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Maximum Quality: 44 Free Fonts for Creative Designers

noupe.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:24 +0000

We did it again. We curated more than 40 high-grade fonts for your designing pleasure. Each one is equipped with additional info as to whether the font is private and commercially usable and in which format it will be delivered. Most fonts contain special characters from several languages, but as our audience is international, we did not check that for each and every charset possibly demanded. You will need to do that by yourself.

Minicons Free Vector Icons Pack by Webalys

adobetutorialz.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:02:51 +0000

Webalys has released Minicons Free Vector Icons Pack, this is a set of 210 vector icons for Designers, Developers and Project Managers, under the Creative Commons License.
Perfect to design Wireframes, Websites and Web Applications
All the icons are carefully designed on a 16 pixel grid : they have consistent proportions and stay readable at small sizes. Even at larger size, they are elegant and detailled. Vector source files in Illustrator and .EPS.

Creative HTML5 Responsive USA Map with JavaScript Ingredient

tutoriallounge.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:02:50 +0000

With the arrival of Smartphone and tablets web developers can no longer think that their web visitors are using a desktop computer with a popular screen resolution. This has led popularity of the responsive web design, the effort to make a web page available across a wide variety of devices. This is a worthy goal; it is extremely frustrating to try to read an article on a Smartphone when the page has been completely built for desktop computers. The responsive web design of…

How To Stay Creative?

designbeep.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:03:20 +0000

Some of us have no problem staying creative in an ever changing world. These people seem to be able to come up with new ideas on a regular basis that work out in wondrous ways. However, there is a portion of people who may feel they are in a rut and have troubles keeping as fresh as they possibly can. If you are one of these people, there are a few methods you could employ that may help you keep that competitive edge and marketable style.

50+ Free Map and Navigation PSD Designs

tripwiremagazine.com — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:33:25 +0000

Using maps on web pages and in mobile Apps have become really popular recently. The explosion in number of sold mobile devices with Internet and GPS have made it common to integrate map functions into many types of online applications. Mobile users simply love to see locations of interest tagged on an up to date map. As a web designer, if you need to add maps to your creative designs, you have the possibility to kick-start your work by using map and navigation PSD designs.

25 Free Animal Icons for Website and Designing

codefear.com — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:02:49 +0000

Each new day, hundreds of new blogs, websites, and web applications are being created. As you would be aware, Icons enhances the overall look and feel and usability of a website and web application. Therefore, the popularity and requirement of beautiful, creative, and unique Icons is also increasing day by day. Webmasters, graphic designers and [...]

33 Website Layouts from Internet Studios and Media Companies

dzineblog.com — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:02:48 +0000

Modern design trends have changed the way that we look at making websites. Internet media is also changing the way we communicate, listen to music, watch TV, and perform other various tasks in our day-to-day schedule. I find that new-age media companies are paving the way for a technological solution to communicate better with people around the world.

Web Design as a Profession – Is it Really Worth all the Effort?

directory.fm — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:03:41 +0000

Let me answer the question right from the onset itself. Yes, it really is worth all the effort that you put into it. If you have a creative streak in you, it makes sense for you to explore avenues of turning that creativity into a profession. If you have a hand and an eye for design, there is no reason why you cannot and shouldn’t become a website designer. After all, website designing is a big business these days and will remain so for a long time to come.

A Collection of Page Transitions

tympanus.net — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:03:34 +0000

Today we’d like to share a collection of creative page transitions with you. We’ve put together a couple of animations that could be applied to “pages” for creating interesting navigation effects when revealing a new page. While some effects are very simplistic, i.e. a simple slide movement, others make use of perspective and 3d transforms to create some depth and dynamics.
Please note that this is just for showcasing some interesting effects a…

55+ Useful Sets of Photoshop Arrow Brushes

tripwiremagazine.com — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:03:33 +0000

Photoshop brushes often comes in handy and help speeding up the creative process. One of the most common design elements that we see used all over the place is the arrow symbol. With Photoshop arrow brushes you can easily add all kinds of arrow designs to you work. The style of the arrow brush sets available varies a lot and you can find arrows with e.g. hand drawn, grunge and high tech style. The Photoshop arrow brush designs also vary in form and some are bold, thin, curly, zig zag etc.

25 New Adobe Fireworks CS6 Design Tutorials

dzineblog.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:23:41 +0000

The Adobe Creative Suite 6 was released back in May 2012 and has gained a lot of attention. Programmers working for Adobe have put in tireless effort to make the best digital software packages for creative professionals. One of the more popular titles is Adobe Fireworks – used for creating both vector and bitmap graphics. But Fireworks is also helpful when planning wireframes for website layouts and mobile applications.
In this showcase gallery I have put togeth…

Brushed Template

alessioatzeni.com — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:55:37 +0000

Brushed is Free One Page Responsive HTML Template based on Twitter Bootstrap Framework. It is optimized for Retina Displays ( iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and MacBook Pro Retina).
Best for studio, digital agency or creative people. Brushed is provides a powerful way to showcase your work.

It is built with the HTML5 and CSS3 latest technologies, but at the same time make it compatible with older browser versions.
You may use this template for both commercial and perso…

Creative Showcase of Green Theme Logo Designs

dzinepress.com — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:15:38 +0000

If you are a logo designer and you need to reap the best creative skills out of your intellect, then this post would be helping you quite a lot. Designing a creative logo can be a tricky job to do, especially if you are in a learning process of the art. We have created this post especially for those designers who want to develop their innovative sense through inspiration of various techniques and themes used by professionals. The logos which are shown here in this post are based on the green the…

Getting creative with usability

webdesignerdepot.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:57:58 +0000

When it comes to designing a truly intuitive, responsive, and coherent website that’s also unique and interesting, it often feels like it’s difficult to reconcile the two sets of priorities. But in fact, nothing is further from the truth: there are only a few fundamental ideas that need to be employed in order to easily make the best choices in your designs.
The most essential of these concepts is that beautiful, usable designs are not difficult to make when the UX is given precedence, and the d…

25 Awesome and Colorful Adobe Icons Sets

2expertsdesign.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:25:14 +0000

Do you want to revamp the look of the Adobe creative suite icons present in your website? If yes, then you must in need of some inspiration to see how skilled graphic artists have dealt with this subject to come up with an engaging, attractive and creative end result. Since Adobe creative suite has all the core platforms that are required for graphic designing, it is expected that the designers will come up with an awesome Adobe icons sets by making the best use of these platforms.

30 Creative Examples Of 404 Error Pages

bestfreewebresources.com — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:18:28 +0000

Having a good Error 404 page is important , clear 404 error pages communicate why a particular page couldn’t be displayed and what users can do next. When a requested page is not found and it typically means there is a link with a broken

10 things they didn’t teach you at design school

creativebloq.feedsportal.com — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:18:28 +0000

Top creatives reveal what they wish they knew at college. Follow their advice, and use it to get a headstart in your creative career!

Creative mixed-media composition in Adobe Photoshop CS5

adobetutorialz.com — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:07 +0000

This tutorial uses some basic layering and masking techniques, coupled with some 3D elements that we’ll montage together to create an …

30 Creative Examples of Typography Design

graphicmania.net — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:34:55 +0000

Original on 30 Creative Examples of Typography DesignUsing fonts and typography design are not just ways of written communication to be understood by people as it was originally created for but Typography is also concern with arranging the text in a creative way. This artistic arrangement can be used to deliver a message by focusing on specific words or create a shape out of the arrangement.

75+ Mobile App Development Tutorials

tripwiremagazine.com — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:49:20 +0000

Mobile app development is big business and one of the areas of opportunities for creative individuals and small teams of developers to make a stand. It may take several attempts to design and implement a blockbuster App; however, if your App hit the top charts of e.g. Apple App Store your opportunities are amazing.
Apps are simply defined small software programs executed on mobile devices such as iPads, Android smartphones etc. Apps are often designed with a very specific and simplified set of …