Guide to Using Social Networking to Promote Your Services
Mar 17, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
With so many freelancers and design agencies out there, finding work can often be a major struggle, especially for those who are just getting started. A growing number of designers are using social media as a means of marketing their services, in addition to simply using it for interacting with friends. While social media marketing can be extremely effective, it can also be a big waste of time. In this post we’ll look at some tips that should help you to ensure that your time with social media is well spent.
Tags: Design, Inspiration, marketing, Photoshop, services, time, Tutorials, twitter, work
40 Fresh Free Fonts For Your Next Designs
Mar 17, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
It’s essential for Designers to have a good understanding of typography and selection as the importance of typography in design can’t be neglected. The proper selection of typography can convert your normal design into attractive piece of art. Among other things, effective typography manages to achieve three necessary objectives of web designing are Look, Appearance and Outcome which helps you to keep apart from normal wave. Display typography is a potent element in graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more potential for using type in an artistic manner.
Tags: Design, design trend, desktop, download, Fonts, other-resources, psd-to-html, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials, twitter, Typography
10 Original and Creative Social Media Icon-Sets
Mar 16, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
There are hundreds and hundreds of social media icon-sets that you can choose to download. Most of the icon-sets are pretty basic and designed to be universally used on an average blog – but what if your blog is different, and in need of some social icons that are not only creative, unique and original but also darn right odd? Well, that’s what we have for you today, a collection of the most creative and in some ways strange social media icon-sets, which I am sure you will love. Hand Drawn Social Media Icons Social Network Icon Set Free Furry Cushions Social Icons Set Extreme Grunge Social Icons 108 Free Retro Grunge Stripes Social Media Icons Grass Textured Social Bookmarking Icon Set Vintage Postage Stamps Social Media Icon Pack 20 Amazing 3D social icons Jeans Social Media Icon Pack Glossy Waxed Wood Social Networking Icons By Paul Andrew ( Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter ).
Tags: answers, browser, design-news, illustration, Inspiration, socialmedia, tutorial, Tutorials, twitter, vintage, Web Design
Quick Tip: 6 Websites for Photography Inspiration
Mar 16, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Although it’s important to find inspiration everywhere , there are some great places to look online. Whether you’re wanting to connect with other photographers or learn a new technique, today’s Quick Tip will have something useful for you. 1. Flickr Where else did you think we were going to start?
Tags: articles, become-a-fan, david-appleyard, facebook, facebook-become, Inspiration, Lighting, post-processing, Tips, Tutorials, twitter, videos
This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.28
Mar 16, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up , a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week. Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy , and you’ll be kept up to date with loads of design news and resources. As always, if you have any cool links that you would like to share, do not hesitate to share them here: Submit News . Thanks to everyone that has been emailing.
Tags: css, design tutorial, design-reviver, facebook, firefox, Inspiration, roundup, stumbleupon, Tutorials, twitter, Typography
HOW TO: Set Up a Q&A Website in Minutes – the Best Options Reviewed & Compared
Mar 14, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources
A recent trend in blogging that’s going to be mainstream very soon is to have your very own Q&A website related to the same topic your blog is about. This comes very handy for webmaster because of recently launched solutions and very convenient for readers because they can ask and answer stuff in a well-known environment, among a community they like. Before reading the reviews of the solutions we found so far, be sure to check out Inspired Forum to see what I’m talking about. Everyone has questions they need answered.
Tags: Design, facebook, Inspiration, Inspired, q&a websites, questions, Resources, stack, stack-exchange, twitter, Web Design
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 7-Mar 13, 2010
Mar 14, 2010 General
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 Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office [PICS] http://bit.ly/d3d8w5 14 Visually Stunning Animated Infographics http://bit.ly/cuZ06V Google Logos: http://www.google.com/logos/ Are graphic designers valued and paid?
Tags: advertising, best of, compilation, designerdepot, development, favorite-tweets, naldz-graphics, twitter
Quick Tip: Taking Stunning Wildlife Photos
Mar 12, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Wildlife photography can be one of the most rewarding areas to work in. Animals, birds and insects are completely unpredictable, and patience is key. In today’s Quick Tip, I’ll be offering 5 super-quick suggestions to bear in mind next time you’re out shooting wildlife. 1.
Tags: basix, david-appleyard, facebook, facebook-become, Inspiration, photo, time, twitter, videos
Friday Photo Critique #23
Mar 12, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, express your viewpoint, and have your own image critiqued. Your response will also be displayed with a link to your website or portfolio, so be sure to enter it correctly when submitting a comment! Quick Ground Rules Play nice! We’ve deliberately chosen photographs that aren’t perfect , so please be constructive with any criticism. Feel free to offer any type of advice – composition, lighting, post-processing etc.
Tags: basix, david-appleyard, facebook, friday-photo, Inspiration, photo, phototuts, Tutorials, twitter, videos
Quick Tip: Working with the Group Selection Tool
Mar 12, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
A quick look at the little-known, but very useful Group Selection tool in Adobe Illustrator. This tool allows you to select individual object within groups, as well as sub groups within groups. Watch the demonstration video to learn the usefulness of this tool and how to work with it. Subscribe to the Vectortuts+ RSS Feed to stay up to date with the latest vector tutorials and articles.
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