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Be inspired! (By everything) 013

Craig Baldwin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:54 +0000

1. I Love Life Everyday!

Today I launch a new Tumblr blog to capture my enthusiasm for beautiful photography. I started out my creative life as a photographer and there is always a part of me that is excited by beautiful photography. I Love Life Everyday aims to post as many beautiful photos as possible giving the photographer plenty of credit (where possible).

Inspiration

The week in links 09/11/09

Craig Baldwin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:38 +0000

Be inspired (By everything) 012

Craig Baldwin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:11 +0000

1. The Lighthouse Keeper

2. The Urban Cursor

3. Un Tour De Manége

Inspiration Feeds

The week in links 02/11/09

Craig Baldwin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:23 +0000

Favourite Links [?]

Serif Vs. Sans-Serif Legibility (vcarrer.com)

Is Your Web Design Balanced? (vanseodesign.com)

Amazing Colourful Sunset Photography (abduzeedo.com)

20 Scrumptious Typography Tutorials For Adobe Photoshop (blog.uprinting.com)

When Publicity Stunts Backfire… (taylorherring.com)

Graphic Design, Typography & Photography

Warning: Avoid These Creativity Crushers (freelancereview.net)

88 Examples Of Incredible Aerial Photography (instantshift.com)

40+ Black Business Card Designs (creativerepository.com)

8 Trendy Colour Palettes With Free Adobe Swatch Exchange Files (graphicleftovers.com)

1960’s Illustration: Freedom, Peace And Flower Power (fuelyourillustration.com)

Serif Vs. Sans-Serif Legibility (vcarrer.com)

10 Things To Help Students Become Better Designers (deltadesignz.com)

Same Ol’ G? Think Again: A Visual Study Of The Lowercase G (thedesigncubicle.com)

Do’s And Don’ts Of Photoshop Retouching (webdesignerdepot.com)

To School Or Not To School (webdesignerdepot.com)

Web Design & WordPress

We All Dislike IE6 But Let’s Not Be Childish (kamikazemusic.com)

5 Online Background Generator Tools (aceinfowayindia.com)

40 Amazing Female Role Models For Web Designers (line25.com)

111 CSS Galleries To Submit Your Designs To (listelog.com)

9 Cost Cutting Tups For Designers And Developers (reencoded.com)

20 Do’s And Don’ts Of Effective Web Design (webdesignledger.com)

15 Great Looking Free Portfolio Themes For WordPress (wpbeginner.com)

Is Your Web Design Balanced? (vanseodesign.com)

jQuery And AJAX Best Demos Part 3 (9lessons.blogspot.com)

50 Creative Web Agencies (indeziner.com)

Inspiration

30+ Enticing Blog And Archived News Website Designs (thedesigncubicle.com)

Colourful Creative Artwork By Archan Nair (iniwoo.net)

Amazing Colourful Sunset Photography (abduzeedo.com)

40 Killer Minimalist Blog Designs (spyrestudios.com)

26 Eye-Catching Long Exposure Photographs (pelfusion.com)

100+ Clean, Simple And Minimalist Website Designs (hongkiat.com)

50 Mind-Blowing Examples Of Macro Photography (thephotoargus.com)

Tutorials & Resources

Solar System Icons (blog.guifx.com)

5 Useful Little Photoshop Tricks To Add Extra Elegance For Your Design (psdvault.com)

Design A Realistic 3D Baseball Cap In Photoshop (tutorial9.net)

Create A Windows 7 Effect Aero Effect (berndartmueller.at)

21 Extremely Useful Icon Sets For Designers (littleboxofideas.com)

5 Highly Applicable, Yet Easily Overlooked Features In Photoshop (psdvault.com)

40 Quality Photoshop UI Design Tutorials (psd.tutsplus.com)

20 Scrumptious Typography Tutorials For Adobe Photoshop (blog.uprinting.com)

Other & Apps

The Best Adobe AIR Apps To Increase Productivity (fuelyourcreativity.com)

12+ Graphic Design And Useful Apps For iPhone & iPod Touch (rainiazahmad.com)

When Publicity Stunts Backfire… (taylorherring.com)

4 Great Helvetica Apps For Google & Twitter (paper-leaf.com)

The World In 2015 According To Google (nevillehobson.com)

Smashing Magazine’s Redesign And Smashing Network (smashingmagazine.com)

Be inspired! (By everything) 011

Craig Baldwin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:10 +0000

Be Inspired is about inspiration and contains the normal links to creative works I’ve found about the web as well as my absolute favourite designs, posters, layouts, photos and illustrations from my Inspiration Feeds that I’ve collected over the previous week.

1. Skhizein

2. Vodafone Symphonia

3. Star Wars: Uncut Trailer

Inspiration Feeds

The week in links 26/10/09

Craig Baldwin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:35 +0000

Favourite Links [?]

Web & Graphic Design Tips That Will Help You If You Get Stuck (theprodesigner.com)

Browser Support For CSS3 And HTML5 (deepbluesky.com)

20 Very Nice Fractal Designs (abduzeedo.com)

Reader Tutorial: Extinction By Chanito (abduzeedo.com)

While You Wait For Chrome OS: 11 Other Web OSes (web.appstorm.net)

Graphic Design & Photography

50 Brilliant Bird’s-Eye Photos (noupe.com)

70+ Exceptionally Creative Portfolios Belong To Behance (dzinepress.com)

25 Absolutely Magnificent Landscape Photo Manipulation + 5 Great PS Tutorials (psdvault.com)

21 Tactile And Textured Poster Designs (blog.echoenduring.com)

Web & Graphic Design Tips That Will Help You If You Get Stuck (theprodesigner.com)

25 Inspiring Examples Of Music Photography (psdfan.com)

15 More Designers You’ve Never Seen On A List Before (bkmacdaddy.com)

26 Of The Most Awesome CMYK Designs (jadgraphics.net)

20 Quotes To Live Your Life And Design By (blogpost.dj23.net)

Web Design, Social & WordPress

Browser Support For CSS3 And HTML5 (deepbluesky.com)

8 Ways Blogging About Web Design Will Improve Your Work (inspectelement.com)

Compress WordPress Output And Speed Your Blog’s Load Speed (wprecipes.com)

50 Most Influential Bloggers Of 2009 (incomediary.com)

20 Best Social Bookmarking Resources To Promote Design Articles (bestdesigntuts.com)

8 Javascript Plugin Effects And Tools To Beautify And Control Web Text (queness.com)

Six Creative Solutions In Online Advertising (noupe.com)

How To Plan A Content Heavy Site (buildinternet.com)

How Famous Web Designs Present Their Portfolio (webitect.net)

25 Most Impressive Flash Sites (beautifullife.info)

Inspiration

101 Stunning Business Card Designs (davidg.ro)

18 Really Beautiful And Creative Web Designs (tutzone.net)

30 Superb Lego Sculptures (psdfan.com)

39 Astonishing Examples Of 3D Typography (tutorial9.net)

30+ Creative Alcohol Packaging Design (visionwidget.com)

Clean And Well Designed Web Sites (designshard.com)

30 Amazing Packaging Designs For Your Inspiration (designer-daily.com)

8 Awesome Accordion Fold Brochure Designs (blog.uprinting.com)

20 Very Nice Fractal Designs (abduzeedo.com)

33 Eye-Popping Modern Package Designs (graphicdesignblender.com)

Tutorials & Resources

Reader Tutorial: Extinction By Chanito (abduzeedo.com)

Drag To Share (net.tutsplus.com)

55 Unconventional And Original Free Fonts For A Unique Design (pvmgarage.com)

12 Websites That Offer Great Unique Textures (psdfan.com)

50 Wonderful Poster And Advertisement Photoshop Tutorials (acrisdesign.com)

25 New & Useful PHP Techniques & Tutorials (webdeveloperplus.com)

Logo Design: 40+ Must Have Tutorials (designrfix.com)

24 Captivating Digital Painting Tutorials (pelfusion.com)

35+ Web Developer Useful Ajax Tutorials (tutoriallounge.com)

40 Adobe Illustrator Text Effect Tutorials (noupe.com)

Other & Apps

Must Have Graphic Apps For The iPhone & iPod Touch (scarletbits.com)

UK Facebook User Statistics October 2009 (clickymedia.co.uk)

While You Wait For Chrome OS: 11 Other Web OSes (web.appstorm.net)

iPhone Apps For Photographers (creativepro.com)

How To Defeat Workspace Clutter (workawesome.com)

10 Extraordinary Creations Made Of Money (moneycompare.com.au)

The DumbLittleMan Guide To Comma Use (dumblittleman.com)

70+ More Illustrations For Inspiration

Craig Baldwin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:42 +0000

It’s that time again, a few months have passed and I’ve been busy gathering up the best the Internet has to offer so I can give you a big inspiration shot. This week is Illustration, that’s anything from Illustrator-based vector drawings all the way to paintings and a few animations.

You can check out the previous series here.

1. James Jean

2. Simon Cook

3. Jill Tovey

4. Yan Sorgi

5. Joerg Barton

6. Bam Studios

Inspiration Feeds

Be inspired! (By everything) 010

Craig Baldwin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:27 +0000

1. Rio 2016 Olympic Video

2. Sony Soundville

3. A Model Day At Disney Parks

4. Google Street View Guys

5. 10/GUI

Inspiration Feeds

The week in links 19/10/09

Craig Baldwin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:41 +0000

Favourite Links [?]

The Good 100, Or So (awesome.good.is)

Why Traffic Signs Don’t Work (And What You Should Learn From It) (neboweb.com)

29 Yummy Vectors Guaranteed To Make You Hungry (littleboxofideas.com)

75+ Awesome Font And Typography Tools, Tutorials, Generators And Inspiration (tripwiremagazine.com)

40 Wonderful Autumn Wallpapers (webdesignfan.com)

10 (More) Fresh & Funny iPhone Apps You Should Definitely Touch (inspiredm.com)

Graphic Design, Advertising, Career, Identity

17 Creative Anti-Smoking Ads (toxel.com)

5 Helpful Tips For Design Students (joshcorken.blogspot.com)

6 Characteristics Of A Great Logo (fuelyourcreativity.com)

90+ Latest Trends Of Business Cards (dzinepress.com)

36 Creative And Interesting Billboard Advertisements (geeksucks.com)

7 Things To Ask Your Clients For Besides Money (youthedesigner.com)

25 Redesigned Logos Of 2009 (graphicdesignblog.com)

The Good 100, Or So (awesome.good.is)

10 Essential Skills Every Graphic Designer Should Have (designreviver.com)

Designers: Submit Yourself And Nominate Others To Be Featured Here! (bkmacdaddy.com)

Web Design, UX, Tools, WordPress

Why Traffic Signs Don’t Work (And What You Should Learn From It) (neboweb.com)

Tips For Designing An Awesome Coming Soon Page (line25.com)

Setting Up Photoshop For Web, App And iPhone Development (smashingmagazine.com)

10 Important Tips To Optimize WordPress For Search Engines (1stwebdesigner.com)

How To Close The Back Door Of Your Blog (fuelyourblogging.com)

How A Design Blog Is Attractive To Clients (thedesigncubicle.com)

7 Key Principles That Make A Web Design Look Good (noupe.com)

25 Free Online Tools For Web Designers, Developers, Freelancers And Individuals (bestdesigntuts.com)

7 Examples Of Innovative Effects And Techniques In Web Design (designblurb.com)

How To Stay Motivated As A Web Designer (shayhowe.com)

Inspiration

Design Showcase – We Love (d-lists.co.uk)

55 Fantastic Website Layouts (designbeep.com)

49 Beautiful Catalog And Booklet Designs Inspiration (blog.digitalroom.com)

404 Error Pages For Your Viewing Pleasure (webdesignledger.com)

25 Content Heavy Websites With Beautiful Structure, Layout And Hierarchy (thedesigncubicle.com)

29 Yummy Vectors Guaranteed To Make You Hungry (littleboxofideas.com)

54 Websites Using Horizontal Scrolling (webmastersgossip.com)

15 Examples Of Modern Web Design (toxel.com)

Creative Thinkers That Inspire Me (brandonwaybright.com)

25 Inspiring And Creative Print Ads (graphicdesignblender.com)

Tutorials & Resources

30 Free iPhone Icon Sets (theroxor.com)

30 Complete Photoshop Guides For Beginners (10steps.sg)

13+ Fresh And High Quality Texture Set & Collections (webdeveloperplus.com)

The Best Spray Paint Textures (gomediazine.com)

10 High Res Interesting Scribbly Gum Textures (littleboxofideas.com)

Create A Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect In Photoshop (blog.spoongraphics.co.uk)

How To Create 3D Text Blocks In Photoshop (psd.tutsplus.com)

30 Tutorials For Designing Fun And Creative Characters (vandelaydesign.com)

9 Tileable Grunge Textures (circleboxblog.com)

75+ Awesome Font And Typography Tools, Tutorials, Generators And Inspiration (tripwiremagazine.com)

Wallpapers

15 Really Cool World Map Wallpapers (blaberize.com)

44 Stunning Composition Wallpapers (littleboxofideas.com)

45 Beautiful Dual-Screen Wallpapers (sixrevisions.com)

40 Wonderful Autumn Wallpapers (webdesignfan.com)

Other

20 Essential Infographics & Data Visualization Blogs (inspiredm.com)

Adobe Brings Photoshop.com To The iPhone (news.cnet.com)

A Collection Of Free iPhone Apps (designreviver.com)

10 (More) Fresh & Funny iPhone Apps You Should Definitely Touch (inspiredm.com)

New theme: Canvas (& posting changes)

Craig Baldwin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:05 +0000

Yes, it’s been just over three months so it must be about time that I changed the theme and sure enough here it is.

Those reading this in an RSS reader won’t see the new theme that I rolled out recently, it’s the result of the past few months coding everything on my website. At one point I started again after completing the first version but common sense prevailed and I just incorporated what I liked about the newer theme with the new theme.

I’m sure you can see for yourself the differences, it’s remained a left aligned theme, the body is still set in Georgia though the headings are now in Helvetica/Arial and more clearly defined by their boxes.

I tried to make sure it validates and the main pages do, but the Blog falls to pieces due to the plugins and the fact I can’t fix any errors that are created by the PHP as I know nothing about PHP, and the Portfolio doesn’t, though that’s Vimeo’s fault for the non-validating embed code they give you.

With the new theme comes some other changes to when I post. The week in links will now go out Monday each week with Be inspired following it on Wednesday. This makes more sense for the week in links as then I’ve rounded up Monday to Sunday which just seems so much more logical.

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Be inspired! (By everything) 013

1. I Love Life Everyday!

Inspiration

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The week in links 09/11/09

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Graphic Design

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Inspiration

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Be inspired (By everything) 012

1. The Lighthouse Keeper

2. The Urban Cursor

3. Un Tour De Manége

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The week in links 02/11/09

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Be inspired! (By everything) 011

1. Skhizein

2. Vodafone Symphonia

3. Star Wars: Uncut Trailer

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The week in links 26/10/09

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Web Design, Social & WordPress

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Other & Apps

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70+ More Illustrations For Inspiration

1. James Jean

2. Simon Cook

3. Jill Tovey

4. Yan Sorgi

5. Joerg Barton

6. Bam Studios

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Be inspired! (By everything) 010

1. Rio 2016 Olympic Video

2. Sony Soundville

3. A Model Day At Disney Parks

4. Google Street View Guys

5. 10/GUI

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The week in links 19/10/09

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