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The 10 most expensive blogs of all times

2009-12-15T09:29:00.000-08:00

If you would sell your blog today, what will be your price? It can be surprising for many people, but blogs currently have a lot of value and many companies or individuals agrees to pay the big price to own a successful blog.

Read the full post here: http://www.catswhoblog.com/the-10-most-expensive-blogs-of-all-times

42 Really Funny And Creative Print Ads

2009-12-15T09:28:00.000-08:00

Designing a print ad is very difficult, you have to convey your message using few words and single image. If your ad can make others smile they will not forget their smile and so the ad.

Adding humor in your ad is not easy too, you have to know fully about the product you are designing ad for and
about consumers too.

In this post i have gathered 42 really funny and amazing ads for your amusement. Do tell us which ad amused your more.

Read the full post here: http://pelfusion.com/showcases/42-really-funny-and-creative-print-ads/

A look at some car companies logos design evolution

2009-12-15T09:20:00.000-08:00

The evolution of big companies logos is always interesting, and I found car companies logo designs to be among the most interesting to inspect. One of my favorite aspect of these is to see how logos are handled when two or more brands are merging (see Audi, Mercedes-Benz or Mitsubishi).

Read the full post here: http://www.designer-daily.com/a-look-at-some-car-logos-design-evolution-5100

10 amazing CSS grid systems

2009-12-15T09:18:00.000-08:00

Though grid layouts may not be new to print design and certainly not design in general, CSS grid systems are still somewhat new to the field of web development. CSS grid systems allow the developer to easily and quickly markup and create structured, grid styled websites and layouts. Each grid systems has its pros and cons, and
different ways of accomplishing goals. Today, we'll review 10 amazing CSS grid systems.

Read the full post here: http://www.webhostingsearch.com/articles/10-amazing-grid-systems.php

Comment Design: Considerations, Best Practices and Examples

2009-12-15T09:17:00.000-08:00

Comment styling is an often-overlooked part of blog design. After all, they’re at the bottom of the page, not seen until visitors already have an impression of your site, and they’re really there for function more than anything else. Why invest a lot of time in styling them and making them really stand out?

Read the full post here: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/comment-design-considerations-best-practices-and-examples/

Purple Website Showcase

2009-12-15T09:14:00.000-08:00

Colour Wheel Pro says: Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveys wealth and extravagance. Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

Read the full post here: http://d-lists.co.uk/2009/12/10/purple-website-showcase/

The Benefits of Experimentation

2009-12-15T09:12:00.001-08:00

I spend a fair amount of time working on web design. After a full day at the office, it’s not uncommon for me to come home and work on my own site, blog or other personal projects. It’s also not uncommon for people to ask me how I “find the time” to do this type of personal work. My response, especially to other Web designers,
is this.

Read the full post here: http://designinformer.com/benefits-experimentation/

Fundamental CSS3 Resources for Designers

2009-12-15T09:11:00.000-08:00

Here are useful CSS3 resources for designers including, new features Selectors introduced, design enhancement, alternative rounded corners, CSS3 with jQuery, other useful tips, tricks, techniques, tutorials and plenty of quality articles and many more. We hope you will find this post helpful as it contains the best resources you may
need to use these useful CSS3 techniques for your next project.

Read the full post here: http://www.2expertsdesign.com/web-designs/fundamental-css3-resources-for-designers

7 Of The Best Feedburner Alternatives

2009-12-15T09:08:00.000-08:00

For most serious bloggers, publishing feeds and gathering data is an important part of the work. Finding new subscribers, tracking subscriptions, learning how many subscribers return and other information about them is incredibly valuable. Feedburner has been the best option for filling this niche for a long time and it offers
excellent services, but recently users have found Feedburner to be more problematic than helpful.

Many bloggers are reporting that they have received inaccurate and unreliable data from Feedburner, particularly after the Google acquisition. Subscription numbers swing erratically each day and some report that subscriptions are being reported as zero. Furthermore, some have reported that the full content of their posts are not showing to some aggregators and that it is too slow.

Feedburner has long been the standard for managing feeds but if you, like many, are growing weary of unreliable information and performance read on to learn about some of the alternatives available.

Read the full post here: http://www.designussion.com/7-of-the-best-feedburner-alternatives/

How to Decorate Your Blog for Christmas

2009-12-15T09:05:00.000-08:00

Christmas is coming and if you want to create a Christmas mood on your blog you should decorate it. Today we will show you how to decorate your blog for Christmas. You will find a lot of Christmas related icons and other useful resources. These tips are easy but they works.

Read the full post here: http://webdesignfan.com/how-to-decorate-your-blog-for-christmas/

Create a funky most commented section for your blog!

2009-12-15T09:04:00.000-08:00

After Engadget redesigned their website a few weeks ago, I noticed how their sidebar contained some unique methods of displaying posts. A nice featured posts section, a fancy calendar and an awesome most commented, digg and twitter section. Using the amount of comments to determine the width and having each post a different
color to produce a rainbow, I thought was an awesome idea. So I had a go at making the most commented section for CreativityDen. It turned out pretty well, so I decided to share it with you! All credit goes to Code and Theory.

Read the full post here: http://blog.creativityden.com/create-a-funky-most-commented-section-for-your-blog/

15 Useful Firefox Add-Ons To Make CSS Developers Lives Easier

2009-12-15T09:01:00.000-08:00

There are lots of free downloadable extensions and add-ons available on the internet for firefox and day by day demands are increasing . Somethings are better if they don’t get uninstalled from your firefox. In fact, they can make your firefox more efficient a. We give you the 15 Firefox addons that a CSS developer should think twice
before uninstalling because they will make your life as a CSS Developer much easier.

Read the full story here: http://www.appsheriff.com/software/tools-software/15-useful-firefox-add-ons-to-make-css-developers-lives-easier/

Gloss’d – A Free Icon Set

2009-12-15T08:59:00.000-08:00

Today, we have an awesome icon set to giveaway to our readers. The icon set is called Gloss’d. The set comes with five, high-quality, ready to download icons for you to use in your next project.

By the way, the set includes the best looking Twitter icon I have ever seen. Go ahead and grab the free stuff
before others start downloading it and they crash our servers, thereby preventing you from downloading anything.

Read the full post here: http://designinformer.com/glossd-free-icon-set/

Headway WordPress theme review

2009-12-15T08:57:00.000-08:00

There was a time where WordPress theme where just a simple, unaesthetic articles list. Now, theme developers are using all the power of WordPress to create stunning, easy to use and powerful Theme frameworks.

I previously talked about the Thesis theme on this blog, now let’s turn our focus to Thesis main competitor, a
very powerful and complete theme framework called Headway.

Read the full post here: http://www.catswhoblog.com/headway-wordpress-theme-review

20 Creative Flash Websites From The Creative Minds

2009-12-15T08:55:00.000-08:00

oday we are showcasing some of the very creative flash websites from the creative minds for your inspiration. Although flash platform has been always considered not good for usability and accessibility but there are number of good advantages for using flash. Flash websites display same on all browsers and platforms. No need to
validate flash websites for different browsers. With flash you can make your websites more dynamic, attractive and interactive.

Read the full post here: http://www.smashingshare.com/2009/12/11/20-creative-flash-websites-creative-minds/

7 tips to improve your CSS

2009-12-15T08:23:00.000-08:00

Are you looking to improve your stylesheets by creating better CSS? Then take a look at these tips.

Read the full post here: http://cssorgy.com/7-tips-to-improve-your-css-2327

40 Logo Design Tutorials

2009-12-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

Logo design is a sophisticated and complex process. The hardest thing to do is to come up with the concept behind the logo. Once you know what kind of logo you want, you sketch and design it. Logo design is one of those thing that has to be perfected, because a logo represents an idea, a brand and an identity. In recent
contest I asked Desizn Tech’s reader what kind of post they would like to see, some readers asked about logo design tutorial. In this post, you will find 40 different kind logo tutorial from beginners to advanced level. Beside logo design, some of the links includes broad analysis behind the logo design process which should be helpful for graphic designers and web designers.

Read the full post here: http://desizntech.info/2009/04/40-logo-design-tutorial/

Out of This World Tutorials

2009-12-15T08:20:00.000-08:00

As promised, here are some amazing outer-space tutorials for your learning. This is part 2 of the "Out of This World" series. I’m sure that you have seen some of these tutorials before, but hopefully, you will find a few that are totally new. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and choose a few of these tutorials and try them out for
yourself.

Read the full post here: http://designinformer.com/out-of-this-world-tutorials/

30+ Free Adobe Illustrator Pattern Sets

2009-12-15T08:17:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, designs or images would often look unattractive without additional resources that are used to enhance their quality. To date, more and more professional designers are into creating their own Photoshop or Illustrator brushes and patterns that they can use and share to the design community. Another type of resources
that we are familiar with, is Illustrator Pattern. Like brushes, they are downloaded and are used to create more effects and beauty in images. Aside from this, patterns are utilized to enhance your design and are time savers.

For this post, we have surfed through the net and found 30+ Free Adobe Illustrator Pattern Sets with high quality that you can download to your desktop and use to your future illustrator artworks. Check them out and feel free to download any pattern you like…

Read the full post here: http://naldzgraphics.net/freebies/30-free-adobe-illustrator-pattern-sets/

Long Term Freelancing Success – Part 2 – Marketing

2009-12-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the second installment of this series – Marketing. You can view the other parts here: Long Term Freelancing Success.

Marketing is one of the key elements of any business and as a freelancer it should be a huge part of your strategy
towards growth and success. So in this post I’m going to talk about some of the different marketing tools you can use as a freelancer!

Read the full post here: http://www.acuitydesigns.net/long-term-freelancing-success-part-2-marketing/

Long Term Freelancing Success – Part 1 – Dedication

2009-12-15T08:13:00.000-08:00

Hi all, welcome to what I hope to be a series about some factors I think will be key to long term success..The first is to address your working discipline.

Read many interviews of freelancers and a common answer to ‘what do you love about being a freelancer?’ –
one of the expected answers is the flexibility to work ‘at my own pace or ‘when I want’. I discern that despite this fact your ethic toward your freelancing needs to be regular, wholehearted and consistent if you truly want to be successful.

Read the full post here: http://www.acuitydesigns.net/long-term-freelancing-success-part-1-dedication/

25 Inspirational and stunning Surreal photo manipulations

2009-12-15T08:11:00.000-08:00

This is a post on Surreal Photo manipulation. Surreal means to have a bizarre or dream like quality and these pictures also represent surrealism with photo manipulation .

Not all kinds of photo manipulations are surreal manipulations. Some unique concepts of photo manipulations
presented in these pictures by their respective designers.The only purpose of post is to inspire you as a designer and help you create more stunning artworks by sharing these unique creations like these.

Feel free to appreciate the post and the work of the original author if you like it. It wont be bad idea either to share it with your buddies online and support this post.

Read the full post here: http://graphicalerts.com/25-inspirational-and-stunning-surreal-photo-manipulations/

Breathe New Life Into Your Typography With These 22 Techniques

2009-12-15T08:08:00.000-08:00

It’s easy to get caught up in using Helvetica as your go to font for almost everything but it’s time to break away from this habit. Sure it works but from time to time we need to think outside of the box and use the imagination a bit. Let’s get inspired! Follow along with the tuts below and it will be at least a few hours before you get sucked
back into Helvetica-land.

Read the full post here: http://slodive.com/photoshop/typography-with-these-22-techniques/

Rust Textures Pack – 21 Free Images

2009-12-15T08:05:00.000-08:00

Download these 21 rust textures for free and use them in your next design. They are dirty, scratched up, smeared, and cracked. All the images are high quality around 3800 pixels wide. As with all of our resources, personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

Read the full post here: http://mediamilitia.com/rust-textures-pack-21-free-images/

Showcase: Beautifully Designed Black Portfolio Websites

2009-12-15T07:59:00.000-08:00

Designing a good looking portfolio for any web and graphics designer is very much important, and black colored website gives a decent look to any portfolio. So here we have collected some great looking black colored portfolio websites to take inspiration from it and design one for yourself. Enjoy!

Read the full post here: http://acrisdesign.com/2009/12/showcase-beautifully-designed-black-portfolio-websites/

50 Blogging Tools To Make You A Pro-Blogger

2009-12-15T07:56:00.000-08:00

Everyone who has logged on to the internet has at least heard about blogs. For some these blogs are means to express their opinion on various matters, while others may just choose to blog because they like it. Then there are a few who hope to earn some cash from blogging. Well if you want to earn substantial money from blogging
then you need to become a problogger. In order to become a problogger you need to have the right set of tools. There are tools for just about everything from cropping images, conducting polls to increasing the accessibility to your blog.

Read the full post here: http://hostwisely.com/blog/50-blogging-tools-to-make-you-a-pro-blogger/

Dazzling Logo Design Tutorials Part 2

2009-12-15T07:52:00.000-08:00

We have written a article 35 Dazlling Logo Design Tutorial Part 1 last week and this week we come with another set of logo design tutorials for our readers. So have a look at all this cool logo design tutorials.

Read the full post here: http://acrisdesign.com/2009/12/dazzling-logo-design-tutorials-part-2/

35 Dazzling Logo Design Tutorials Part-1

2009-12-15T07:48:00.000-08:00

Logo Design is another part of graphic design which needs special skills. So here we have collected some logo design tutorials to learn designing logos. This article includes 35 logo design tutorials and will come with second part of this articles in upcoming days. Enjoy!

Read the full post here: http://acrisdesign.com/2009/12/35-dazzling-logo-design-tutorials-part-1/

Where do you find big companies vector logos for free?

2009-12-15T07:45:00.000-08:00

After the recent post on car logos evolution, Justin sent me an email asking where to find the logos in vector format. I thought I’d share the answer with all my readers, so here are a few websites where you can find many multinational companies logos in vector format. Keep in mind that all these logos are copyrighted and that you
shouldn’t use them for any illegal purpose.

Read the full post: http://www.designer-daily.com/where-do-you-find-big-companies-vector-logos-for-free-5121

How to sell a blog efficiently

2009-12-15T07:39:00.000-08:00

Some months ago, I sold one of my blogs on the Sitepoint Marketplace for $3500. In this article, I will show you how I successfully managed the sale and how you can do the same with your blog.

Read the full post here: http://www.catswhoblog.com/how-to-sell-a-blog-efficiently

Create a Cool Photo Treatment Using Channels In Photoshop

2009-12-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

Channels are just one incredibly powerful tool in Photoshop’s vast arsenal of image editing capabilities. They have a number of different uses, and are frequently my tool of choice for creating masks and selections, or to make slight colour adjustments to an image.

Today, we are going to learn how to create an interesting photo treatment using channels and colour spaces. We will move from RGB to CMYK to Multichannel and finally back to RGB again. All, with the purpose of changing the way that the images colours interact with each other.

Read the full post here: http://spyrestudios.com/create-a-cool-photo-treatment-using-channels-in-photoshop/

21 New and Fabulous Retro Style Photoshop Tutorials

2009-12-14T10:44:00.000-08:00

Retro is a old style design which totally attracted people’s attention. Retro style is new trend and very popular among designers. A design with Retro style effect is a amazing piece of work. I have sourced the web to find some of the best photoshop tutorials that can help to build some good retro design step by step.

Here are 21 New photoshop tutorials which are very useful and you can give style of retro to your designs using these awesome techniques.

Read the full post here: http://thedesignmag.com/21-new-and-fabulous-retro-style-photoshop-tutorials.html

Photoshop Cheatsheets & Our Must Know Shortcuts

2009-12-14T10:42:00.000-08:00

It took me years to really understand the full power of shortcuts in Photoshop. For me, as long as I could do what I wanted to do then it don’t matter if I had to go to the menu to select a tool. As long as it gets the job done right? Wrong! Trying to use photoshop without shortcuts is like trying to eat soup with a fork. Not
happening!

Read the full story here: http://slodive.com/photoshop/photoshop-cheatsheets-our-must-know-shortcuts/

Advanced Photoshop Techniques that you may not be aware of

2009-12-14T10:39:00.000-08:00

Photoshop is one of the most widely tools used for web design. Most web designers don’t use all of the great things that Photoshop can do. It’s easy to get stuck in your ways but instead you should be looking to further improve your skills and learn new techniques to improve your web design work, work flow and productivity.

Read the full post here: http://inspectelement.com/tutorials/advanced-photoshop-techniques-that-you-may-not-be-aware-of/

500+ Free Download High Quality Photoshop PSD Files For Designers

2009-12-14T10:36:00.000-08:00

We appreciate to all those talented Photoshop Designers who designed and share their Creative design stuffs with their efforts, so others designers can learn and get inspiration from their works. Here we are listed 500+ Quality PSD Resource to Download from various blogs and direct locations, hope you like the download list.

Read the full post here: http://www.2expertsdesign.com/500-free-download-high-quality-photoshop-psd-files-for-designers.html

60+ Exceptional Photo Manipulation Tutorials in Photoshop

2009-12-14T10:34:00.000-08:00

Hey, here's the awsome collection of 60+ Photo Manipulation Tutorials for Photoshop. I hope you'll enjoy it!

Read the full post here: http://www.smashingbuzz.com/2009/11/60-exceptional-photo-manipulation-tutorials-in-photoshop/

50 Extremely Creative Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials

2009-12-14T10:29:00.000-08:00

Today we’re with 50 Extremely Creative Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials, we found some professional Adobe Photoshop tutorials about vintage and retro that will teach graphic and web designers how to make vintage, retro and there looks really stylish designs.

In this article we go back with memories of 20th century inspired designs, here is an complete showcase with variety of vintage and retro designs even some great designed posters also here which is giving help professional techniques and usability of complete tool Adobe Photoshop.

Read the full post here: http://www.dzinepress.com/2009/11/50-extremely-creative-vintage-and-retro-photoshop-tutorials/

30+ Professional Business Website Design Tutorials In Photoshop

2009-12-14T10:27:00.000-08:00

With more and more businesses needing an online presence, it’s no surprise to see there’s a lot of photoshop tutorials out there about creating a professional business website design layout. We have collected some of the very best 30+ professional website design tutorials mostly done in photoshop. These website design tutorials
would help to improve your photoshop skills.

Read the full story here: http://www.smashingshare.com/2009/11/21/30-best-professional-business-website-design-tutorials/

30 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Your Own Portfolio

2009-12-14T10:18:00.000-08:00

If you are a designer/developer you must have an attractive portfolio with best works. Portfolio main function is to showcase your works and make new potential clients, so it must be professional and informative.

In this article you will find various styles 30 Photoshop tutorials on creating your own portfolio. These tutorials are useful because you’ll learn new techniques and improve your skills.

Here you will find newest and older tutorials but with your creativity they’ll reborn with new and modern look. All of listed tutorials shows you how to design a portfolio layout in Photoshop. We hope that this roundup will help you on designing your own portfolio.

Read the full post here: http://webdesignfan.com/photoshop-tutorials-for-creating-portfolio/

Photoshop Adjustment Layer and Retouching Tutorial with Video

2009-12-14T10:15:00.000-08:00

This tutorial should hopefully have you adjusting and touching up all your photos at an intermediate level in no time. the techniques and principles can ten be applied in doing other things within photoshop. Adjustment layers can allow you to create simple 30-second effects as the one below: (this is shown in the video at the end of the
tutorial)

Read the full story: http://www.acuitydesigns.net/photoshop-adjustment-layer-and-retouching-tutorial-with-video/

Master Realistic Eye Editing in Photoshop

2009-12-14T10:11:00.000-08:00

Whether your model has that early-morning blur to their eyes or your shooting conditions were less than optimal, almost every portrait could benefit from bit of Photoshop eye assistance. By following these steps, you can achieve clear, vibrant, and piercing eyes all within fifteen minutes of post process work.

Read the full post here: http://www.thephotoargus.com/tutorials/master-realistic-eye-editing-in-photoshop/

How To Create Your Own Crumpled And Torn Wrapping Paper

2009-12-14T10:09:00.000-08:00

With that in mind, I thought a holiday themed tutorial might be a good idea. So, I’m going to show you how to create your own crumpled and torn wrapping paper effect in Photoshop, pretty much from scratch! All we’ll need is a seamless pattern and a couple of stock images.
I actually came up with this technique for a recent client project, in which they wanted a “holiday” theme. I
searched some of my favourite stock photography sites for some wrapping paper images, but really didn’t find anything all that useful. So, being a resourceful Photoshopper, I simply shrugged my shoulders and decided to make my own! This also had the added benefit of my being able to use a custom pattern, with the client’s corporate colours.

Read the full post here: http://spyrestudios.com/create-crumpled-torn-wrapping-paper/

22 Tutorials To Create Shiny Effect Using Photoshop

2009-12-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

Creating different effects is very interesting to do with Photoshop. There are many effects that you can create using Photoshop, which you can search on internet but here i have compiled 22 tutorials to create shiny effect using Photoshop.

There must be more tutorials on creating shiny effect but here i tried to collect the best ones for you.

Read the full post here: http://pelfusion.com/tutorials/22-tutorials-to-create-shiny-effect-using-photoshop/

Turn A Boring Photo Into An Emotive Portrait

2009-12-14T09:49:00.001-08:00

This is a fairly ‘intermediate’ tutorial, although most beginners will be able to follow along with the video. It’s a neat little tutorial packed full of lots of little gems and tricks which we use in order to arrive the result; which is a much more stylistic portrait, that’s a lot more emotive and also has greater depth. The change is supposed to be
subtle and thus its an effect your likely to use a lot more often than some of the tutorials floating around. Hope you enjoy! and its of use! Don’t hesitate to drop a comment below…

Read the full post here: http://www.acuitydesigns.net/turn-a-boring-photo-into-an-emotive-portrait-photoshop-tutorial-with-video/

When Your Client Wants To Become The Designer

2009-12-14T07:26:00.000-08:00

Every now and then you receive a client who gets involved in your end of the deal, and is questioning / making firm suggestions about directions to take. This could be due to their eagerness, misunderstanding of professional boundaries or personality; but it needs to be addressed when they begin to intrude too much upon the design of
your project; to its detriment..

Read the full post here: http://www.acuitydesigns.net/when-your-client-wants-to-become-the-designer/

40 Can’t-Miss Grunge Fonts From DaFont

2009-12-14T06:49:00.000-08:00

How many fonts do you have downloaded? As a designer myself, I am going to go out on a limb and assume most designers have 500+ fonts on their computer and are always on the lookout for more (but always end up using your 8-10 favorite ones, right?) :)

Read the full post here: http://spyrestudios.com/grunge-fonts-from-dafont/