Building The Community: WordPress 3.org
Aug 4, 2010 General, Inspiration
With the recent release of WordPress 3.0 we’re entering a very exciting time. For the first time in the history of the platform, nobody is working on the next version. All development outside of essential bug fixing has been stopped… and 3.1 won’t even start development until the beginning of September. The reason?
Tags: advertising, closing-notes, core, Design, designer, development, graphics, Inspiration, management, mind, naldz-graphics, people, plugin, reference, Web Design
Icon Reference Chart
Jul 8, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources
Jon Hicks, yet again, releases a valuable little “goodie” for us all, The Icon Reference Chart . Helpful when searching devices, context, size, corner radius and formats.
Tags: advertising, article, chart, creativity, dribbble, Inspiration, reference, twitter
Winners of Que Publishing Book Giveaway
Jun 23, 2010 General
And here we are with the results of last week’s Que Publishing giveaway , in which we’re giving away 5 books about Adobe’s CS5. Que Publishing is a very established publisher with almost 30 years of experience providing information and books related to computing and technology, and in this case they’re providing 5 winners with books from the OnDemand CS5 series. As usual, all winners were chosen at random and the results appear after the jump. The publisher will contact all winners directly via email with details as to how to receive their books.
Tags: adobe, Design, designer, development, fudge-graphics, giveaways, mobify-mobile-websites, reference
The Making of a Chocolate Bar Character
Apr 21, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Thought some of you might like to see my process for designing a character. This one is filled with cocoa love and chocolaty goodness. I’ll take the concept from sketch through to vector final. You’ll learn the process of making a fun loving character based on a clear concept.
Tags: case-study, chocolate, facebook, Inspiration, reference, Tutorials, twitter, vectortuts
CSS Bugs and Inconsistencies in Firefox 3.x
Mar 15, 2010 General, Resources, Tutorials
There aren’t many articles covering incompatibilities, or CSS differences in Firefox alone — and for good reason. Firefox has always done an excellent good job of supporting both CSS and JavaScript in a standards-compliant manner without too many awkward bugs. There are, however, a few CSS properties and selectors that aren’t supported by one or more of the versions released since version 3.0., which I will cover here. This article will cover bugs, inconsistencies, and nonsupport .
Tags: browsers, bugs, css bugs, development, image, inconsitencies, outline, proprietary, reference, white
50 Creative and Clever Business Cards
Mar 2, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Business cards are one of the lasting impressions you’ll have on potential clients. It’s one thing that they take away from a meeting that is physical and they can reference later, and it’s the lasting memory of both you and your business. In this post, we’ll look at 50 creative and clever business cards. Some are practical, some are creative, some are witty, but all of them are memorable. As a potential client, you’d probably remember the creative business card more than the boring, generic business card. Hopefully you are inspired by these! Have a great day.
Tags: business, business post, cards, creative business, Inspiration, lasting impressions, memory, photography, reference, tutorial-lounge, Tutorials, Web Design
Comics of the Week #10
Jan 30, 2010 General
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King , an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today. So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons .
Tags: comics, designer, development, funny, graphics, illustration, illustrations, reference, spoon-graphics, week
How to Create a Stained Glass Effect in Illustrator
Nov 16, 2009 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
This tutorial shows how to create a stained glass effect in Adobe Illustrator. The method is rather quick and simple, but the outcome looks very nice – especially when you use a beautiful image for reference. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Below is the final image we will be working towards. Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one?
Tags: Effects, glass, glasswork, group, Light, lines, reference, tutorial, Tutorials, user-plus
