Daily Inspiration #462
Mar 21, 2010 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 images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com Anthony Palamaro BlackSniper Color. creatogether dead_starfish drfranken Elias Freiberger Ethan Chancer Fabiano Fabio Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo .
Tags: daily, daily-inspiration, drawings, Graphic Design, illustration, image, Inspiration, photography, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, pixelmator, wallpaper, week
Basics of Slicing with Pixelmator
Mar 21, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the Slice Tool in Pixelmator to, of course, slice a design to be coded into a functional Web site. I will also show you the HTML/CSS walk-through process. In the end, you will be able to download the files and tinker with them as well. Step 1 Open the Pixelmator file we created for our UI tips tutorial .
Tags: Design, gimp-tutorials, interview, Resources, slice, tutorial, Tutorials, wallpaper
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 14-Mar 20, 2010
Mar 21, 2010 General, Inspiration
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter , however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot 40 Logos Using Human Body Expressions http://bit.ly/a3Pie0 Breathtaking Aerial Photography by Arthus Bertrand http://bit.ly/dCHeBt HTML5 Rocks My Socks Off http://bit.ly/9UiiCq How Do You Do What You Do?
Tags: best of, designer, designerdepot, follow-us-designerdepot, naldz-graphics, twitter, week
Artist Spotlight: Capturing Modern Faces
Mar 21, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
We do it all the time … take snapshots of our loved ones. Any amateur photo-taker does so. The more interested, but perhaps not professional, photographer will focus on interesting people we see along the way in life (say while walking downtown or traveling abroad).
Tags: celebrity photography, design-photography, featured artist, interior, naldz-graphics, people-photography, photographic-art, professional photography, Resources, tools
Wallpaper of the Week #92 – Carmelo Di Lorenzo
Mar 21, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
The wallpaper of this week is a beautiful illustration by Carmelo Di Lorenzo, an art director, designer and illustrator, from São Paulo, Brazil. Carmelo worked with Adhemas Batistas, one of his greatest influences, a few years ago and now he is working as Senior Art Director at Wunderman. For more information check out Carmelo Di Lorenzo portfolio at http://www.casadedesenho.com.br/ Desktop Version iPhone Version Resolutions: 2560×1440px 1920×1200px 1680×1050px 1440×900px 1280×1024px 1280×800px 1024×768px iPhone About the author My name is Fabio Sasso, I’m a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I’m the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo.
Tags: architecture, cool-wallpapers, Design, gadgets, illustration, Inspiration, iphone, Photoshop Tutorials, wallpaper, wallpaper-of-the-week
Introducing Paul Hollingworth
Mar 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Since I’ve first seen his work I really admire him. Paul Hollingworth is a graphic designer , photographer & illustrator from England. Take a look at his artworks, which are very clean, simple but very powerfull & well-thought. Thanks Rik for showing me one of my new favourite artists.
Tags: architecture, chez, daily-inspiration, illustration, Inspiration, paul, photography, Photoshop Tutorials, pixelmator, rump, Tutorials, Typography, wallpaper
Win Free 5000 Business Cards from NextDayFlyers- Winners Announced!
Mar 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
A weeks ago, we created a contest at instantShift called Win Free 5000 Business Cards from NextDayFlyers! had announced the giveaway of 5 free sets of 1,000 Standard Business Cards each from NextDayFlyers . We’ve got more than 160 response comments. After voiding spam and non-legit comments we have left with 120+ valid comments. It’s really good to see that how we can able to help in our reader’s life and their profession.
Tags: banner, business, business-cards, contest, css, daniel-adams, desktop, events, nextdayflyers, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials, twitter, winners
The Beauty of India: 50 Amazing Photos
Mar 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Today we’d like to publish something completely different for a change. India , the country of mysterious paradoxes; the land where civilizations and times intermix, a mysterious place which attracts people from all over the world. In today’s showcase we are presenting a little showcase of this astonishing contrast between wealth and misery, contemporary technologies and ancient historical monuments, plenty of languages, cultures and traditions. We present people, places, traditions, culture and a broad overview of the incredible beauty of India — something different and inspirational for a change.
Tags: beauty, colors-of-india, Design, Fonts, graphics, icons, india, Inspiration, magazine, Modern, Photos, Photoshop, Resources, wallpaper
Best of the Week #111
Mar 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s going on out there! <!–break–> We want to give a big thanks to our sponsors: Wix , Taste of Ink Studios , W3-Markup , P2H.COM , VectorStock™ , SiteGrinder and Red Lemon Club . A special mention to Media Temple for the excellent service and support with Abduzeedo! You can send me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe or twitter.com/abduzeedo , and include #abdz_best in the message. Friday 03/19 Set Up Your Own Google-Style 20-Percent Time to Try New Projects [Motivation] Tattooed Beauty by Dale May Opera, Safari Beat Chrome On Google’s Own JavaScript Conformance Test Google Will Soon Offer A Way For Users To Opt-Out Of Google Analytics Tracking Travelers Love the Mobile Web – But Most Don’t Use Travel Apps Yet Apple now accepting iPad app submissions, get your jumbo-sized beer drinking simulations in before launch day The architect behind Tron Legacy Eye Tracking: Best Way to Test Rich App Usability Out of Work Gilbert Ford – Picture book FLYING LESSONS in stores Showcase of Academic and Higher Education Websites The Haiti Poster Projec LEGO Boardroom Table Saab Aero X Branding by Alex Mikhaylov Showcase of Photography Portfolio Websites Cardboard Record Player Cool Works by Marcos@Marrk Is Palm Dead?
Tags: Design, fireworks, gimp-tutorials, Inspiration, photography, Photoshop, tech-news, Tutorials, Typography, windows
Adobe Camera RAW for Beginners: Tone Curve
Mar 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
In this video tutorial we will look at the Tone Curve tool and put it to work. We’ll be focusing on the Parametric and Point areas of the Tone Curve, and using various photos to explain the effect they can have. Watch the Video Video Details The Tone Curve is broken down into two different tabs. The Parametric area allows you to make quick adjustments to the overall tone, while the Point area allows for greater and more customized tone adjustments.
Tags: articles, basix, become-a-fan, Inspiration, photo, post-processing, quick tips, Tutorials, video
