high-quality and free WordPress themes handpicked from the vast amount of free themes out there on the web.

design, freebies, wordpress

2071

0 comments

2009

5

APR

Design for grandma too

Why you should test your site on really old browsers.

browser, design

2976

0 comments

2009

2

APR

How to Make a Photoshop Montage

This tutorial explains how to create a great Photoshop montage in 19 steps, so let’s get started and have fun with it.

design, photoshop, tutorial

4157

1 comment

10 Simple and Impressive Design Technique

With a “less is more” mentality, we’ve selected 10 very simple and impressive design techniques that can drastically improve the performance and appearance of your designs.

design, inspiration, tips

1828

0 comments

2009

31

MAR

Backgrounds In Web Design: Examples And Best Practices

The background holds the theme of the website, and there are a vast amount of possibilities when designing a website background. This article goes over the best practices and popular trends of backgrounds in the current stage of innovative Web design.

design, graphic, inspiration

1913

0 comments

30 Fresh and Promising Design Blogs to Follow

This article presents 30 new and fresh design blogs that are worth checking out. Weblogs featured here discuss web, graphic, and print design. Hopefully you’ll find a link or two (or more) that piques your interests enough to prompt you to subscribe to them.

design, misc, tips

2566

0 comments

44 Must Learn Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop

Here is a collection of 44 Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop to teach you create your own layout for your website. Check them out, learn and enjoy the tutorials.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

2745

0 comments

70 Outstanding Out of Bounds Photos

Out of bounds (OOB) photos are post processed photos where the contents are taken outside the boundaries, presented in creative 3-dimensional perspective. Here we present - 70 Outstanding Out of Bounds Photos, all hand-picked. Full list after jump.

design, graphic, photography, photoshop

2016

0 comments

2009

30

MAR

21 Advanced Photoshop Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Roundup

In this article, you’ll find several simple but effective photo enchancing techniques on topics such as how to choose the best image format for web or how to create croplet for repeatedly image editing process. You can never stop improving your web and graphic design skills, you can always find something new and handy as you’ll see in the following collection.

design, graphic, photoshop, tutorial

2715

0 comments

2009

29

MAR

115 Insanely Useful Photoshop tips & tutorials

With a wealth of tips, tricks and tutorials on using Photoshop scattered around the web, we found some of the best resources throughout the day. It’s time to get started checking out these amazing links.

design, graphic, photoshop, tips, tutorial

1773

0 comments

2009

27

MAR

25 Incredibly Artistic Websites - Part 5

Highly creative and artistic designs are an excellent source of inspiration. More and more websites are going with this style of design, so I’d like to continue the series of posts that features outstanding design of this style. To older additions are available here:

design, inspiration

1873

0 comments

The Importance of Color in Web Design

All too often, I see a great design concept with a poor choice of colors. Part of what makes a great web design “great” is layout, typography and color. When each of these aspects work to compliment each other, great design is born.

design, tutorial, usability

3212

0 comments

2009

26

MAR

20 Excellent Blogs for Those Who Love Design

Here are some of my favorite blogs that cover various topics from web design to package design.

design, inspiration

1898

0 comments

Inspiration: Gallery of iPhone-Optimized Websites

For those web design freaks out there (hey, I’m one too!): CSS iPhone, a showcase of websites optimized for the iPhone.

design, gadget, inspiration

3892

1 comment

2009

25

MAR

50 Inspirational Website Introductions

In this article, we list 50 examples of excellent web page introductions used in portfolio websites that you can use as inspiration for your own designs.

design, inspiration

2605

2 comments

70 Excellent Logo Design Tutorials and Resources

In this article, you'll find a large collection of tutorials and resources on the topic of designing logos by some of the most well-respected logo designers in the industry.

design, logo, tutorial

1884

1 comment

40+ Beautiful Examples of Paper Websites Design

Design concept is also one of the hottest trend right now on the net. In Continuation of showcasing some of the most inspiring web designs, here is a collection of 40+ Beautiful Examples of Paper Websites Design. This list are some of the coolest websites using paper as a part of the design

design, inspiration

2296

0 comments

2009

24

MAR

Common Mistakes in Web Design

Many rejected templates here on Themeforest suffer from the same few common mistakes: typography (font, line-height, letter-spacing, color), alignment (grid), and spacing (padding). In this tutorial, we are going to take a closer look at how to avoid these common errors.

design, font, tips, usability

1874

0 comments

2009

23

MAR

4 Principles of Good Design for Websites

This post will discuss those four principles as they relate to web design. By keeping these design theories fresh in your mind, you will be sure to design cleaner, more aesthetically pleasing sites.

design, tips, usability

1952

0 comments

Artistic Web Design Found on deviantART

I actually always used to browse deviantART for inspiration for most things, but not so much anymore. One thing I can tell you without a doubt is that deviantART has plenty of amazing artists, and plenty of amazing web designers.

design, inspiration

2915

1 comment

2009

21

MAR

40 Excellent Logos Created with Helvetica

helveticaIt’s over fifty years old, it’s the most widely used font ever, and it has recently become the subject of its own movie. We’re talking about the world’s most recognizable font: Helvetica. Its relevance in design through the years and even today seems unbeatable.

design, font, inspiration

2470

0 comments

2009

19

MAR

MooGenda: A web calendar agenda (JSON event handler), based on MooTools.

* A web calendar JSON event, based on MooTools. * Double click on event to see the deafult event view. * Double click on month's day to see the default event to add memo to calendar. * Drag and drop event in month view. * Drag and drop and resize event in diary view.

ajax, design, freebies, gadget, javascript

5492

0 comments

25 Gorgeous Graphic Designer Folios

Spring is here and now is the perfect time to bring some new life to our graphic designer portfolios. Portfolio websites should be updated regurarly with new work, updated contact information and the overall design style of your site should be kept up-to-date. You may have a more timeless design, but if your website design is more trendy you may want to consider a new look.

design, inspiration

2296

1 comment

25 Beautifully Colorful Websites - Part 4

During the past year or so, I have published 3 collections of colorful websites. Today we’ll take a look at another 25 sites that make exceptional use of color. There is a wide variety of color schemes and design styles represented here, so I hope the work of these designers provides some inspiration for your own work.

design, inspiration

3309

1 comment

26 Floral Websites in Full Bloom

This website collection explores designs that feature flowers of all kinds, from vector floral designs to images of actual flowers.

design, inspiration

1724

0 comments

2009

17

MAR

50 Monochromatic Website Designs

Color choice is a key element to the success of any design. It invokes an atmosphere and sets the mood. One method for using color is to use only shades of a color, which is known as a monochromatic color scheme......

design, inspiration

3959

0 comments

Food Plates and Creative Dishware Designs

Modern food plates and creative dishware designs from all over the world. Lily Plates These handcrafted ceramic Lily plates will make a great addition to your wall or tabletop. [like] Handful of Plates Creative ceramic plates that are folded like a taco shell. The way they are curved allows you to keep the plate in one hand while eating......

2199

1 comment

2009

16

MAR

Finding Inspiration

As a designer, I think we all have experienced the hard time of finding new ideas and inspirations. That’s why I’ve chosen to talk about this topic in my presentation at the FOWD conference. In this post, I want to do a recap of my keynotes – Finding Inspiration From Your Environment. Read on to find out how my work habits and environment influence my design.

design, inspiration, tips

1922

1 comment

Web Design Awards Sites : List of Website Design Awards Sites

We have collected web design awards sites from around the net. Not only is this a great way to promote your website design business, but it is also a great way to show potential customers that you are great at what you do. Just stick your web design awards on your site and you will show potential customers that you are the best of the best.

1980

0 comments

40+ Beautiful Robot Characters Illustration

This time it is a 40+ Beautiful Robot Characters Illustration. These showcase are a different types of Robots Illustration where some of them are cool modernistic and some are cute. Check out this cool illustrations made by some of the talented graphic artist lived.

design, inspiration

1744

0 comments

Inspiration Served: Hand-Drawn Effects In Web Design

I love the look of hand drawn effects in web design, and I don’t think I’m alone in this. I have no idea what gene that’s in us web geeks, but I’d say most of us have it. With that in mind, I’ve compiled this list of the best inspirational sites, resources, freebies and tutorials that utilize hand-drawn effects......

design, inspiration

2032

0 comments

Creative (Extended) Album Cover Arts

We listen to a lot of music, and chances are we might still remember how most of the album cover artworks look like. b3ta.com had a contest and participants make use of their wildest imagination and creativity to "extend" an album’s cover art, meaning designing what happens beyond the borders of classic album sleeves, how the artwork continues.

design, inspiration

1781

0 comments

2009

14

MAR

Typography: Tutorials, Free Fonts, Resources and Tools

It’s a small round up for the basic typography. I had selected some quality free fonts featured here. Read the license carefully before you download. The license will be change time to time. Regarding to the tutorial, I had selected only 2 tutorials for creating the fonts. There are ‘n’ number of tutorials are available in web

design, font, tutorial

2188

1 comment

Fantastic Typography Blogs For Your Inspiration

Some say that web design without typography is like an orange without its peel, it just isn’t complete. Typography encompasses the reality of effective web design and achieves success in creating web page identity, eye-catching sites, and the enhancement of visual appearance.

design, font, inspiration

1622

0 comments

40 Comics Strips for Web Designers

With the massive exodus towards online publishing, many people hardly reach for the newspaper these days. If there’s one thing I truly miss from the newspaper, it would be reading the comic strips.

design, inspiration

1584

0 comments

2009

12

MAR

25 Nature-Inspired Website Designs

Inspiration or web design can come from anywhere. An increasing number of websites are including elements from nature in the design. Background images, photos, illustrations… nature can be used a number of different ways in web design. In this post we’ll look at 25 excellent examples.

design, inspiration

2631

0 comments

Free Vectors - 28 Halftone Vectors (Clean & Grunge Versions)

Hello all, hope your week is going well! Today I’m bringing you some always useful halftone vectors. The set includes 28 total, with both a clean and grunge version. I elected to make them vector over photoshop brushes so that yall can get a bit more use out of them.

design, freebies, graphic

2395

0 comments

Showcase of Beautiful Fashion Websites

From a web designer’s perspective, it can be very interesting to look at the top websites from a particular industry to see how they relate to their target audience, the different approaches that are used, and how they compare to websites in other industries....

design, inspiration, trend

2402

1 comment

Beautiful Watercolor Effects in Web Design

Web design trends come and go. You should be very wary not to jump on the latest ones that have no real staying power. An over abundance of glossy-iconed 2.0 sites are sure to look really outdated, real soon. I’d argue they already do. However some trends, can look awesome long after the trend has peaked. I think watercolor designs, when done right, are one of those trends.

design, graphic, inspiration

1769

0 comments

2009

11

MAR

Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009

A Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way. Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Symbian OS, and more.

design, os, trend

2359

0 comments

Modern Watches and Cool Watch Designs

Modern watches and creative watch designs from all over the world. Luna Crystal Watch Fashioned with Swarovski crystals steel, the Luna Crystal Watch is futuristic and eye-catching. Touching two contact points makes the time display magically appear as though it is floating inside the crystal. [link] Fortis IQ Watch Designer Rolf Sachs has created a watch with a blackboard-style

2993

0 comments

40+ Most Amazing Wallpaper Tutorials in Photoshop and Resources

wallpapers is one of the nice thing to do in photoshop. All you need is to experiment and explore everything and let your creativity jump into the next level. For more ideas and learnings here I made a list of 40+ Most Amazing Photoshop Wallpaper Tutorials. These are some of the coolest tutorials in creating wallpapers all around the web.

design, graphic, tutorial, wallpaper

5222

1 comment

7 free icon sets

Some nice icon work from artua.com. While you are there, check out their nice portfolio of work.

design, freebies, icon

2286

0 comments

2009

10

MAR

20 Web Design With Artistic Background

Vector, painting and doodle often been used in web design or blog as it can turn the plain white design into something unique with less effort. It often useb by illustartion designer, graphic designer and also art based blog. There is a lot out there but here I compile 20 that I think you should look and amaze.

design, graphic, inspiration

1743

0 comments

45+ Excellent Examples of Flash Websites Design

Talking about website design, Flash website could be the most very attractive as it catch every people’s eye for its flashy and animated effect. On this matter I made a list of 45+ Excellent Examples of Flash Websites Design as for more inspirations. These sites are hand picked and a best example of flash websites on the web.

design, flash, inspiration

2869

1 comment

Unusual and Creative Glassware Designs

Collection of unusual and creative glassware designs from around the world. Little Heart Wine Glass Beautiful wine glass design by Etienne Meneau features four interconnected glass tubes. [link] Write-On Glassware Feed the cat, take out the trash, mow the lawn; there are so many things to remember and now you can take your to-do list with you!

design, inspiration

2228

0 comments

Creating a Typographic Wallpaper

After writing my previous tutorial here about Creating a Zune in Photoshop, several viewers asked if I’d share how I created the wallpaper graphic. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make something similar, and it’s quite easy!

design, graphic, tutorial, wallpaper

2060

1 comment

50+ Popular Airline Logos

Every day thousands of people take it to the air… With so many airlines to choose from, branding is extremely important and at its core lies logo design. In this article we’ll take a logo at the logos of over 50 popular airlines. The list is by no means a complete list of all airlines and is just intended for inspiration for your own projects.

design, inspiration, logo

4270

3 comments

2009

9

MAR

11 Non-Traditional Uses of WordPress

"a combination of tutorials, plugins and themes that can help you to use WordPress in non-traditional ways" Nice to see Wordpress used as more than just blogware.

design, inspiration, wordpress

1832

0 comments

40 Beautiful Examples of Vintage and Retro in Web Design

Retro and vintage web designs have become increasingly popular. Ironically, the more and more the web progresses, the more designers start to revert back to old retro styles. For your design inspiration, here are 40 beautifully-designed websites that revert back in time to retro and vintage styles.

design, inspiration, trend

3453

0 comments

35 Inspirational Website Designs from the Music Industry

Within the music industry there is a great variety in terms of the quality of websites. Some bands have excellent, creative websites, and others have sites that are not so friendly for visitors. In this post we’ll feature 35 websites from the music industry. Some are band websites and others are involved in the music industry in various ways.

design, inspiration

2009

1 comment

12 Twitterrific Twitter Background Designs

Twitter is quickly becoming a hot spot for people and business of all kinds, including designers. Many designers now have twitter accounts so they can network with other designers on twitter and promote their work to a new audience. What I found interesting is, because of twitter a whole new niche of design has been created and that is Twitter backgrounds.

design, graphic, inspiration

2019

1 comment

2009

28

FEB

15 Rediculously Good Graphic Design Portfolios (Plus 1 Bonus)

A collection of 15 amazing graphic design portfolios for inspiration.

design, graphic, inspiration

2229

1 comment

Building HTML/CSS Sites: Use a Template

For all my HTML/CSS based projects, I used to start from scratch. Not anymore. This tutorial will teach you how to build a HTML/CSS/JS template you can use in almost any project.

css-html, design, misc, tutorial

2025

1 comment

Subscribe RSS, Keep yourself updated with queness latest posts!

Pixel Crayons

Text Ads: Buy wholesale computers directly from China at DHgate.com

Discover the tools to build your e-Commerce Site with Netfirms

Buy China Products from Made-in-China.com

Cocktail Dresses

SmartPhone Cell Phone

Wholesale electronics

Web Hosting Rating

Buy WOW Gold

Get your cdl today

Debt collector review

Community News

Recent Comments

Famous Posts

Random Posts

View all posts and news Back to top

About the Author

A web designer and developer who is passionate and keen on contributing to the web development industry. Feel free to say hi to me, or follow me on twitter.

Kevin Liew

Twitter

10 Jaw Dropping HTML5 and Javascript Effects http://bit.ly/auBD9g... 1 day ago
30 Clean and Simple Free Fonts http://bit.ly/bl9TcU... 3 days ago
Follow me

Partner