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Daily Inspiration #454

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:04 +0000

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:

Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com al b sure Ana Cristina Ben Caio Arias JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo . Record Makers Promo from CreativeApplications.Net on Vimeo .

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Showcase of 30 Beautiful Blog Designs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:43:28 +0000

It’s been a while since we did our last blog design showcase , so this post is a collection of 30 beautiful blogs for your design inspiration. You’ll see some that use a minimalist design approach, others that use a grunge-style design, some that are magazine-style, and more. For more blog design inspiration, please see our gallery site Blog Design Heroes . Internet Gentleman The Crazy Love Campaign Eleven3 Inspect Element Eat Sleep Draw Burciaga Stamping for the Stars I Love Iou ClubJuicy PV.M Garage The Wayward Irregular Brian Casel The Farmer and the Chef Learning jQuery Comfort Brothers Brian Hoff Creative Week Aljan Scholtens 10Words One by Four Fran Fernandez The Molitor Tripping Words Jord & Chan Just Keding Design Critique Meinl Percussion Cut & Taste Mark Forrester Second & Park For more design inspiration please see: 40 Inspiring Blog Designs 25 Beautiful Blog Comment Designs 30 Creative Website Headers Button Design Showcase

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Hang Ten! 40 Radical Surfing Design Posters

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:16 +0000

Hang ten with these radical surfing posters! Worldwide, many indulge in the awesome past time of grabbing a long board and hitting those waves hard. For most, it is a hobby to distract from the hustle and bustle of their daily lives. However, quite a few are passionate about the ocean and being a… [This is a content summary only.

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How to Be Corporate and Still Be Creative

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:38:50 +0000

If you’re like me, you graduated from art school and had dreams of working as an art director at a small agency. You envisioned having your own office on the top floor of a loft with 30-foot ceilings. Designers would play ping-pong below; people were allowed to drink beer at work; and brilliant ideas would flow effortlessly from your mind into multi-million-dollar campaigns for clients like Nike and Coca-Cola. In fact, you got a job at a large corporation and were shown to a desk in a sea of light-gray fabric-covered cubicles.

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Photography and Photo Editing Cheatsheets

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:28 +0000

Even if you are a seasoned professional photographer the chances are you will from time to time need one or maybe all of these cheat-sheets, whether it be to remember a shortcut key when photo editing or it could a simple reminder when taking a difficult or tricky shot. For today’s news we have a great collection of useful Photography cheat-sheets, visit the resources for the full articles and download pages. Helpful Photography Cheat Sheets to Make Your Life Easier Here is a list of all the cheat sheets available from this resource: Portrait Lighting Cheat Sheet Card; The Photographic Cheat Sheet by Gordon McKinney; 49 Photo Tips Cheat Sheet; Light Falloff Cheat Sheet Card; Photography Cheat sheet; PhotoBert Cheatsheets; Reflector Card Cheat Sheet. You can download the all of the photography cheat sheets from here: Helpful Photography Cheat Sheets to Make Your Life Easier .

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Garage Project by IdeaFixa

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:19 +0000

IdeaFixa is a super cool Brazilian project based on collaboration of visual artists to promote ideas, talents, initiatives and professionals for all the creative fields: Photography, Design, Arts, Illustration, animation, 3D and others. So, IdeaFixa and Inesplorato are launching a new project called Garage Project. About the Project Garage Project is really cool initiative to encourage us, artists and designers, to do and promote our personal projects. Pretty much all ideas or sketches that are authentic and innovative will be accepted.

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Amazing Design Freebies #3

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:05:00 +0000

There are thouasands of amazing freebies for Graphic Designers on the internet. We will hand select a collection of freebies from various websites that you can use in your designs every other week. They will include vectors, textures, brushes and more. Abduzeedo has you covered on getting you the very best resources.

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15 Desktop & Online Wireframing Tools

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:11 +0000

Like most things today, the world of interaction design moves quickly. Although a pen and notebook may suffice when it comes to simply jotting down ideas, planning a series of website screens can sometimes demand additional precision and cohesion. This is where today’s wireframing tools come in. Engineered to make the design process as intuitive as possible, these tools allow you to construct a visual representation of your interface.

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Strategy Basics: It’s Really all about having a Plan

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Strategy. You hear about it all the time. One must have a strategy/work on a strategy/follow a strategy and so on. Business types like to say “strategy” a lot as it sounds big, complicated and important.

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Create an Organic Spring Lettering Illustration – Vector Plus Tutorial

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:46 +0000

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create organic lettering, with digitally drawn lettering, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This tutorial covers all the techniques in creating this lettering illustration and gives advanced coloring and compositional tips. This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques Warm up your illustration skills with this spring-inspired tutorial for creating organic letters.

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