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, Design, effects, Graphic, photography, photoshop, Text, theme, Tutorial by Jameel Khan
You’re a creative talent. The last thing you probably want is to be stuck performing the same task a hundred times on different images. Adobe programmers understand this. It’s why they created Photoshop Actions. With Photoshop Actions, a set of otherwise repetitive tasks can be applied automatically, freeing you up for the real work: being creative. In this article, Jameel Khan shares 60 time saving actions you can use to give your photos the boost they need without taking all [...]
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March 15, 2012 at 9:00 am 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 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, Button, buttons, CSS, Design, effects, font, HTML, icon, Icons, javascript, jQuery, Resource, Resources, Template, Text, Tutorial, web, Web Design by Jameel Khan
Today we are showcasing some of best tutorials and techniques that will help you create beautiful and functional designs by using only CSS, focusing primarily on the properties of CSS3. All with absolutely NO JAVASCRIPT. For the most part, the techniques we have highlighted below, can be used for everyday use, others probably not. Please do check browser compatibility when implementing any of these techniques. You might also like… CSS3 Compatibility Tools, Resources and References for Internet Explorer → CSS [...]
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March 1, 2012 at 9:27 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)
Filed under book, CSS, Design, dev, effects, font, Graphic, icon, Icons, jQuery, Logo, photoshop, Resource, Resources, Template, 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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February 21, 2012 at 8:49 am Comments (0)
Filed under Brushes, Design, effects, magazine, photoshop, Text, Tutorial, web by Paul Andrew
Subtley textured brushes are currently a popular trend at the moment in web design (check out the subtlety on Smashing Magazine’s homepage – awesome). They are really useful for adding character and bringing a little light emphasis to your eitherwise dull designs. In this post we have 20 subtle Photoshop brush packs with a total of 223 brushes. Hope you find them useful. You may also like: 50 New and Free Photoshop Brush Packs → 38 Watercolor Photoshop Brush Sets [...]
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February 20, 2012 at 9:35 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, CSS, Design, dev, development, editor, effects, font, forms, HTML, Inspiration, Logo, map, minimal, plugin, Resource, Resources, Template, Text, theme, Tutorial, Typography, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Jake Rocheleau
If you are a heavy WordPress user then it’s likely you’re interested in deep customizations. There are a slew of plug-ins available, but some tasks are just easier to perform yourself. As an example, the login/register forms are often unfitting to match the template of most websites. But thanks to a few genius developers there are simple guidelines to including your own custom styles. In this guide I’ll walk you through the process of designing a totally customized WordPress login [...]
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February 19, 2012 at 8:58 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, Button, Design, dev, effects, Graphic, Graphic design, icon, Illustrator, Logo, map, mobile, photoshop, plugin, Template, Text, Tutorial, Vector, web by Jameel Khan
In this post, we’ll be sharing with you a collection of useful tutorials that will help you to to use Adobe Illustrator in a variety of new ways. Whether you are a pro or a budding novice, you are bound to find something that will help you. Below we present a collection of some of the latest, most useful and highly creative tutorials for Adobe Illustrator. Realistic, Vector Bubbles In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create colorful, realistic bubbles. [...]
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February 9, 2012 at 8:04 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Design, effects, Graphic, Graphic design, magazine, photoshop, Text, theme, Tutorial, Typography by Jameel Khan
When we talk about image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is the first thing that comes to our minds. The software itself is hard to learn and harder to master though. Thanks to the many tutorials available though, even novices can learn the tricky tecniques used by the pros fairly easily. Selecting the best tutorials from a pool containing tens of thousands is very difficult. That is were we come in. To make things a bit more easier for [...]
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January 30, 2012 at 9:09 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, effects, Inspiration, magazine, photography, photoshop, Resource, Resources, showcase, Tutorial by Jameel Khan
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Taking a black and white photograph and adding partial color to certain key points of the shot is one of the most popular techniques amongst professional photographers. You can understand its popularity when you look at the examples we have for you below. This technique can take an otherwise dull image and make it vibrant by highlighting critical areas of beauty. And, as you will also notice, they can at times be very powerful. At the bottom of this post [...]
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January 23, 2012 at 8:15 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, CSS, dev, development, editor, effects, flash, HTML, iphone, mobile, photoshop, Resource, Resources, theme, Tutorial, Video, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Viki Hoo
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In part 1 of this article, we analyzed the technical problems facing HTML5. In part 2, we’re going to discuss the problems facing HTML5 commercially. Unity: Microsoft, Google and Apple are clearky the 3 giants of the industry at the moment, and it’s really hard to unify them under a single standard. “Go, go, go! Fire in the hole!” As Apple declares war on Flash, Microsoft seems willing to watch the fire from the other side of the river. As [...]
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January 20, 2012 at 8:41 am Comments (0)
Filed under Ajax, app, Application, book, CSS, Design, dev, development, effects, font, forms, HTML, javascript, jQuery, Resource, Resources, Template, theme, Video, web, Web Design by Jake Rocheleau
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A code framework is nothing more than a collection of pre-formatted classes and functions. There are frameworks created for practically every language out there – even including frontend web development like JavaScript and CSS. Developers would be wise to follow these trends of working on top of pre-built code. There are reasons both for and against building on top of web frameworks. You need to spend time learning the code and adjust your website accordingly. But in the long run [...]
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January 18, 2012 at 8:31 am Comments (0)
Filed under advertising, app, Design, effects, flash, font, Graphic, Graphic Inspiration, Inspiration, minimal, showcase, Text, theme, Tutorial, Typography, Video, web by Jameel Khan
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When it comes to advertising, what’s being said can be a bit less important than how it’s said. In no case is this more true than in the case of typography based advertisements, which are common in print advertising and gaining popularity even in television and other video mediums. Typography can do everything from adding meaning to drawing attention, and using it right can mean the difference between mediocrity and stardom in the world of advertising. The post below takes [...]
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January 13, 2012 at 9:09 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Design, effects, font, forms, Graphic, Graphic design, Illustrator, Logo, magazine, photoshop, showcase, Text, theme, Tutorial, Typography, Vector, Video by Oleg Mokhov
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What a great year 2011 has been for the Photoshop community. With so many new tutorials being published daily it has never been easier to learn a new creative techniques that will help reduce your learning curve substantially. In this yearly round-up we have collected the best of them. It covers Illustrating & Painting, Photo Manipulation, Poster Design, Text Effects, Abstract Drawing and finally, Special Effects. We have purposely omitted any GUI tutorials, these tutorials are strictly for graphic designers. [...]
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January 4, 2012 at 9:16 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, CSS, Design, dev, development, effects, font, forms, Graphic, Graphic design, HTML, icon, javascript, jQuery, minimal, mobile, photoshop, plugin, Resource, Resources, showcase, Template, Text, theme, Tutorial, Typography, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Paul Andrew
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2011 has been Speckyboy’s best year yet in terms of growth. More great readers and followers, more great authors, more great sponsors. However, at the core is (hopefully) great content here on Speckyboy. And just to recap some of our best content, here are our top 20 Speckyboy posts of 2011. Top 20 Speckyboy Posts of 2011 45 Free eBooks for Developers and Designers This post covers visual design, accessibility, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, mobile, optimization, UX, and much more. All of [...]
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December 30, 2011 at 9:22 am Comments (0)
Filed under book, Button, CSS, Design, dev, effects, email, flash, font, forms, HTML, icon, Icons, iphone, jQuery, map, photoshop, Resource, Resources, Template, Text, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, web, Weekly News, Wordpress by Paul Andrew
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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 kepp 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. Is Flash dead? The History of HTML5 Font Management Tips for Web Designers How to use Firebug [...]
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December 13, 2011 at 8:50 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, Button, CSS, Design, dev, development, effects, flash, HTML, Inspiration, javascript, jQuery, magazine, plugin, Resource, Resources, Template, theme, Tutorial, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Paul Andrew
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In this article, we explore some of the most awe-inspiring implementations of HTML5′s canvas element so far. From all of the new HTML5 tags, canvas is likely to be the most powerful. In a nutshell, the canvas element is a drawable region defined in HTML code with height and width attributes. With it, web developers are able to create visually inspiring implementations previously restricted to only Flash. You could create some yourself or you could take advantage of some of [...]
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December 8, 2011 at 7:58 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Button, buttons, CSS, Design, dev, development, effects, flash, font, forms, HTML, iphone, javascript, jQuery, Logo, mobile, plugin, showcase, Template, Text, theme, Tutorial, Typography, Video, web, Web Design by Oleg Mokhov
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What an exciting web development year we have had (OK, its not quite finished, but almost). HTML5 and CSS3 have forced there way into the mainstream, responsive layouts techniques are rapidly moving towards being the standard, sites like Dribble, Forrst and GitHub have offered a fantastic platform to both inspire and share new ideas and solutions, and of course, as it always reliably does year after year, the jQuery community has released a colossal amount of really, really useful plugins. [...]
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December 7, 2011 at 11:16 am Comments (0)
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