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Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.33

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:09:11 +0000

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Send us your recommendation for next weeks Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration (for our review), by clicking here: Submit News . Minimalist Design Magazine Jacob Lee – Web, Print & Brand Bunton Kohette WebDesign Old Guard keithar.com – Sebastian Witman 204 Beech Avenue BountyBev Monkeyworks Wishpipe Studios SUNDAY VISION Rain Creative Lab Synthview bennyroth twentyten You might like… previous Weekly Inspirations Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.32 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.31 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.30 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.29 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.28 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration Archives »

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Comics of the Week #17

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:31:33 +0000

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 .

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10 Super-Specialized Wordperss Themes

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:53:53 +0000

Finally a new Wordpress theme roundup, this time with uber specialized templates for all your specific needs like building a wiki, a Q&A website, an e-commerce blog, a video-centric homepage, a complete online magazine and a lot more! Please share your thoughts and suggestions below. Instant Q&A | $32 | Details | Demo Looking for a questions and answers theme? This is the template you have been searching for. Instant Q&A is a custom Wordpress template that can turn any Wordpress blog into a robust question and answer site The Ultimate WP-E-Commerce Theme | $32 | Details | Demo Our latest updates to the theme are up.

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Resources – Tweets of the Week (3.15.10 – 3.19.10)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:33:21 +0000

Happy Friday everyone. Hope the weather around you is as beautiful as it is here! Hopefully I’ll get outside once or twice this weekend So today, as usual on Friday, I’ve got a bunch of cool, useful graphic design/web design resources from Twitter over the past week. A bit of a mixup, all of it good! Enjoy. RT @webdesign_news : Using Vectors for Header Design + 38 Websites with Vectorized or Illustrated Headers From @iBlend 50 Fantastic Favicons From @DesignerDepot 5 Fresh Navigation Menu Design Tutorials From @Designrfix 7 Rich & Creative User Interfaces and How to Create Your Own RT @mimojito From @ruhanirabin 27 Celebrity Caricatures by Jason Seiler | #Design From @BarryMadden RT @FRESH01 : I’ve posted some new stuff on FRESH01 From @adii 20 Beautiful Minimalist WordPress Themes – #webdesign From @hulldo Why Bloggers Need Analytics and Usability Testing – Enjoy?

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Daily Inspiration #461

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:10:33 +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 Alusion Arthur W Presser Ashley Williams ASHRAF_AF Bergie81 Daniel Schutzsmith – FITC The Last Advertising Agency On Earth from FITC on Vimeo . Denise Cheung Drew Turner Eugene Kim Fabio REEL 2010 from BoCa on Vimeo .

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Friday Photo Critique #24

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:00:47 +0000

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.

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Showcase of Photography Portfolio Websites

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:41:18 +0000

Photographers , just like designers, often use the Internet to help promote their work. Other than using mainstream photography and design sites such as Flickr , Behance and DeviantArt , photographers usually like to have their own portfolio. Not only is it professional, but it gives them an unlimited amount of options and ways to showcase their own work. This compilation showcases some of the best photographer portfolio websites out there, including both HTML and Flash based portfolios.

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Do You Support IE6 in New Projects?

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:36:10 +0000

One of the most popular and hotly disputed questions on Answers recently has been “ Do you support IE6 in new projects? “. IE6 has certainly been a thorn on every web designers side for a very long time, perhaps too long. Has the time finally arrived to stop supporting it?

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Think Vitamin News: A New Section Coming Soon

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:14:29 +0000

Hey there! You’ve probably noticed that we’ve begun adding a few new features to Think Vitamin (like Think Vitamin Radio! ) and welcoming some new regular writers to the team (like @Grace Smith , @KyleBragger, and me! ). During Future of Web Apps Miami, we began experimenting a bit with a news feature, rounding up items that are timely, helpful, and quite a few that are downright inspiring and smattered with quirk. We’d love your help matching up great contributions with our editorial schedule, it’s a time for you to submit great content you’ve been working on or have discovered yourself and get a little link love from Think Vitamin. Monday— All things web design (ux, photo, illustration, art, graphics, CSS, jQuery, tutorials, and more) Wednesday — Core stories on web development and business (apps, people, practices, and more) Friday — The best in “interestingness!” (lego constructs, stop-motion animation via YouTube, Flickr finds, Tumblrs, and much more) Send links to news@thinkvitamin.com (Big Hint: we love giving credit where credit is due! So include sexy email signatures with links to your content, but also to your personal Twitter, Blog, etc.) Cheers! Chrissie

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How to Create a 3D Iconic Sphere in CorelDraw

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:13:21 +0000

Learn here how to create a 3D iconic sphere using a few techniques in CorelDRAW X4. This tutorial will explain every single step to do, so don’t be afraid to try this even if it is your first time using corelDRAW X4. We think it’s easy as there is no need for sketches that are usually needed in the first step when working. Let’s get started! Preparations Create a new blank and change the units to pixels, then change the size to 500px by 500px.

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