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25 Fresh and High Quality Free PSD Files For Download

Posted on 27. Jun, 2011 by bmackler.

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Since Adobe Photoshop is the premier web design tool, it is important to keep up with the latest styles, resources and time saving tips. One of the best resources for your personal collection, especially when time is at a premium, is free, high quality .PSD files that are available for download. This is an invaluable [...]

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Collection of Awesome Single Letter Logos for your Inspiration

Posted on 14. Jun, 2011 by bmackler.

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As we have discussed before, Logo designing is a very difficult skill, with the designer trying to capture the complete essence of a product or company in a singular graphic. There are countless ways this can be achieved but sometimes simpler is better and way more effective. Logos have to carry the image of the [...]

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Awesome Collection of Creative 404 Pages for your Inspiration

Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by bmackler.

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Sometimes our website visitors end up on our sites in not exactly the way we intended and they get to a page that doesn’t exist or is currently down. Generally speaking this happens from missing content, changed link or an all together wrong link. When this happens, you get the dreaded 404 page. Often seen [...]

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Red Hot Websites For Your Inspiration

Posted on 17. May, 2011 by bmackler.

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Red is seen as a very powerful and controlling color, which is associated with many concepts including warning, danger, love and ultimately passion. Generally, red is used on the web as an accent color to compliment an overall design since it can very easily be overwealming. But sometimes you will see red used as the [...]

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20 New Icon Tutorials for Photoshop

Posted on 12. May, 2011 by bmackler.

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Its been a while since we looked at icons, so today lets show off 20 new, essential and creative icon tutorials for Photoshop Since the internet is filled with high quality icons for various applications it can be near impossible to find just the right one. Instead of using what is already out there, learn [...]

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New and Awesome Free Fonts To Improve Your Designs This Spring

Posted on 26. Apr, 2011 by bmackler.

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Having the right set of fonts is a vital component in every designers toolbox. You don’t want to use the same styles over and over again across all of your designs, regardless of the genre. Every once in a while we need to do some spring cleaning, get rid of old fonts and [...]

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Great Examples of Strong Typography on the Web

Posted on 18. Apr, 2011 by bmackler.

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Well into 2011 typography is still an extremely strong and growing trend in web design after being firmly established in the world of print for a long time. Experimenting with the combination of the perfect font, colors and layout help pull together a great design. Today there are thousands of fonts readily at your fingertips, [...]

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Beautiful Spring Photography for Your Inspiration

Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by bmackler.

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For much of the world, spring is rapidly approaching and what better inspiration is there than flowers blooming, green grass and birds and butterflies in the air. When the earth comes back to life we can look around and see the beauty and splendor of this world. Spring symbolizes hope, strength, energy and love. [...]

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Best Textured Websites For your Inspiration

Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by bmackler.

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One of the hardest and most important things for a designer to do when creating a website is to give it depth, character and distinction. You don’t want the site to look flat and 1 dimensional on the screen (even though it is…). There are some sure fire ways of making your site stand out [...]

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20 Websites With Cool Wood Textures For Your Inspiration

Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by bmackler.

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A very popular trend over the past year or so use the use of wooden background and textures. Regardless of the type of website or the type of wood, whether it is a portfolio, restaurant or even a mobile app using wood materials brings a dose of “reality” to the site and creates a warmth [...]