30 Free, Amazing and Versatile WordPress 2.7 Themes
January 23, 2009 Written by with 45 Comments
Templates, Wordpress

All of these Wordpress Themes are 2.7 specific. Not only do they accommodate all of the amazing 2.7 features they are brilliant designs as well as being very versatile.

42 Amazing Photoshop and Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials
January 22, 2009 Written by with 18 Comments
GUI, Icons, Photoshop, Tutorial, Vector

This article is a compilation of the best Icon Design Tutorials, I think everyone will be able to learn something new from these tutorials. The title should have been 41 Amazing Photoshop and Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials and also not Forgetting the Single Gimp Icon Design Tutorial. (A little long, don’t you think).

WordPress TV Launches, A great resource for new tutorials
January 20, 2009 Written by with 5 Comments
Wordpress

Wordpress have just launched Wordpress TV, essentially a site rich full of Wordpress Video tutorials…

Top 84 Photoshop Resource Sites – Toolbox for Designers
January 18, 2009 Written by with 29 Comments
Graphic Design, Photoshop, psd, Toolbox

This is the ultimate Photoshop Toolbox, it is not a list of random resources, it is a list of the BEST and most resourceful PS sites available.
The list is separated into the following categories: Free PSD Files Sites, Free PS Brushes Sites, PS Tutorials Sites, Free Filters and Plugins Sites, PS Forums, Photoshop Text Effects, PS Cheat Sheets and Free PS E-Books.

2200 CMS Load Time Comparisons, Which is the Fastest?
January 15, 2009 Written by with 7 Comments
CMS, Wordpress

I received an email from the Admin of Page Load Time at the start of this week, informing me that they had tested the Page Load Times of 2200 web sites, here are the results.

19 of the Coolest Generators, have some fun
January 14, 2009 Written by with 14 Comments
Humour

This article is neither web design nor graphic design related, it is merely a compilation of the coolest and most fun generators that I could find.

21 Typography and Font Web Apps You Can’t Live Without
January 12, 2009 Written by with 47 Comments
Fonts, Typography, Web Apps

Don’t you just love typography, these apps are very useful for perfecting your typography skills.

29 Really Creepy and Creative Photoshopped Self Portraits
January 7, 2009 Written by with 67 Comments
Galleries, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Photoshop, Popular

Amazing art work, even though I think everyone must have created these on a Monday morning!!!

36 Must Have Backgrounds and Patterns Resources for all Designers
January 5, 2009 Written by with 58 Comments
Graphic Design, Patterns, Photoshop, Popular

Searching for that perfect background for your design can be pretty difficult, from these resources you can browse through 1000s upon 1000s of backgrounds and patterns. Hopefully this will make your search that little bit easier, mind you with this number of resources it may make it harder. Happy browseing!!!

70+ Adobe Fireworks Resources – Is there a future for Fireworks?
December 29, 2008 Written by with 56 Comments
Graphic Design, Popular, Tutorial

Resources for Adobe Fireworks seem to be few and far between, what is happening? Has Fireworks ran its course, or is it simply not cool any more? Was it ever cool? Photoshop was always the better and more powerful (definitely, harder to use), it seems to have totally taken over. I use Fireworks all the time for quick mock ups, and Photoshop for everything else. It is possibly the easiest graphics editor I have ever used, and would recommend it to anyone.

20 Amazing Examples of Conformal Photography. How do they do this?
December 19, 2008 Written by with 57 Comments
Galleries, Graphic Design, Graphic Inspiration, Inspiration, Photography, Photoshop, Popular

20 Amazing Examples of Conformal Photography. How do they do this?
I have read in various places that the images are manipulated with Photoshop, I am not sure. Either way it is in an amazing technique.
If anyone knows post it in the comments.

The Top 30 Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials of 2008 – Which is the Best?
December 18, 2008 Written by with 54 Comments
Graphic Inspiration, Inspiration, Logo, Photoshop, Popular, Tutorial, Typography

The Top 30 Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials of 2008 – Which is the Best?
You choose (vote at the bottom of the post).

Best Ever 65 mooTools Plugins and Demos, is it Better than jQuery?
December 15, 2008 Written by with 66 Comments
Frameworks, Javascript, Popular

This is an update on a previous article I wrote about mooTools (41 of the Best…), some plugins have been removed, some have been updated and a fair few have been added. mooTools is truelly hot on the heels of jQuery!!! Can it be better?