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15+ New and Useful Wordpress Hacks / Code Snippets | gonzoblog.nl

gonzodesign — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:08:13 PDT

One of the main reasons I like to work with WordPress is because it’s an open source Content Management System (CMS) that is easy to customize. With a few lines of code you can get some cool customization and new features with all those filters, actions and hooks.

10+ Free Blank WordPress Themes to build your new WP-Site | gonzoblog.nl

gonzodesign — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:15:56 PDT

When you’re like me and you love to design and develop customized WordPress Themes for your clients, you’ll find out that it’s easier to work with a Blank WordPress Theme. Good thing about Blank WordPress Themes is they have all the functionality of a typical WordPress theme but almost none of the styling, giving you the possibility to customize your own layout.

Sticky Inspiration – 10 Cool Sticker Designs

adriana24 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:11:18 PDT

When I think of stickers, I always remember all those colorful things on traffic lights, on different signs, on buildings or even peoples’ clothes and accessories. I also remember my childhood, because like any other child I had tons of them. But stickers don’t only lay around in the real world, there are also an important part of the World Wide Web.

Daily Freebie #52: Abstract Shape

adriana24 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:07:11 PDT

Today’s freebie is a cool abstract glossy shape and you can download it absolutely free of charge! By the way, try not to click the orange button in the right, it’s still faulty and occasionally makes bacon come out of the Search string.

Web Design Inspiration – 10 Free Icon Sets

adriana24 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:23:55 PDT

Web designers also stack up on premium design resources for their projects and have to deal with fickle clients and inspirational dry spells. With this in mind, I thought I’d offer a helping hand and put together for you guys a showcase of premium icon sets and buttons which you can easily include in your projects.

Bringing Movies to Life: 20 Creative Samples of Movie Fan Art

adriana24 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:52:38 PDT

When movies become the topic of conversation, you can easily notice who is a fan in the crowd and who is passionate about this field. There are even some who have honed design skills and have built a profession on this particularly inspirational foundation – movies. They breathe life into a type of art that expresses the appreciation for a film – movie fan art.

Daily Freebie #48: Web Banner Speech Bubble

adriana24 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:11:18 PDT

Today the freebie is a web speech bubble. Just remove the placeholder text and place your own. For this one, the challenge was to build it only from rectangles. Except the shadow, of course, that’s a circle (standard stuff, we don’t want anyone flipping tables about it).

Let’s Reminisce with Some Childhood Games Illustrations

adriana24 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:30:52 PDT

I thought we’d take a trip down memory lane today and get lost in some fond memories of our childhood games. In the name of good old-fashioned fun, we’re going to draw inspiration today from some sweet vector illustrations depicting children enjoying their innocent games.

Daily Freebie #47: Vector Thorns

adriana24 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:38:33 PDT

Today we have some really cool freebies for you: a set of 3 vector thorns! Not much to say about them, just be careful when you use them, they make a design really aggressive and you could get stung. Go ahead, download them!

Freebies: Showcase of 15 Premium Photoshop Brushes

adriana24 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:12:26 PDT

Do you remember that cartoon character that commonly used the phrase “It’s a good day for science”? I thought of him today and it gave me the idea of making it a good day for graphic design! So I started gathering some premium Photoshop brushes to help you grow your personal collections.

10+ Testing Tools for Responsive Web Design | gonzoblog.nl

gonzodesign — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:34:51 PDT

Finally, as we develop our responsive website, we’ll come to the point where our content clean and adaptive, our images are flexible and our layout is fluid. Now we need to make sure that our site works in as many browsing environments as possible and test the website in different resolutions and how the media queries work.

Taking Creativity to Another Level: Showcase of Unusual Art

adriana24 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:02:00 PDT

I thought we would take creative thinking outside the box today and take a look at a collection of works of art made of unusual materials. This article is a testimony of the fact that people get inspired by everything surrounding them and this generates some pretty amazing results.

Content Writing Skills – Not Just Grammar, but Style!

webguruindia — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:42:24 PDT

Content writers often make mistakes and fail to attract readers. When you write web content, do not write long paragraphs and always insert keywords in your articles. Try to develop a lucid content writing style that is interesting and helps you communicate with the readers.

Free Vector Colorful Clouds Background

Artem — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:35:45 PDT

Awesome vector colorful clouds background for designers needs. Easy use like ready templates for the banners, poster, ads. Free for commercial.

Daily Freebie #46: Vector Notebook

adriana24 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:54:31 PDT

Today we share a really cool isolated notebook. How to use it, you ask? Well, place your design and use the white sheet as a Clipping Mask and place the grouped spirals above your design. That’s it!

15 Free Intricate Vector Ornaments

adriana24 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:40:50 PDT

Vector ornaments are one of those generic design resources you want to have in your personal collection because they can be used in a vast number of projects. They’re high quality and detailed and are fit to embellish and add a touch of elegance to any design.

The Art of Worship Flyer and CD Template | GraphicRiver

loswl — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:06:32 PDT

This Template pack is customized for Design and Art workshops; it can also be used for Conferences, Sermons, Gospel Concerts, Youth programs, etc. In this package you’ll find 3 Photoshop file...

You Can Almost Taste the Design Inspiration!

adriana24 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:03:32 PDT

I’ve made a selection of mouth-watering food illustrations that will excite your taste buds and also your creative instincts. I will also propose some cuisine related design resources for you guys, in case you need them in your current or future projects. Let’s not stall any further and take a look at the tasty vector drawings I’ve chosen.

Books for Graphic Design Students

adriana24 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:37:49 PDT

Most Graphic Design students fuel their creativity through inspirational materials. They usually seek for a good guide to help bring forth ideas for a given project. For most of them, graphic design books are the guide in learning the course that they are taking up.

Tweet-Parade (no.11 March 2012) | gonzoblog.nl

gonzodesign — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:36:02 PDT

It’s weekend! .. Time for a brand new Tweet-Parade! A Tweet-Parade is a post filled with the best articles and tutorials of last week’s blogosphere. It’s all about webdesign, graphic design, SEO, tutorials, social media and more. A broad scale of topics, but never-the-less the underlying focus is on Design.