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A Look at Inspiring Website Designs of Musicians

Tom Ross — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:20 +0000

As with designer's, musician's websites are often some of the most creative, and for good reason. The website designs of musicians should ideally epitomize their sound in a visual medium. It should capture their brand in an online presence.

30 Beautiful Multi-Colored Websites

Brant Wilson — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:13 +0000

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In this post we’ve compiled some well designed colorful websites. Enjoy!! If you like these designs you might also want to check out our previous posts below. Examples of Solid Colors in Web Design Examples of Orange in Web Design Examples of Purple in Web Design thisistommy

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Help Wanted: Websites For Finding Design And Programming Jobs

Kevin Muldoon — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:55 +0000

There are a lot of advantages to freelancing. You will have more flexibility over the hours you work, you won't have to commute to work any more and best of all, you are your own boss. It can be hard work landing a job. Not to mention making sure a project is completed successfully can mean working unsocial hours from time to time, however most people who leave their 9 to 5 jobs are happy with the freedom freelancing offers.

40 Negative Space Logo Designs

Brant Wilson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:51:12 +0000

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In this post we have collected 40 well design negative space logo designs. Enjoy!! If you like these logo designs you might also want to check out our previous posts below. 40 Creative Logo Designs 28 Clean and Creative Logo Designs 24 Clever and Unique Logo Designs Australian wine

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Useful CSS Snippets for Your Coding Arsenal

Kevin Muldoon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:17 +0000

CSS is a beautiful language but it can also be frustrating at times. Certain CSS solutions don't work on certain browsers (cough Internet Explorer cough) and much of your time can be spent debugging code.

How to Create a Set of Highlighter Brushes for Illustrator

Vandelay Website Design — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:35:07 +0000

A few months ago at Vandelay Premier we recently released a set of highlighter brushes for Adobe Illustrator,and in this tutorial we'll show how you can accomplish the same thing on your own. We'll scan some lines made by a highlighter and that will give us a nice brush for using whenever highlighter or marker effects are needed.

Creative Uses of Illustration in Web Design

Nousheen Aquil — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:42 +0000

Using illustration in web design has become quite trendy these days. People love to see beautifully designed illustration based websites because they stand out from the rest. Not only because of the beautiful illustrative art work and carefully crafted web designs but also because of the perfect balance struck between these two important components.

Ultimate Roundup of Photoshop Custom Shapes

Vandelay Website Design — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:11:56 +0000

Photoshop presets like brushes and patterns get more attention, but custom shapes can be equally useful. Because custom shapes are vectors, they can be scaled to larger sizes with no decrease in quality. In this post we'll link to some of the best custom shapes sets that can be downloaded for free. As always when working with freebies, be sure to read the terms of use or license details to make sure that you are using it in accordance with the designer's guidelines. Web Shapes

The New Redesign Rules of the Web

Robert Bowen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:31 +0000

With the ever-changing landscape that is the internet, web designers and developers are constantly tasked with redesigning some part of the web. Whether it be for our own sites or for those of a client, redesigning is a big part of working in the field right now. For whatever reasons, be it the growth and popular new directions of the web, or even a desire to keep your brand fresh, the web these days seems to be in a constant state of redesign.

USB Drives That Make You Jump Drive For Joy!

Speider Schneider — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:00:41 +0000

In the Stone Age of computers and digital storage, there were little “floppy disks” that promised holding an entire megabyte of space… although it was really only 978 kilobytes. AOL would send these little plastic disks to every household each and every month, hoping computer users would sign up for that now antiquated and laughable hook up to the internet. They made great drink coasters or building blocks for the kids.