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40 Cityscapes, Landscapes and Skylines in Web Design and Resources

bmackler — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:49:30 +0000

A popular trend over the past year or so has been using cityscapes, landscapes and skylines in website design. It can take many forms, either being in the header or footer and sometimes its silhouetted in the background or right in the middle of all the action. Usually these scenes are more illustrated than actual imagery but its a great way to show creativity and set your self apart from the competition.

Today lets take a review this popular trend by taking a look at 40 websites, tutorials and photoshop brushes that are dedicated to cityscapes, landscapes and skylines.

Drop me a line and let me know what you like best, and of course, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter.

Alexart

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Disability Heros

Awesome Cityscape Websites

BrightSide

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Surya Residence

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Magellan Development Group

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Discover Garden

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Adit Shukla

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Christopher Scott

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Indio Folio

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Project Vino

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Island ECC

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Hansens Soda

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Pralinen

Awesome Cityscape Websites

George Lazaros

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Mark Forrester

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Urban Roots

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Jackson Fish Market

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Veeboo Labs

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Taming The Wolf

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Lou Malnati’s Pizza

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Tennessee Trails

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Open Angel

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Orange Label Design

Awesome Cityscape Websites

HD Live09

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Taxis Aeroport

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Morphix Design

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Roberta Avila

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Nick Cates Design

http://nickcatesdesign.com/

Porcupine Colors

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Aussie BBQ Legends

Awesome Cityscape Websites

Tutorials

Create Your Own Skyline

Skyline Tutorial

Create an easy landscape scene in Illustrator

Landscape Tutorial

How to Create a Landscape

Landscape Tutorial

Resources

Vector Landscape Brushes

Landscape Brushes

Vector City Skyline Collection

Skyline Brushes

Photoshop Skyline Brushes

Skyline Brushes

14 High Resolution City Skyline Brushes

Skyline Brushes

29 Free Skyline Photoshop Brushes

Skyline Brushes

9 Skyline Brushes

Awesome Cityscape Websites

84 Hi-Tech Cityscape high quality photoshop brushes

Cityscape Brushes

Introducing Our “Blogging From The Ground Up” Newsletter

bmackler — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:45:27 +0000

Designtutorial4u is proud to announce our first newsletter. “Blogging From the Ground Up”

Since starting this blog a year ago I have gotten many requests to go through the steps I took to create a successful and well trafficked site. That is why today I have just finished and launched my first e-newsletter free of charge. It will be packed with information covering initial set up, reviews, plug in recommendations, tips and tricks and monetization methods to help you get your blog up and successful.

As a thank you, I am also throwing in a bonus resource guide and overview e-book for free titled “Blogging Your Passion”. This is a great overview resource and practical guide on how to start a new career in blogging.

Please sign up below and let me know what you think.

I look forward to your feedback and continued support.

Top 30 iPhone Apps for Designers and Developers

bmackler — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:21:20 +0000

Designers and Developers have to be prepared for every eventuality…at all times. It is an unspoken rule that as soon as you step away from your desk, disaster strikes and clients start to call needing things done immediately. It could be anything from editing a photo while on a trip to taking quick notes in the food store to uploading a file from the train. In today’s world it is becoming more important to stay connected with the ability to function even when you are away from your computer.

Today, lets take a look at 30 great applications for the iPhone that will help designers and developers extend their phones beyond just making calls and finding directions into an indispensable design productivity tool.

Productivity

ZeptoPad

Creativity on the run. ZeptoPad is the ideal app for channeling your artistic creativity. When you are out and about and have that flash of inspiration, this app allows you to create vector images, simply by drawing on the screen with your fingers. The latest version even has P2P access, so you can share your masterpieces with all your ZeptoPad buddies and associates.

Cost – $7.99

iPhone Apps

Identify the fonts in a photo or web graphic! Ever seen a great font in a magazine ad, poster, or on the web and wondered what font it is?

WorkTimer

By simply pressing the screen, you can keep a log of how many hours you’ve spent working – one less thing to clutter your mind and distract your creative genius!

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

Evernote

Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

FTP on the Go

An FTP client for the iPhone and iPod touch. All the features of a desktop FTP client and more; a very powerful app. With FTP On The Go, you can fix your website, and view files on your FTP server, from anywhere.

Cost – $6.99

iPhone Apps

Mini Books

MiniBooks puts the popular web invoicing software FreshBooks in the palm of your hand. Manage your clients, send invoices, run timers, and record payments, all while on the go. Plus, MiniBooks fully synchronizes with your FreshBooks account, so you have access to your account even when you’re off the grid.

iPhone Apps

Analytics

Analytics App is the premier app for Google Analytics you’ve been waiting for! Analytics App gives you access to your Google Analytics data from anywhere, so whether you have a spare minute at the park, or need to share some data during a meeting, this Analytics app puts your Google Analytics at your fingertips.

Cost $6.99

iPhone Apps

MyAnalytics

myAnalytics logs into your Google Analytics account and gives you an overview report of your various sites. The report includes visits, pageviews, average views per visit, bounce rate, average time on site, percentage of new visits, and the top 3 countries by visits.

Cost – $3.99

iPhone Apps

Paypal

PayPal’s mobile money application is the faster way to send money with your iPhone® to friends and family anytime, anywhere. It’s much easier than going to the ATM to withdraw cash, writing checks, and sending gifts the traditional way. And you can manage your PayPal account right from your mobile device. All of this with the security and protection you get from PayPal.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

Omnifocus

Winner of the 2008 Apple Design Award for Best iPhone Productivity Application, OmniFocus brings task management to your fingertips. Keep track of tasks by project, place, person, or date. Bring up a shopping list, agenda items to discuss at work, things to do at home, and any other lists you need.

Cost – $19.99

iPhone Apps

DesignRuler

Accurate reproduction of the standard Graphic Design ruler – essential for anyone working in Advertising, Newspaper and Magazine Print Production.

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

Ruler

With this app you can use your iPhone as a ruler. You can measure any object by placing it on the device screen or just next to it. By moving each line limiter one after another you can get a more accurate measurement. In addition it is possible to switch between centimeters and inches on the information screen. Ruler always saves your latest measurement.

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

WhatTheFont

Typography

Typography Manual

The Typography Manual is a pocket resource for graphic designers and anyone that works with type. It provides all the essentials of a book reference on your iPhone or iPod Touch! Including a visual type anatomy glossary, a font size ruler, an em calculator, and enough content to fill a 60-page book. It has all the essentials of a desk reference in a regularly updated pocket resource.

Cost – $3.99

iPhone Apps

What the Font

Identify the fonts in a photo or web graphic! Ever seen a great font in a magazine ad, poster, or on the web and wondered what font it is? Whip out your iPhone and snap a photo, and WhatTheFont will identify that font in seconds!

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

Font Shuffle

FontShuffle is the fastest mobile source of typographic inspiration. 650+ font families are sorted by visual similarity. Without any previous knowledge about type design, you can quickly discover 6 typefaces of similar style in just two taps by navigating the simple category menu. Choose the list view to examine up to 24 similar typefaces.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

Color Management

Color Toy

Great for web designers, graphic artists, and anyone who loves color. ColorToy allows you to generate, modify and store color palettes.

Cost – $9.99

iPhone Apps

Palettes Pro

Palettes Pro is a powerful productivity tool for creating and maintaining color palettes. Great for creating color schemes. Now you can create a color palette anywhere at anytime. Grab colors from a photograph, a website, or add colors using any one of 5 color models. Quickly find matching colors with support for many different color schemes. You may create and store any number of palettes.

Cost – $9.99

iPhone Apps

Color Expert

Color Expert contains powerful tools to help artists and designers identify, translate, capture and showcase color. Designers know inspiration can come anywhere at anytime. Just look around. Some of the best ideas are waiting for you in the real world away from the studio.

Cost – $9.99

iPhone Apps

CliqCliq Colors

Colors is an easy-to-use color picker for discovering, converting, and managing colors and palettes. If you’re a designer or developer working with CSS, HTML, Flex, Flash, Objective-C or other media-centric

Cost – $2.99

iPhone Apps

Images and Photography

Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express software lets you use simple gestures to quickly edit and share photos from your mobile device. Enjoy having your photo and video library right in your hand — without wasting your device’s valuable storage space.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

Photobucket

The Photobucket app means you can carry one of the largest photo sharing networks with you at all times, with access to your personal and friends’ albums at the touch of a screen. This is particularly useful for designers looking for photos to be used directly or even just for color schemes.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

PhotoWizard

Get the most useful all-in-one photo tool in the App Store!
PhotoWizard is a photo fixer. It can auto fix the under exposure photos taken from iPhone camera. Manual tool is also available to manually adjust brightness, contrast and color saturation.

Cost – $1.99

iPhone Apps

Abduzeedo- Daily Dose of Inspiration

Abduzeedo is one of the design world’s most sought after blog for inspiration and tutorials. The blog is run by design junkies for design junkies, always striving to provide the community with the latest and hottest of what the web has to offer.

Everyday, the blog compiles Daily Inspirations, which has served as a channel of creativity for the design community all over the world.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

Development

WordPress

WordPress for iPhone allows you to create and edit content on your WordPress blog with support of offline use.

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual

Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS from the basics to advanced techniques and have all the information at your fingertips without the need to carry along a heavy book.

Cost – $4.99

iPhone Apps

CSS Cheat Sheet

Even seasoned CSS (cascading style sheet) developers need a quick refresher course in CSS properties and values from time to time. The CSS Cheat Sheet for iPhone and iPod Touch is designed to address that need. Use it as a quick reference for topics you’ve already learned but need a few reminders on, or if you’re still a beginner to CSS, use it to better understand what CSS has to offer.

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

Web Developer Bible

This is a reference tool that includes several things that many Web developers need including:

C – Format Strings
HTML Entities
RGB to Hex Codes
Special Characters
URL Encoding

Cost – Free

iPhone Apps

HTML Cheat Sheet

The HTML CheatSheet is a lot more than just HTML tags and attributes. It includes:

HTML Tags
HTML Attributes
HTML Events
Color Names
Character Sets (ASCII, reserved characters, URL encoding, plus more)
Language Codes
HTTP Status Messages

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

jQuery Cheat Sheet

Even seasoned jQuery developers need a quick refresher course in jQuery syntax and arguments from time to time. jQuery Cheat Sheet is designed to address that need. Use it as a quick reference for topics you’ve already learned but need a few reminders on, or if you’re still a beginner to jQuery, use it to better understand what jQuery is capable of.

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

SEO and Social Media

Ego

Ego gives you one central—and lovely—location to check web statistics that matter to you. With support for Feedburner, Mint, and Twitter, you can quickly view the number of visits to your website (including daily, hourly and monthly numbers), feed subscription totals and changes, and how many people are following you on Twitter.

Cost – $1.99

iPhone Apps

Dropular

Dropular is a media bookmarking service loosely based on the idea of a droplet contributing to a pool, filling it ever-so slightly one by one. This amazing tool lets you discover, remember and share images, videos and links – all in one place.

Cost – .99¢

iPhone Apps

including a visual type anatomy glossary, a font size ruler, an em calculator, and enough content to fill a 60-page book. It has all the essentials of a desk reference in a regularly updated pocket resource

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cliqcliq-colors/id291725775?mt=8

30 Beautifully Embossed Buisness Cards For Your Inspiration

bmackler — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:25:11 +0000

Embossing gives a business card a deep and textured impression, due to its 3D effect, either raised off the card or imprinted into it . Professional and memorable business cards leave that favorable first impression. Your business card says a lot about you and the services you offer. Choosing features such as letterpress or emboss adds interest that will set your cards apart from the crowd. Previously, we have looked at Creative and Original Business Cards and Tutorials and Amazing and Creative Double Sided Business Cards For Your Inspiration

Today lets take a look at 30 examples of embossed business cards for your inspiration.

Embossed Business Cards

Embossed Cards

25 Great Examples of Vivid 3D Street Art For Your Inspiration

bmackler — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:35:10 +0000

As we are spending more and more time out doors thanks the wonderful summer weather, it is easier to find
that elusive inspiration we are constantly looking for and to see wonderful forms of alternative art in some of the most unlikely places. One of the more popular these days is 3D street art. Whether it’s done with chalk or paint, on walls or the street, it is a style of art we are starting to see in many major cities around the world. These works of art and their artists give graffiti a whole new meaning.

Today lets take a look at and be inspired by 25 great examples of Vivid Street Art that come to life.

Amazing Street Art

$25 Dollar Credit Giveaway for www.NextDayFlyers.com

bmackler — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:46:05 +0000

I am pleased to offer Designtutorials4u.com next contest/giveaway. Today we have a great giveaway in conjunction with nextdayflyers.com. Enter today for a chance to win a $25 printing credit, courtesy of NextDayFlyers.com. This credit can be used for anything on their website, including business cards, door hangers and promotional flyers…all essential to freelance designers.

Next Day Flyers Giveaway

Next Day Flyers is an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed marketing materials with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. We specialize in full color printing of custom business cards, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, as well as specialty die cuts and other marketing materials.

Print ready files completed and approved by 6 PM PST are printed and ready to ship out the next business day.

Next Day Flyers Giveaway

To learn more about this great company and great marketing ideas, check out their blog and follow them on Twitter as @NextDayFlyers

Next Day Flyers Giveaway

In order to enter the contest all you need to do is leave a comment with your name, email address and what you would use this credit for (and why).

The lucky winner will be announced July 30th, 2010.

And of course, be sure to tell your friends about it.

35 Amazing and Creative Double Sided Business Cards For Your Inspiration

bmackler — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:53:18 +0000

Designers of all sorts love to create and admire well designed business cards. All too often we ignore relatively easy ways to make greater impact because we are afraid to do something a bit different. One such way to make a great impression with your business card is to use both sides when designing and not leave the back empty. While some people do not like the idea of a double sided card, it is clear that if done creatively it can only help you to be remembered and stand out from the crowd.

Today lets take a look at 35 Amazing and Creative Double Sided Business Cards For Your Inspiration.

Interested in seeing more inspirational business cards? Take a look at 50 Extremely Creative and Original Business Cards and Tutorials

2 Sided Cards

2 Sided Cards

2 Sided Cards

2 Sided Cards

2 Sided Cards

2 Sided Cards

2 Sided Cards

Winners – 2 Stock Photo Accounts Worth $30 a Piece from Deposit Photos

bmackler — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:10:20 +0000

Last week we ran a contest to win two $30 photo stock credits with depositphotos.com . Thank you everyone for participating and leaving wonderful comments. Stay tuned for more contests in the near future.