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Top 20 Free High Quality Icon Sets on the Web

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Icons have been around for a long while now and customized icons for the web are becoming more and more popular as time goes on. They do an amazing job to train the eye and help draw out the most important information. The most important aspect of designing an individual icon is that it has [...]

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15 Creative Website Navigation/Menu Bars

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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A site’s navigation menu is usually the first thing that users see when they visit a website. These days there are many ways to design a navigation menu , not just horizontal or vertical – and since just about every website has navigation – it is vital that designers push their creativity to develop ones [...]

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Best Places to Find Inspiration Offline

Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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In a previous post I mentioned how hard it can be to find the right inspiration for a project. Sometimes you just stare at the Photoshop canvas, looking at the blank screen, hoping something will just pop into your head, trying your hardest not to give up…but no matter how hard you try you can’t [...]

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Photoshop Type Tools and Vector Drawing – Lesson Two

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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So we have learned all about raster and bitmap images and what they can and can’t do but the question remains, can we create images in Photoshop that can be made larger and smaller without losing their quality? The answer used to be no, but in recent versions of Photoshop that has changed. While somewhat [...]

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Top Twelve Awesome Flash Websites for September

Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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I have compiled a list of what I consider to be some of the top Flash websites seen over the past month. All too often Flash is over the top, tacky and completely overused on the web. These sites of all styles and looks have been brought under one list since they have one thing in common…high [...]

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Two Great Sites For Color Inspiration

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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Sometimes finding the right color pallet is all it takes from making a good site into a wonderful site. There are two sites that I have found that I go back to all the time for the color inspiration that I need. Mixing and matching pallets helps you come up with combos that you may [...]

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Top 10 Web Design Trends for 2010

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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// Its always tough to predict the future, and that is all the more true when talking about the web. The internet continues to evolve so fast and in so many directions, due in large part to the various social media tools, making the web accessible to people who never dreamed being part of it. [...]

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Top 9 Showcase/Awards Websites for Inspiration

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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Whether you are starting out, thinking about starting, or a seasoned designer you will sometimes need to step back, look around and see what everyone else is doing to give yourself the right direction. No, don’t worry, this isn’t copying, stealing or copyright infringement. I am not telling you to steal other peoples work. The [...]