“Gasoline is on its last legs. It’s a commodity we’ll soon be saying goodbye to as renewable energy takes over – but what will we do with all of the gas stations left behind? Most gas stations are unremarkable or even ugly, but these 10 quirky gas station designs will certainly find another use, whether as roadside attractions, shops, restaurants or service stations.”
“Many designers must content themselves with imagining and drawing things that may never be built - very few can realize ultramodern home visions in the real world. Like a blast from the future, these ten architects have brought to life incredible houses that most of us could not even dream of – let alone afford.”
“In this tutorial, I will show you the process I used to create this Pop Art Style Poster with urban city background in Photoshop by using a combination of Photoshop Filter effects. Again this effect is discovered by accident and I thought I can share it with you guys :)
Along the way, we will be using a lot of filter effects, masking technique, layer blending options, a number of selection techniques including the use of edge refining and magic wand. The steps are quite simple for this tutorial, however the end result looks good in my opinion. Have a try!…”
35 Creative Business Cards | Graphic Design Blog – Who doesn’t need a business card…corporate workers, skilled professionals, consultants, entrepreneurs, freelancers and the list goes on. Therefore, without wasting my and your time, discussing the significance of business cards, I want to share the aim of this post… (More…)
Weird, Confusing and Irritating Photography | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine – We daily come across with so many photos some of them are good while some are not happening. Some photos are so ordinary that you hardly keep them in mind while some of the photos are simply outstanding and awesome pieces of photography that you reminisce them again and again, and just wonder how photographer has taken such a beautiful picture… (More…)
21 Must-Have Scripts For Your Favorite Javascript Library (jQuery, MooTools, Prototype) – Labs – In attempting to spruce up my knowledge of Javascript, I’ve been trolling around the net collecting scripts and tutorials for various Javascript libraries, mainly jQuery, MooTools, and Prototype. Of the three, MooTools seems to supply me with the most JS lovin’ – it’s easy to learn, holds super powerful Ajax abilities, and is customizable to the core… (More…)
Beautiful Grid Based Blog Designs + Why They Are Awesome « WP TOY – Grid based design is a clean way to lay out as much content as possible on one page, while keeping it structured and eye-appealing. Myself am a big fan of those grid based layouts and I am happy to see that more and more blogs are heading this way… (More…)
15 Online Financial Tools for Freelance Designers | Webdesigner Depot – Efficiency and organization are critical for freelance web designers. Managing finances and tracking down payments is not what drew most freelancers into this line of work. Fortunately, while handling finances is a necessary part of the business of freelancing, there are many tools and resources to that can help to simplify things. These tools can be critical to keeping your business running smoothly and efficiently… (More…)
Plugin Review: cSprites for WordPress | Weblog Tools Collection – cSprites for WordPress plugin helps speed up your blog by reducing the number of requests made for images. When activated all images within a post will automatically be stitched up and displayed properly as compressed CSS sprites… (More…)
70 Stunning Cityscape Photographs | Spoonfed Design – When you think of a city, the word beautiful usually isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Good urban photography will turn a gross city into a breath taking image, and here are 70 examples of images that do just that. All these images are extremely colorful and very dramatic… (More…)
SXSW Typography: Quit Bitchin and get Your Glyph on – Designers are still complaining about the limitations of Web typography. Is their case valid, and will it be in the future? What myths are there about web typography and how do we dispel them? This panel will discuss overcoming constraints on web to create elegant, legible, and expressive typography… (More…)
You Say Toh-may-to, I Say Tah-mah-to – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog – People can get so caught up in doing things a certain way. It’s important to remember that there are many methods of doing things. And as freelancers, it’s equally as vital to be kind when explaining your school of thought. After all, you represent your business now, so it’s imperative to stay professional. (More…)
Retrofuturistic Ads: Selling a Brighter Tomorrow | WebUrbanist – These 15 retrofuturistic ads showcase one of advertising’s most time-tested traits: convincing the target market a better, brighter future can be theirs TODAY – once they purchase this must-have product… (More…)
MyInkTrail: Best of the Design Community, March 2009 | My Ink Blog – Another month in the books. MyInkBlog’s 1 year anniversary is creeping up dangerously fast, I’m still brainstorming how I’ll be celebrating that. Till then, enjoy this month’s roundup of the best stuff from the design community… (More…)
Polaroid Frames Brushes for your Pictures | Photoshop Tutorials – So, you love polaroid pictures..but don't own a polaroid camera. That's a problem we can easily solve with these collection of polaroid brushes. Select your favorite polaroid brushes or frames and install them in Photoshop. And you'll just a few steps away from having a perfect polaroid theme image… (More…)
10 Creative & Rich UI interfaces & How to Create Them | Noupe – Sometimes it’s just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talented web-developers manage to deliver powerful, functional and gorgeous web-design in “look-and-feel”-style, which is easy to use and nice to see… (More…)
How to Make Unique Front Page Teasers for WordPress Posts | Build Internet! – If you’ve ended up on this post from our front page, you’ll notice that the teaser text which appears there is not displayed above. The content listed on that page varies from the content here. It’s an easy tweak done by dividing the post in two using built in WordPress tags… (More…)
30 Free Seamless Colorful Patterns | Desizn Tech – Last week saw the video of From-the-Couch.com .I also asked my self Why is the Blogging World so Nice? I mean we spent countless hours on creating a freebies that we are giving away for free.All we want in exchange is traffic and subscribers. So, readers do not say bloggers are not nice. Say thanks and pass along the link if there a blog you like. Anyhow, here are more Freebies From Desizn Tech. I am obsessed with patterns and textures for the moment. There are 30 original seamless patterns. Below are the demo for some patterns. Hope you enjoy these… (More…)
9 Steps To A Happy Relationship With Your Hosting Provider | How-To | Smashing Magazine – Having a good relationship with your hosting provider is perhaps not crucial, but pretty darn close to it if you want to maintain a fully functional website. Remember that even though you are the client, you still need to abide by the beloved ToC (Terms and Conditions) of your hosting provider. You should also research hosting plans to prevent future quagmires. Listed below are ten points to think about before signing up with a Web host and what to do if you already have a provider… (More…)
Create an Abstract Underwater Scene – Create an awesome abstract underwater scene using photo manipulation techniques. Learn how to create a complex abstract composition… (More…)
12 Excellent Tools for Picking a Domain Name – Selecting the perfect domain name for your website is the most important, and oftentimes hardest, step in establishing a web presence. There are plenty of tools out there that can help you ease the burden of checking available domains and suggesting similar names that are related to your searches. In this article, you’ll read about 12 neat web tools that will lend you a hand in finding and choosing domain names… (More…)
50 Stunningly Creative Interactive Flash Websites | Spoonfed Design – In the world of Flash-based web applications, there are an endless number of possibilities. Flash is a platform which allows for creativity to flow into a website. Interactive is one way that Flash websites are set away from the rest. Here are 50 amazing interactive and creative Flash websites… (More…)
20 Awesome Examples of Craig Shields’ Work – Also known as ‘Surpy’, Craig Shields is a young and very talented designer from the UK that has incredible illustration, typography and doodle works… (More…)
4 Principles of Good Design for Websites | My Ink Blog – One of my absolute favorite design books is, Robin Williams Design Workshop. It looks into practical design theories and showcases awesome examples. One of the areas of focus that I’ve taken into all my designs are the four major design principles. They include: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity… (More…)
Making a jQuery Plugin Truly Customizable » Learning jQuery – Tips, Techniques, Tutorials – Most if not all of the jQuery plugins out there have some level of customization. But very few of the plugin authors have mastered the very particular art involved. Achieving the "optimum level" of customization is a bit of a balancing act… go too far either way and you've got an unusable plugin!… (More…)
Free Web Design Icon Set – Here is another icon set that I made nearly two years ago. I always planned to make over 1,000 of these but never got round to it. There are 310 of them and they are designed to be used on web design projects, but some are also suited to be used as system icons. They are all 16 by 16 pixels, in PNG format and free to use in print and web projects… (More…)
Web Templates Blog » Blog Archive » Flash templates for online photo portfolios – Hope you’ve already read our most on the most striking photo portfolios. I also hope you’ve been inspired to create your own photo portfolio or update the one you have. If so then I’m just in time. I’d like to share the most eye catching portfolio templates and art & photography templates with you. With these templates you can create mind blowing photo portfolios and share your best photos with others… (More…)
The Easiest Way to Use Any Font You Wish – Nettuts+ – CSS 3 is on the horizon, and we're all getting excited. Thanks to the latest browser updates, developers can begin working with time-saving new properties – such as @font-face. Unfortunately, the availability of these features is limited to a tiny fraction of our overall userbase. At least for the next year or so, we'll need to continue utilizing the Flash and Javascript alternatives when embedding fonts… (More…)
Illustration Collection Volume 2 – Craig Baldwin’s Blog – Well after the success of the last Illustration Collection, thanks in no small part to my inclusion in the VectorTuts monthly round cup, I thought I’d put together another collection of excellent illustrative work. What I look for when putting together these posts is work that jumps out to me, I like punchy visuals and strong colours but I also really like unique things as I’m sure plenty of other people do… (More…)
How to Create a Grunge Style Illustration with Stains – Psdtuts+ – Inspired by the article "18+ Sources of Inspiration from Coffee, Ink, Blood and other Stains," by Steven Snell, I decided to show my personal way of creating stain based designs in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we'll grab a picture, apply several filters to it and obtain a monochromatic stain, which combined with stain brushes and a texture will transform into an eye-catching grunge result… (More…)
Beautiful Pictures For Spring Inspiration | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine – Inspiration is all around us: you can derive new ideas from people you meet, places you visit and observations you make. Sometimes it is enough just to take a look around and observe the beauty of nature surrounding us everywhere. For instance, spring is often considered the most beautiful and inspirational period of the year, with its refreshing, colorful, vivid imagery and structures. And this post hopes to prove just that… (More…)
60+ Free Vectors Icons for Web Designers | SherifAbdou – The Design Blog – Finding decent hi-quality vector icons for free via google is kinda hard & annoying. My results mainly lead to sites that wanted to sell you icons. I don’t beleive in paying for things like that, especially when there’s an abundant amount of vector icons that are available for free… (More…)
Best of the "B" Fonts | Nerd Business Blog – The ultimate list of the greatest fonts ever made continues in this edition with 142 of the highest quality fonts starting with the letter "B"… (More…)
99 Cool Fonts Starting with "A" | Nerd Business Blog – This in depth font review gives you the advantage of seeing about a hundred cool fonts you can quickly deploy on your upcoming design project. This first edition of my pursuit to identify the 2000 best and most coolest fonts – involves establishing a huge reference of the highest quality fonts: EVER MADE… (More…)
Geometric Pop Art – Tadaomi Shibuya (8 illustrations) – My Modern Metropolis – Tadaomi Shibuya's use of straight lines and shadows transcends into some really original artwork. He creates a perfect sense of balance with his geometric patterns. Born in 1973, Tadaomi graduated college with a degree in product design, and began working as an illustrator/designer/artist. He currently lives in Yokohama, Japan… (More…)
Inspirational Quotes Remixed – In the beginning of 2009, I compiled 22 smart, inspirational quotes from bloggers in 2008 to share with you. Today I thought it would be fun to mash-up some of the quotes with visuals to make them come alive… (More…)
Recycled Treasures Converted Into Inspired Art | WebUrbanist – Wait – before you toss that into the garbage, can it be recycled? Many things obviously can in traditional ways, but an artist often sees beyond the obvious. With a creative eye and artful touch, art can be created with nearly any medium. Innovative artists can transform what you might consider trash into amazing art… (More…)
ForTheLose.org – How To: Use Custom Fields in WordPress – Custom Fields are one of the most powerful features in WordPress. Most newbies are either afraid of these mysterious input areas or simply don't even know they exist. In this post, my goal is to enlighten you on what exactly the Custom Fields are and provide some examples of what they can be used for. Let's get started, shall we?… (More…)
20 Cool WordPress Blog Designs « WPCrowd – I want to contribute to all showcases on the globe with my glorious showcase with WordPress blog designs. There are a lot of cool WordPress designs in the web but I collected the most great I could find. This showcase is with 20 Cool well designed WordPress websites and blogs with original colors and themes. Every design is unique with rich colors and styles… (More…)
150+ beautiful photoshop patterns brushes and textures for download – WittySparks – It’s always very tough to find the best, free, different and hi resolution photoshop textures, patterns or brushes for download. I always collect the best resources at one place for my future reference – in that way it will be very easy for me to get the best stuff at the right time. Just sharing the same with you all and I always love to check the best resources, please share the same via comments… (More…)
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