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How To Begin Your Creative Dream Job – Today

Posted by on May 9, 2012 | 19 Comments

Maybe this scenario sounds familiar to you: A few years ago I found myself working an office job that was ok. It paid ok, I liked the work ok, I liked the people I worked with ok, and I was pretty ok at what I did. Like I said, it was ok. But I didn’t love it. I didn’t wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose that drove me to excel at my job. It wasn’t what I really wanted to do, but for the longest time I put up with it because I’d done the math. What I really wanted to do was go into digital publishing, which in my mind required a new computer that would cost at least $3,000, software that my current laptop couldn’t handle, at least one or two creative/business partners, and a camera/other gear I couldn’t afford. (more…)

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50 Amazing Free Icon Sets

Posted by on May 8, 2012 | 13 Comments

Every web designer loves to have high-quality icons at their disposal. While creating your own custom icons for your projects is an option, it’s rarely practical. There are plenty of quality icon sets available for purchase, but fortunately, there are also some free icon sets out there with professional quality. These free icons sets are some of the most useful and helpful resources because of the time they can save and because of the impact they can have on the sites that you are desigining. (more…)

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20 Inspiring Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Posted by on May 7, 2012 | 15 Comments

One way to easily define the tone and mood of a website is to use a big background image. However, when doing this, you need to consider that big images often have a lot going on, so it’s important to take a minmal approach with other aspects of the design. Not doing so could result in a website that is far too busy, cluttered, and difficult to navigate. So for your inspiration, here are 20 examples of how to effectively use big background images in web design. (more…)

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5 Tips for Getting Featured on Top Design Blogs

Posted by on May 3, 2012 | 34 Comments

No matter what sort of art you create – whether you are a graphic designer, painter, illustrator, digital artist, videographer, or any other type of artist – being featured on the web’s top art and design blogs can result in a huge surge of active followers, interested fans, and of course – paying customers. For artists, just like anyone else, a good amount of our time is spent trying to wring a living out of our craft and free publicity never hurt anyone in that respect. In fact, I know for certain that there have been some artists who were featured on sites I’ve written for that successfully launched (or in some cases relaunched) businesses that where all of a sudden profitable because they received so much attention they were able to convert some of those new eyeballs into customers. (more…)

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20 Simple, Yet Clever Logos

Posted by on May 2, 2012 | 17 Comments

When it comes to design, things don’t have to be complicated in order to be effective. Although, it can be tempting to over design and try to work in lots of detail, it’s not always the best way. This is especially true when it comes to logo design. Usually, the best are the ones that do more with less. Here is a collection of very inspiring logos that take this approach, and rely on cleverness rather than eye candy. (more…)

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iPad Giveaway from DealPixel

Posted by on Apr 30, 2012 | 173 Comments

From the guys who brought you excellent sites like WDL, TPA, Theme Trust, and Union ActionsDealPixel is a soon to launch site where web and creative professionals will find amazing deals on the stuff that makes their job easier. At DealPixel, you’ll be able to find discounts of 50% and above on stuff like Mac apps, Premium WordPress themes, Photoshop actions, brushes, premium fonts, and much more. (more…)

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21 Beautiful Examples of Typography in Web Design

Posted by on Apr 30, 2012 | 16 Comments

Here at WDL we love typography and we never get tired of gathering good typography inspiration for our readers. From free fonts to type usage in signs and typography videos, we like to give you as many resources as we can on everything surrounding type. Today we decided to gather some examples of beautiful typography usage in web design. We will show you examples here where typography is the main focus, and examples where typography complements the design. Check it out and let us know what do you think. (more…)

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Efficient Communication in a Freelance Design Team

Posted by on Apr 27, 2012 | 4 Comments

Working as a digital professional in any field is tough. You have to constantly push towards gratifying clients and rushing through deadlines. Managing tasks in a team allows you to divide up the work much more evenly. However this also means it can be difficult getting everybody on the same page. (more…)

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WDL Premium: Winged Scrolls Vector Pack

Posted by on Apr 26, 2012 | No Comments

Here’s another good high-quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members. These winged scrolls vectors from GoMedia’s Arsenal combine the crowd appeal of illustrated wings and the functionality scrolls and you’ll get an idea what’s inside this pack! (more…)

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10 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

Posted by on Apr 25, 2012 | 18 Comments

There are many reasons why you can say jQuery has enormous popularity. Some might say it’s because of its excellent cross browser compatibility, while others will argue that the small footprint is responsible for jQuery’s widespread adoption. While these are valid points, no one can deny that all of the great plugins built by a very passionate community is a big reason as well. So for this post we’ve gathered some of the latest jQuery plugins to be released. In this list you will find some very useful ones that will help you with things like layout, typography, and more. (more…)

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