Inspiring Minimalistic Photography

Photography is a way to capture an event and preserve it as long as the photo or the digital proof exists. Minimal photography is very expressive especially if there is a subject in the middle. Sometimes with bright colors or deep rich D-maxed black & white minimal photography is beautiful,… read more

41 Delicious Flower Photographs

Photo : floridapfe

This guest post was submitted by Martin Gommel from the German Blog KWERFELDEIN (flickr).

Photographing flowers can be one of the hardest things to do. I have deep respect for any photographer who manages to do it well.

In these days I am trying different new things and… read more

TUAW Talkcast tonight at 10pm Eastern

It’s sure to be a good time full of discussion about the biggest Apple stories of the past week. Join us, won’t you?

To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client, the embedded Facebook app, or the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you… read more

Daily Inspiration #462

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,… read more

Make a Surreal 3D Outdoor Room Scene in Photoshop

Make a Surreal 3D Outdoor Room Scene in Photoshop

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Best of the Week #111

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

MacUpdate bundle offers Parallels 5, we offer chance to win

If you want an economical way to buy into the reigning speed champion of virtualization apps, the MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle may be just the ticket. At $49.99, the 11-app bargain basket is headlined by Parallels Desktop 5 (normally $79 alone). The rest of the lineup is solid as well:<br… read more

Daily Inspiration #461

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,… read more

How to Create a 3D Iconic Sphere in CorelDraw

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… read more

Chaos Rings trailer looks awesome

Just yesterday, we heard about this new Square Enix RPG due to come to the iPhone this year, and today, not only do we have official confirmation, but a first official trailer as well. And boy does it look great — over in the console world, Final Fantasy’s creators have… read more

Freelance Radio, Episode 44: Negotiating a Freelance Contract

The latest episode of Freelance Radio, the official FreelanceSwitch podcast, is now available! This episode, the panel (John Brougher, Dickie Adams, Kristen Fischer and Von Glitschka) talks about negotiating a freelance contract. Subscriptions to the podcast are available via iTunes and an archive of all podcasts will appear in the… read more

Justo Resto Las Lomitas – Tipografia 3D

Para el reconocido resto ubicado en la zona de Las Lomitas se crearon esta serie de cuadros tematicos, en donde el concepto creativo utilizado es transmitir espacios. Dar sensaciones a travez de piezas tipográficas en 3D.

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50 Unusual Examples of Concept Art

By Aquil Akhter

Today we are going to explore some of the unique concepts in the form of Concept Art which has become the most enviable form of art over the internet these days. Concept art is basically the visual depiction of a design or an idea with the help of… read more

Showcase of Academic and Higher Education Websites

College and university websites have a lot of roles to fill. They need to provide information for prospective students (both new and transfer), parents of students and prospective students, current students, and alumni. In many cases, they’re also the gateway to the school’s intranet and the public face for both… read more

Inspiration: Beautifully Rendered 3d Vehicles

There are many sources of inspiration that an artist or designer can draw from. In this post you will see some amazing renderings of 3d vehicles from some very talented artists from around the globe. So whatever type of project you are working on, I hope these designs will motivate… read more

Review: Set card game on the iPhone is oh so close to the perfect puzzle app

Here’s the gist of the game: each card in the 81-card deck has between one and three images on it. These images come in three shapes (diamond, oval, and squiggly), three colors (red, green, and purple), and three levels of shading (solid, lined, and empty). Every possible combination is available… read more

Turn yourself into an alien avatar with PhotoAvatar

Using a carefully taken photo snapped by the camera or taken from a photo library, you decide on which alien you want to be and the app does the rest. The picture gets transformed into an amazingly realistic 3D moving image. The result can be emailed or saved to the… read more

40 Extremely Cool and Inspiring Typography Designs

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. It is often performed by typesetters, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists and graffiti artists. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. More designers are creating… read more

New Square Enix RPG coming to the iPhone this year

FFRing also says (via Japanese translation) that the game will be a 3D title, and it will feature a storyline concerning five pairs of warriors who fight to the death for the right to eternal youth. Each game stage will consist of a ring of battles with a boss in… read more

Windows Phone 7 Tablet: Giant Zune

Whoa there, big boy! Windows Phone 7 isn’t even powering a real smartphone yet, and we already have a tablet concept based on the platform, created by designer Umang Dokey.

It’s a sexy-looking beast, with an 8” screen, two joysticks on the back and a built-in stand that turns it… read more

Logo Design: Food and Drinks

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about food and drinks… and there’s some pretty cool stuff here.

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As usual, we’ll search for logos in these galleries: Logopond, Logo Faves, Logo Moose, Logo… read more

Create An Exciting 3D Composition Using Xara 3D and Photoshop

Create An Exciting 3D Composition Using Xara 3D and Photoshop

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Verizon Droid Android 2.1 Update Arrives Tomorrow

It’s been anticipated for a while now; Verizon just officially released information on the specifics of what Verizon Droid owners will have to look forward to in the upcoming Android 2.1 update.

The update will be performed over-the-air and will bump up the Droid to the more current version of… read more

A Collection of 30+ Useful Maya Tutorials

Maya is a high-end 3D application that enables the user to create highly realistic images using the various tools provided by the software. The software allows you to create images in 3D format. Several designers in the web are into using this software to design the ultimate image…. read more

40 Detailed Drawing Tutorials for Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator can at first seem a little bit intimidating and daunting (speaking from first hand experience) to work with, whereas it is in many ways similar to working within Photoshop (or any other graphic editor), but in others very very different. And the thing is, quite often certain design… read more

Mobile App Market to Surge to $17.5 Billion by 2012 [STUDY]

Lithuanian-based GetJar, an independent mobile phone application store with over 60,000 mobile applications for major mobile platforms such as Anrdoid, Symbian and Windows Mobile, commissioned a study that predicts a huge surge in the number of mobile app downloads and the overall size of the mobile app market.

According to… read more

Daily Inspiration #458

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,… read more

Samsung Announces Plans for iPad Challenger

Samsung is the next consumer electronics manufacturer to come out swinging against Apple’s iPad. A senior executive confirmed plans to release a “slate PC” during the second half of this year.

The key differentiating points for this tablet will address what Samsung feels are two major shortcomings of the iPad:… read more

Tiger’s Return to Golf to be Broadcast in 3D

Tiger Woods will compete in the 2010 Masters tournament next month, returning to golf from his five-month hiatus.

If you want to see him play, you’ll be able to do so in a new way: Comcast will stream live video of the Masters in addition to its traditional cable broadcast… read more

VMWare Fusion 3.1 beta available

There are more than 10 changes or improvements in this beta, including improved graphics performance for games and 3D apps (via OpenGL 2.1), improved USB and Boot Camp support and lots of UI improvements. You can get the full run-down here.

The increase in virtual disk size is significant…. read more

Breathtaking 3D Pieces from Olivier Ponsonnet

If you are like me – someone that loves 3d artworks – you will probably love this selection! Olivier Ponsonnet, aka reiv at CGSOCIETY, is a very talented artist who works with 3D Max and creates breath taking pieces to amaze us. I believe you are already familiar with some… read more

How to Create a Promotional Snail Mail Campaign

It’s important to promote your design business. This is especially true when economic times are challenging, you’ve got news to announce, or you’re simply hungry for growth. Many forms of promotion are available to the modern designer – with banner ads and Google AdWords among the most popular. In this… read more

100 Essential Web Development Tools

By Neil Skirrow

As web technologies constantly advance, the skills a developer is expected to have are constantly increasing. Web users are beginning to expect Ajax interfaces, charts and graphs and a whole host of other tricks and features. This means web developers not only have to be skilled… read more

CoPilot live is updated and continues 30 day free trial offer

If you want to try a sophisticated nav app but don’t want to shell out any money right away, ALK technologies is continuing to offer a free version of CoPilot Live Directions for a month. The app is full featured, and includes things like voice guidance and 3D mapping.
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“Titanic” to Return to Theaters in 3D

Jeffrey Katzenberg was right: 3D is the future of movies. USA Today interviewed Avatar director James Cameron about this new era of filmmaking, and the director revealed plans to bring a certain unsinkable hit back to theaters in 2012, this time in 3D: Titanic.

Because of the success… read more

Mmm…40 delicious chocolate packaging designs

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Daily Inspiration #457

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,… read more

From the Imagination of a Child

This is a very interesting and down-right cool concept. Artist/Illustrator Dave Devries takes the doodles and sketches of very young kids and realizes them into fully fleshed 3-dimensional illustrations using color, texture, and shading. It makes me want to dig out my old drawings that I did when… read more

GDC 2010: The Parrot AR.Drone’s augmented reality

<pctually got to play with the iPhone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter back at Macworld a little while ago, but we didn't get a chance to see the "AR" part of it (augmented reality, of course) until GDC last week. Parrot pulled out the AR targets for us, and while the games… read more

Photoshop Plugins: 3D and Beauty

Over the last years Adobe Photoshop’s developers have been integrating some powerful 3D tools. Many of them require you to import a model from a 3D software or to gain profound knowledge of the software and its terminology. If you wish to move forward a little faster, then take a… read more

Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation

China is a country with five thousand years of civilization. It is a multi-national entity extending over a large area of East Asia. China’s cultural influence extends across the continent, with customs and writing systems adopted by neighboring countries including Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

China has gone through numerous ups and… read more

The Fully Sick Rapper: Viral Vids Are the Remedy [INTERVIEW]

What would you do if you found out that you had an extremely contagious disease that required you to remain in quarantine for the several months? If you’re like most people, you would probably cry and cry and cry… and then curl up in the corner and commence eating… read more

47 CSS Tips & Tricks To Take Your Site To The Next Level

CSS is a wonderful language for presenting web pages. It’s not too difficult to learn, though like most things, it does have a learning curve. Where many people seem to get tripped up is in specific solutions to specific problems. Fortunately there’s a good chance that someone before you has… read more

Facebook To Open First Offices in Asia

Over at the official Facebook Blog, the company has announced that it will open new offices in Hyderabad, India. This announcement comes just days after Facebook confirmed that it will also be setting up shop in Austin, Texas. Both the India and Austin offices will be hiring online sales… read more

Daily Inspiration #456

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,… read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 7-Mar 13, 2010

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… read more

Daily Inspiration #455

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,… read more

Rock Climbing Photography [Video and Tips]

Building on our recent poll that explored whether readers are using the video feature on their cameras I thought today I’d share this video by Nikon and Australian rock climbing photographer Simon Carter – a video that was shot purely with the Nikon DS3.

For best viewing watch it in HD… read more

90+ Smoking Cinema 4D Tutorials and Best Techniques

Cinema 4D is a 3-D application that is popular amongst matte painters in film production, largely due to the BodyPaint 3D functionality. It is equally popular amongst motion graphics artists, thanks to its excellent integration with compositing application pipelines, and a very artist-friendly, customizable workflow and interface. It has been… read more

How To Create a Steel Wristwatch in Corel Draw

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a steel wristwatch using Corel Draw. The basic technique used in this tutorial is the x, y coordinates position. The x, y coordinates position is very important to obtain symmetrical results. We will also use some gradients to create the steel… read more

30 Examples of Clean and Minimal Website Navigation

Navigation is one of the most important aspects of a web design, but this doesn’t mean it needs to be overly complicated or over designed. In fact, when it comes to navigating a website, simplicity is a good thing.

Some navigations make use of design elements like 3D bars, buttons,… read more

Daily Inspiration #454

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,… read more

Apple tops Consumer Reports’ tech support survey, second place not even close

Consumer Reports asked 7,000 subscribers about their satisfaction with their computer companies across categories like problem solved, phone waits, phone staff and online support. Each answer was issued a point value, with a maximum of 100 points.

Among laptops, Apple scored 86 points. The second place finisher, Lenovo, accumulated… read more

Garage Project by IdeaFixa

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… read more

44 Impressive Examples of Reflection Photography

By Bhanu Ahluwalia

Reflection Photography can spice up an otherwise lifeless photo and turn it into amazing shots. And the good thing is that this kind of photography can be explored on easily available things like Glass, Water or any shiny and reflective surface. Reflection photography is an art because you… read more

Logo Design: Animals – Part 2

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about animals. I gotta say that this is probably the listing with most matches ever…

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There are so many that we had to break it and… read more

Sony Answers Wii Remote with PlayStation Move

Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons.

The controller was originally… read more

Daily Inspiration #453

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,… read more

MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform

One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new Games Gallery experience, a gaming-specific iPhone app, and a number… read more

iKat: Your New Augmented Reality Pet

There’s something about the idea of an augmented reality pet – and a markerless one, too – that will make the heart of every true geek skip a beat. The idea is not entirely new, but it’s still amazing to see a virtual creature hopping around on a real-life… read more

Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects (With Photoshop Tutorials)

Since its emergence, the digital photography market has gradually supplanted the traditional one. APN and digital SLR cameras entered our lives, and some people announced the death of silver-based images. This is not all lie, and yet old-fashioned images have been particularly popular in the past few years. All we… read more

31 Stunning Black and White Subject Study Photos on Imagekind

Black and White photography is among one of the most striking forms. Photos sans color require an enhanced use of lighting, shadows, and subject focus. Black and white photography brings out details usually overlooked in standard color photos. Subject studies is the discipline of concentration on one particular subject. Not… read more

30 Fantastic Architecture Renders

If there is something that can bring value for a project even before it’s done I can say that are the renders. It’s a way to show to the client how it will be the final result or at least show him something near to the real thing. I love… read more

Daily Inspiration #452

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,… read more

HOW TO: Prepare for Disasters Using Social Media

Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it… read more

Palm Looks to Bring iPhone Games to webOS with New PDK

Palm has announced the beta release of its Plug-in Developer Kit — or PDK — a new component in the webOS SDK that will make for dramatically better gaming on the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi and all future webOS devices.

Originally announced back in January at the CES show, the… read more

PlayStation First to Sell HD Movies from All Major Studios

Sony Computer Entertainment is proudly shouting “FIRST” (YouTube commenter-style) with an announcement that claims the PlayStation Network is the first online service to sell high-definition movies from all the major movie studios: Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Bros and, of course, Sony Pictures.

Some of the content… read more

Samsung Debuts 3D TV Lineup

3D is set to be big this year, and Samsung is hoping to tempt early adopters with a promotional offer that attempts to combat one of 3D TV’s main problems — lack of content — by bundling in a 3D movie with certain sales.

The promotion takes the form of… read more

“Tron Legacy” Trailer Featuring Jeff Bridges Hits the Web [VIDEO]

New Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges reprises his role as arcade regular and computer programming genius Flynn in the trailer for Tron Legacy, which just made its official web debut today. The film is a long-anticipated sequel to the 1980s geek classic Tron, and this is the first full-length trailer.

The… read more

50+ Free Resources for Charts and Graphs Solution

A chart or a graph is a visual representation of data, in which “the data are represented by symbols, such as bars, lines, or slices”. These symbols can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures. For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Charts… read more

Top 8 Dreaded Favors Asked of Web Designers

Long before you officially take the profession of graphic or web designer, your friends and family will support your ambitions by developing your talent. At first, your loved ones inspect your work and if they like what they see, you’ll get flooded with their requests for one page flyers, t-shirt… read more

Playing with Vectors in Illustrator

Last week I decided to spend some time playing with Illustrator and trying to come up with a cool black and white artwork. My inspiration came from some skateboard deck designs which have this sort of 3D effect without using gradients or anything, and not exactly a woodcut effect either…. read more

Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location

I thought I could not be out-geeked. With a background in radio, and having dabbled in the demo scene on the Commodore 64 and hung out on BBSes and IRC for a long time and all the other things normal kids don’t quite get, I thought I was safe in… read more

Is Google Search Coming to Your TV?

Google is testing a new television programming search service in conjunction with Dish Network, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The service, which appears to be very much in a limited testing phase, runs on a special set-top box and apparently searches content from both the Dish programming guide, as… read more

The Ultimate (Fresh) Collection Of High-Quality Free Social Media Icon Sets

A beautifully designed icon is the perfect way to represent your product or service, and they always come in handy whether you want to place them on your blog or want to represent yourself in an outstanding manner. A comprehensively designed icon can provide your user with the memorable metaphors… read more

40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials

Photo manipulation is an art that requires lots of patience along with the expertise in Photoshop and other photo editing tools. With your creativity and imagination, you can manipulate any photograph the way you want! Now it’s all about your imagination and using Photoshop’s effects and other tools cleverly.

You simply… read more

Common Questions About Design Professionalism

The design profession is full of happy folks, and understanding why so many designers enjoy their work is not hard. But not all are so happy. If you’re not careful, the joy of getting paid to pursue your passion can be tainted by the less joyous realities of the professional… read more

Talkcast reminder: Oscar night show 10pm ET

This week, of course, the big news was the announcement of the on-sale date for Apple’s newest platform and the teaser of Steam for Mac, but there’s also a lot coming up at the Game Developer’s Conference over the next few days; we’ll preview it with you. As always, your… read more

“Alice in Wonderland” Has Record-Breaking Opening Weekend

Entertainment Weekly reports that Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland drew almost $40 million in box office revenue on Friday, setting the stage for what will likely have been a $100 million (or more) weekend. The film will definitely beat the previous record for this weekend of the year —… read more

Daily Inspiration #450

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,… read more

Giotto’s Vitruvian tripod, true genius

Now, whilst I’ve not tried one of these new Giotto’s Vitruvian tripods, they certainly look quite good – what’s your opinion?

Giottos Tripods on Amazon

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Giotto Vitruvian tripod – PRESS RELEASE

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, the new Giotto’s Vitruvian VGR  tripods are designed to offer photographers not only… read more

Interview with Dacosta!

Dacosta is an independent artist currently based in Vancouver and is the founder of Chocolate Soop, Inc. He specializes in vector graphics and character design. This self-taught designer has over 10 years of professional experience. He’s influenced by Japanese culture, graffiti and industrial design. He works in a variety of… read more

Leica S2 – First Impression Review

This Review of the Leica S2 is a guest Post by Justin de Deney from Camera Advice.

Invitation to Leica

A Lamborghini speeds by as I cross Berkley Square, on my way to the Leica showroom in the heart of Mayfair, central London. I have received an invite to view the new… read more

Foursquare and SPIN Magazine Turn SXSW Into Musical Scavenger Hunt

For complete SXSW coverage, check out Mashable’s SXSW channel.

Popular music magazine SPIN is going geeky for South by Southwest’s music festival, integrating custom Foursquare badges into its event presence and rewarding the most adventurous users of the location-based game with free tickets to their annual music showcase at Stubb’s.

Festival… read more

Best of the Week #109

It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to… read more

55 Latest Examples of Perfect Slideshow Presentation in Web Design

As you already seen in our previous posts about slideshow presentation designs that representing the key information in slideshow presentation is a hot trend now days. There are many reasons to use a slideshow or image slider in your web designs as the key to smart strategic web design is… read more

Google’s App Store for Business to Launch Next Week

Google is set to launch an app store for business next week, Mashable has learned from sources close to the company. It will be focused around creating software for Google Apps and could launch as soon as Tuesday.

Early last month, news leaked about Google working on its own… read more

How Companies are Using Social Media to Make Better Decisions

Mat Fogarty is the Founder and CEO of Crowdcast, a leading provider of collective intelligence and prediction market solutions.  You can read more of Mat’s posts on the Crowdcast blog or follow @crowdcastinc.

Collaboration and crowdsourcing are the realities of today’s public Internet, and the trend is now gaining real traction in the workplace…. read more

Jersey Shore Parodies The Oscars [VIDEO]

The Academy Awards are this Sunday and that means that there are plenty of awesome opportunities for funny (and sometimes not so funny) attempts to parody the films nominated for the film industry’s top prize. The kids from Jersey Shore have been featured in a slew of Oscar videos… read more

Top 20 Free Windows Mobile Social Media and Networking Apps

There are thousands and thousands of social networking and media apps for the iPhone and for Android, we all know that. But what about all the apps for Windows Mobile? Certainly, Win Mob is no where near as popular within the mainstream of mobile users as the other two, but… read more

So You Want to Enter the Photography Business?

The photographic industry is one of the most challenging, difficult, and competitive for start up businesses. The statistics prove it. Take this 3 year study discovered by Dane Sanders in his book Fast Track Photographer: In the 1st year, 60% of photographers give up their business. Of that remaining… read more

Print Magazines for Web Designers, Digital Artists, and Photographers

Although much valuable information for all sorts of web and print professionals can be found online, it is often difficult to weed through all the noise and find good quality content. I believe it’s vital that professionals in different creative fields supplement their online learning and research through well-edited and… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media & Web Development Jobs

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

Fantastic Content Sliders for your Inspiration

Content sliders are extremely versatile forms of navigation that can be used to display all sorts of information, such as images, popular posts, social information and product features.

Some have automatic slideshow capabilities or buttons to scroll sideways or up and down, and most of them feature a transition… read more

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook in No Rush to Go Public

Everyone is still trying to figure out just how big a business social networks are, how much is Facebook worth, and how much money it’ll be making in a couple of years. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, doesn’t seem worried at all.

Asked about Facebook’s plans to launch an initial… read more

Amazing Poster Designs by Paul Tebbott

Paul Tebbott, also known as Horizon Fire, is a self-taught graphic designer and electronic musician. His graphic work is so amazing with a unique style and great flow throughout each piece. Check it out.

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To check out more of his works visit his website www.paultebbott.com and his Flickr Gallery. To… read more

Using Aperture 3’s Places

A Guest Post by Chris Folsom.

One of the great new features of Aperture 3 (get an upgrade from previous versions here) is the ability to add location data to photos and then display those photos on a map based on where they were taken. While similar features were previously… read more

Falling Off the Wall Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial

At some time or another we have all seen it – neighbourhood walls with old and deprecated graffiti or, just as common, you may have seen some flyers or posters that have been stuck for so long on these walls that they start to peel and hang on by their… read more

Logo Design: Animals – Part 1

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about animals. I gotta say that this is probably the listing with most matches ever…

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There are so many that we had to break it and… read more

Daily Inspiration #447

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,… read more