This week sees many articles come in and out of my Google RSS reader, and also features a lot of articles I have seen through tweets and facebook. This showcase of the best articles features; Drupal, top design blogs, color palettes, wordpress plugins, tips for better photos & Videos of Dieter Rams + Richard Seymour.

Each article links back to the original location online. Submit to our Community News Here

20+ of the Best Design Articles this Week

Corporate America found on Trudesign

Design Tip of the Week found on Roberto Blake

The Candy Art World of Caramelaw found on Web Design Mash

15 Tools to help you find the Perfect Palette found on LBOI

The Top 200 Greatest Design Blogs found on Web Design Shock

Design Juices placed at number 57

Nude & Female art Photography found on The D Photo

Why you Need a Gravatar found on Roberto Blake

Ultimate Roundup of Free Drupal Themes found on DJ Designer Lab

30+ Powerful WordPress Plugins found on Theme Flash

Top 10 Vintage Computers found on Design Float

The Importance of Commenting found on Roberto Blake

30+ Handy Blank Templates for Designers found on Creative Repository

30+ Handy Blank Templates found on Grace Smith

40+ Freaky Designs for Horror Movie Posters found on Graphic Mania

The Benefits of Guest Posting found on Teesinapod

Ten Top Tips for Creating Better Photos found on Nenuno

Rich Seymour on Imagination found on Core77

Top 10 Websites for Finding Design Jobs found on Creative Design Magazine

Cute Chibi Character Designs found on Nenuno

Dieter Rams Video Podcast found on Core77

Creative Wallpapers found on David G

Meisosis Backpack Found on Design Boom

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Five of the Best Community Links

Custom Sticker Giveaway by Sticker Mule

Today we’ve joined up with the cool people over at Sticker Mule to give our readers some free custom stickers. Sticker Mule prints custom stickers in all shapes and sizes, and they are the easiest way to buy custom stickers & skins.

Found on AdmixWeb

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Baroque Style

In the previous post I started writing about some of the most important styles of art history, and I began with the Gothic Style from the Medieval Period. Today I am moving on to another important style, this time from the Western Art: Baroque Style.

Found on Designious

44 Brilliant Books for Web Designers/Developers

The books are one of the best source of knowledge. For someone who wants to increase his skills, a book is really important. Below you will find books for CSS/HTML, Typography, Design, Web Usability, Logo Design and Freelancing.

Found on MarkedLines

30+ Beautiful Photo Manipualtion used for mobile advertisements

Advertisements often feature excellent design. Sometimes it’s creative, sometimes it’s funny, and sometimes it’s just a well-designed piece that may spark some ideas of your own. Using photo manipulation in ads can be a very good idea if they are well used , here is a collection of 30+ examples of photo manipulation used for mobile

Found on Best Free Web Resources

Michel Victor – Digital Painter & Animator

We are very honoured today to be featuring some fantastic artwork from a very multi talented artist “Michel Victor”. Been awarded numerous Daily Deviations for his unique approach to illustration and animation we want to showcase his stunning work to our readers.

Found on Nenuno

I was lucky enough to be featured by the guys over at Teesinapod for an interview we did a few weeks ago, the interview has been recorded for there podcast series which you can find here.

For those of you on itunes you can also hit up the podcast and listen/download from there.

Who are Teesinapod?

Teesinapod is a group of t-shirt designers and business men/women who come together on a weekly basis to record a podcast, they discuss all maters of running a t-shirt business.

They also cover and detail great work about SEO on websites, Facebook and other social networking tips and advice.

“Tees In A Pod is made up of four members – 2 men and 2 amanda’s. Each individually run their own online store and have their own timezone, but that’s not all – Oh no, let’s get to know each member a bit better.”

What is Discussed on the Podcast?

I was originally asked to write an article for the guys on there Teesinapod blog, on guest writing. Having had a fair amount of experience myself I was happy to undertake the task and the interview came about through them furthering the experience in wanting me to share my thoughts and opinions on the topic for the podcast itself. The interview also goes to feature and mention; trudesign, myinkblog (michale houle,) Nenuno Creative, DBD Clothing & Wreckage Clothing.

Find the Article on The Benefits of Guest Writing HERE

I referenced two articles I had already written about on guest posting;

Tripwire Magazine: What Benefits does Guest Writing Bring for Designers?

I Love Guest Posting: How you can Write for Design Juices and Find my Guest Articles Across the Web

Find Teesinapod on Social Networks

@Teesinapod

Teesinapod on Facebook

Teesinapod on YouTube

Who are Teesinapod

Ladyumbrella: aka Rob Ryan

A very active twitter friend, Rob runs Lady Umbrella t-shirts out of Ireland. He has great knowledge on SEO and other aspects of business design strategy on the web. (Yet to come over to WordPress but i’m sure he will in the end..)

@ladyumbrella

Amanda: aka Creature Creations

Canada Eh? Amanda has a whole new approach and stands out from the rest of her TIAP comrades, her online store sales are based around her great photographs.

@naturecreations

Amanda: aka Gritfx

Another active member of the social networks, a great part of the online community and a real advocate for all things in the tshirt community. Amazing t-shirts and lots of web design skills besides!

@GritFX

Tim Fox aka Soge Shirts

Tim describes his goals as being part of the TIAP team as offering insights into how to get your online shop some major buzz once you have your products and help get your shop off the ground.

@Sogeshirts

Read the original post for this podcast here ‘Podcast 14: Guess who joins us’

Read the guest post for ‘The benefits of Guest Writing’ Here

What do the Winners Receive?

After teaming up with the great people over at Designious we were able to offer three mega vector packs to our readers. There are currently 33 different types of mega packs available, so each winner will win one mega vector pack!

Who is Designious?

Designious is a small design studio who provides high quality stock vectors of various styles for designers all around the web (and world). They also provide both stock and free Photoshop brushes and fonts for artists to improve their design skills.

Three Winners!

Congratulations to our winners, you will be put into contact with the great people at Designious and receive your prize!

Winner 1: Conor (Inspiration Overload) @insoverload

Winner 2: Kevin Walsh @HarlequinART

Winner 3: Ben (Wpin) @wpinme

Thanks to all that entered!

Thank you to each and everyone who took the time to enter, we look forward to bringing more competitions and giveaways to Design Juices in the near future.

If you wish to run a competition or giveaway on Design Juices then don’t hesitate to get in Touch with us today!

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This large showcase of community news articles are here to bring you the best inspiration, showcases, tutorials and resources from across the web via our community news section.

10 Tips for Better Photos18/07/2010

In this video I go over my top ten tips for taking great photos along with examples of how to incorporate these tips while photographing. If you have any more tips for us feel free to leave them in the comments and also let us know what you think about this new video format.

55 Amazing Wallpapers of London from Flickr17/07/2010

London is one of my favourite cities. Whereas most of the wallpapers are similar, they have something unique. It’s a wonderful holiday destination that you will remember for all your life. You can explore some beautiful parts of London inside my post!

Find Nenuno Creative on Facebook17/07/2010

Nenuno Creative can be found on Social Media and Social Bookmarking sites across the web, I wanted to specifically direct you all to join us on Facebook as well as across the web.

9 Best Twitter Jquery Plugins17/07/2010

There are lots of JavaScript libraries out there and many of them are in use on social media sites like twitter. This Twitter plugins uses the popular jQuery library, article contains a sampling of jQuery twitter plugins I’ve found useful.

Vector Wings17/07/2010

38 vector silhouettes of wings to use for t-shirt designs, logos, ad poster, brands, wallpapers etc.

Freebie: Rubber stamp style social media icons17/07/2010

Social networking is a very good way in promoting and staying in touch with the public for every one in today’s web world. So, i started creating these social networking icons with a concept and it got some really very good response. Here comes the next set of social networking icons which has a concept of stamp seal.

30+ Beautiful Photo Manipualtion used for mobile advertisements17/07/2010

Advertisements often feature excellent design. Sometimes it’s creative, sometimes it’s funny, and sometimes it’s just a well-designed piece that may spark some ideas of your own. Using photo manipulation in ads can be a very good idea if they are well used , here is a collection of 30+ examples of photo manipulation used for mobile

Searching Freelance Jobs – Steps to Take17/07/2010

In order to begin your journey of searching freelance jobs, you would have to make sure that you are searching for the jobs at the right places. Take assistance from search engines in order to find reputable and reliable freelancing networks and websites. It is advisable here that you must consider the websites and networks ranked higher among the search engines because their search engine ranking clearly displays both their reputations and su…

+250 Free Vector Wings.16/07/2010

Mega Collection of vector wings. Detailed and feathery wings, simple silhouettes, angel wings, devil wings, butterfly wings.

Vector Fairy Wings16/07/2010

My New vector clipart of fairy wings. Magic like wings can be used to create fairy from any girl’s silhouette. Created in tribal style, based on butterfly shapes.

Michel Victor – Digital Painter & Animator16/07/2010

We are very honoured today to be featuring some fantastic artwork from a very multi talented artist “Michel Victor”. Been awarded numerous Daily Deviations for his unique approach to illustration and animation we want to showcase his stunning work to our readers.

The 200 best footers on the web16/07/2010

Great article that gathers some of the coolest footer ideas on the web.

25+ Mind Blowing Drawings of Beautiful Celebrities16/07/2010

In this post, i have gathered some great drawings of famous celebrities for you. Here i have gathered all these drawing from DeviantART, an amazing site dedicated to art and creativity. I hope you do like my collection. You should also try to make drawings of your favorite celebrities, its fun. You can take this post as an inspiration and try make your own drawings as well.

5 Steps To Follow To Earn Money With Google Adsense16/07/2010

There are few blogs already been published around the web but still we need to know some more tips and tricks on this topic. By simply writing and waiting for traffic to come on its own won’t work, if you are really interested in earning money from Adsense.
The problem is almost every area we write on, in our blogs have better and more useful content elsewhere on internet, and most of the traffic and adsense revenue comes through the t…

Create an iPod Nano in Illustrator16/07/2010

Hi there. In the following tutorial I will shown how to make an iPod Nano. It’s a very simple one. For the overall shapes you will only have to use the Rectangle Tool and the Ellipse Tool. Then, you’ll need some linear/radial gradients, some strokes, a Drop Shadow effect plus some simple text.

35 Breathtaking Examples Of Road Photography16/07/2010

In this article, We’ve compiled 35 of the most beautiful and breathtaking examples of road photography, and don’t forget to look at the authors other work by clicking on their relevant images.

Designer of the Month – Introducing Insignia001!16/07/2010

Talented designers at MycroBurst once again prove their expertise to the world. Meet Insignia001, a creative new generation designer.

How To Create An Automotive Website in Photoshop16/07/2010

In this tutorial I will show you how easy is to create an automotive website using Photoshop

50+ Awesome Must See Tutorials (Part1)15/07/2010

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of May and June 2010. You’ll find everything from creating a distressed vector typographic poster design, to creating an adrenaline filled car chase scene. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?

Top Music To Inspire Your Designs15/07/2010

If you like to rock out to music while designing like I do, let me know what music inspires you in the comments. This is just a little taste of my music library and I may post a few more in the future, who knows. I’ve also placed a link to the album if you want to pick up one or two songs to inspire your designs. Enjoy!

80 Striking Creative Wallpapers based On Advertisement15/07/2010

Today I compiled a huge bundle of creative advertisement wallpapers, its an inspirational effort for those who love wallpapers as I love for myself, I have observed that there are so many peoples who’re very much keen about that kind of stuff for their desktop, Here you are going with 80 most beautiful and inspirational wallpaper showcase, so feel free to download as much as you desire.

Vector Illustration Inspiration: Cute Chibi Character designs15/07/2010

This showcase is specifically about the Chibi characters created as vector illustrations, be sure to be inspired.

Inspiring HD Photomanipulation of Football Wallpaper15/07/2010

Inspiring Football wallpapers

30+ Breathtaking Photos of 3D Street Art15/07/2010

3D Street Art are illusionary 2-dimensional images that appears 3-dimensional when viewed from a fixed point through a camera lens. These artworks will surely mesmerize your imagination. Here i have gathered a beautiful collection of 3D street art. Take a look at theses amazing images made by very creative artists. Its worth watching.

Modernism to the CSS layouts: What is it all about?15/07/2010

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.”And, everything is subjected to modifications. Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological category. And, this is what we tend to take the basis of this post wherein CSS has never failed to amaze us with the flexibility it accompanies.

Your Designing Business Needs a Blog15/07/2010

Today I compiled a huge bundle of creative advertisement wallpapers, its an inspirational effort for those who love wallpapers as I love for myself, I have observed that there are so many peoples who’re very much keen about that kind of stuff for their desktop, Here you are going with 80 most beautiful and inspirational wallpaper showcase, so feel free to download as much as you desire.

20+ Web Design and Development Conferences to Attend After Summer15/07/2010

One of the best of way of learning and sharing new trends is attending to conferences and expos all over the world.Especially when it comes to web design and develeopment

Beautiful Photography Used Negative Space Technique15/07/2010

Negative space can help strengthen the composition and add more emphasis to your main subject, it can be used to bring out emotions and feelings, making the picture becomes more powerful and dramatic.

Comic Art Books For Inspiration15/07/2010

Comic art has finally reached acceptance as a legitimate and important art form in its own right, and is a source of inspiration for musicians, fashion designers, and Hollywood directors.

Benefits of Using Joomla! for your Website15/07/2010

Joomla! has become one of the most widely used content management system. It has earned a good reputation and large user base in quite a short span of time which is due to its amazing features and functionalities…

45+ Best free PHP classes and libraries for Faster Development15/07/2010

Today we are presenting PHP best resources for web developers for faster development in this post you can find php classes and library information.

Top Music To Inspire Your Designs15/07/2010

Like many of you I listen to music while I design. These are some of the top tracks that really get my creative juices flowing. I’d like to know your thoughts on listening to music while you create. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Does it help inspire you or is it just an annoyance or distraction?

June’s Free Professional PSD Web Templates15/07/2010

Here’s a collection of 26 fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (June 2010).

20+ Fantastic Band Poster Design Inspiration14/07/2010

Like a rockin’ song that get stuck in your head, I hope these posters leave a good impression and wake up your creative senses!

30 Mind-Blowing Typography Designs for Design Inspiration14/07/2010

Typography Designs has always been a fundamental aspect of inspiration, but many designers are now making type the centerpiece of their designs. Not only is typography becoming the design, but type is being pushed to the limits by being used in cool new ways such as Mind-Blowing typography. Designers have been dabbling in fonts typography effects for a while, so here are some new type projects you may not have seen yet form the online design …

25 Wonderful PSD’s from 365psd.com (#2)14/07/2010

After the beautiful collection of 20 Wonderful PSD’s from 365psd.com, I decided to bring you a new showcase with 25 new PSDs. See that one by one because each have something special!

67 Creative Twitter Background Designs14/07/2010

By designing a creative twitter background you can attract new customers. I can guarantee you that any visitor will click on your website link in the description box, if you have an eye catching wallpaper.

Modernism to the CSS layouts: What is it all about?14/07/2010

The CSS has an accordion effect that works when the user makes an interaction with the element. It can be done either by clicking or just mousing over it. The accordion then, expands outshining the elements of interest and at the same time, and suppressing the rest.

Mirjam Evers | Adventure Photographer14/07/2010

Mirjam Evers is a Dutch freelance photographer specializing in environmental portraits, travel, documentary and adventure photography. During the course of her career she has traveled to over 50 countries capturing the diversity of people and cultures in some of the most exotic places in the world. She specializes in shooting intimate portraits using off camera flash, unusual angles and interesting lenses.

30+ Examples of Decent Corporate Website Designs14/07/2010

Corporate Websites play an important role in establishing you as a brand. It has to be neat and clean and should not be cluttered with too many things. A corporate website also needs to have the feel of the company objectives and purpose..

30 User Friendly and Stylish Navigation Menus14/07/2010

Web designers always have to strike a balance between usability and visual appeal when designing a website. Without this balance, a website might be nice to look at or difficult to navigate. Or, it might be easy to navigate, but not easy on the eyes. With this in mind, balancing attractive navigation with usability does not need to be overly difficult. An eye-catching and unique menu can bring you more traffic and more hits. To help you genera…

35 Fresh Examples Of Creative Web Design14/07/2010

A perfect layout, A good design and nice resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs.
Here, we present 35 examples of creative Web Design to inspire you.

2010 FIFA World Cup Posters – Creative and Colorful Treat14/07/2010

Some beautiful and creative posters collection on FIFA 2010 Football World Cup South Africa

Create a Ying Yang Inspired Poster in Photoshop14/07/2010

Today we will create a poster inspired by the all-known symbol, Ying and Yang. We will try to create the same balance from the sign in a more elaborate illustration.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Completion time: 1-2 hours
Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Useful tips when redesign your website, iconshock case study13/07/2010

Great article regarding the process of revamping a website.

Win a Three Month Subscription to Inkd13/07/2010

We are giving away a free 3 month subscription to Inkd, a marketplace with thousands of print design templates. This is ideal for you if you are just starting your business and you can’t afford a designer or if you don’t have the time. In this “buy & sell” community you’ll get professional and accessible templates from logos, business cards, flyers to full stationary kits.

Cardview – Business Card Inspiration Gallery13/07/2010

Cardview is all about showcasing the best business card designs that are out there and collecting the latest tutorials, articles and news about business card design from all over the web.

25 Outstanding CSS Websites Showcase for Design Inspiration13/07/2010

I looked at over 1000+ really Outstanding Websites Showcase today so I thought that I would share some with you and then make a series out the idea. Now we present Outstanding CSS Websites Showcase for Design Inspiration from around the web. So we add CSS Based, Creative, and Flash based websites in this post and only the best sites will be on display.

The Power Of CSS:40 Totally Pure CSS Effects With Demos-No Javascript13/07/2010

We know that Javascript with jQuery is being used in web sites and blogs so much in the last few years and okey, it gives great interactivity.But this is not the only way.There is always an alternative and i think CSS is one of them.

100 Mind Blowing Examples Of 3D Art – Part 113/07/2010

Today we are going to showcase the three dimensional art a.k.a. 3D art. We tried our best to cover almost every kind of 3D image. This article has abstract, character, objects, vehicles and some of the beautiful 3D scenes. You will love this collection. We always tries to maintain the quality of the images, but sometimes the site became slow due to lots of high quality images and it annoyed the users so we decide to post this huge list in two …

30 Beautiful and Gorgeous Female Portraits in Vector Art13/07/2010

Vector art is a form of digital illustration and its use is increasing every day. Vector art can be seen in almost every part of print, online and televised media. Vector Artwork demands a lot of hard work and creativity. Here i have a gathered a lovely collection of female portraits in vector art made by very talented and creative artists. I hope you would like this.

40 Creative Examples of Coffee Art13/07/2010

Creating coffee art usually consists of pouring the steamed milk into a shot of espresso, thus creating a design. This process takes skill and creativity. There are even world wide latte art competitions.

100+ Vintage Vector Illustrations13/07/2010

If you’re in need of some cool vectors to create a poster for a concert, a print for a t-shirt, a CD cover, an invitation to an event or much more, here is a good selection of vintage vector illustrations.

30 Inspirational Typography to Boost-up Your Design13/07/2010

We are going to show you some gorgeous and creative works of typography. These typography are the best art and technique of arranging type and type design.

Printrunner.com Mega Business Card Giveaway!13/07/2010

There is never a shortage of business card giveaways here at Designrfix (I love Business cards what can i say :p ). This month we present Printrunner’s Mega giveaway with a total of 6250 business cards! That is, 5 sets of 250 and 5 sets of 1000 cards (so 10 winners in all).

50+ High Quality Fresh Premium WordPress Themes & Templates12/07/2010

Today we presenting 50+ High Quality Fresh Premium WordPress Themes & Templates in this post. After scrolling through hundreds of themes across the Web, these themes have been manually selected since they are apart in terms of professional look and easy customization. They all can be downloaded, customized and used for free in both personal and commercial projects. Tell me about your favorite WordPress themes in the comments.

30 Stunning Examples Of Mist Photography12/07/2010

Mist is a phenomenon of small droplets suspended in air. It can occur as part of natural weather or volcanic activity, and is common in cold air above warmer water, in exhaled air in the cold, and in a steam room of a sauna. It can also be created artificially with aerosol canisters if the humidity conditions are right.

Creative Robot Showcase, From Manipulations To Illustrations12/07/2010

One movie in particular spurred a large interest in robot/android design, I, Robot and you see some common similarities shown below taken straight from the film. The life like characteristics give us a taste of what the future can bring and I for one can’t wait for when robots to become more of our daily life’s.

Article: An Introduction to Freelancing12/07/2010

How to and how you should do freelancing !When I started doing freelancing I was paid on each project basis but today I charge 6$ to 20$ per hour depending upon the requirement and I earn around 100$ a day. This is the power of freelancing.

52 Inspiring iPad Application Websites12/07/2010

After the iPhone now its time to move towards iPad. Everybody is developing applications for iPad now and in a very short time it also has a long list of apps in its store. If you also want to create an app for iPad and want to develop a website for this then we have a collection of app websites that will inspire you. Today we are publishing a list of 52 inspiring iPad application websites, hope you will love them.

15 inspiring examples of creative corporate identity12/07/2010

Whether you are sending a proposal, giving your business card or handing a bag decorated with your identity, any material with your identity on it contributes to give a good image of your company.

Planning Force – Project Management Software Review12/07/2010

In two previous posts, I’ve reviewed ten project management applications suitable for any kind of company or manager who needs a professional tool to keep track of his projects.
Recently, I have discovered a new application that seems to do the job quite well and I would like to add it to the mix.

Learn how to create a layout to promote your services12/07/2010

In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to create a template where you can promote your services

Creating a round corner css website layout12/07/2010

How to build a round corner CSS website with dynamic flash content with Dreamweaver CS5

130 Wonderful Website Designs categorised by color (1#)12/07/2010

After the success of 150 Wonderful Logo Designs categorised by color, I decided to bring to you a similar post about Website Designs. It’s too big so I will publish it in 2 parts. The first part includes the colors: Blue , Green & Red and it’s here to inspire you!

How to Start Social Media Marketing for Your Site12/07/2010

You’re hearing a lot about Social Media as a tool for marketing your business, but like most people, you can’t seem to get past your skepticism. You’d like to try it out, but you don’t know where or how to start. Do you start with your immediate friends who use Facebook or MySpace? There’s no better place to let friends know about your business. Maybe you should just jump in cold turkey with the other thousands of tweeps on Twitter. …

Artist of the Week – David Waters12/07/2010

David Waters is a talented 23 year old artist from Moscow, where he is currently attending the University of Idaho for Graphic Design. David is a freelance designer with amazing creations in graphic art work, digital illustrations and prints.

30 Amazing Examples of Infographics12/07/2010

Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. With an information graphic, computer scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians develop and communicate concepts using a single symbol to process information. They can present a rich amount of informat…

Why Hiring A Photographer Is So Expensive11/07/2010

I’m often asked about how much people charge for photography, and then frequently in the context of portrait photography. I guess people really like to get their picture taken. Honestly, I tell them I don’t really know what other people charge since I’m new to the area and only really know the rates in the big cities in the US.

How to Reduce the Loading Time of Your Blog11/07/2010

One thing that every blog owner wants is that his or her blog should have a faster loading time and should load in a split second. And, with Google using site speed in search rankings now, these things have become more vital and important.

60+ Wonderful Photos of New York City from flickr11/07/2010

New York City is a wonderful place to travel on your holiday! It’s one of the most popuolus areas in the world and there are lots of places to visit there! I have a collection of 60+ Wonderful Photos of New York City from flickr for you. They are really wonderful and I want to share them with you.

Inspiration | Old Tyme Painted Signs11/07/2010

Weather-worn as they are, slowly falling into oblivion or victim to road widening, overgrown by ivy, hidden by modern attention seekers, nice panels are only very rarely seen. Worse still, in most countries none are painted anymore. All of these images are from Charleston, South Carolina. Though the art is clearly history, it is being lost and this saddens me to no end. Enjoy these as they are all that is left in the oldest city in America, th…

20 Excellent Examples of CSS10/07/2010

With the launch of the iPhone 4 and the general increase in mobile web use (aka the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad), the value of animations done using the all new CSS3 or Cascading Style Sheet 3, has risen dramatically.

40+ Amazing Photo Manipulations for your Inspiration10/07/2010

Slowly but surely photo manipulation becomes a form of art. All you really need is a good idea, a good grasp of Photoshop and a bit of imagination to create an amazing work of art.

70 Awesome Examples Of Cartoon And Comics Art10/07/2010

Cartoon and Comic art is so close to my heart. When we all have kids we use to love cartoons and comics. Thats why cartoon and comics art always attracts everybody. Today in this post we collected some of the cool and creative cartoon and comics art pics to inspire the designers. Please do share your views in the comments section below.

Japanese Influenced Abstract Mixed Media10/07/2010

Abstract mixed media has to be one of my favourite art styles and in today’s inspiration showcase I have handpicked some stunning examples of Japanese influenced abstract mixed media.

Using different media types together has created some stunning work, various styles used below are vector, manipulation, typography and illustrations.

13 Free Fonts10/07/2010

List of 13 Free Fonts, that for all occasions a personal note adds.

75+ jQuery Plugins: Download Powerful and Elegent jQuery Plugins and T…10/07/2010

If you are looking jQuery Plugins and Tutorials then you can find here Best Powerful and Elegent jQuery Plugins and Tutorials. Most of you already aware that jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML.

Top Design Books For Designers09/07/2010

Design is a funny thing in that you can learn something new about it every day of your life. What better way to learn about design than by reading about it from other design professionals.

I have come up with my list of top design books for beginner to advanced designers. These books are so full of knowledge it would be a shame not to check some of them out.

Find Out How Influential/Popular You Are09/07/2010

Fast Company is searching for 2010’s Most Influential Person Online. You are more influential than you think. Fast Company created a platform where anyone …

50 Showcase of Best Cool Anime & Manga Wallpapers09/07/2010

anime digital art

How to Make a jQuery-Powered Alert Box for the Thesis WordPress Theme09/07/2010

Get an introduction to jQuery by learning how to make the alert box in Thesis animated and closable, either with a button or by clicking anywhere in the box. Useful advice for any web designer.

Top Design Books For Designers09/07/2010

Design is a funny thing in that you can learn something new about it every day of your life. What better way to learn about design than by reading about it from other design professionals. I have come up with my list of top design books for beginner to advanced designers.

Stylish Fire Extinguisher Designs09/07/2010

Have you ever thought that the mundane objects that surround us can be more appealing or even look like a decorative object?
Check out these stylish fire extinguisher designs which bring a refreshing change to the traditional red and white.

50 Websites That Use HTML5 Markup Language09/07/2010

HTML5 is currently under development as the next major revision of the HTML standard. Like its immediate predecessors, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. The new standard incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins uch as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Google Gears. Some developers…

Creating a jQuery plugin to wrap text around images09/07/2010

Do you want to wrap text around the edges of an image, not constrained to the square shape? This is how it is done using javascript and the canvas element.

7 Deadly Sins of an Online Design Contest09/07/2010

While businesses around the world have showed their support for the online design contests, there are those who criticize the very integrity and purpose of this so-called vice.

Create a Glossy Power Button in Illustrator09/07/2010

Hi there. In this tutorial you can learn to create a glossy power button. For starters you’ll only need the Ellipse Tool to create some simple circles. To create the power sign you’ll have to play a little with some anchor points and strokes. Finally you’ll need some Warp effects to create the glowing details.

40+ Free Magento Themes For Your Online Shopping Store09/07/2010

The Magento eCommerce platform is an open source eCommerce web application that was launched in March 2008.This open source platform is going to a higher level day by day and the system provides many shopping maintenance features.

Breath Taking Body Painting Art09/07/2010

I was looking the other day at some truly amazing body paintings and I couldn’t believe they were real! Artists who paint on others’ people body must have great patience and fantastic imagination to create this kind of art work!

50 Google logos you probably say-What are these?09/07/2010

Today I decided to share 50 interesting Google logos/doodles you probably may not recognise. I have collected these Google logos/doodles from Official Google Doodles page. Take a look at these interesting Doodles.

Our Favourite WordPress 3.0 Tutorials, Resources & Videos08/07/2010

Here is a round-up of our favourite WordPress 3.0 tutorials, resources and videos.

20+ Creative 404 Pages for Your Inspiration08/07/2010

Sometimes a reader stumbles across a 404 page on your blog or website. It is not a fortunate situation and he/she may leave your blog disappointed and never come back.

A Collection of 20 HTML5 Video Players08/07/2010

We can easily embed videos into web pages without any plugins, using the element (which is now included in latest versions of Firefox, Safari & Chrome & Opera). Here are 20 useful HTML5 video players which allow you to easily embed video into web pages.

30 Most Beautiful And Amazing Fountains08/07/2010

Until the 20th century fountains depended upon gravity to make water spout or spray in the air, but modern fountains can use mechancial pumps. A famous example is the Jet d’Eau in Lake Geneva, which shoots water 140 meters in the air. The highest such fountain in the world is King Fahd’s Fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which rises 260 meters (853 feet) above the Red Sea. The musical fountain combines moving jets of water, colored lights …

10 Awesome Music Players Totally Free for your Websites08/07/2010

A lot of designers use Music Players on their website. Online Music players offer you flexibility and creativity in building your own Jukebox on your Web spaces the way you want. You can add an unlimited number of songs and arrange them how you wish by the album title, artist’s name or year; it’s totally up to you! Everything from a simple music system to an iPod can be totally placed on your Website or Blog. I have gathered a great collec…

50 Examples To Show The Power Of Red Color Photography08/07/2010

We can show lots of emotions symbols with the use of Red color in photography. Red is used as a symbol of guilt, sin and anger, often as connected with blood or sex. Red is also used as a symbol of courage and sacrifice, as in blood spilt in sacrifice or courage in the face of lethal danger. In this article we collected 50 amazing red color photographs to show the power of Red Color Photography.

50 Beautiful Website Interfaces from DeviantArt for Inspiration08/07/2010

One of the best places to inspire you is the DeviantArt. I usually browsing it because there are lots of high quality projects there. I collect 50 Beautiful Website Interfaces for your Inspiration, i hope that you like them.

75 Fresh Hand-picked Logos Design Inspiration08/07/2010

We presents you the logo design inspiration series, this time i’ve selected the logo’s from websites around the web, as you know logo is one of the greatest key concept for a website and brand Identity.

New Australian Rainforest Vector Illustrations08/07/2010

I have completed a brand new series of vector illustrations featuring Australian wildlife in a rainforest. I am thrilled with the way they have turned out and they are aimed at younger children and artwork for the Nursery.

27 Bold and Beautiful Brochure Designs08/07/2010

Your marketing brochure is the next best thing to your business card. But, it doesn’t have to be plain and boring to look professional. Add a splash of color, play with different kinds of type and experiment with folds. Turn your brochures into eye candies that instantly persuade clients to do exactly what you want! Make that huge impact by getting a dose of inspiration from these stunning brochure samples:

35 Fun and Colorful Postcard Designs08/07/2010

Saving your marketing dollars is easy with direct mail marketing. However, it only gives you about a few seconds to make that one good lasting impression. Be sure to grab your customer’s attention at first sight by sending them postcards bursting with vibrant colors! Complement your colorful postcard design with an unconventional marketing message to add more fun to your prints.

Always Offer the Option to Subscribe08/07/2010

The lesson here, is that regardless of the amount of people that read your blog, you should still give people the option to stay informed. It’s a win-win situation really. Does the blogger have anything to loose? Nope.

Age Of Conan Inspired Fan Art07/07/2010

Rated 18 so the true tale could be told, showcasing sex, drugs and violence in this epic fantasy world called Hyboria. Please enjoy this stunning collection of fan art created by some extraordinarily talented artists and designers based on the Age of Conan universe.

How to create a sleek web 2.0 wordpress layout07/07/2010

Learn how to create a sleek web 2.0 wordpress layout. Download FREE PSD layout.

Action Photography: Tips, Tricks and Inspiration07/07/2010

In this article, I’m going to tell you some tips and tricks which would help you to capture those action scenes in your camera. But before that, let’s take a look at some of the most amazing action shots.

30 Free and Beautiful Summer Vectors07/07/2010

This summer a lot of opportunities await designers all over the world. To help them in their art work I made a roundup of 30 useful free summer vectors on the Web!

500 Resources – 100 Days of Daily Resources07/07/2010

Every day since InspirationOverload started, I’ve provided you with 5 resources. And as today marks the 100th day of the site, it seems only right that we have a bumper round-up, so voila. 500 resources – All completely free, all completely awesome.

Amazing Smoke Digital Artwork07/07/2010

Smoke from oxygen-deprived fires contains a significant concentration of compounds that are flammable. A cloud of smoke, in contact with atmospheric oxygen, therefore has the potential of being ignited – either by another open flame in the area, or by its own temperature. This leads to effects like backdraft and flashover. Smoke inhalation is also a danger of smoke that can cause serious injury and death.

Multicultural web design07/07/2010

To ensure that your website is appreciated by the widest possible global audience, you need to be aware that different cultures are likely to view it with different perspectives.

52 Amazing Examples Of Fan Art07/07/2010

Fan art or fanart is artwork that is based on a character, costume, item, or story that was created by someone other than the artist. The term, while it can apply to art done by fans of characters from books, is usually used to refer to art derived from visual media such as comics, movies or video games. In addition to traditional paintings and drawings, fan artists may also create web banners, avatars, or web-based animations, as well as phot…

12 Must Have Plug-ins for a WordPress Design Blog07/07/2010

Here are the 12 plug-ins I use on my design blog and I explain why they are useful and what their function is.

30 Examples of Web Designs with Concept of Bird’s Eye View07/07/2010

A bird’s-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps. Designers love to experiment and use new creative ideas to attract users. Nowadays designers are using the concept of bird’s eye view in web designing. Here i have gathered a unique and creative collection of concept bird’s eye view in web design for you to ge…

How to create a sleek web 2.0 wordpress layout07/07/2010

Learn how to create a sleek web 2.0 wordpress layout. Download FREE PSD layout.

Nature Elements Photo Manipulations – Fire07/07/2010

Fire is one of the 4 elements that helps humanity survive on Earth. It warms our houses and it helps us cook our food. Besides its material values, in ancient Mythology, fire was considered to be the symbol of human energy.
So check out these hot fire photo manipulations and boost your energy!

Last Airbender Movie Poster Art and Review07/07/2010

The artwork of the Last Airbender Movie Posters, and movie review.

25 Cool and Helpful jQuery Plugins/Tutorials For Your Next Project07/07/2010

We’ve collected jQuery plugins and tutorials a couple of times and it was time for another collection of jQuery plugins.All the below plugins have great functionality and i’m sure most of them will help you for your upcoming projects.

13 design books recommended by Designer Daily’s readers07/07/2010

A list of great design books recommended by the readers of my design blog.

30 Mesmerizing Examples of Fractal Art Designs06/07/2010

The idea behind fractal art is from calculations and equations, which can produce great artwork and creative inspirations with combinations of colors and shapes. The Fractal Art Gallery features innovative fractal-based art, rooted in the spectacular beauty of fractal geometry. Here i have gathered an amazing collection of fractal art designs for your inspiration.

5 Reasons You Should Have A Blog On Your Website06/07/2010

In case you aren’t completely aware, a ”Blog” (short for Web Log) is basically an online journal. Usually they contain news, useful information, and opinions on a specific topic that the Blog is based around. Kept up to date, they can be an invaluable tool to add to your Company’s online presence.

Here are the top five reasons you may want to consider adding a blog to your company website.

15 Amazing Nature Inspired Desktop Wallpapers06/07/2010

Summer is finally here (for the Northern Hemisphere) which inspired me to gather together some stunning nature inspired wallpapers. Hopefully these will bring you as much inspiration as they did me.

40 New Premium WordPress Themes of June 201006/07/2010

Take a look at this 40 great themes and don`t hesitate to update your WordPress version to 3.0 and to change your theme with a new one.

Inspiration: Bokeh06/07/2010

Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

40 Best Websites To Download Free Texture06/07/2010

These days most of the designers use textures in their designs. But finding free and high quality textures is not that easy task. Stylish Webdesigner is making it easy for designers to find high quality textures. We compiled a list of 40 best websites where you can find high quality textures for free.

How to Use Thumbnails for Previous/Next Navigation in WordPress06/07/2010

Learn how to increase pageviews and time-on-site by giving visitors a better way to get to your other posts using thumbnails.

60 Fresh and Creative Logo Designs for Design Inspiration06/07/2010

Today we are presenting 60 Fresh and Creative Logo Designs for Design Inspiration. Logo designs is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand.

Inspirational websites of the week III06/07/2010

When we want to develop a new website, some sort of idea or inspiration should be taken into consideration before we built it. These website would definitely help you with some sort of inspiration and we will continue to present top design website each week for you.

Creating A FIFA World Cup News Ticker XML06/07/2010

I know most people thinks about soccer right now, so let me show you a quick tutorial on how to stay updated with the latest news from fifa. Here is a tutorial on how to create a flash news ticker XML with the latest FIFA World Cup 2010 news. Hope you like it !

10 Famous Super Heroes Logo Designs06/07/2010

View these excellent famous super heroes logos such as batman, green lantern, spiderman, ironman, etc made by using the finest elements of wordmark and iconic logo design essentials.

Photography : 60 Cute Baby Animals06/07/2010

Today, we are showing you 60 cute Examples Of baby animal Photography. The credit goes to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes.

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Gothic Style06/07/2010

This is the first article of a series, presenting some of the most important styles from each period, styles that still offer high inspiration for designers even today. I will focus in today’s post on the Gothic Style from the Medieval Period.

Illustrator tutorials roundup: June 201006/07/2010

Last month has brought us lots of new stuff to learn, fresh tutorials filled with new and creative techniques for us to enjoy and apply to our future artworks. Here are the most relevant ones.

10+ Great Online Tools to help you with Color Schemes06/07/2010

Color Schemes are an important part of a designers job (and life). Sometimes you can find easily the color palette that you need but sometimes you can’t. That’s why I have 10+ Great Online Tools to help you with Color Schemes, take a look and find your colors!

Ubrzajte učitavanje i uštedite bandwidth koristeći CSS Sprites05/07/2010

Kao vlasniku Internet stranice, a i posjetitelju mnogih drugih najgore iskustvo predstavljaju duga učitavanja. Naravno to ne predstavlja problem nekom tko ima dedicirani hosting, dok za nas ostale na dijeljenima jedino što preostaje pribjeći raznim metodama optimizacije, a jedna od njih je i CSS sprites.

40 Free Fonts For Graphic And Web Designers05/07/2010

To select the best font in any design has ever been a big problem for graphic and web designers but you
need not to worry now, here we are sharing to you a collection of the best free elegant typefaces,
we strongly hope that this collection would meet your requirements completely,
lets have a look at 40 beautiful typefaces for professional design work, enjoy!

Vector Freebie – Man Silhouettes05/07/2010

Free Premium Vector – 41 Silhouettes of Men. Pack contain: standing humaen, gentlemen, teenagers, business man, street boys, young people, man in overcoat. Free for personal and commercial purposes.

Giveaway: Vector Mega Packs Worth 1000 USD05/07/2010

We always love to Giveaway for our Readers. This time we are providing our readers a massive vector pack worth 1000 USD – Thanks to Adriana from Designious. They have come forward to give vector Mega packs exclusively for AnimHuT readers.

Web Interface Showcase #1605/07/2010

We are also proud to say that we have some fresh work from some new designers that haven’t be featured in any of our previous showcases on nenuno.

So please leave a comment with your thoughts on the designs selected this week and also do you agree with my our comments?

50+ Fresh Creative Business Card Designs for Design Inspiration#205/07/2010

Fresh Creative Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid.

Admix Web Mix of the Month: Best of June 201005/07/2010

This month was especially hard becuase we got so many amazing link submissions! Keep sending us those kick-ass design and development links!

http:www.dzinepress.com05/07/2010

Art and designing is all about getting inspired by the element of universe and beautifully putting them in
graphical representation. To be inspired by another designer’s art work is very natural and positive. Every
designer feels the need to try something new that will take his graphic-making skills to a new level and its
inspiration can come when either they see a catchy design or want to become as skilled as their fellow …

Next Generation Website Commenting Options Reviewed05/07/2010

In the old days, bloggers were a decidedly exclusive breed; in fact, at the dawn of blogging, bloggers were not even called bloggers but were instead referred to somewhat awkwardly as ‘webloggers’. Such was the rapid rise of the blogging community, between twenty and thirty weblogs were known to exist at the beginning of 1999 and, by the end of the year, numbers had exploded into the thousands.

Submit List To Promote Your Design Articles | No Registration Required05/07/2010

Here is the list you have all been waiting for. All the best places online to submit your design articles too for free and best of all there is no registration / log-in on any of these sites saving you submission time. I’d say a complete submission run with this list will take you 30 minutes and you can’t beat the quality traffic you get from these sites nor the precious back-links to your site. I have also included a radio button incase y…

25 Most Beautiful 3D Interior House & Office Designs05/07/2010

These designs will give u the ideas that how you set your living room kitchen and bath room in image gallery you will found stuff for your office sitting area and single sitting table i hope u will like it..

50+ Extremely Clever and Impressive Ads For Inspiration05/07/2010

One of the best way to draw attention for companies is the clever advertising strategy .In the recent years we saw hundreds of ads which make us smile and say woow..

Designious Vector Mega Packs: Comment and Win!05/07/2010

Designious is a small design studio specialized in creating amazing vector art and design elements for designers and not only. Designious provide designers all over the world with stock vector art, photoshop brushes and fonts to help them create or improve their art work.

Artist of the Week – DrFranken05/07/2010

DrFranken is a complex artist, both a a digital illustrator and graphic designer from Madrid (Spain). Here is some of his work!

Animal Logos: A New Approach to Logo Design05/07/2010

Using animal logos as the trademark of a business is one such approach in the world of logo designing. Earlier, animal logos appeared only in organizations related to animal welfare or companies manufacturing products for animals. But today, businesses use the unique qualities of the animals in their logos to reflect the vision or spirit of their organizations.

30 Photoshop Tutorials To Create Website Layouts05/07/2010

Photoshop is an excellent tool for creating attract websites , so today we make very wide range Collection of photoshop tutorials for creating web design layouts.The are all different types of websites and styles of design represented, so you should certainly be able to find some useful tutorials from this group.

51 Useful iPhone Apps For Web Designers And Developers05/07/2010

iPhone is a fantastic gadget for web designers and developers. It allows them to work at anytime and anywhere. iPhone’s app store is full with lots of useful iPhone apps for web designers and developers. With the help of these apps you can do almost anything that you wanna do, for example you can transfer files through ftp, pick a color, make notes, write articles. Today we collected some of the best and useful iPhone apps for webdesigners a…

5 of the best WordPress Blank Themes04/07/2010

Writing the same code again and again is too bad. Not only you are losing time but also it’s boring. The best solution is to use a Blank Theme that can save lots of your time. I got the 5 best here, test them and pick one!

Asian Style Tattoos04/07/2010

Lets look at some modern tattoos with Asian inspiration. I know these are all the rage these days with koi fish, kabuki warriors & the likes, but are these just a passing fad? If you think so let us know in the comments and now on to some fine and not so fine examples of modern day Asian inspired tattoos.

American Music Design Showcase04/07/2010

Music from America’s biggest artists are probably the most listened to across the world, with stars such as Lady Gaga and Eminem pushing out the multi-platinum selling albums.

But the question is, do they have a website design to match? Today I will be showcasing 20 designs from America’s biggest chart toppers to show you how they compare to the ones from Japan.

How to Search Securely with NEW Encrypted Google Web Search04/07/2010

Google has introduced a feature in their search engine and that is Encrypted Google Web Search. This new step of Google will let you search more securely and get rid of third-party data snoopers

Steve Jobs’ Advice to Freelancers04/07/2010

We all know Steve Jobs, the genius who has brought us our most beloved gadgets for the last decade. But what advice would he give to budding freelancers out there? Read on.

25 Stunning Colorful iPhone Wallpapers – Color Up Your iPhone Screen…03/07/2010

25+ Stunning Colorful iPhone Wallpapers . The iPhone is a beautiful work of art, with its sleek and elegant design. The large screen of the iPhone is ideal for a stunning and colorful wallpaper. A wallpaper can help personalize and beautify your iPhone.

50 Eye-Catching Web Design Interface From deviantArt in June`1003/07/2010

In this post featuring several very talented web designers from DeviantArt. All of these inspiring website examples are fresh and new, for previous june month so you can see current web design interface trends. I must be honest I really love all of these sites, I like current trending and research made me want to get my hands dirty with some new design too.

27 Excellent WordPress Theme Around The Web In June’1002/07/2010

In this post we’re selecting the Excellent WordPress themes of the month june’10 around the web. In fact, June was a very prolific one and we actually had to cut a lot of themes that made it to the shortlist. So these here are the best choices for your new projects or redesigns. Enjoy and please leave your comments at the end of the roundup.

Photoshop Actions For Photography02/07/2010

How often do you find yourself performing the same series of commands in Photoshop? When there are typical tasks that you perform on a regular basis, you have two choices; you can do things the hard way by performing each step every time you need to perform the task, or you can get smart and use an action.

40 Really Inspiring Twitter Background Designs02/07/2010

You may get inspired with these listed twitter backgrounds or you can also make your own twitter background, these kind of designs always inspires to others to follow you and this will also helps you to grow your network. Most graphic designers are getting inspiration and earn as well, you should also share your own inspirations which will be helpful for many other peoples.

50+ Freah & Creative Website Design Examples for Your Design Inspi…02/07/2010

I would share some with you and then make a series out the idea. Now we present Creative Websites Examples for Design Inspiration from around the web.

Captivating Movie Kinetic Typography02/07/2010

Kinetic typography is the art and technique of expressing texts by using flying, growing, floating, expanding, turning characters that can really capture your attention!I stumbled upon some truly ingenious kinetic typography videos! Here they are.

65 Unique And Innovative Website Footer Designs For Inspiration02/07/2010

Webdesign has three important parts header body and footer. If you want an awesome look for your website then you have to give each of them a great look. Some designers don’t care much about the footer but some designer it so well that it became the inspiration for others. Today we collect a huge list of 65 unique and innovative website footer designers for inspiration. I hope you will love these designs.

Simple, Cool and Useful Jquery Images Gallery Slider02/07/2010

19 creative and easy to customize of jQuery plugins for your website and tutorials built using jQuery.

Exploring Water Magic02/07/2010

Great showcase of various water and bubble effects. Handpicked from the best artists all over the World.

Create the Renault Logo in Illustrator02/07/2010

Hi there. In the next tutorial I will show you how to create the Renault logo. First, the grids and the snap to grid will help you create the basic shapes. Next, you’ll need some simple paths to divide these shapes. Finally, you will use some linear and radial gradient plus some basic effects.

5 Yellow Page Websites for Small Businesses – Get Connected! [Part 3…02/07/2010

Including the Yellow Pages websites in your business marketing plan will allow you to reach out to a large number of potential customers and gain recognition for your services.

70+ Free Abstract Wallpapers For Your iPhone02/07/2010

Seeing that it is the beginning of a new month, I’d like to try to refresh my work and my private space. When doing so, I get this sensation of feeling fully revived and inspired to tackle any obstacle that is in my way. In this post I have assembled an amazing collection of abstract wallpapers for your Apple iPhone.

How to Achieve a Good School Brochure Design02/07/2010

Make sure your brochures are performing their job by creating a school brochure design that reflects your expertise in education and also heightens students’ interest towards you.

Postcard Marketing Ideas for Better Customer Relationships01/07/2010

You probably use social media to communicate with your customer base, but you should remember that nothing compares to adding personal touch to your client interactions.

Character design and refinement01/07/2010

Whilst working for DB Education I designed a character as part of the DB Primary learning manager product. The character was designed for the Key Stage 1 age group (4 to 11) and had to appeal to boys and girls and be robust enough to feature in both the interface and the branding.

20 Creative & Inspirational Wallpapers #501/07/2010

We have been showcasing some fantastic artwork for the past few week in various categories such as abstract, fantasy, spacescape, landscape and many others.

This is our fifth installment of our wallpaper feature and each week we will be showcasing 20 creative and inspirational desktops to spice up your working environment.

How to create a web 2.0 layout in Photoshop01/07/2010

Learn how to create a sleek website layout in Photoshop

Best of the Web: June 201001/07/2010

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the month of June, 2010. There is plenty of great stuff out there such as tutorials, freebies, resources and lots of inspirational pieces. I am confident that your designs will benefit from these hot new finds.

Photoshop Tutorials Roundup: June 201001/07/2010

This month I stumbled again into a lot of awesome and helpful Photoshop tutorials. In June’s roundup we have some great tutorials about how to create website layouts, abstract wallpapers, fantasy and horror scenes, splashing water text effect and more. So let’s get it on!

15 Tips For Self Promotion01/07/2010

Freelancing is not easy. Designers out there are good and they are getting better every day, not to mention the up and coming talents who spring forth from the mist of anonymity daily. This leads me to believe that competition for jobs is more real than ever. What’s more, if you take a closer look at the css galleries, many designers portfolios are made up of the same work. Do not go that route. Create for yourself and promote yourself with …

Freelancing: How to Deal with Long Working Hours01/07/2010

Working long hours is in many cases a must for freelancers. In the beginning of starting up your own business as a freelancer/small business owner, you will always see that it takes more work than expected.

Nature Elements Photo Manipulations – Water01/07/2010

The first primordial element, water, it’s believed to be the place where life began on earth. Check out these truly breath-taking water photo manipulations.

Top 10 most beautiful and inspirational blog comment box designs01/07/2010

Top 10 most beautiful and inspirational blog comment box designs

70 Awesome Examples Of Street Photography01/07/2010

Street photography is a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls,political conventions, and other settings. Street photography uses the techniques of straight photography in that it shows a pure vision of something, like holding up a mirror to society. Street photography often tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter, and often…

25 Amazing Pictures of FIFA 201001/07/2010

Take glimpse of 25 Amazing Pictures of FIFA 2010..

Japanese Music Design Showcase30/06/2010

Today I will be showcasing the designs that help promote these very talented artists musical talents with also giving you the opportunity to have a taste of my favourite part in the Japanese culture. If you are already a fan of Japanese music, may I introduce you to my favourite artists to add to your collection.

This is the first part of a three part series which will showcase designs from artists in Europe and the United States showin…

Mays Fresh Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials30/06/2010

This roundup includes 18 Photoshop tutorials which deal with creating web layouts, fresh and inspirational resources from design community (May 2010).

Create a cute monster girl in Illustrator30/06/2010

Today I will explain how to create a cute little monster girl and in the same time, you will learn to handle multiple layers and maximize their efficiency.

Design a website layout in photoshop – PORTFOLIA30/06/2010

In this photoshop tutorial we will learn to design a clean website layout. 960 grid system is what we are going to use in this tutorial and lots of photoshop techniques will be dealt as we go through.

Inspirational Business Card Designs30/06/2010

How do you think – what is the purpose of a business card? Is it only to provide a phone number, email, and address of a person, whose name is written on the card?

Free HTML5 Website Template30/06/2010

Please welcome the Free HTML5 Template for Design Company Website that is coded in HTML5 – a new markup language for the web!

Latest jQuery Plugins Write Less Do More Episode – 230/06/2010

Quick and powerful, jQuery can help designers and developers create awesome interactive websites that are appealing and accessible to the widest range of browsers. For your audience, the visit to your site will be both exciting and entertaining. Navigation, galleries and slideshows, are hot points for a site to shine.

Typography: 80+ Inspiring Creative Designs30/06/2010

It’s been a while since I have done a post on typography; almost 8 months or so. No need to wait any longer! There is so much new and fresh material that has been created since then and I would love to share with you. So sit back and enjoy this amazing showcase of typographic artwork created by some of the most talented artists from around the world.

25 Fresh and Creative Design Social Networking Icon Sets30/06/2010

Today we present 25 Fresh and Creative Design Social Networking Icon Sets includes the most popular social networking icon sets (Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Diggo, Mixx, Reddit, Yahoo Buzz, Design Bump, Design Float, Facebook, Flickr, MySpace,Twitter… Etc) as well as the RSS feed, Google, MSN, and Yahoo Icons.

Top 15 SEO Blogs To Follow If You Want To Brush Up Your SEO Knowledge30/06/2010

We shortlisted 15 SEO blogs where they share great SEO articles, which are useful to gain more knowledge about SEO.

Free Twitter Vector Icons30/06/2010

Awesome Free Twitter Vector Icons, Buttons, Images, and Graphics for your Blogs, Websites, and Social Networks.

16 Essential Adobe Illustrator Brush Sets to be Found on DeviantART29/06/2010

This collection of resources are a brilliant group of downloads, they are all essential Adobe Illustrator brush sets which you can download from DeviantART.

70 Remarkable High Quality Free Fonts for Graphic Designers29/06/2010

Remarkable High Quality Free Fonts is now more popular and we can notice a surge for Fonts Type work on portfolio sites, Here we have collected 70 Remarkable High Quality Free Fonts for Graphic Designers, I found these design realy inspiring, hope you will be inspired.

25 Most Beautiful Water Falls29/06/2010

Streams become wider and shallower just above waterfalls due to flowing over the rock shelf, and there is usually a deep pool just below the waterfall because of the kinetic energy of the water hitting the bottom. Waterfalls normally form in a rocky area due to erosion. After a long period of being fully formed, the water falling off the ledge will retreat, causing a horizontal pit parallel to the waterfall wall. Eventually, as the pit grows d…

Inspiring Interface Designs29/06/2010

Did you watch Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Eragon, Pirates of the Caribbean, or brand-new Avatar or Prince of Persia? Did you play Doom and Mortal Combat?

35 logo design inspiration29/06/2010

When we think of LOGO we think about brand, trademark, and image. In short Logos are the ultimate mark of distinction that should be something that can give a strong long lasting impression.

8 Best Firebug Add-ons29/06/2010

Firebug is the most popular and powerful web development tool and one of the most recommended tool which integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse.

45+ Stunning Digital Painting Portraits29/06/2010

Today when I was looking through portfolios about digital paintings, celebrities caricatures, the work done by the artistic artists amazed me so much, I decided to share with you some great examples of their great works

Create a dynamic nature poster in Photoshop29/06/2010

In this tutorial we will create a nature poster using stock images, vectors and brushes.

Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced

My First Love:Ms Paint – 40+ Beautiful and Creative Drawings29/06/2010

The first version of Ms Paint was introduced in the first Windows version but it was a the product of ZSoft Corporation.Ms Paint was later renamed to Paintbrush in Windows 3.0, but the name was changed back to Paint in Windows 95 and later.

27 More Customizations for the Thesis WordPress Theme29/06/2010

Learn how to really make your Thesis-based WordPress site rock using these tutorials focusing on everything from basic design and functionality to post sliders and social media integration.

25 modern conceptual Movie posters28/06/2010

25 stunning conceptual movie posters

An Interview With The Creative Minds Behind Nenuno28/06/2010

Nenuno Creative has been running for a few months now and has seen many changes across all areas of the site.

I would like to introduce myself and the rest of the team behind the day-to-day running of our creative blog

31 creative and eye catching packaging designs28/06/2010

Packaging is a critical marketing tool as it defines the product, it is not just a wrapping material around a consumer item that serves to contain, identify, describe, protect, display, promote and otherwise make the product marketable and keep it clean.

Winning Logos of May 201028/06/2010

Our winning logo design collection the month of May features some of the most creative logos.

36+ Unique WordPress Header Design Inspiration28/06/2010

WordPress designs are often overlooked, and so are some of the web designers. But the truth is that there are a lot of WordPress designs that are worthy of the same attention as other art works receive in galleries. Below we have highlighted 36+ Unique WordPress Header Design Inspiration that will make you look twice and want to stare at it for hours.

30 Fresh & Creative Photoshop Tutorials of June 201028/06/2010

Another month is going to end in few days. When we look at this month from creative prospective we found that there had been some awesome Photoshop Tutorials published on various websites this month. So we collect some of the fresh and creative Photoshop Tutorials from the month of June, 2010 to help you learn some more tips and tricks of Photoshop.

Learn A-Z of WordPress Plugins – Beginner’s Guide28/06/2010

WordPress.org defines WordPress (WP) as “a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time”. Its ability to make use of plugins marks its biggest advantage.

The Not So Famous Design Blogs To Follow List28/06/2010

Add these guys to your news reader for a month and then decide which blogs to keep and which to toss. Give the little guys a chance to shine. So with now further ado: The not so famous design blogs to follow list.

Packaging design is something we can aspire to want to be a part of, including elements of marketing, graphic design and considerations for the product itself. It encompasses many depths of design in psychology and the way in which we perceive a product and its way of working.

These packaging designs are all designs which have inspired my immediate attention and sparked a real interest in thinking ‘now why didn’t i think of that.‘ Be inspired by this showcase of great packaging designs.

Alcoholic Drinks Packaging

There is two types of alcoholic drinks packaging for me; the product and then the multi-packs. Designs are going to be slightly different in comparison to the labels on the bottles or cans of beer, in comparison with a multi-pack box or holder.

Bogota Beer Packaging Dieline

Grimm Bothers Beer Dieline

Absolut Brooklyn Dieline

Million Vodka Dieline

Virtuous Ales Dieline

Red Brick Beer Dieline

Rochdale Cider Dieline

Miller High Life Dieline

Elderflower Cider Packaging of the World

Drinks Packaging

From water, to smoothies or whatever it is your going to be refreshed by liquids and non-alcoholic drinks are all vying for us to buy them off the shelves. Something which is becoming increasingly used is bright colours and text art based labeling.

Froosh Dieline

Good Milk Dieline

Loaded Dieline

Power Plus Packaging of the World

Full Throttle PackagingWorld

Metromint Packaging of the World

Food Packaging

Be prepared to check out different styles in food packaging, obviously packets and boxes aren’t going to be the same dynamic. But brands and products often follow a similar format in there own market sectors.

Clive Organic Dips Dieline

Yummy Tummy Koalas Dieline

Bangers and Mash Dieline

sweeter than Fiction Ice Cream Packaging World

Mr Poppels Chocolate Dieline

Jays Chips Dieline

Fuego Dieline

O Olive Oil Packing of the World

Hairy Bikers Crisps Dieline

Moma Dieline

Other Packaging

Some other less well known products which we maybe purchase less often than food and drinks, so these products can be a little more creative and these selected ideas and concepts definitely step out of the box in terms of creativity.

Play Condoms Dieline

Evolve Tools Dieline

Boxsal Dieline

Sod it T-shirt Dieline

Juni Dieline

Mugo Packaging World

Rocawear Fragrance Dieline

Baush Lomb Biotrue Dieline

Starbucks Recycled Cups Dieline

Which of the suggestions did you like the most? To check out more great packaging ideas be sure to visit these great packaging blogs; Dieline, Packaging World + Packaging of the world.

The online design magazine and blogosphere is an ever changing circle of knowledge, inspiration and advice. I love to keep in touch with blogs through my RSS reader and can find myself always reading up on many articles on a weekly basis.

After missing out my roundup last week this is a bumper two weeks worth of brilliant articles found across the web. Each article links back to the original location online. Submit to our Community News Here

30+ Design Aricles, Resources and Much More

Taken from across the web there are over thirty articles and feature topics such as: facebook and the design community, WordPress security, Photoshop actions in photography, hashtag madness and much more.

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Found on Nenuno

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Showcase of World Cities Honoured in Typography

I love travelling and visiting the wonderful cities of the world and I’m also very proud of where I live. While I was looking for some inspiration and browsing for the branding of cities I came across this great site. The site in question is CitID. The aim of the CitID project is as they put it – “to gain global consciousness by giving a (type)face to every city worldwide”.

It’s also a great way for cities of all sizes big and small, wealthy or poor to get recognition. Why not be part of it and participate yourself and give your city or favourite city the recognition it truly deserves. Found on Web Design Mash

60 Striking Typography Wallpapers to Spice up Your Desktop

We all love desktop wallpapers as they always come in handy and you will always find a wallpaper to express your feeling or mood. I know some of my friends who keep changing their desktop background almost on a daily basis. Unless like me, who rarely change their desktop wallpaper. So, How about you? When was the last time you changed desktop background?

In this post we present Striking Typography Wallpapers To Spice Up Your Desktop. Hopefully, everybody will find something interesting to spice up his or her desktop. All wallpapers can be downloaded for free from their original source. Found on ThemeFlash

Sweet Collection of Candy Photography

This week in our ‘Photos of the Week’ collection I bring you some very sweet, some very bright and colorful candy. Seeing all this candy just makes me feel kind of nostalgic. I get visions of Willy Wonka’s factory. Hope you enjoy the collection and… yes! The Candy Man can! Found on Web Design Mash

GritFX gets a Facelift

That’s right – we’ve injected some Botox into the jowls of the GritFX T-Shirts website. Dave and I (that’s me, Manz) have been sweating over the keyboards for the last few weeks re-vamping the site. The new look website is now live, so visit www.gritfx.com and check it out. Found on GritFX

Design a Beautiful Cosmic Spacescene in Photoshop

Ever since I saw the recent Star Trek movie I’ve been itching to create a gorgeous sci-fi inspired cosmic space scene. I eventually found the time to do so and created a piece of artwork named ‘First Light’. Follow this step by step walkthrough of its creation in Photoshop, from the making of the planets, to the vibrant nebula and bright lens flares. Found on Blog Spoon Graphics

Blog Launch: 5 Tips for Sucess

Everyday, more than 10,000 new blogs are created. But how many are still maintened 3 months later? Probably less than 1%.

Launching a new blog is never easy. First, you have to make it known to the audience and get it indexed by search engines. But the biggest part of the work is to show your authority and make visitors come back to your blog. After launching several websites myself, I’m going to show you 5 tips to launch your blog successfully.

Found on Cats Who Blog

How to Reduce the Loading time of Your Blog

One thing that every blog owner wants is that his or her blog should have a faster loading time and should load in a split second. And, with Google using site speed in search rankings now, these things have become more vital and important. A fast loading blog is always preferred over the one that takes ages to load. But, how do you optimize your blog so that it has minimum loading time? Found on Admixweb

Chibi Vector Illustration Showcase

With the goal of becoming a better “vector artist,” and just better at digital illustration all around, I have been doing a lot of personal (not for work/client) illustrations. I quite enjoy it, and have tried my hand at a few styles of illustrating that were new to