Wallpapers of the Week 11: Typography
August 19th, 2009 — 2 Comments
Good typography is an art so be inspired by setting one of these as your desktop background.
Wallpapers of the Week 10: Water (31 Wallpapers)
August 12th, 2009 — 3 Comments
Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface so there’s bound to be some inspiration wherever it’s found. Here are some water related images for your inspiration and desktop.
Links of the Week 9
August 7th, 2009 — 1 Comment
The Espresso illustration, using Twitter for inspiration, what if websites we’re people, HTML5 goodness, colour tips and a great web comic.
The process behind the Espresso illustration
Veerle Pieters guides us through the ideas and thinking for her beautiful design for one of the best text editors on the Mac.
Essential Guide to Using Twitter for Inspiration
This one does exactly what it says on the tin and it’s always fascinating to see how other people work so check it out.
What if Websites Were People…
A fun post matching websites to people they most resemble. Very creative.
HTML5 Canvas Experiment
A look at the potential of HTML5 can do. Don’t forget that no flash is being used here at all, just Javascript and HTML5. View in latest version of Safari, Firefox or Chrome.
Five Really Simple Colour Tips
Colour can be a harsh beast to get to grips with but Mike Kus over at Carsonified gives five tips to get you started.
Brad Colbow
I’m a big fan of online comics and the only one missing was a web design comic. Brad Colbow’s comic about web design fills in the missing gap superbly.
Read more...Wallpapers of the Week 9: Creativity is the Key
August 5th, 2009 — 2 Comments
Some great examples of creativity where the only limit is imagination.
Nephron 2
Creative Hand
Hexillus
Ballons for Me
Andromeda
Wallpapers of the Week 8: Beautiful Destruction
July 29th, 2009 — 2 Comments
A collection of images that bring beauty to the art of destruction.
2nd Coming
Modern Warfare 2
Fallout 3 Factory
Post Apocalypse London
Tornado
London Bridge
Links of the Week 7
July 24th, 2009 — 2 Comments
Photoshop tutorials, taming IE6, open source fonts, Typekit and doctypes for designers.
The 32 Best Photoshop Tutorials Of July 2009
A collection of the best Photoshop tutorials posted this month.
Definitive Guide to Taming the IE6 Beast
Lately there have been a number of sites popping up lately that are calling for the death of IE6 but this article goes the opposite way and demonstrates little tips and tricks that will help you code in everyone’s most hated browser.
The League of Moveable Type
High quality, open source fonts available for use with @f0nt-face with the goal of improving typography on the web.
First impressions of Typekit
The opposite end of typography on the web is Typekit. Basically it is a method of using @font-face with chosen commercial fonts. The fonts are loaded in by javascript and hidden from the users in such a way that the font can’t be stolen. It’s certainly something to keep your eye on as it looks very promising.
Doctypes, for Designers
Simple explanations of what the different doctypes are and how they behave.
Read more...Wallpapers of the Week 7: Creative 3D Design
July 22nd, 2009 — 1 Comment
Three dimension design can be one of the most creative ways to express yourself whether trying to recreate a realistic scene to creating a more surreal setting. Here are some examples of great 3D work.
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Summer
Containment
Sumeco
Indian Summer
@ Sea