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2010

31

AUG

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

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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

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30+ Drop Dead Portraits of Women in Digital Art

he 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. Here i have gathered a stunning collection of beautiful women in digital art. Check them out.

inspiration, misc

159

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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

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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

10 RSS parsers to create your own feed burner

Rss parser is an easy to use API that handles all of the dirty work when it comes to fetching, caching, parsing, normalizing data structures between RSS and Atom formats, handling character encoding translation, and sanitizing the resulting data. Here is a collection of 10 RSS parsers.

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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

2010

27

AUG

38 Cool Photos You Won’t Believe are Not Photoshopped

We can create unbelievable photo manipulations with Photoshop but sometimes there are paused moments which can be thought unreal but they are definetely real moments

misc, photography

480

1 comment

2010

26

AUG

12 famous design & development blogs and how they’d resemble weather

If you come on a blog with a specific emotion, you may like it best if it caters you with the apt ambience. I’ve scrounged the web to enlist twelve blogs that strike you with such effects as the chill, thundering, or sometimes the freshness of the morning sun. The links below sport the aura of dynamic weather conditions.

461

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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

2010

25

AUG

Running More Effective Project Meetings

People always cringe when a meeting request hits their inbox, especially web designers and project managers. To us, meetings are boring and endless, taking far too much of our time. Perhaps that’s an overstatement, but the fact remains: meetings can be tedious. But what if our meetings with clients and project stakeholders weren’t tedious?

inspiration, misc, tips

10

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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

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Rainforest Wildlife Photography: A Tribute to Guido Sterkendries

Guido Sterkendries is a daring wildlife photographer. He challenges gravity and does things that normal photographers lack the adrenalline for.

misc, photography

116

0 comments

2010

24

AUG

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

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

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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

2010

20

AUG

30+ Beautiful & Striking Bottle Designs

Brilliant and attractive bottle designs for your inspiration. Not only the labels and decoration on these bottles but also the shape and design of the bottle really matters.

inspiration, misc

240

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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

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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

54 Impressive and Well-Designed Resume Examples For Inspiration

Creativity is everywhere.If you want to stand out from the crowd,you have to be different from the others and you can do it by the creativity in your mind.A resume is a document that contains a summary of relevant job experience

graphic, inspiration, misc

466

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Amazing Ballpoint Pen Drawings & Sketches

Ballpoint pens can be an excellent medium for serious fine art or illustration. An obvious advantage is precision and control. With pens you can achieve very tight renderings.

inspiration, misc

326

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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

2010

18

AUG

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

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

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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

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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

11

AUG

34 Creative and Inspiring Examples Of Vertical Navigation in Web Design

Horizontal navigation menus are mostly used in websites or blogs and i know visitors are much more familiar to horizantal navigation.Personally, i also prefer horizontal navigation bars but there are some really creative vertical navigation examples on the net

inspiration, misc

482

0 comments

2010

10

AUG

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

2010

6

AUG

30 Free WordPress Plugins & Widgets

WordPress is constantly evolving and becoming more efficient, but in the meantime, where there’s a good idea, a plugin isn’t too far behind. I have been searching for some of the best free WordPress plugins and widgets available on the web. So here i have gathered 30 useful WordPress Plugins and Widgets and they are absolutely free for you to use.

freebies, inspiration, misc, wordpress

377

0 comments

2010

3

AUG

Baby Photography:21 Cute and Meaningful Black&White Baby Photos

As a very new father again,me and my wife both spend the whole day with our new born baby.Again the sleepless nights and tiresome days began but i know these are most beautiful and exciting days of my life.

misc, photography

459

0 comments

2010

2

AUG

Interesting & Modern Use of Paper Art AKA Origami

Origami is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD and was popularized in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form.

inspiration, misc

289

1 comment

2010

30

JUL

Logos Friday #4: Beautiful Animals inspired logo

Logos Friday is an every week tradition here are The MegaMag where we collect cool and beautiful logos from around the web . This week our collection is an animal inspired logos for your inspiration .

graphic, inspiration, misc, trend

328

0 comments

2010

26

JUL

External Design Inspiration - Stunning Pictures by Uribaani

Let me introduce the great artist Miika Ahvenjärvi aka Uribaani from Finland. He is a graphic and webdesigner with a big spectrum of different works, which are characterized of very harmonical and interesting compositions.

inspiration, misc

286

0 comments

2010

15

JUL

20+ Web Design and Development Conferences to Attend After Summer

One of the best of way of learning and sharing new trends is attending to conferences and expos all over the world.Especially when it comes to web design and develeopment

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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

2010

6

JUL

30 Awesome & Funny Examples of “Caricature Magazine Art”

The Art of caricature in magazines and news papers are very trendy these days. Some times they create controversies but the style and fun in these illustrations always make you laugh.

inspiration, misc

416

0 comments

2010

5

JUL

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

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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

2010

3

JUL

50 Professional Photo Realistic Animal Drawings

Here's a collection of 50 photorealistic animals drawings that might get you inspired and hopefully you'll grab a pencil and a sheet of paper and try it yourself.

297

0 comments

2010

1

JUL

Collection of all the Pixar Animation Studios

No one makes animated movies quite like Pixar. With 23 years, 10 films, and 22 Academy Awards under their belt, the incredible guys over at Pixar Animation Studios keep getting better and better with each passing year.

inspiration, misc, wallpaper

239

0 comments

2010

29

JUN

55 jQuery Form Plugins To Download And Use

Default forms are boring and that’s for certain. Styling your form with a jQuery plugin is the solution for your aesthetic issues with basic and old forms. There are here 55 jQuery plugins for forms covering everything that you would think of related to form styling with the powerful jQuery.

ajax, javascript, misc

1008

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2010

25

JUN

A Tribute to Nicolas Evariste: His Best Photography + Exclusive Interview

Nicolas Evariste, a.k.a. Nicoweb is a young French photographer who specialized in black and white photography and who manages to capture life in astonishing ways.

graphic, misc, photography

189

0 comments

2010

24

JUN

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

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Let’s get started: Practical tips on guest blogging!

In my previous post Why you should guest-blog more, I explained WHY guest posting is far more effective compared to personal blogging. Today, I’ll focus on HOW you can play the guest posting game intelligently. Let’s get started!

235

0 comments

2010

23

JUN

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

2010

18

JUN

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

The huge checklist: 341 tests to make your site perfect!

It's sometimes difficult to know if a site is good or not. You paid a web designer to create a website but you have no idea if he did a good job or not? You are a web designer yourself, and you want to make sure you didn't forget anything to make a great website? Whoever you are, this huge checklist is for you. It features 341 tests to make sure your site is perfect!

misc, tips, usability

389

0 comments

Camouflage Photography in the Animal World: 50 Astonishing Photos

This post will exemplify the camouflage technique, even in the underwater world. Prepare to train your eyes for spotting the animals and their amazing disguises!

graphic, misc, photography

258

0 comments

2010

16

JUN

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

2010

15

JUN

The Most Important Features for Your Premium Wordpress Theme

What are the most important features to have for your premium Wordpress theme? I asked and the people answered. Find the results here including some charts and graphs and quotes.

misc, wordpress

393

0 comments

2010

14

JUN

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

2010

10

JUN

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

2010

9

JUN

How to Easily Run Internet Explorer on Your Mac

Here we're going to use a neat little program to install Internet Explorer on your Mac computer so that we don't need to reboot or use buggy third-party software just to test a web design.

freebies, misc, os, tips, tools

608

0 comments

2010

8

JUN

Best Viral Marketing Campaigns

This time we are going to see a collection with the best Viral Marketing Campaigns, and some tips on how to build an effective campaign.

431

0 comments

2010

7

JUN

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

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

Best On WordPress From The Past Week N.9

This is our weekly roundup of the best wordpress articles, tips, tricks and news from the past week we ware able to find on the web.

misc, php, wordpress

238

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

2010

3

JUN

The Ultimate Roundup of Websites to Promote Your Design Articles For Free

A roundup of websites that you can submit your articles to for free. Drive more traffic to your site/article by posting to these websites.

misc, wordpress

62

0 comments

Stress Test Your Website with Load Impact

Can your web site handle the stress? Slow web sites means lost customers and revenues.

misc, seo, tools

88

0 comments

2010

1

JUN

16 websites using awesome and tricky background images

As we all know background is the picture that is displayed behind the text on your Web page. Here is a collection of 16 websites using cool and tricky background images

725

1 comment

Ways to tame anger at work

The input that you endow in your work gives an output of satisfaction in whatever you perform and your organization is happy with you. A problem free work environment is only seen in dreams or stories which is beyond reality.

misc, tips, tutorial, usability

webanddesigners

298

1 comment

2010

31

MAY

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

2010

30

MAY

HTML5 Starter Pack – a sick freebie

Streamline your design and coding processes with this lightweight, scalable, cross-browser, HTML5 starter pack. With features such as jQuery, Cufon, media queries and a basic Photoshop web design template, it's going to rock your socks off.

css-html, misc, photoshop, template

744

0 comments

2010

27

MAY

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

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

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

10 fresh open-source scripts for your upcoming web app

Free and open source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code. Here is the list of ten fresh open source script which may force you to open new web application.

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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

2010

23

MAY

Quick Humor: How twitter can spoil your first date

Surfing through net today i found and interesting picture about twitter. Well just go through the image , says it all.

395

0 comments

2010

21

MAY

Smoke Art:Wonderful Examples Of Inspirational Smoke Photography

This week’s photography inspiration is about Smoke Photography.Normally,when we take a photo of anything,we know what we have taken but in this kind of photography the result is always in our imagination.

inspiration, misc, photography

370

0 comments

2010

18

MAY

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

The Best Art Sculptures By Mark Newman

Mark Newman, whatever he decides to create, impresses either by detail, the lively look or even by grotesque or disturbing appearances. 50 Of his best works.

inspiration, misc

590

0 comments

2010

17

MAY

How to Keep From Getting Burnt Out

I have had the pleasure of interviewing many designers and developers and one thing they all seem to have in common is they all agree that they love their job.

misc, tips, tutorial

275

0 comments

History’s Infamous 5: Lessons Freelancers Can Learn From Them

Mao Tse Tung, Saddam Hussein, Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Kim Jong-il all have something in common. Each of them has affected the lives of many people, largely in a negative manner.

inspiration, misc, tips, trend

281

1 comment

2010

12

MAY

Analog Clock using Javascript & Raphael

I have used images of different dials (which I have downloaded from google) as backgound. Upon which the clock is drawn through Raphaël. Luckly, for me, the center of these dials images excatly conicides with the center for clock. Another option I provided in the demo is to change the color of second, minute and hour hand of the clock according to the dial selected by the user.

freebies, gadget, javascript, misc, tutorial

748

0 comments

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

12 smashing examples of illustrations and sketches from skineart.com

design, graphic, misc

353

0 comments

2010

11

MAY

40+ High Resolution and Shiny 3D Wallpapers To Spice Up Your Desktop

All these kind of 3Ds need special talent to create and i always respect the creators of 3D images.Not only you have to use some programs perfectly but also you need an amazing imagination.

freebies, misc, wallpaper

479

0 comments

2010

10

MAY

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

2010

9

MAY

25 Emotional Mother and Baby Animal Photos from Wildlife

Wild life is not wild as we often think.Mother feelings are always same in every part of the world so do in the wild life.They struggle for life,they protec their babies from every kind of danger.This weekend i just want to make you smile soI’ve collected 25 Mother and their babies’s photos from wild life.

misc, photography

314

0 comments

2010

8

MAY

42 Cool and Colorful Firefox Themes(Compatible with 3.6)

If you are bored about your Firefox theme and if you want to make a radical change in your browser life then these Firefox themes are definetely for you.Ok,i know most of the Firefox users prefer to use original theme because they want a simple outlook but

456

0 comments

2010

2

MAY

Top 30+ blogs for web designers and developers

Blog are really exciting as people pour on all their creativity an innovation to create a blog. The content in the blogs are commentary and filled with exciting text graphics gallery.

misc, usability

webanddesigners

428

0 comments

Quick Humor: Advance one line CSS for IE lovers – Worth watching

Today I found an image which clearly shows how we can get best rendered code on IE. This one line code will sort every problem in Internet Explorer. lol. Have a look!

638

0 comments

2010

30

APR

33 Creative and Smart Print Ads You’ll Love

Although there are tons of new print ads being created everyday, we managed to pick out the best 33 print ads, that in our opinion are the most creative and delivers the great portion of inspiration.

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

509

1 comment

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

2010

26

APR

Stylize Input Element Using CSS3

Stylizing input element is a common task for us as a web developer, we can make it look nicer by putting stylized input image (color gradient, smooth border, box shadow, etc) as an input background. Nice but the images also take some of our bandwidth, thankfully CSS3 adds some support for element styling, so we can replace them with only CSS.

css-html, misc, tutorial

684

0 comments

2010

23

APR

25 Amazing But Scary Photos Of Volcano In Iceland

The volcano in Iceland (Eyjafjallajökull) erupted a week ago and it was a real risk for all of us.Especially in Europe,the air traffic almost stopped and caused big problems for the airways.

misc, photography

624

0 comments

2010

22

APR

Persepolis from Comic to Movie

Persépolis tells the story of the author from 1979 when she was ten years old and she witnessed social and political changes that puts to an end more than fifty year of the reign of the Persia Shah in Iran and gives way to an Islamic republic

inspiration, misc

333

0 comments

2010

20

APR

Pxleyes Top 50 Photoshop Contest Entries Of March 2010

We've collected the 50 highest scoring entries from the Pxleyes photoshop contests that were active during the month March 2010...

graphic, misc, photoshop

155

0 comments

2010

19

APR

10 Project Management Software Reviewed – Part 1

As a Project Manager, you surely want do an effective management plan for your projects. To come to your aid, we made a presentation of the Top 10 most useful software you can use...

555

3 comments

Useful Collection of Money & Financial Icons

High quality icons can make web products look modern and attractive. Selection of 32 money and financial icons.

freebies, icon, misc

364

0 comments

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

Best On WordPress From The Past Week N.2

This is our weekly roundup of the best wordpress articles, tips, tricks and hacks from the past week we ware able to find on the web.

misc, php, wordpress

348

0 comments

2010

17

APR

Quick Humor: The smartest Terms & Conditions web page

How many times you register to a new website and read whole of the terms fully? To be very true , I never did. Well, now this picture clarifies how important are terms and conditions and more important is you have to read them whole.

405

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

20 ways to improve website’s readability

When you read something and can soothingly go on and on with no stress then the message that you want your reader to get is conveyed properly. This style of delivering your write up in such a way that your readers feel the ease of reading is Readability.

inspiration, misc, usability

webanddesigners

472

0 comments

40 of the best Poser tutorials. Categorized into beginner, intermediate and advanced.

40 of the best Poser tutorials. Categorized into beginner, intermediate and advanced.

graphic, misc, tutorial

514

0 comments

2010

15

APR

Creative Detailed Artwork by Matthieu Bessudo

This article displays 16 amazing illustrations by Matthieu Bessudo. Almost every centimetre of a painting has its own object, combining into a perfect composition.

inspiration, misc

355

1 comment

2010

12

APR

Best On WordPress From The Past Week N.1

This is our weekly roundup of the best wordpress articles, tips, tricks and hacks from the past week we ware able to find on the web.

misc, php, wordpress

417

0 comments

2010

10

APR

Quick Humor: This is how Web Developer spend his day

Stumbling articles today evening , I found an interesting picture explaining how time is divided in schedule of a web developer. Very expressive and funny. Enjoy!

502

0 comments

2010

8

APR

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

40 Mind Blowing Latte Art Designs

A latte (from the Italian caffelatte, meaning “coffee and milk”) is a type of coffee drink made with hot milk.You know art is everywhere and with the help of your imagination you can create amazing things as you can see below.

inspiration, misc

460

0 comments

2010

6

APR

Andres Borghi – The Future of Argentine Film Direction

Hi Concept Dezain friends, this time we will learning about an Argentine director that promises to go far, Andres Borghi, he is 27 years old and was born in Buenos Aires, in the district of Ciudadela.

inspiration, misc, video

331

0 comments

Coupon Code of Doteasy Reliable Web Hosting for Web Designers

Doteasy guarantees 99.9% uptime and with their current promotion of any .com/.net/.org domain registration with coupon code, you will get a free web hosting package that also comes along with free web tools and applications to help you build your website.

2620

2 comments

2010

5

APR

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

Adding Custom Widgets To WordPress Admin Dashboard

Either you are building a wordpress powered website for a client or yourself, the dashboard is the first place the administrator gets to after login, so customizing the widgets there can be very useful. Here is how you can add your own widgets to the dashboard.

misc, php, wordpress

878

0 comments

7 Things You Need to Learn About Particles In Computer Graphics

Particle systems are ubiquitous in computer graphics. They're used for modeling snow, explosions, sparks, rain, grass, and all sorts of other things that are too hard to model and animate by hand.

323

0 comments

2010

2

APR

55 Best Ways To Advertise Your Website

There are lots of great ways to promote your website, but it always helps to have a handy list of topics you can get ideas from. That’s why we’ve compiled this always-growing website promotion tips page

535

0 comments

20 Best PHP Boooks

Find a list of the best PHP books here.

581

1 comment

2010

1

APR

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

2010

31

MAR

8 Tutorials To Make You Fully Understand 3D Lighting In CG

Here's a collection of eight high-quality tutorials that will acquaint you with the basics of 3D lighting and perhaps give you some ideas for your next project.

graphic, misc, tutorial

396

0 comments

2010

30

MAR

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

2010

28

MAR

jConfirmAction a jQuery Plugin for Confirmation Box

jConfirmAction is a jQuery plugin that aims to replace a plain confirmation box with a cute one. This plugin will help you to create a flying bubble confirmation box upside your link.

css-html, freebies, javascript, misc, tools

961

0 comments

2010

27

MAR

Was Your Site Up Last Night at 4:00am?

If you know the answer, then you already use a monitoring service for your website and you can skip this post. Otherwise, this article is for you. The only thing worse than a slow website (except a parking ticket) is an unavailable website, or in other words down.

misc, tools, tutorial, usability

447

0 comments

2010

26

MAR

Quick Humor: Crazy Web Developers

Just for fun , this week I have added crazy web developers tattooing themselves. You may like them.

635

0 comments

2010

23

MAR

Short Animation Films – Big Creativity

In this occation we are going to see and learn about two short animation films, Logorama, and The Lady and The Reaper, and the awesome people that create them

323

0 comments

2010

21

MAR

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

2010

18

MAR

25 Amazing Natural Brushes and Textures

25 Amazing Natural Brushes and Textures for Photoshop

design, misc, photoshop, usability

429

0 comments

2010

17

MAR

iPhone-Style Navigation:AJAX + Rotate (Part II)

This is the sequel of previous tutorial discussing how to make iPhone style navigation. Once I promised to talk about how to implement AJAX and how to add cookie onto the script we have made before, right? But there will be a little change on the plan.

ajax, css-html, javascript, misc, tutorial

905

0 comments

How To Create iPhone-Style Navigation (Part I)

In this tutorial I’d like to talk about how to make an iPhone style navigation using jQuery and CSS. This tutorial is divided into 2 parts.

css-html, javascript, misc, tutorial

772

0 comments

2010

16

MAR

Implement SpaceGallery & MouseWheel

Still remember jQuery plugin named SpaceGallery? Now I wanna combine it with another interesting jQuery plugin, MouseWheel. SpaceGallery is a jQuery plugin helping you make image stack.

css-html, javascript, misc, tutorial

730

1 comment

25 Inspirational Offices

Large and small offices, which inspire creativity and imagination.

design, inspiration, misc, photography

281

0 comments

2010

15

MAR

Jquery CSS Tutorial for Zooming Images

Jquery CSS Tutorial for Zooming Images with Demos and sources

css-html, freebies, misc, tutorial, usability

563

0 comments

2010

9

MAR

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

5 Things You Need to Know About Raytracing

Ray tracing is a widespread technique in computer graphics. You've probably seen stills and movies that involved ray tracing, whether in the graphics community or in movie theaters or on TV.

graphic, misc, tips

356

0 comments

2010

23

FEB

Tutorial on How to Create an Explosive Text Effect in Photoshop

Tutorial on How to Create an Explosive Text Effect in Photoshop in easy ten steps

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop, tutorial

502

0 comments

2010

22

FEB

Free CG Software That Actually Works

A comprehensive overview of free CG tools that you can actually use and not just look at.

graphic, misc, tools

226

0 comments

2010

20

FEB

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

25 Beautiful Portrait Photography of Various Animals

25 Beautiful Portrait Photography of Various Animals by amazing photographers from Different sites

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

439

0 comments

2010

19

FEB

Beautiful Wildlife Photography by Frtosi

Beautiful Wildlife Photography by Frtosi from DA

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

463

0 comments

2010

18

FEB

Top 10 Sites to Learn AJAX From

Top 10 Sites to Learn Ajax From a great collection

ajax, css-html, misc, tutorial, usability

680

0 comments

11 Tips for better blogging

In my first post, i will give you some tips on how to be a better blogger and how to success in your blogs! I’m not very experienced blogger but i think that i can give some advices that are useful. These advices aren’t something difficult and they will increase the quality of your blog.

misc, tips, usability, wordpress

363

0 comments

Creating a new blog: What to watch out

There are some things that you have to watch out when you will start a new blog. If you want lots of readers, you have to follow some steps that will reach you to the top. However, the best advice is to stay calm!

misc, tips, usability, wordpress

282

0 comments

30 Amazing and Meaningful Action Photos From Real Life

As an amateur photographer,action photography is also one of my interests.These kind of photos not only pause the life but also they are all really meaningful.With one photo you can tell everything without using hundreds of words

misc, photography

276

0 comments

Getting Paid to Write

Writing articles and tutorials is a great way to share your knowledge and experience. Even if you have a blog of your own to post on, it can be rewarding to submit articles to popular design blogs and sites. Submit your articles to this list of 35 web sites.

283

0 comments

2010

17

FEB

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

2010

15

FEB

More Google Buzz Tips, Resources, Extensions, and Icons to Keep You Buzzed.

Here's a quick round up of the best tricks, resources, and tutorials that have sprung up in the last few days to keep you buzzed.

freebies, icon, misc, tools

234

0 comments

Ever Wondered The Workstations Of Designers and Bloggers?

I’m sure many people wonder the workstations of our friends and thank you very much for helping me to create this post.Some of the bloggers will send later and i will add them here of course.

271

0 comments

2010

13

FEB

Mouth Watering Realistic 3D Food Artworks

Mouth Watering Realistic 3D Food Artworks gathered from Deviant ARt

inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

547

0 comments

2010

12

FEB

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

2010

11

FEB

Valentine’s Day Gifts For Geeks

Valentine's day gift ideas for techno geeks. HTTPanties to 8-bit ties, they all are awesome.

gadget, graphic, misc, wallpaper

246

0 comments

2010

10

FEB

Getting Credit for Your Work

For a web designer or developer getting credit for your work is hard. At a design studio or agency you might get a link at the bottom of a website you designed or develop linking to your web site. As a freelancer you probably won’t even get that.

323

0 comments

2010

9

FEB

Giveaway:One-Year Membership From Elegant Themes

We all know ElegantThemes is one of the most popular theme provider in this business.The site is managed by Nick Roach a talented and professional web designer/WordPress developer.

misc, wordpress

528

0 comments

Adventures of Paper Robot

35 moments of little robot’s called Danbo daily life and adventures with its little brother.

inspiration, misc, photography

454

0 comments

2010

8

FEB

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

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

50 Fantastic Examples Of Origami Art Work

Origami,from oru meaning “folding“, and kami meaning “paper” is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds

inspiration, misc

467

0 comments

2010

7

FEB

22 Creative Video Advertisements of January

This set consists of 22 creative video advertisements, collected in January, including market giants, new players and non profits.

inspiration, misc, video

501

0 comments

2010

3

FEB

10 effective tips to slow down and decrease your blog traffic

It is really something weird, yet funny , to write how to decrease your blog traffic. But again i think to learn things in a humorous way is easy and can be memorized for good long time. This is what i am trying to do here.

misc, seo, tips

661

0 comments

A Complete Guide to Writing Guest Articles

Guest articles (articles written for a website other than your own) are popping up all over the place. Web design websites are rapidly growing at a rate that would not be possible without the help of guest articles.

inspiration, misc, tips, trend

658

0 comments

2010

2

FEB

9 unseen but useful features you might be missing of web developer firefox addon

Working today on web developer addon of firefox , found some really cool features apart from outline element , edit css , remove cache etc. That means this web developer addon made by chris is a bundle of several other important small firefox addons which you might be missing.

525

0 comments

Beautiful Animals Photography by sooper

Beautiful Animals Photography by sooper deviant from deviant art

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

409

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

2010

1

FEB

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

Skin and Cosmetic Brushes 3 in 1

Here you find plenty of Freebies for Designers collected by Designers needing them on their daily business... 3 Brush Sets for creating natural, smooth skin.

freebies, misc, photography, photoshop

462

0 comments

2010

29

JAN

35 Examples Of Creative And Meaningful Typography Art

Typography is one of the most creative art which blends silhouettes,shapes,3D and illustrations with words and letters.This is not only the technical creation but

graphic, inspiration, misc

479

0 comments

2010

27

JAN

Unbelievable Lego Art From Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things.Yes he is a lego artist,brick artist or whatever you think

inspiration, misc

517

0 comments

2010

26

JAN

Amazing Photography of Nature and Animals by Scott

Amazing Photography of Nature and Animals by Scott Stulberg a world class photographer

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

403

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

2010

22

JAN

Worth Watching Long Exposure Photography

Worth Watching Long Exposure and high Speed Photography

inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop, wallpaper

609

0 comments

2010

20

JAN

30 Amazing 3D Room Interiors

30 Amazing 3D Room Interior renders by awesome 3d artists

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

706

0 comments

2010

18

JAN

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

2010

15

JAN

14 Mind-Blowing Mind Map applications and web services

Today i have collected 14 major resources for mind map applications and web services for better organisation.

misc, tools, trend

992

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

12

JAN

54 Most beautiful Waterfalls Photography

54 Most beautiful Waterfalls Photography gathered from Deviant Art by amazing photographers

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

580

0 comments

2010

11

JAN

10 most wanted web icons search engines

Icons are very much needed in almost every web design , templates etc. May be it is wordpress or some other platform , themes do need icons to give all the grace.

659

0 comments

2010

10

JAN

30 must have RSS feed for web designers and developers – OPML file

Today we have collected 30 RSS feed which every web developer and designer should follow. These are niche site in their segments and one should subscribe them for better knowledge and inspirations.

inspiration, misc

728

0 comments

35 Spectacular Cinema 4D Digital Artworks

35 Spectacular Cinema 4D Digital Artworks and Illustrations

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

844

1 comment

2010

8

JAN

80+ Brilliant Photos with Mighty Tiger

It is the beginning of the 2010 and it is year of the Tiger. For this reason, we have collected the best pictures honouring this remarkable creature. Showcase includes 81 photograph of various kinds of tigers.

inspiration, misc, photography

592

1 comment

15 Incredible Photography Roundups

15 Incredible Photography Roundups Related to inspirational photography, macro photography, nature photography etc.

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

619

0 comments

2010

7

JAN

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

2010

6

JAN

40 Beautiful Fairy Illustrations and Manipulations

40 Beautiful Fairy Illustrations and Manipulations gathered from Deviant Art

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

543

0 comments

2010

1

JAN

30 Beautiful Black and White Photography

30 Beautiful Black and White Photography gathered from Deviant Art

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

918

0 comments

2009

31

DEC

40 macro Photography of Water Drops

40 macro Photography of Water Drops gathered from Deviant Art. Very inspirational Photography

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

837

0 comments

2009

30

DEC

Giveaway:Win 30 Credits For Rollip-High Quality Photo Effect Tool

It’s time for another giveaway from DesignBeep.This time the giveaway is really interesting.Some guys developed a web site ROLLIP which is an online photo editing tool.

freebies, misc, photography

757

0 comments

2009

29

DEC

Beautiful Digital Paintings by Cypherx

Beautiful Digital Paintings and airbrushing illustrations by Cypherx

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

703

0 comments

2009

28

DEC

37 Beautiful Waterscapes Photography

37 Beautiful Waterscapes Photography gathered from deviant art

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

554

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

2009

26

DEC

35 Realistic 3D Robot Illustrations

35 Realistic 3D Robot Illustrations and Character Designs

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

860

0 comments

2009

25

DEC

17 Brilliant Examples of Matte Painting

17 Brilliant Examples of Matte Painting and Illustrations gathered from Deviant ARt

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

789

0 comments

2009

24

DEC

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

2009

23

DEC

30 Beautiful Rainbow Photography

30 Beautiful Rainbow Photography gathered from Deviant Art, Natural Photography of beautiful rainbows are always beautiful

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

536

0 comments

2009

22

DEC

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

40 Creative and Humorous Photography

40 Creative and Humorous Photography gathered from Deviant ARt

inspiration, misc, photography, wallpaper

800

0 comments

2009

21

DEC

Ultimate Christmas Resources For Designers

This roundup article shares 60 useful resources for designers, which includes tutorials, icons, design materials, Wordpress themes and fonts.

545

0 comments

2009

18

DEC

25 Amazing and Dark Photo Manipulations by Morbidia

25 Amazing and Dark Photo Manipulations by Morbidia Morthel From Deviant Art

graphic, inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop

654

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

2009

17

DEC

Open Source iPhone Applications

With the lifting of NDA by Apple, many developers have open-sourced their iPhone applications. While the phone OS itself may be closed, you can still run free and open software. Here is a list of the best open source on the iPhone.

706

0 comments

2009

11

DEC

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

Speed Up Firefox

Firefox is an internet browser that is preferred by many web designers and internet savvy people because they know that it is more secure, more standard compliant, and allows better customizations. Although Firefox is a very fast browser it can be better. In this article we will give you some good tips to make your Firefox preform better and faster.

browser, javascript, misc, tips, tutorial

793

1 comment

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

2009

9

DEC

Give Away 20 Google Wave Invitations from Queness

Google has released Google Wave few months ago, Google stated that Wave will change and impact the way we manage or use our email. I was lucky because my friend invited me 2 months ago and I get a chance to play with it for quite a while. And now I have received 20 invitations and I want to give it to Queness's readers.

freebies, misc, trend

4547

33 comments

2009

8

DEC

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

2009

7

DEC

40 Mind Blowing Female Vexel Illustrations

40 Mind Blowing Female Vexel Illustrations gathered from Deviant Art

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop

975

0 comments

2009

4

DEC

Service Review - Link Popularity Matters

Building a hotel in the middle of nowhere is no good. Similarly building a website, either for yourself or your clients, is pointless if they cannot be found via search engines.

605

0 comments

2009

2

DEC

30 Spectacular Magical Photo Manipulations

30 Spectacular Magical Photo Manipulations gathered from Deviant Art

inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop

749

0 comments

2009

30

NOV

How to make a website: an introduction to XHTML

XHTML is the best markup language to make websites. It's easy to learn, clean and powerful. Now that you have a global understanding of web design, and that you possess all the tools you need to make a website, I'll teach you the basics of XHTML.

css-html, misc, tutorial

811

0 comments

2009

29

NOV

Ultimate Online Tools Collection for Web Development

Check out all these web development tools based on queness community news. I'm amazed by the number of web development tools available online today and I believe they will able to save you some precious times and emergency needs.

9903

3 comments

2009

24

NOV

31 Stunning Futuristic Scifi Illustrations

31 Stunning Futuristic Scifi Illustrations and digital artworks

inspiration, misc, wallpaper

680

0 comments

We are giving away 1 Copy of Fanurio Time Tracking Software

Fanurio is a time tracking and billing software application, highly appreciated by freelancers for its intuitive interface, flexible timer and ability to produce detailed invoices.

freebies, misc, tools

683

1 comment

Don’t miss these link exchanges and free ads spots!

Thanks to its nice community (in other words, thanks to "you"), Woobzine is growing beautifully! That's why I wanted to give you a nice reward by offering 3 free ads spots on woobzine for 3 months, link exchange, community news and dofollow comments.

846

4 comments

2009

23

NOV

How to make a website: the nature of Web Design

Understanding the nature of web design is necessary for anyone who wants to be a good web designer. But, what is web design? In this article I'm going to give you a simple yet effective definition which will help you to improve your web design skills.

misc, tips, tutorial

729

0 comments

2009

19

NOV

30 Amazing Celebrity and Models Pencil Sketches

30 Amazing Celebrity and Models Pencil Sketches artworks and illustrations , worth watching

inspiration, misc

854

0 comments

2009

18

NOV

405 Web Design Blogs You Should NOT Read (and 14 you should)

Sure, reading blogs is necessary for inspiration and to improve your web design skills. But have you ever noticed how time-consuming it is? Fortunately, I have a solution!

freebies, inspiration, misc

886

1 comment

12 Extremely Handy Online Tools for Web designers and Developers

Here is a list of useful online generator for web design and development. They are small web applications but can easily save up large amount of times and efforts. Make sure you bookmark this page for future reference.

freebies, misc, tips, tools

13823

9 comments

2009

16

NOV

15 Spectacular Mythological Beasts Illustrations

15 Spectacular Mythological Beasts Illustrations gathered from deviant art , includes histories and overviews of these creatures

inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

610

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

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

2009

5

NOV

J2ME – The Mobile Initiative of Java: Creating a simple MIDlet

In this modern world, the market is full of small-footprint mobile devices e.g. Cell phone, pager, smart phone etc. These devices are generally 16-bit or 32-bit processors with a memory in the range of 128 KB – 2 MB. Sun Microsystems’s Java, the language that is portable across platforms, came up with an initiative to [...]

gadget, misc, tutorial

994

0 comments

2009

3

NOV

15 Best Advertising Programs for Design Bloggers to Mint Money Online

Designer’s community is one such creative community, which along with other business domains is optimizing this moneymaking opportunity and using it well.

733

0 comments

2009

1

NOV

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

Smashing Magazine Redesigned, Introducing Smashing Network – With VIDEO!

This Halloween holiday, 18 extraordinary blogs come together with only one absolute goal in mind to form the Smashing Network.

freebies, inspiration, misc, video

764

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

Awesome interview with Tyler Finck, horizontal websites enthousiast and developer

An interview with developer Tyler Finck about horizontal websites trends and how to develop them.

javascript, misc, trend

689

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

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

2009

28

OCT

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

2009

23

OCT

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

Realistic 3D Graffiti Inspiration

Love it or hate it graffiti has been very influential in design. With graffiti pioneers like Daim, realistic 3D graffiti pieces have pushed the limits on what you can do with spraypaint. Check out the detail in the letters, shadows, and colors. You will surely get inspiration for your next typography design your working with.

inspiration, misc

667

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

2009

20

OCT

Giveaway: Participate and Win Free Invoicing License

For your participation in the survey, we have three licenses of Invoicera to give away. Invoicera is an incredibly convenient online invoice management application that makes keeping track of payments easy.

601

0 comments

2009

19

OCT

All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Preparation

All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Preparation, from gathering information to meeting the client, in 400+ lines and 23 quotations!

misc, tips, tutorial

667

0 comments

2009

16

OCT

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

2009

14

OCT

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

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

2009

13

OCT

How To Display Form Fields Based On Selection With Or Without jQuery Cookie

Over these years, adding JavaScript to a form has become very common. The introduction of JavaScript has changed the way in which a user interacts with an online form.

javascript, misc, tips, usability

755

0 comments

2009

12

OCT

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

2009

29

SEP

Why is my PHP script not sending emails?

It has happened to most of us; everything appears right but the email sent by the script never reaches the destination address. This article takes you through the steps to troubleshoot the problem.

misc, php, tips

795

0 comments

2009

4

SEP

Large Format Posters Giveaway

In this contest two very lucky Readers/Subscribers of tutsAZ will win (each one) a large poster that you can stick on your wall. The sponsor of this giveaway is LargeFormatPosters.com.

freebies, misc, tips, tools

689

0 comments

2009

2

SEP

Graceful flash degradation

Article containing pointers to improve flash websites, accessibility and usability of websites that contain flash elements.

flash, misc, usability

872

1 comment

2009

26

AUG

Do you need a invoicing software?

Everybody knows that when it comes to send the invoice to your client… well, it’s a pain in the “back”. Because you have to make your own invoice in excell or word or notepad. But some guys thought that would be nice to create a software (online or not) to help your invoicing process much, [...]

686

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

2009

20

AUG

5 Tips and Tricks For An Effective eCommerce Site With 10 Brilliant Examples

Customers appreciate the convenience of ordering online, but if a site is cumbersome, is veiled about its pricing and polices, or does not seem to provide personal benefit, they leave.

inspiration, misc, tips, usability

754

0 comments

2009

18

AUG

5 Tips for Naming Your Business

The cornerstone of every brand, here are some of the qualities you should look for in a name.

769

0 comments

2009

17

AUG

The Customer is Not Always Right

I have worked in many roles in the service industry, from supermarket cashier, and computer salesman, to freelancer developer, and I can tell you that the customer is usually wrong, but in most cases it’s okay for them to be wrong, or at the very least we tolerate it.

710

0 comments

2009

6

AUG

9 Unusual Ways to Increase Traffic to your Website

If you’ve been doing online marketing for any time at all, then you already know the traditional methods of attracting visitors to your website and increasing traffic. But at some point, these methods begin to lose effectiveness and new marketing and promotion channels must be discovered. Listed here are nine non-traditional methods that can help you increase website traffic.

misc, seo, tips

917

0 comments

2009

5

AUG

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

2009

30

JUL

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

24

JUL

Beautiful Launching Soon pages

At some point everyone is going to need a website. Doesn’t matter if it’s a blog, a forum, a portfolio or something else, but you’ll need it. Oh, right! You have the domain but you don’t have the website finished, no? Well, you have nothing to be scarred of. Because you can design a “Launching [...]

1108

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

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

2009

11

JUL

Getting started with Facebook Connect & News Feed

Using Facebook connect to the authenticate a user and post dynamicaly generated content to a user news feed using jQuery.

ajax, javascript, misc, tutorial

1674

0 comments

2009

4

JUL

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

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

29

JUN

The Ultimate List Of Online Color Tools For Web Developers

Web designers use color tools daily. So, i had collect an ultimate list of color tools. In this list, i had collect color wheel, color scheme, color palette and color picker.

751

0 comments

2009

23

MAY

Minimal design and who started it

The basics about minimalism and how to learn more about it.

design, misc, tips

1292

0 comments

2009

20

MAY

What's Under the Hood: 8 Ways to View Page Source on Your iPhone

As a self-taught web developer, I learned a lot of what I know by looking at other people’s source code. It’s unfortunate that I can’t do this on my iPhone with mobile Safari, at least not by default. That said, there are several methods you can use to view the source code of a site on your iPhone.

browser, misc, tips, tools

1198

0 comments

2009

15

MAY

Mindblowing vs Ordinary article titles

Titles should contain such keywords in order to pre-blow you visitors mind before they read the first paragraph of your article. Make your title just like a spoiler!

1248

0 comments

2009

24

APR

Social Spinner: An iPhone Optimized Social Bookmarking Widget

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Matteo Spinelli’s cool rotating wheel interface for the iPhone. It’s a very cool proof of concept, and Matteo left it up to us to figure out some real world applications for it. I thought this would be perfect for a social bookmarking tool. So with my limited coding abilities I sat down and pieced together the “Social Spinner”.

css-html, freebies, javascript, misc

3083

0 comments

2009

23

APR

50+ Cool Laptop Sleeves and Bags You Can Actually Buy

There are a lot of really nice sleek and cool laptop sleeves and bag out there, and chances are one must be perfect for your machine. If you want to be slightly different from the rest of the crowd, we want to show you some laptop sleeves and bag we thought really nice and purchasable.

2350

0 comments

2009

15

APR

Avoid spammers on your blog (2)

The previous spam avoiding post described a nice technique to hide URL input fields from spammer's eyes. The kind of spammers described in the previous post usually want to get their comment as close as possible to content areas. Current article describes a technique on how to avoid such spammers.

misc, tips, tutorial, wordpress

3525

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

2009

8

APR

10 Tips to Design Usable Shopping Carts

Here are 10 tips to help you create usable e-commerce checkouts and shopping carts.

1788

0 comments

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

2

APR

AJAX Cheat Sheets & Quick Reference Guides

a list of AJAX Cheat Sheets & Quick Reference Guides for AJAX Web Designers, Web Programmers, Coders & for Web developers for Quick coding with AJAX.

ajax, misc, tools

2116

1 comment

2009

1

APR

How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Résumé?

The economy is bad. No one’s job is really 100% safe, so it’s time we all bucked up and got our recession bags packed (just in case!). Your portfolio is already gorgeous, but have you created a drool-worthy résumé?

3791

1 comment

2009

31

MAR

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

2009

28

FEB

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

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