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30+ Articles to Motive your Design Brain in The Summer Sun

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Community News, Uncategorized

Always keep on top of what new things are going down in the design world. These articles are all hand picked and were great in keeping my design juices flowing.

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A complete guide of Photoshop CS4 shortcuts

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Community News, Uncategorized

Like in NFS, Photoshop has some shortcuts (thank God, there are tons of them). I really believe that using shortcuts is a feature of professionalism. Also using them boosts and eases your entire activity at the PC.

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Inspirational Business Card Designs

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Graphic Design Inspiration, Uncategorized

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?

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Typography: 80+ Inspiring Creative Designs

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Typography, Uncategorized

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.

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Live Username Availability Checking using Ajax and jQuery. Demo Available

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Uncategorized, Web App Resources

How to create a simple but awesome jQuery based live availability username checking script. Here is a simple solution to check username or email availability using jQuery

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Beer. Creative process for Grimm Brother Brewhouse by The Tenfold Collective

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Graphic Design Inspiration, Uncategorized

Now, let’s be clear — we don’t believe in a formula that works every single time. We acknowledge (and even revere) the pure intuition that is an indisputable part of our craft. But, we also figure a little check-listing never hurt creative types, and it’s all about balance, right? Right.

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Yin Yang, Oil and Water, Creative and Marketing.

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Graphic Design Inspiration, Uncategorized

Is there an eternal struggle between marketing and creative for control of the known universe? What are the issues that cause friction and does “team vision” leave creatives out of the “team” when “design-by-committee” comes into play?

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Enlighten your Digital Art Inspiration with Dezign Horizon

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Graphic Design Inspiration, Uncategorized

Dezign Horizon describes himself as “a photographer, digital artist and blogger..” who comes from Hawaii, he enjoys surfing and adventure travel which really comes out when you see his great work and photography.

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Design to Cuddle Upto: The Elements of Design We Are Comforted By

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Just a damn good read!, Uncategorized

Nothing like a cup of cocoa, blanket and undemanding friendship to dull the pain of life’s harsh realities, the design community gave us the comfort we wanted.

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55 Fresh and Creative Logo Designs

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Logo, Uncategorized

In case you get stuck on creating a logo design yourself, we’ve collected 55 of the freshest and latest logo designs to get your creative gears running.

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Crumpled Paper Icons Natural Wonders

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → General Web Design, Uncategorized

This crumpled paper icons natural wonders set includes a wide assortment of icons from nature (flowers, roses, houseplants, palm trees, pine trees, rain clouds, rain drops, the moon, the sun, a few planets, and lots of stars … Etc).

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70 Awesome Examples Of Street Photography

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Photography, Uncategorized

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.

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40+ Coolest Graffiti Artworks

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Community News, Uncategorized

Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.

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Simple AJAX Commenting System

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Community News, Uncategorized

In this tutorial, we are making a Simple AJAX Commenting System. It will feature a gravatar integration and will demonstrate how to achieve effective communication between jQuery and PHP/MySQL with the help of JSON.

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Concept Illustrations by Jared Nickerson

Submitted on 1st of July 2010Categories → Illustrator Resources, Uncategorized

Jared Nickerson is an artist from Seattle, WA. Known as J3Concepts. In this article I have showcased some of the excellent and creative illustration by him.

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