Filed under app, Button, Design, dev, effects, font, Graphic, Graphic design, Illustrator, map, mobile, photoshop, Resource, Resources, Template, Text, Tutorial, Typography, Vector, web by Tara Horner
It’s election season! Time for graphic designers to start helping clients design posters for their upcoming campaigns. It’s a great time to be a designer as each and every city has candidates making their run for spots. Using Live Trace and Live Paint in Illustrator makes stylized posters an easy task. This tutorial walks you through how to quickly make stylized posters that are vector based. This lets you use and re-use designs in various sizes – billboards to coffee [...]
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April 8, 2012 at 8:04 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, Button, buttons, CSS, Design, dev, development, flash, forms, HTML, icon, Icons, iOS, iphone, mobile, Resource, Resources, showcase, Template, web by Jake Rocheleau
There are a lot of factors to consider before building and submitting a mobile application. Developers have plenty of resources on the web for consulting official documentation. But there are some traits you should consider about the overall process. Whether you are building for Apple or Android-powered devices will make all the difference. Some developers have the confidence to build for both platforms which is staggering. I’ll try to mesh ideas together so they apply in both development environments equally. [...]
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March 23, 2012 at 8:33 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Design, dev, development, font, forms, icon, Icons, Inspiration, iOS, iphone, Logo, mobile, showcase by Denis Pakhaliuk
Do you like candies? Come on, even if your outer adult doesn’t want to admit it, your inner child is reaching with its palms out! Do you remember when you were a kid with how much attention you paid when you were selecting which candies to buy in the local candy shop? Because you couldn’t taste the sweets without buying them first, you wouldn’t know how delicious the candy was. The only way to choose was to pick a candy [...]
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March 20, 2012 at 5:40 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Button, buttons, dev, editor, flash, icon, jQuery, magazine, Social Bookmark, Twitter, Video, web, Wordpress by Andy Killen
Social networking is constantly evolving. In many cases, what was cool two years ago is now next to worthless. For example ‘the Digg effect‘ used to be massive and could really make a big difference to the visitors to a website. That was then, this is now. The Digg effect is now nearly nonexistent, paling in significance to the other social networks. Digg, like Stumbleupon and Reddit, is just a bookmarking system with some added kudos. Where as things like [...]
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March 19, 2012 at 8:03 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Button, buttons, Design, dev, flash, forms, Graphic design, Video, web, Web Design by Sreeraman Mohan Girija
The most important thing a designer needs to have is a good taste. A good taste at identifying great work. It doesn’t matter if your work doesn’t match up with your taste yet. It will slowly but steadily catch up. Ultimately your taste ends up defining your style. In fact your taste will be few steps ahead of your talent in the initial years of your career. Your taste can tell the difference in quality between what you want to [...]
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March 18, 2012 at 8:49 am Comments (0)
Filed under book, Design, dev, development, Inspiration, showcase, web, Weekly Web Design Inspiration by Speckyboy Editors
This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only showcase the best and most innovative web design styles currently available, it also aims to give you a visual overview of current web design trends and highlight the latest in innovative web technologies. [...]
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March 17, 2012 at 7:57 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, Competition, dev, development, email, HTML, mobile, Template, web by Speckyboy Editors
For this weeks giveaway we have three paperback copies of the book HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook. Written by Shi Chuan, this book will show you how to plan, build, debug and optimize mobile websites. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a comment below telling us why you would like to win this book. About the Book: HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook will show you how to plan, [...]
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March 16, 2012 at 8:11 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, CSS, Design, dev, font, Graphic, icon, Icons, jQuery, Logo, minimal, mobile, photoshop, Resource, Resources, showcase, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, web, Weekly News by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy 
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources [...]
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March 13, 2012 at 6:19 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, CSS, Design, dev, development, effects, font, Graphic, icon, Inspiration, javascript, Resource, Resources, showcase, Template, Text, Typography, web, Web Design by Jake Rocheleau
Modern web designers are incorporating innovative new concepts for digital type. In the previous decade we have witnessed the Internet transform into a powerful tool for sharing media all around the world. More specifically digital designers have adapted and web trends continue to change over time. Text on a page will always be the most uniform way of communication. It’s up to web designers to mold this text in a tasteful and easy-to-read manner. In this guide I’ll share a [...]
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March 12, 2012 at 4:37 pm Comments (0)
Filed under Design, dev, development, Inspiration, showcase, web, Weekly Web Design Inspiration by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only showcase the best and most innovative web design styles currently available, it also aims to give you a visual overview of current web design trends and highlight the latest in innovative web technologies. [...]
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March 10, 2012 at 8:27 am Comments (0)
Filed under Design, dev, development, Inspiration, showcase, web, Weekly Web Design Inspiration by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only showcase the best and most innovative web design styles currently available, it also aims to give you a visual overview of current web design trends and highlight the latest in innovative web technologies. [...]
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March 10, 2012 at 8:27 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Design, dev, Freelance, Resource, Template, Text, web by Eric Karkovack
Some clients already know what they need. Others don’t. So what should you do when a paying client knows what they want, but not what they need? In this article, Eric Karkovack offers advice on speaking up when a client doesn’t actually know what they need. In 1996, I was an 18 year old web designer. Fresh out of high school, I was a bit shy and not very eloquent when expressing myself verbally. My first job was for a [...]
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March 9, 2012 at 1:51 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Button, Design, dev, effects, flash, Graphic, Graphic design, icon, Icons, Illustrator, mobile, photoshop, Text, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, web by Jameel Khan
We are visual creatures. As much as we like to think we appreciate the inner quality of things, the reality is that we start off judging every book by its cover. It comes as no surprise then that icons have a huge impact on how we experience the digital world. So as a web designer, the ability to create quality icons is critical to your ability to breathe life into people’s online experience. In this post, Jameel Khan guides you [...]
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March 8, 2012 at 7:57 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, CSS, Design, dev, font, forms, Graphic, HTML, icon, Icons, jQuery, minimal, Resource, Resources, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, web, Weekly News by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources [...]
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March 6, 2012 at 8:43 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, CSS, Design, dev, development, HTML, javascript, jQuery, magazine, mobile, plugin, Text, theme, Video, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Jane Parker
Images are one of the most important elements on a web page in terms of user experience. Few objects on a page have the same impact on everything from emotional responses to bounce rates. When users are viewing your site on mobile devices, small screens, or in other unusual situations the images can distort the page and ruin your careful site design. That’s why responsive design is being developed. In this post we examine the use of images in responsive [...]
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March 5, 2012 at 8:49 am Comments (0)
Filed under Design, dev, development, Inspiration, magazine, showcase, web, Weekly Web Design Inspiration by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only showcase the best and most innovative web design styles currently available, it also aims to give you a visual overview of current web design trends and highlight the latest in innovative web technologies. [...]
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March 3, 2012 at 8:30 am Comments (0)
Filed under CSS, Design, dev, HTML, Inspiration, jQuery, mobile, plugin, theme, web, Web Design, Web Inspiration, Wordpress by Jake Rocheleau
Responsive web design become a very popular trend in 2011. It’s likely something we’ll see continuing well into 2012 as designers are beginning to support a myriad of mobile devices. Building layouts for the web can be tough, but inspiration is a huge factor. In this gallery I’ve collected 40+ amazing responsive website layouts. These designs are built to support a set of different resolutions and re-size accordingly. It’s tricky building this functionality in HTML5, even advanced web developers may [...]
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February 29, 2012 at 8:23 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Design, dev, forms, Graphic, Resource, Text, web, Web Design by Christian Arno
The process of designing a website can present enough pitfalls at the best of times. A good site presents quality content that informs, engrosses and still delivers SEO, all served up in easily digestible, well ordered chunks. It should be clear and easily navigable, with graphics that catch the eye without overwhelming the brain. Designing a website in your own native language can feel like juggling a dozen flaming clubs. When you factor in cross-cultural, multilingual issues, there are even [...]
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February 28, 2012 at 3:29 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, Button, buttons, CSS, Design, dev, font, Graphic, icon, Icons, iphone, jQuery, Resource, Resources, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, Video, web, Weekly News by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources [...]
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February 28, 2012 at 8:39 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, Button, buttons, Design, dev, development, effects, flash, font, Graphic, icon, Icons, Illustrator, Inspiration, iphone, iPhone & iPad Dev, minimal, mobile, Resource, Resources, Template, Text, Vector, Video, web, Wordpress by Jake Rocheleau
Mobile applications are on the rise as more consumers switch over to smartphones. Between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system there are plenty of wonderful apps to browse through. The past year has built up a catalog of exceptional design patterns which will continue over into 2012. In this article I’d like to spend a bit of time examining some of the more popular trends. Graphics designers are jumping on board quickly and appear willing to share their knowledge. [...]
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February 27, 2012 at 4:12 pm Comments (0)
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