Monthly Archive: February, 2010
Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.30

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.30

Topics]Inspiration / Web Design / Weekly Web Design InspirationAuthor]

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers.
Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

30 Creative 3D Concept Logos from Deviantart

30 Creative 3D Concept Logos from Deviantart

Topics]Graphic Design / Logo / TutorialAuthor]

DeviantART stands out as one of the most popular means of showcasing your design portfolio, were users of any artistic level can upload there art and allow others to offer a critique. In this article, written by Richie Thimmaiah, he has rounded up some of the most awesome looking 3D glossy logo concepts, all designed with only Photoshop and have all been showcased on DevianART. He has also have provided…

A Showcase of 50 Amazing Personal Blog Web Designs

A Showcase of 50 Amazing Personal Blog Web Designs

Topics]Design Style Series / Inspiration / Web Design / Web InspirationAuthor]

The importance of a unique, memorable and well designed blog, especially within the design community, should not be underestimated – First impressions will always count and your blog gives you an opportunity to showcase your skills and highlight how professional and serious you are as a designer. For most web designers, designing an original blog shouldn’t be a problem, the difficulty lies in trying encapsulate your blog writing style and…

[Expired] Win 1 of 5 Free Subscriptions to Pixmac.com worth $199 each

[Expired] Win 1 of 5 Free Subscriptions to Pixmac.com worth $199 each

Topics]Graphic Design / Stock ImagesAuthor]

Our sponsors Pixmac.com, are offering the chance to one of five of our readers to win a $199 subscription to there marvelous microstock photo site service.
That is a huge prize fund of $995 to be shared amongst the winners! Don’t miss this great opportunity, enter now!

Top 20 Free Fonts for Distinctive Headlines and Titles

Top 20 Free Fonts for Distinctive Headlines and Titles

Topics]Fonts / Graphic DesignAuthor]

Whether you are reading a printed magazine or a web article it is very rarely the content that draws you in at first, the hook is always the title or the headline. A well written and thought out title or headline are fundamental, it has to not only describe with very few words the articles content but also has to be formatted in a way that it draws the attention…

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.25

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.25

Topics]Weekly NewsAuthor]

A couple of days ago our follower count crossed over the 10,000 mark – which is simply awesome! A little flattering, but awesome all the same. Thanks to everyone that follows us.
Anyway this is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that I have shared via Twitter in the past week.

A Round-Up of 50 Fresh Photoshop Tutorials and Techniques

A Round-Up of 50 Fresh Photoshop Tutorials and Techniques

Topics]Graphic Design / Photoshop / TutorialAuthor]

As a graphic designer you will never reach the point were you can say “Yep, I know everything, nothing left for me to learn!“. It doesn’t work that way, graphic design is a constant evolution of learning new techniques, knowing latest design trends and all the while staying focused on your own art integrity. Photoshop is the tool of choice for most designers,there maybe other powerful graphic editor that offer…

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.29

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.29

Topics]Inspiration / Web Design / Weekly Web Design InspirationAuthor]

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers.
Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

12 Amazing Buddypress Themes and Getting Started Guides

12 Amazing Buddypress Themes and Getting Started Guides

Topics]Templates / Toolbox / Tutorial / Web Design / Wordpress / WP PluginsAuthor]

Out of the box Wordpress is a highly versatile, powerful and feature rich CMS. Add to that, the seemingly endless professionally developed themes and there huge library of powerful plugins and you now have the potential to build anything you could ever possibly conceive without limitation…. Or are there limits?

[Expired] Win 1 of 3 Sets of 500 Die Cut Business Cards from Uprinting.com

[Expired] Win 1 of 3 Sets of 500 Die Cut Business Cards from Uprinting.com

Topics]CompetitionAuthor]

This competition has now expired. And congratulations to Lindsay K., Keleigh and Jessica they are the winners with there marvelous comments. This week, three of our lucky readers will have the chance to win one a set of 500 Die Cut Business Cards courtesy of Uprinting.com. All you will have to do for a chance to win is to leave a comment below describing what you would use the free…

Exclusive Payment Method Icon Set for our readers

Exclusive Payment Method Icon Set for our readers

Topics]GUI / IconsAuthor]

The Speckyboy Payment Method iconset is a collection of popular payment icons, that include: Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, Google Checkout, Check Payment and even icons for Wire-Transfers.
Not only do these icons look awesome, they are also very useful and versatile (there are eight different sizes that range from 12px all the way up to 512px).

40 Detailed and High Quality Mobile Phone .psd Source Files

40 Detailed and High Quality Mobile Phone .psd Source Files

Topics]Android / Graphic Design / GUI / iOS / Mobile / Photoshop / psdAuthor]

.psd source files are truly amazing and unique resources – not only do they showcase the talents of the artist, but they also offer the opportunity to dig deeper and discover how they were created. They give you the chance to learn, unlike tutorials which are step-by-step, with a .psd file you roll your sleeves and you get your hands dirty delving into its inner workings.

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.24

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.24

Topics]Weekly NewsAuthor]

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week.
Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: @speckyboy.