This is yet another large round-up of best community news resources for web designers and developers posted by other blog owners in the 1st week of feb, 2011 have been submitting on Tech Blog over the last couple of days. You will find great inspiration for your designs, tools, giveaways, awesome photos, new year wallpapers, iPhone wallpapers, jQuery plugins and etc. Hope you will find useful resources below and help submitting good articles if you find some.
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In this tutorial you will learn how to create realistic and creative computer mouse design – Microsoft ARC mouse in Photoshop.
Android is not new in technology world. Google launched Android phones and now it is the most important technical gadget available in market. It is very competitive with Apple’s iPhone and gives almost everything that iPhone offers. The platform allows application developers to unleash their development skills.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is purely a tool used to design a website’s visual information in such a way that it makes the site both effective and efficient. It has become the universal language for developers and designers
Today we will create a textured abstract design in Photoshop using stock photos, brushes and a few guidelines regarding the composition. The tutorial not only points out the techniques used, but also the reason why it is used. It is important for us that you understand every step, so you can squeeze out every drop of knowledge out of this tutorial.
Some of the best web layout tutorials for: hosting layouts, WordPress layouts, business layouts
The CES 2011 was full with tablets. Many manufacturers are preparing new tablets for this year due to the success of Apple, Samsung and Archos.
You know logo design is an important area of graphic design and maybe the most unique part of it.Logos are not used only by companies but also by organizations especially to be more memorable and to get more attention.
Download high resolution tree bark texture pack containomg 4 textures in JPG format in 2500×1875 pixels each.
Downloading graphics can be a very irritating process due to the time consumed. It is not uncommon for graphics to download at different rates.
These detailed and photo-realistic portraits have been done by a very skilled artist, who finds the perfect way of expressing himself when having a pencil in his hand and a piece of paper.
Its been half month since my last post on logo design titled: Ultimate Logos: 70 Beautiful Logo Designs For Inspiration. Today we are presenting Inspiring Logos: 40 Creative Logo Designs For Inspiration. Logo designs is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. Awesome and Creative Logos Designs are also used to identify organizations and other non-commercial entities.
Today we are presenting 20 Social Icon Packs: 750 Social Media Icons – all icon packs and icons are free for download for commericla and personl use. A beautifully social media designed icon is the perfect way to represent your product or service, and they always come in handy whether you want to place them on your blog or want to represent yourself in an outstanding manner. A comprehensively designed icon can provide your user with the memorable metaphors and illustrations, even sometimes users only remember the icon they saw on the website.
I am going to show you the steps of making a Washed Out Fall Out scene with photoshop. I used CS5, but any version of photoshop should suffice.
If the twenty-first century titans of the IT industry such as Steve Jobs of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Eric Schmidt of Google were to really go missing in action, ripple effects would be felt throughout both their companies and throughout the IT consumer market.
Today on Design Juices we are proud to announce another great giveaway with Gryphony, they are a limited clothing line that brings a new shirt design every 72 hours.
The illustrations are also used in magazines in advertising on a cover design, you can use any tool for the final work as Photoshop, Illustrator finish whatever the figure given another twist or some beauty
Keeping this mind, I have decided to turn my post green with showing you bundle of Go Green Design Tutorials. The number of green websites are increasing and for that you need different green design elements which includes, logo, icons, layout, images etc. So, you can contribute yourself in this great cause by designing such websites.
As we delve into different cultures from around the world, today we showcase some extremely seductive digital art influenced by the ever so mysterious Geisha girls.
Almost all people engaged with the web design activity are fully aware of about ‘Joomla’, which is one of the widely used and most popular content management systems.
Are you a professional designer? Or do you just like editing images so much? Enthusiasts of image editing always wants to explore the internet to find the right sort of software for an all-in-one image editing.
From the last few years there has been an immense growth in the field of e-business. With the exponential growth in this sector, a cut throat competition in online business has been prevailed across the web world.
Now a days open source software are in demand to develop an E-Commerce websites. There are numbers of open source…
Electronic alarm clock in Photoshop PSD format along with icons in PNG format various standard sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 pixels. Download now!
Creating a server of Apache, a MySQL information center and the PHP or Perl is not a daunting task any more. This is due to the availability of XAMPP that is used with Windows and LAMP to work with Linux, Mac and MAMP.
As you know we never wait for special occasions to announce good freebies as we at ewebbuddy and love to giveaway things regularly all year long.
Websites are run by humans not saints and money attracts human beings more than anything else. In order to turn a website into a profitable and full fledge source of earning people tend to opt for advertisement. It is the most popular and profitable way of online earning.
Today we focus on one of my favourite Marvel Heroes, Iron Man, after enjoying his story in Comic, Animation and Film.
This year started with a great deal of imagination and passionate work from our artists. They created 162 new and amazing vector illustrations for you to add to your library. Feast your eyes by taking a look at these previews of the fresh and fabulous illustrations which you can find in the Vectorious.net library, under the following categories: abstract, vintage, business, backgrounds and free vectors.
Learn how to divide shapes into segments using Illustrator.
Website Redesigning is as important as designing a website. But why the need of website redesigning arises? Over a period of time, your site looks and acts old when compared to other websites all because of the rapid change in the technology and continual evolving of web.
These are 70 Free XHTML/CSS Templates – Download Now – Free CSS Website Templates. Which are collected from different web resources for users. These templates includes business templates, game zone templates, hosting templates, electronics templates, design studio templates, online stores, etc
Fonts typographic designs is now more popular and we can notice a surge for fonts Type work on portfolio sites, Here we have collected 50 Ultimate Fonts Typography Designs for Inspiration , I found these design really inspiring, hope you will be inspired.
These are 50 Free Download XHTML Templates – Free CSS Website Templates. Which are collected from different web resources for users. These templates includes business templates, game zone templates, hosting templates, electronics templates, design studio templates, online stores, etc.
Kiyo Murakami combines photography and photo-manipulation into amazing pieces of art – she manages to create fantasy worlds that you can’t even dream of.
The best part of art is that it cannot be confined in boundaries. One cannot imagine what is impossible when it comes to art and fantasy. The post also comprises on some of the most intricate form of art. It presents the showcase of famous artists in the field of Sidewalk Art.
A fancy typewriter contact form powered with jQuery, CSS and PHP along with a nice vector illustration
18 free and professional Photoshop Layer Styles – Colorful Liquid Gel Styles for text effects and glossy shapes.
Everyone would have agreed with the statement that “people purchase because they are persuaded to purchaseâ€.
This is a Must-Read article for anyone interested in Designing Fantastic Poster Designs using the well-known principle of AIDA (A.I.D.A).
Website development is a complicated activity which involves series of processes. For the development of your website, you require technical experts who have profound knowledge of the market.
Selection of content management system is a very crucial step that needs a focused set of planning, otherwise there could be a situation that you would have been driven away to the wrong direction by alluring functionality of CMS design,
Here we showcase a selection of web interface designs which show the up most creativity in style and layouts both minimal and intricate.
Still life photography is an demanding art.It is an collection of random objects and arrange them in such a way i.e it create an image of illusion. Here is showcase of some amazing still life photography for inspiration.
When designing an application, millions of question arise. How should it look? How easy is the interface to understand? What should the colors and borders look like? The list goes on and on. Before you get brain overload, you need to take these steps on by one. To answer these questions you first need to sit down with a pen and paper. Being away from the computer will help you picture an innovative design inside your head.
If you own a website or planning to develop one for your business, then it is necessary to be aware of the fact that PSD format based design needs to be converted into cross browser …
Color selection is one of the most critical aspects of web design. Color is a powerful tool used for designing a good looking portfolio for any web designer. In web designing, each color has its own significance and used according to business requirements.
Joomla is a free, most popular open source Content Management System and application framework, which helps you in building web sites. An important aspect such as ease of use, highly extensible
Elegant, modern piece of resume in 2 color variations in Photoshop PSD format ready for print in size 8.5″x11″.
The Weblog Gosmo presents a really nice tutorial, which contains how you can create a very nice Fanpage to reach your customers and Fans.
The Designblog Weblovers presents a little showcase of creative blog designs, which can really inspire you for your own Designs
Today’s showcase is dedicated to such photos, the ones that make people skeptical about not being manipulated and still they are genuine and impressive.
Mosque is a Holy place for Muslims. It refers to its Arabic name – Masjid. which literally means “place of prostration†(in prayer). A Mosque is a place for worship for all the followers of Islam. Mosques all around the world are well known for the general importance to Muslims as well as for Islamic architecture and representation of Islamic culture. Although Mosque is the place where all the Muslims of the community come together and have their prayers, Mosque can also be the place of beautiful architecture that is famous all around the world.
These are 50 Free Download XHTML Templates – Free CSS Website Templates. Which are collected from different web resources for users. These templates includes business templates, game zone templates, hosting templates, electronics templates, design studio templates, online stores, etc.
Graffiti is another unique form of design creativity. It is so attractive that you can hardly take your eyes off what the human beings are capable of with their fantasies. The graffiti is also used in graphic designs for inspiration as well as some of its elements are exclusively being used by graphic designers.
Reverting back to a previous run of posts that was run back in 2010, I’m going to share with you some great videos I have come across from the web.
Showcase of 50 Amazing Weekly Website Designs for your inspiration
A list of the questions every well written design brief should answer.
Download pack of 4 cloud photos in JPG format in size 2500×1875 pixels each. You can use them in your personal or client web projects.
The post is splitted in two different section to give better differentiation for our readers. You can browse the post through various categories of Apple Tech, Typographic Design Maestros, Cartoons characters, Photo Manipulation, Home Screen and Lock Screen wallpapers.
This article tells a shocking true story of how I not only lost a client to a Crowdsourcing site, but then invited to participate myself!
Learn how to create snow, ice, candles, Christmas trees and decorations, blog themes, snowmen and even animations.
Pricing table template in fully layered PSD format with each part organized in named folders, so you can easily edit necessary text and graphics for you design need.
Fonts inspiration typographic designs is now more popular and we can notice a surge for fonts Type work on portfolio sites, Here we have collected 50 Ultimate Fonts Typography Designs for Inspiration , I found these design really inspiring, hope you will be inspired.
Microsoft Corp. announced today its earnings from the second quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended on December 31 of 2010. The company managed to break its own record yet again.
Google has apparently began testing display ads in Gmail. This morning, Greg Sterling from Search Engine Land discovered the image above in his inbox while reading an email from a clothing retailer. Thus far, Google has only presented text ads in Gmail.
There are people that share their graphic designs that they’ve made with the help of Photoshop in order to help you out with that. All you have to do is download the free PSD file that you like, open it with Photoshop and see all the actions and layers that have been done in order to obtain the final result. The good thing is that you can find these psd files free of charge in some sources and download them. Pretty convenient and easy we think.
Photoshop always comes in handy for graphic designers as one can create almost anything here, that is if you know how of course. It does take some time to learn Photoshop. There are plenty of tools and actions you need to master and they just become more and more once there are new features added to newer versions of Photoshop.
Today is an exceptional day because you are not restricted to one list but you can browse a selection of the best lists from all of them, and this final selection cumulate all together, around 500 free psd files, files you can download.
one of the things I like are the freebies and if they are of better quality, well here I found good tutorials for adobe photoshop turn, one to delas features it has is a software adobe photoshop very flexible in which you can make stunning effects
The following are over 35 unique reptile textures for your designs. Hope you find them if not useful or fascinating, then at least interesting, lol… Enjoy!
Photo Gallery Template it’s resizable adjusting after the browser size. You can add as many collections as you like and you can also change their names.
Today we bring you a free vector illustration built using elements from our Patterns Vector Megapack. You can download the freebie HERE. If you enjoyed it, for a limited time you can buy it along with tons of other cool graphics worth $724 for JUST 29$!
Speaking of the design of business cards, traditionally they were simple black text on white background, square cards and at max rounded corners. Today, a professional business card would include one or more aspects of striking visual design. It may also carry the concept of your business
You can always use a cool vintage emblem in your work, there’s no doubt about it. You can download one from here. This graphic was built using the unreleased (yet!) Griffins, Shields, and Wings, included in the DESIGN COCKTAIL BUNDLE along with other Cool Premium graphics.
Want to succeed in an online world? Are you looking for helpful advice to succeed? Well, your search is over. This post is all about how website design helps you in setting up an online business,
Learn how to achieve cleaner and more accurate designs using the Pathfinder options in Illustrator.
Creativity and artistic skills related to design are not related to Photoshop only there are so much to let world know about your skills. While cruising through the ideas for next post I came across with the beautiful idea of presenting world’s renown building which are not less than architectural wonders of modern world.
Icons are the basic requirement of any web related projects and good icons are like a treasure for web designers. If you are looking for that perfect icon for your web site, blog, web app or application, you will find them here.
Familiarise yourself with the four different types of logos.
Designing web layouts is a very profitable job nowadays with so many marketplaces available
Today we will create a colorful artistic ad using Photoshop and Illustrator. Following this tutorial will not only improve your Photoshop skills, but you will also learn how to create compositions that are easily absorbed by your audience.
Brominerary ready3.0 wordpress theme With a smooth featured content gallery, clean design and custom typography, Brominerary WordPress theme, makes an excellent choice for your website’s theme.
Companies of today’s world crave to keep in the minds of customers and for this they don’t hesitate to do any marketing tactic. Branding has become the most practiced phenomena and the advertising industry has grown much more than expectation. Keeping this important aspect in mind, I collected inspirational and creative product packaging designs.
This January we have an awesome surprise for you! Designious just launched Design Cocktail 4, the first design bundle of 2011. All the goodies in this pack are brought to you by Designious.com and Wpwizz.com so you can be sure that you will get only top notch quality products.
In design, knowledge in photo manipulation is a desirable skill that can be used to a designer’s advantage. Having such skill will open up many design possibilities that a designer can create and innovate. Our earlier post has brought numerous inspiring images manipulated by skilled designers. Today, a new collection is presented to you to re-inspire and rekindle your interest in photo manipulation.
For years the web has been a static development block for housing information. It hasn’t been up until recently that micro-format designs have been released into the semantic web. These allow developers to contextually describe page elements for better representation of what the information holds.
Covers CSS2 and CSS3 including: background-position, background-attachment, background-origin, background-clip and background-size.
Stop ignoring the inevitable change that your blog needs from long time. A blog can be redesigned for various reasons or even for no reasons. I don’t recommend you to change your blog design every now and then however you should realize when is the right time to redesign your blog even if it is once in a blue moon.
Weblovers presents a collection of more then 600 Social Media Icons, so that you can integrate them into your Blogsystem oder Website, for a stylish Social Media success
Whenever we turn our head we probably see a logo design.Maybe most of the people don’t pay attention to the logos in websites or outside but we definetely analyze them.People may think that it is easy to create an attractive or meaningful logo but of course not.Brian Hoff wrote a great article
A step by step guide influenced by my own experience of becoming a Freelance Designer.
Check out this great icon set! Free download, vector sources included
This technique uses lasers to engrave an image onto a canvas made of solid wood and then, using a high quality flatbed printer, print the color image onto the carved wood, leaving the creator with an eye-popping 3D version of the original image.
Many eco-conscious office managers seek to reduce the negative environmental impact of their workplaces by going paperless.
Joomla is a wonderful content management system which offers a number of benefits. It is extremely easy to use and provides full flexibility and control to the user. A website owner can easily edit, update and change the content of the site with the help of Joomla cms.
Learn to create a randomized star field, nebula and planet with ring in photoshop.
Today we are lucky to be able to introduce web designer and developer Phil Stringfellow, Phil is an amazing designer and active member of the online design community.
A designer has to take care of numerous things while designing a website. He has to be very careful with the choices that he makes. If you are a designer, you would be aware of the fact that concentrating on every detail i.e., minor to major is not an easy task. When we talk about a website, content is considered to be one of the integral parts of any website. Not only quality content is important, but quality of the font is equally important.
In this showcase we have included 40 beautiful typography in web design to inspire the designer to set there typography.
An insight into the ideas and thought process behind the design of the Sivioco website.
The best thing about handwritten font is that it gives personal touch to your design and in today’s world it is very good to have it. I believe there are many designers blessed with the art of calligraphy and penmanship which can be used to enhance the efficacy of design.
The third part of this four part mini series, focuses on water influenced digital art – from sea serpents, elves, water dungeons to witches.
To percept and understand the clear image of redesign, firstly, we need to have a clear picture of the word “designâ€. This word is not limited up to a specific field or area; it covers vast area and that too with different definitions.