Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation
Mar 15, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
China is a country with five thousand years of civilization. It is a multi-national entity extending over a large area of East Asia. China’s cultural influence extends across the continent, with customs and writing systems adopted by neighboring countries including Japan, Korea and Vietnam. China has gone through numerous ups and downs and twists and turns, from wealthy and prosperous (as during the Tang Dynasty back in 618–907 AD) to powerless and colonized (as during the Qing Dynasty, just around 100 years ago).
Tags: article, china, Design, friends, Inspiration, Photoshop, Resources, trends, Tutorials, world
Reeling in Clients: Hook, Line and Sinker
Mar 10, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
Any freelancer would know that the art of building a client base can be very tricky. It is a skill that takes a while to master. Over the years, I’ve learned a thing or two about building up your clientele on top of continuing to win new clients and securing repeat business . In fact, I’ve got it down to a science.
Tags: business, business management, client, clients, freelancers, freelancing, friends, Inspiration, latest-tweets, maintain-communication, project, reeling-in-clients, Resources, Tutorials
Comment to Win a One-Year Membership to MediaLoot!
Mar 9, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Earlier today a new membership-based site, MediaLoot was launched. It is an online toolbox of premium design resources, and they have kindly offered to give five readers of the Vandelay Design blog a one-year membership to the site for free! MediaLoot is a project of Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios and Mason Hipp of Freelance Folder . Members of MediaLoot are able to download resources like textures, icons, vectors, brushes, templates and more. The goal of MediaLoot is to eliminate the need for pay-per-use sites by offering a subscription-based service where members can download loads of great resources.
Tags: archives, church-websites, friends, Inspiration, media, our-other-sites, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Resources, Tutorials, vandelay-design, Websites
jQuery Resources for One-Page Portfolios
Mar 4, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
A few weeks ago we published a showcase of one-page portfolios and pointed out some trends among them. Many of those sites are using jQuery to accomplish specific things. In this post we’ll feature some plugins and tutorials that are ideal for one-page portfolios. Of course, they can be used on other types of sites as well, but they are well-suited to match up with the trends among one-page portfolios.
Tags: Beautiful, beautiful-minimalistic, Design, friends, Inspiration, jquery, our-other-sites, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, portfolios, Resources, tutorial, vandelay-design, Websites
Photo Manipulation Techniques to Enhance Portrait Photography
Mar 3, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
Even the best photographers need to ‘touch up’ their photographs – no magazine portrait photography is straight from the camera. Small adjustments can make a big difference to an image , and this tutorial will show you how to execute a few changes to make a big impact on the final result. Image from: SXC We will be using only Photoshop’s built-in tools such as quick mask mode , the pen tool and the spot healing brush tool . Changes will be made to the hair color and eye color.
Tags: enhance-portrait, friends, photo manipulation, Photoshop, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials, visibility
Showcase of Light Texture in Web Design
Mar 2, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Texture is obviously a common design element that is being used on a lot of modern websites. However, texture doesn’t always have to be a part of the design that stands out immediately to visitors. Light textures can also be used to subtly improve the design of the site. In this post we’ll feature 25 sites that use texture without it dominating the design.
Tags: archives, church, development, friends, galleries, Inspiration, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Tutorials, vandelay-design, wallpaper
Giveaway Announcement: 2 Readers Win 500 Free Business Cards From Make Me Cards
Feb 22, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Hello everyone! Last week our friends at Make Me Cards were generous enough to sponsor a giveaway with 2 sets of 500 business cards . Today, we are very excited to be announcing the winners. If you have never heard of Make Me Cards, you should definitely check them out. They are an online printer that specializes in business cards.
Tags: banner, business, colorburned, friends, giveaway-announcements, leaflet-printing, Resources, the-winners, Tutorials
The 8 Best Forthcoming Web Design Conferences
Feb 19, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
Attending major web design conferences show potential clients that you take your work very seriously, that you are at the cutting edge of recent developments in your field, and actively spending money to improve your proficiency in key areas of web design. Every conference is different, so make sure you visit the ones which are most closely related to your area of interest. In the list below, you’ll find conferences for Adobe aficionados, Flash experts, e-commerce designers and much more. Here’s our run down of the 8 must-visit web design conferences of 2010 .
Tags: business, Design, design-conferences, development, entry-cost, forthcoming, friends, Inspiration, intended, onextrapixel, smashing-network, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials, Web 2.0, Web Design
Eating into Restaurant & Recipe Web Design: 50+ Mouth Watering Websites
Feb 18, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
The food industry is one of the largest categories of business in the world. While taste is generally the main focus, design & appearance are just as important when it comes to showcasing products, restaurants and recipe websites. There are also an abundance of food bloggers or “foodies” in cyberspace that provide a wide variety of delicious recipes and beautiful photographs of the food. Here are over 50 examples of successful food focused website designs by category & the trends seen within each.
Tags: development, february-18, food, friends, graphics, Inspiration, inspirational design, mouth, mouth-watering, product, recipe, restaurant, smashing-network, tools
30 Excellent Logo Design Tutorials And Walkthroughs
Feb 16, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
This post is supported by Webdesigner Depot, a popular web design blog covering tutorials, design trends, blogging and inspirational posts. You can visit WDD at webdesignerdepot.com and follow WDD on Twitter @designerdepot . Designing a great logo is no easy task. It’s something people will remember, something that tells a story.
Tags: business, contribute, february-16, firefox, friends, illustrator, Logos, Photoshop, Resources, spyre-studios, tutorial
