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45+ Unusual Layout Website Designs

dewebtimes — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:50:43 +0000

List of websites that are unusual, coll and quite different. Websites that are unique, unusual design, structure, navigation, flow. All this is so different from regular websites that we see everyday.

20 High quality free textures for personal and commercial use

wowcss — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:01:35 +0000

Free high Quality and high resolution textures and backgrounds for graphic designers, web designers to use for their commercial and personal purpose.

Inspiration: Record covers and sleeves from an era where photoshop wasn’t around

tsiger — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:39:23 +0000

Inspiration from vintage record covers and sleeves

25+ Amazing Social Media Icon Sets

ffffffive — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:46:52 +0000

25+ Amazing Social Media Icon Sets for all designers and bloggers.

Top 18 Self-Promotion Tips for Web Designers

wishmylove — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:12:49 +0000

The freelancer’s life is not that simple as it may seem. In fact the freelancer lifestyle came into fashion a couple of years ago. I don’t mean to say they hadn’t existed before that. It’s 2009 and internet technologies are developing in an amazing pace...

Win a Premium ‘Left Handed’ Theme from Obox

spoongraphics — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:25:59 +0000

For years the guys from Obox Design have always wanted to create beautiful website templates which are dynamic and customizable. Over the last 30 days they put these thoughts into motion. With a lot of stress, coffee and lack of sleep they are now ready to launch the Obox Signature Series, a collection of Premium Wordpress themes.

To celebrate the launch of their new Premium Theme collection the ‘Obox Signature Series’, Line25 is holding a competition by giving away 2 copies of their new ‘Left Handed’ theme.

Creative Discussion – How Do You Beat The Creative Block?

ravenfire — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:05:00 +0000

An open dialog to engage the creative community online on how to beat creative blocks.

15 Website for jQery Enthusiast and Addicts

desizntech — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:49:36 +0000

The ability to “Write Less and Do More” got everyone’s attentions. Here we have complied 15 best websites that provides jQuery tutorials, tricks, plugins, news, development and more. If you follow up with this sites/blogs you will never miss anything about jQuery.

Session One Wrap-Up

kylesteed — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:33:34 +0000

We did it. From thought to action, the first session was a huge success.

Transparent Glass Effect, Icons, and Photoshop Layer

Webtreatsetc — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:02:22 +0000

Transparent glass combo pack complete with Photoshop layer styles (.asl), 20 web icons in .png, and a text effect layered psd

9 Retro Grunge Wallpaper Patterns

Webtreatsetc — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:21:07 +0000

9 (740px * 740px) retro grunge wallpaper Photoshop patterns (.pat) & texture pack (.jpg). Free for personal and commercial use.

Four Methods to Create Equal Height Columns

wumbus — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:23:11 +0000

Get educated in various techniques to create equal height columns that work on all major web browsers (including the infamous IE6).

Create A Wordpress Theme: setting the working environment

mirko — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:29:45 +0000

Creating a Wordpress theme isn’t as hard as it initially may seem. It is simple a matter of learning and executing the different components that holds a wp theme together.

What makes a successful Graphic Designer - Natural Talent or Design Degrees??

humairr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:35:27 +0000

What makes a successful Graphic Designer - Natural Talent or Design Degrees??

Creating a page curl effect in Photoshop: Dog ear tutorial

stefank — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:25:20 +0000

In this tutorial we’re going to look at the "warp option" in Adobe Photoshop and see how you can add a realistic page curl (also called "dog ear") to an image for website designing.

5 Tips To Transform Your Workspace

freelanceapple — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:58:22 +0000

Your workspace is your own private haven, where you spend countless hours working on your prized freelance work. Well, why not make it the best darn office around then? Read on to find out how.

33 Spectacular Black and White Photographs

Brukhar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:21:18 +0000

There’s just something about black and white photography. Maybe it’s because humans are used to seeing the world in color, or maybe it’s because we associate black and white with a sort of “old time” feel. Or maybe it’s that black and white photography force us to examine beauty not as a myriad of colors, but instead, absence of color.

Today, we have 33 spectacular black and white photographs that will force you to look at life and its color in an entirely new way.

30 Beautiful Summer Wordpress Themes

technolik — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:46:09 +0000

The most beautiful Wordpress Templates for Summer

10 Free Retro Grunge Wallpaper Patterns (Part3)

Webtreatsetc — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:11:51 +0000

10 (740px * 740px) retro grunge wallpaper Photoshop patterns part 3(.pat) & texture pack (.jpg). Free for personal and commercial use.

25 Must-Read Books For Designers, Typography Lovers And Freelancers

jonphillips — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:30:21 +0000

There’s a lot of books about design, usability, typography, CSS, freelancing and a boat load of other related topics out there. All these books can help make you a better designer and business owner. Here's a list of some of my favorites.