CreativeFan http://creativefan.com For Everything Creative - Design, Music, Graphics, Video and Web Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Creativefanhttp://feedburner.google.com 15 High Quality Free E-Commerce Icon Sets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Creativefan/~3/9_mgANmcReI/ http://creativefan.com/15-high-quality-free-e-commerce-icon-sets/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:07 +0000 Eric Shafer http://creativefan.com/?p=4862 If you’re running an online business, odds are that you’ll have some sort of system through which you can receive payments.  Even if you just send your bills through PayPal or a similar system, it can sometimes be helpful to indicate what payment methods are accepted.  Along with this, you can also use the icons to guide the user through an intuitive payment system if you use the right icons.

In this post, we’ve gathered up 15 awesome, high quality, free icon sets from around the web that you can use in your commercial projects.  Whether you’re running a small design firm, or a giant online sales business, these icons will suit your needs.

Hope you find them useful!

Weby Icon Set

Icons for some E-Shop

InfoMerchant – Credit Card Images

Free E-Commerce Icons Set #2

Siena Icon Set

Fresh Add-On Icons

Chalkwork Payments Icon Set

Shopping Cart Icon

High Quality E-Commerce Icons

E-Commerce Basket Icons

Credit Card Web Icons

Finance E-Commerce Set

Free E-Commerce Icons from IconShock

Checkout Process Icons

Speckyboy Payment Method Icon Set

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In this post, we’ve gathered up 30 clever logos with creative use of letters and text that showcase how effective type-based logos can be.  Whether they’re black and white, or vibrantly colorful, these logos are sure to inspire you.

Be sure to contribute your logo favorites in the comments!

Fold It

Guitarshop

Web Ankor

G Bar

Human

Coffee

Message

Martini House

More

Zip

Shanghai China

Antarctica

Water Drop

Elena Alexeeva

Browsera

Folder

Peter Ryan

Flightning

GreenTree Pictures

Griffen

Undersea Productions

Negative Reality

Jussi

Horror Films

Zeughaus

Sync

Egg N Spoon

Bee

Spartan Golf Club

Elefont

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We’ve gathered up 50 ridiculously intense, adrenaline-filled battle and combat digital artworks that will be sure to make you feel the rumbling of a thousand cavaliers charging, the crisp smell of gunpowder, or the fear of facing a fire-breathing dragon.

Empire Total War – Grenadier by Michael Kutsche

Dragon Fight by Andree Wallin

Springs of Cresson by WraithDT

“I have to go” by Rub-A-Duckie

The Battle by Rado Javor

Return to Neon City by OmeN2501

Mech Dragon Battle by tarrzan

Hope by Kyoung-min Cho

Xuan Yuan by Noah-Kh

Steam Octopus by Alex Broeckel

The Last Battle by lasahido

Pirate Attack by PBario

God of War III by Andy Park

Baptism of Fire by Grzegorz Rutkowski

Otako Naoko by Rayn Kazuya

Team Chow by janaschi

Get Out by BramLeech

Fire Raiser by Grzegorz Rutkowski

Duel by hokunin

Extreme Condition by Phoenix-06

Betrayal by Vampire Princess

Blood War by Jason Engle

Angels in the Avant by nith47

STTSTS by Andree Wallin

Ambush by Kerem Beyit

Hercules in Battle by WraithDT

Defense of the Ancients by Kunkka

Springs of Cresson by WraithDT

The Final Hit by Soheil Danesh

Go Zetaman, Go by randis

The Lost Age Marauders by Henryz

Modern Horror Warfare by elsincara

The Last Battle by Plue

Alexander the Great by Kirsi Salonen

Great Battle by CGWarrior

Claim the War by ced66

The Dragon’s War by RodrigoElven

Apocalypse Please by OmeN2501

Rain of Ashes by ElsinCara

The Rise of the Sons of Eagle by Bogdan Amidzic

Battles of Westeroz by Tomasz Jedruzsik

District10 by Andree Wallin

Hardcore by OmeN2501

Revolution by Soheil Danesh

Transformer by Alon

Tavern Brawl by Velinov

Invincible Warrior by Derrick Song

Cuirassers by LaceDemon

Invasion by Ewkn

Outbreak by snake08

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We’ve collected up 40 website design layout tutorials (for Photoshop) that yield professional results and will teach you a variety of valuable techniques, whether you’re a beginning web designer or a seasoned professional.

Hope you find them helpful!

Create a Clean and Colorful Layout in Photoshop

Design Lab TV Style Layout

Beautiful Music Streaming Design in Photoshop

Blog/Portfolio Web Template Tutorial

Awesome Portfolio Design Tutorial

Corporate WordPress Style Layout

Design a Sleek and Modern Hosting Layout

Create a Professional Web 2.0 Layout

Design a High End Web Design from Scratch

Create a Clean and Professional Web Design in Photoshop

Making a Clean Grunge Blog Design

How to Make a  Nice, Eyecatching Layout

Portfolio Layout Tutorial

Create a Smooth Portfolio Layout

Software Layout Tutorial

Design a Sleek, Textured Blue Portfolio

Hand Drawn Layout Tutorial

Web Layout for Italian Restaurant Tutorial

Web Design Layout Tutorial #10

Photographer Layout Tutorial

Create a Sleek Portfolio Layout

Photoshop Paper Texture Grunge Design Tutorial

Tutorial Site Blog Design Tutorial

Five Looks, One Layout Tutorial

Nature Inspired Web Design in Photoshop Tutorial

Cartoon Grunge Website Layout

Create a Clean and Effective Product Layout

Create a Stylish Portfolio Layout

The Most Advanced Game Layout Tutorial

Create a Dark Themed Web Design

Portfolio Gallery Layout Tutorial

Website Gallery Layout Design Tutorial

Professional Modern Web Layout

Dark Style Web Template Tutorial

Creative Studio Web Page Tutorial

Business Style Template Design Tutorial

Sleek and Textured Web Layout Tutorial

Design a Beautiful Website from Scratch

Magic Night Themed Web Design Tutorial

Design a Clean and Colorful Portfolio in Photoshop

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