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30 Excellent Graphic Email Newsletter Designs for Your Inspiration

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by bmackler.

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Email newsletters are great marketing and communication tool with versatile uses and benefits that extend your reach into a users inbox. Its a great way to make a further connection with your viewers beyond the website and keep them in the loop with new things that are going on and products to look out [...]

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35 Inspiring Retro and Vintage Print Designs and Tutorials

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by bmackler.

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Not long ago we took a look at retro and vintage influence in web design and saw how this style was used with great results. Today we will move from the web to retro and vintage print design. In this post, we take a look at current designs that are influenced by the styles of [...]

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50 Best Green Websites, Tutorials and Color Pallets For Your Inspiration

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by bmackler.

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Green is a truly versatile color because there are so many vibrant hues that bring out various emotions and psychological reactions. With both a warming and cooling effect, the color green portrays balance, stability and harmony. Inherently, it is a color that people are attracted towards since it signifies many positive things in our [...]

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50 Awesome Examples and Tutorials of Illustrations in Web Design For Your Inspiration

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by bmackler.

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As we discussed before, the use of illustrations in website design is a very popular tool and will continue well into 2010. When using illustrations, there are an endless amount of possibilities and techniques that can be help make your designs more eye catching and beautiful, all the while working together with your content. This [...]

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40 Creative and Beautiful Package Designs For Your Design Inspiration

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by bmackler.

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The goal of packaging is to make a first, quick and lasting impression. More than most other areas of design, we are surrounded by this on a regular basis, but pay the least attention to how items are wrapped and presented. Whether it is wine, tissues, home goods or food, we rarely take a second [...]

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45 Awesome Colorful Logo Designs and Tutorials For Your Inspiration

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by bmackler.

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There are those times when starting a new project that we ask “what colors do you want me to design with?”, and we get the answer we always thought we wanted to hear…there are no specific colors and we can use our imagination. The opportunities are endless, and that is sometimes a problem. With this [...]

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Keeping Your Client From Making The Wrong Design Choices

Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by bmackler.

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Dealing with a clients wishes and helping them come to a well thought out and feasible decision for their project is part of the job description of every freelance designer. Whether its for a website, print project or a logo, this is one of the many hats a designer frequently wears. While it is important [...]

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35 Creative and Effective Website Headers and Tutorials For Your Inspiration

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by bmackler.

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It can be generally agreed that the first thing someone sees on a site is the header. A header is the most important piece of real estate on the page and therefore needs to be creative and topical to the focus of the site giving the user a reason not to leave. This can be [...]

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30 Extremely Creative Independent and Low Budget Movie Posters

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by bmackler.

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A great source of design inspiration and creative trend can be found in movie posters. On a single sheet of paper a poster has the ability to describe and portray the entire theme and thrust of a movie instantly drawing interest and creating a buzz. Today movie posters are an essential part of popular culture [...]

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50 Amazing and Inspirational Typography Examples and Tutorials

Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by bmackler.

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More and more we are seeing the use of strong and vivid typography all around us; on the web, in print and in film. Many graphic/web designers are opting for the written word over images in their designs. The results are sometimes a bit crazy, artsy and many times downright beautiful. Strong typography allows a [...]