Photo manipulations are fun to create and fun to look at. The illusion produced by a good photo manipulation can leave a lasting impression on it’s audience and be very persuasive. That’s why we often see them used regularly in print advertising. To give you some inspiration for your next photo manipulation, we’ve rounded up 20 excellent examples. You’ll notice some are surreal while others are quite funny. (more…)
Today we’re releasing a premium WordPress theme for our premium members. deFolio, from ThemeShift, is a complex portfolio WordPress theme that comes packed with features, including custom post types for your portfolio, the latest WordPress 3.0 goodness, shortcodes, jQuery and much more. (more…)
Spriting is a skillset in the web design field gaining lots of credibility. We initially saw these techniques applied to high-traffic websites such as Yahoo! and Digg. Over time even smaller-scaled web apps began applying sprites to their front end design specs.
We’ll be going over some of the major benefits towards using sprite images in your website designs. The benefits can be found universally in icons, graphics, background patterns and so much more. There are also many unrecognized tools to aid in frontend sprite development and shave time off projects.
Typography is certainly a very important aspect of web design. So choosing the proper typography for your site is for sure a huge step of the design process. You can have a simple and delicate typo, a huge and strong one, you can also go colorful and crazy or light and smooth. From simple headers to whole ‘typed’ layouts, we have selected some good examples of typography to show here. So enjoy the selection and remember to take good care of the typography in your next project. (more…)
This year is coming to an end, so we’ve been looking back and showing you our picks for the best freebies and resources of 2010. So far we’ve covered fonts, WordPress themes, textures, and jQuery plugins, but for this post, the focus is on free icon set. There were plenty of icons released in 2010, but here’s our our favorites. (more…)
Web designers and developers have a lot to remember, from keyboard shortcuts to function names. That’s why it’s handy to have cheat sheets near by for a quick reference. Most people like to print out there cheat sheets on paper and have them sitting on their desk, but another convenient place for a cheat sheet is right on your computers desktop in the form of a wallpaper. Here we’ve rounded up a few very useful cheat sheets for web designers and developers that can be used as desktop wallpapers. (more…)
Today we’re releasing a set of seamless vector patterns for our WDL Premium Members. This set from Designious has 10 vector seamless patterns and a retro look that can be scaled to any size. Go retro with this collection of patterns! This incredible pack offers you great patterns with all sorts of amazing flowers and interesting shapes. The retro style is so easy to achieve when you are working with the right tools. (more…)
A common mistake in typography is the use of apostrophes instead of quotation marks. A lot of people just get the two confused, using double apostrophes instead of actual quotation marks. It's hard to mistake it the other way around, but it will be worth your while to learn the differences.
The team at Designious has put together another bundle of design goodies. This time the Design Cocktail is worth $904, but they’re selling it for only $29. That’s an incredible deal, and it’s even more incredible that they’ve given us 10 bundles to give away to our readers. To be eligible to win, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post before December 15, 2010. (more…)
Whether you’re taking the subtle approach or using a lot of it, texture is an excellent way to add depth and interest to a web design. Last week we posted some free texture packs for you to use in your design, but this week we’re looking to give you some inspiration when it comes to using texture. From subtle scratches and grain to heavy paper textures, you’ll see a wide variety of texture uses in this collection. So here are 40 Excellent Examples of Texture in Web Design. (more…)
