Amazing and Inspiring Design

Great Resources for Valentine’s Day Design

by admin on February 4, 2010

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, that presents plenty of design possibilities, from cards to website modifications. But sometimes it can be a little puzzling when trying to figure out where to start. And other times, you just don’t have enough free time to create what you had in mind completely from scratch.

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How to Continue to Develop as a Designer

by admin on February 4, 2010

The field of web design is constantly changing and growing. Therefore there is a requirement to stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in the industry. Even if we do stay up to date, many of us at one time or another feel anxious about our continuous development.
Need to Grow
Many [...]

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Resources Inspiration for Colour Design

February 1, 2010

Colour can bring a bland idea to life, it can revitalize a boring and dreary web site and can bring lifeless art. Different colours can invoke different emotions with different people, thus altering our perception of how we see art.
Below is a collection of colour related articles, including tools for your inspiration.
Color Theory for Designers: [...]

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Great Tips on Print Style Sheets

February 1, 2010

Print style sheets are important in web design. Many people do print out articles to read while traveling or when they have no access to the Internet. It follows that print style sheets have definite benefits. For example, reading on paper is less tiring on the eyes than reading on screen.
In this article it is [...]

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35 Amazing Photoshop Web Tutorials

January 18, 2010

Adobe Photoshop is probably the most popular of image editing and enhancement applications. In these tutorial collections, it may enhance skills as well as mastering the art of Photoshoping layouts for web design.
Create a Sleek, High-End Web Design from Scratch

This tutorial will enable you with the tools to put together a high-end web design layout [...]

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Inspiring WebSites Showcase

January 8, 2010

Feel free to take great inspiration from these sites below:
50 Superb 3D Flash websites You Must See!!!

This showcase consists of 50 3D Flash websites, that really stand out from crowd.
50 Superb 3D Flash websites You Must See!!!
WordPress as a CMS: 30 amazing examples

This post is a showcase of 30 examples of Wordpress as a [...]

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Amazing Designs Using Smoke Typography

January 4, 2010

Using smoke in a design can produce some amazing visual effects, as presented in this collection. Also included in this post are design resources.
Smoke Typography Showcase
Intuition Smoke
By Hautalken

Dissolve
By estheticcore
Smoke+Type
By Daniel Gordon
By Daniel Gordon
By Daniel Gordon
By Daniel Gordon
Smoke Typography
By Richie Thimmaiah
Smoke
By Giampiero Quaini
By Giampiero Quaini
War
By Marcelo Vaz
By Marcelo Vaz
Exhausted
By Mignonne Meekels
Spark Me
By Cam Hilsman
Smoke
By Rick [...]

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HDR Photography Toolbox

December 21, 2009

Image credit – Winter Wonderland II by Philipp Klinger
Taking amazing photos is something many aspiring amateur photographers strive for. And HDR effects can really make your images pop.
Below is a complete toolbox to get you started with HDR photography on your own. Whether you want to go all out and learn how to take real [...]

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Tutorial, Design a Slick Business Card

December 13, 2009

Most business people need their very own business card. In this post it will be shown how to create a standard two-sided business card design in Adobe Photoshop.

Final Result

Set up the Photoshop canvas
1 Open a new Photoshop document that is 3.75 x 2.25 inches. Make the resolution 300 pixels per inch and set the [...]

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