11 Enticing Calligraphic Fonts
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Choosing the right font is a crucial step in graphic and web design. Whether it be a website that you’re designing, or simple a homemade greeting card, the typography used can either make, or break, the message that you intend to convey. Calligraphy in typography adds an element of sophistication… [This is a content summary only.
Tags: calligraphy, fancy-fonts, Fonts, naldz-graphics, photography, tools, Tutorials
Receive 15% Off All Artlandia’s Products
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Over the summer I spoke at the Front-End Design Conference where I demonstrated the techniques that I use to create some of the design resources that you see on this website. Towards the end of my presentation I showed how to easily create a pattern using Illustrator and Artlandia’s SymmetryWorks 5 Plug-In . A lot of people approached me after the presentation to ask me about the software that I used to create some of the crazy pattern effects that I ran through. I have always been an advocate of SymmetryWorks as a tool to create design resources and today I’m happy to offer you guys 15% off all Artlandia’s Products with a purchase price above $50.
Tags: artlandia, business, Design, design-news, illustration, Inspiration, leaflet-printing, presentation, printing, Resources, Tutorials
30 Fan-made Movie Posters
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
People’s mind is the greatest place to find some cool designs. Designers that love movies often make some cool poster designs that are really fun to see! And there are plenty out there for us to see! Here are some. <!–break–> This is a selection I’ve made out of a collection made by Fehimeren … he told me he had selected a Napolion Dynamite poster I did a few months ago and I just had to share it! There are some really fun posters here, and I really hope you all enjoy it! Cheers.
Tags: daily-inspiration, gadgets, Graphic Design, Inspiration, movie-posters, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials, wallpaper, Web Design
Talented Mixed Media Illustrators Anthony Harmon and Kode Abdo Share Valuable Wisdom
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources
When you work a story into your eye candy filled design or illustration something becomes possible that otherwise would not have: you get a chance to really touch the viewer. I’ve asked two of my favourite up and coming designer/illustrators to talk to me about mixed media illustration, specifically about the importance of telling a visual story with your pieces and what makes them tick. I’ve highlighted some of their best pieces and asked them to explain the deeper meaning behind them. This multi person interview is a new type article on Designfeedr, if you want more of this stuff you know what to do, comment and let me know! Thanks for taking the time to do this feature article.
Tags: anthony-harmon, canon, communication, designfeedr, harmon, illustration, interview, mind, opinion, Resources, work, world
Daily Inspiration #367
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Inspiration” in the subject, and don’t forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image" /></a></p> Do you want to see all the images from all the Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com AoiroStudio Arthur Régis Ben BS design c2 cgod Eugene Kim Fabiano Black Bones from Rhett Dashwood on Vimeo . Fabio fksd Gisele Urban Abstract from Musuta on Vimeo .
Tags: chris-haines, daily-inspiration, digital-art, Graphic Design, illustration, illustrator, image, photography
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: December & Christmas 2009
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Over the last months our readers were complaining about the low quality of wallpapers featured in the Desktop Wallpaper Calendar series here on Smashing Magazine. To keep the very high quality of the competition and motivate artists and designers to put more thoughts and ideas into creating original and beautiful wallpapers, we carefully reviewed our quality guidelines and decided to select featured wallpapers more strictly. Consequently, over 65% of wallpapers submitted to us in November unfortunately didn’t make it to this post. We may have been a bit too strict or we may have been not strict enough – please let us know what you think and please also let us know how we can improve the quality of this series! This post features 45 free desktop wallpapers , created by designers across the globe.
Tags: css, Design, designed, desktop, graphics, icons, Inspiration, month, Photoshop, preview, Resources, smashing, Tutorials, wallpaper
Internet Famous: Becoming an Online Celebrity
Nov 30, 2009 General
Some people dream of being famous from the time they’re quite young. They crave the spotlight, and will do anything to be the center of attention. They want nothing more than to become a celebrity, to have legions of adoring fans, and to have their name recognized the world over. For others, fame is a means to an end .
Tags: advertising, celebrities, content, Design, famous, followers, internet, internet-famous, niche, online, time, twitter, week
Best of the Web #46
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Another week has passed, and it’s Monday again, so it’s time for Best of the Web. After taking last Monday off, there were a lot of posts in the design world to catch up on, so this week’s edition of Best of the Web has some really awesome posts. There were some incredible tutorial roundups that can help you learn Blender, web design, or poster design. There were also some awesome photography roundups, and a really useful collection of links for promoting designer resources. I hope you like them, and find them useful. 15 Most Popular Free Softwares 65 Stunning Dual Monitor Wallpapers 40 Splendid Mist Photographs 29 Incredible Black and White Photographs of Cityscapes 45 Exceptional Widescreen Christmas Wallpapers 35 Useful Blender 3D Animation Tutorials 144 Best Resources for Promoting Your Design Articles 43 Minimalistic, Clean and Free WordPress Themes Awesome Photoshop Poster Design Tutorials 66 Excellent Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials Easy Star Light in Photoshop 28 Creative Tech Advertising
Tags: animation tutorials, best of the web, blender web, cityscapes, easy star, last monday, star light
Amazing Graphic Portfolio of Medusateam
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Medusateam is a graphic studio from Spain focused on digital imagery with a lot of skills and creativity. The works created by them are absolutely amazing, from each piece of their portfolio the the showreel created by them it’s all very impressing and very inspirational. <!–break–> To find out more about Medusateam visit medusateam.com About the author Hi! I’m Paulo Canabarro and I’m here to post some really cool stuff for you, if you have any ideas or any requests please get @ me – pvpcanabarro@gmail.com you can also Follow me on twitter! Sponsored Links:
Tags: daily-inspiration, digital image, graphic, Inspiration, interview, iphone, medusateam-portfolio, Photoshop Tutorials, Resources, Tutorials, wallpapers
Colorful Vector Plus Pack – Tropical Fish
Nov 30, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
We have a new set of vector illustrations available exclusively for Vector Plus members. These are great for using in your next water themed project, for adding a tropical feel, or to insert a touch of nautical creativity. Grab this set of detailed vector illustrations. Learn more at the jump! New Colorful Vector Illustrations This new Vector Plus Pack is created by Sean Hodge .
Tags: fish, freebies, news, pack, photography, Resources, tropical-fish, Tutorials, user-plus, vector, vector-illustrations, videos
