LIFE – Winners Announced!

March 19th, 2010
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It’s been a very tough task for our judges and we’ve finally managed to whittle the 1,925 entries down to just three… It took a little bit longer than we’d have liked and it’s cost us a lot more in coffee! But here they are.

LIFE

In first place, michaelmix

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Daily Inspiration #461

March 19th, 2010
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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

5 Mind-Traps of Beginer Photographers

March 19th, 2010
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A Guest Post by Laura Radniecki.

Everyone starts their photography journey as a beginner.

Everyone, at some point in time, looks to those who have more experience and expertise than them and feels inadequate. It can be overwhelming to pick up this amazing machine [Point & Shoot OR DSLR camera] that… read more

Mac OS X 10.6.3 imminent?

March 19th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<p Compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
Performance improvements for 64-bit Logic
Changes to QuickTime X that increase reliability and improve compatibility and security
Printing reliability and compatibility with third party printers
Issues resolved that prevented files from copying… read more

Showcase of Photography Portfolio Websites

March 19th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

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… read more

YouTube Challenges Users to Make “Good” Videos [PARODY]

March 19th, 2010
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Mashable

The Onion has come out with a parody video in which YouTube entreats its users to make a “good” video — the incentive? A $100,000 prize.

As someone who spends much of her day wading through the chaff of the online video realm, can I just say: Could this be… read more

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80+ iPhone Inspired Website Designs For Your Inspiration

March 19th, 2010
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InstantShift

It’s not a secret that for years, Apple has had a huge impact on designers across the globe. Apple has always able to found an extremely effective way to deliver its message via their products to a wide audience and their design is often a key source of inspiration for… read more

Justo Resto Las Lomitas – Tipografia 3D

March 19th, 2010
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Creattica

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

March 19th, 2010
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Noupe

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

Mobile Web Design

March 18th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Adjusting a site for the mobile environment is a great challenge. A lot of techniques you are used to applying on web design would not make any sense on mobile, and vice-versa.

Mobile is a great place to try new things with different limits. People using the mobile web are much… read more

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

March 18th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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

Force Field

March 18th, 2010
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Creattica

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Daily Inspiration #460

March 18th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Ten secrets to attract clients and increase your income

March 18th, 2010
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Build a Better Business

Ten secrets to attract clients and increase your income

When it comes to small businesses and freelancing, there’s no shortage of business books on the market. They cover all the traditional, important stuff about business plans and tried-and-true marketing campaigns. That’s not what this article is about. Instead,… read more

LESS IS MORE: Weekend Photography Challenge

March 18th, 2010
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Flowers in a Green Field – by nhburdick

This weekend your challenge is to take an image on the theme of ‘Less is More’. We’re going for a fair ‘minimalistic’ approach this time around.

Feel free to interpret the theme as you want – but once you’ve taken you ‘Less is More’… read more

GM’s Awesome Augmented Reality Windshield [VIDEO]

March 18th, 2010
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Mashable

We love technology that makes us feel like we’re living in the future. Case in point: General Motors has been working with several universities to develop a working next-generation heads-up display that turns an ordinary windshield into an augmented reality information dashboard.

Such a system can improve safety and advance… read more

Make a molehill out of a mountain with Tilt Shift Focus

March 18th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

There are several modes that let you define where the blur and sharpness is positioned in your image. You can also use a paintbrush tool to draw sharpness onto an image that is pre-blurred.

To use the software, you manipulate control points. At first it seems very counter-intuitive, but… read more

Design Inspiration: Poster Design Showcase

March 18th, 2010
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DesignM.ag

Poster designs from talented artists and designers can be an excellent source of inspiration. Of course, high-quality posters exist in a variety of different design styles and for different purposes. In this post we’ll showcase 25 outstanding posters for your own design inspiration.

This post is supported by UPrinting.com, the online… read more

How to Scan, Absorb and Process Information

March 18th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Learning new information quickly is very important to both designers and developers.

That being said, regardless of your profession and whether it’s for school, work, or personal improvement, being able to retain the information without the need to spend hours studying is an incredibly useful skill.

One of the… read more

How to Choose Your Next Camera – What and Where to Buy

March 18th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Wondering How to Choose Your Next Camera? In this post Kim Brebach from Get the Picture shares some advice on the topic.

As on any journey, the next step depends on where you start. If you’re a pro shooter, you won’t be reading this because you’ll know what you need or… read more

Drawing with Limited Colors in Adobe Illustrator®

March 18th, 2010
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Vector Tuts

We have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to work effectively with a limited color palette when illustrating, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Sometimes when illustrating for mediums with restrictive color use, like T-shirts, or just… read more

Building Community Sites with WordPress: 15 Plugins to Get Started

March 18th, 2010
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By Cameron Chapman

Most bloggers would love to see more of a sense of community among the regular visitors to their blog. Sure, discussions sometimes take place in the comments of various posts, but it all seems a bit disorganized and they never really get off the ground. There has to… read more

MTV China Music Revolution

March 18th, 2010
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Creattica

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It’s Time to Get Video on Wikipedia

March 18th, 2010
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Mashable

Wikipedia is one of the most amazing knowledge resources on the Internet, featuring millions of articles and images, but it sorely lacks a certain (very important) type of content – video.

For this reason the Open Video Alliance is launching a mass campaign to bring video to Wikipedia. The central… read more

Tired Of Photoshop’s Complexity? Try These Free And Easy Apps For Your Photos

March 18th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

If you are tired of Photoshop and its millions of hardly use features? then try these. There must be something simple, light-weight, quick and easy photo-editing tools which also does not cost anything to use. So, luckily there are tons of web-based photo editors available. Well most are crap, but… read more

The Safari 4 OS X interface recreated in HTML+CSS with no images

March 18th, 2010
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A good browser should be able to reproduce itself. This is Safari 4 built entirely with HTML and CSS3. No images used. (Only works in Webkit Mac-based browsers, of course)

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How to build a Cool Animated CSS3 Menu with no Javascript

March 18th, 2010
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Specky Boy

How the menu looks so far:

Step 2: Create the Background Color of the Menu

In this step we are going to give the main navigation area (.css3Tutorial) a dark background.
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Aol Autos app strips down car buying data for research, daydreams

March 17th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Basically, the App is a stripped down version of the New Cars section of the Aol Autos website. Start by entering your search parameters – price, type, style and make/model – and the app will show you all the new vehicles currently available that fit what you’re looking for. <br… read more

Tumblr Gets a BlackBerry App

March 17th, 2010
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Mashable

Until recently, blogging clients for the BlackBerry have been pretty limited. But WordPress for BlackBerry was released last month, and today Tumblr released its official BlackBerry app, which lets you post photos, videos, audio, links and text directly from the BlackBerry to your microblog.

Mobelux, the guys behind… read more

Daily Inspiration #459

March 17th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Thought and Speech Bubbles Pack – 104 Free Vectors and Images

March 17th, 2010
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Thought and Speech Bubbles Pack – 104 Free Vectors and Images

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The Art of Type: Dash Away All

March 17th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

After quotation marks, dashes are the most abused characters in the typographic stable. Dashes have visual, typographical roles as well as grammatical ones. These modest characters fall under the sway of both copy editors and typesetters, and using them correctly depends on knowing a bit of both disciplines. By the… read more

13 Free Plugins to Transform Your WordPress-Based Site

March 17th, 2010
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DesignM.ag

WordPress is a popular blogging engine and CMS in part because of the active community of users and the vast resources that are available. There are thousands of plugin developers that have worked to extend the possibilities of WordPress, and these plugins can provide plenty of opportunities for you to… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Job Opportunities

March 17th, 2010
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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

A Collection of 30+ Useful Maya Tutorials

March 17th, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

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 Fresh Free Fonts For Your Next Designs

March 17th, 2010
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InstantShift

It’s essential for Designers to have a good understanding of typography and selection as the importance of typography in design can’t be neglected. The proper selection of typography can convert your normal design into attractive piece of art.

Among other things, effective typography manages to achieve three necessary objectives of web… read more

14 Essential iPhone Apps for Small Business Users

March 17th, 2010
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Mashable

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Apple’s iPhone wasn’t originally conceived as a business-focused device; however, the advent of the App Store and the rapid rise in usage and adoption has really… read more

Typography Mania #20

March 17th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.

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Make sure to click on each… read more

Starting Out Organized: Website Content Planning The Right Way

March 17th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

So many articles explain how to design interfaces, design graphics and deal with clients. But one step in the Web development process is often skipped over or forgotten altogether: content planning. Sometimes called information architecture, or IA planning, this step doesn’t find a home easily in many people’s workflow. But… read more

The First Official Free iPhone Application From Nasa

March 17th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

NASA has officially announced the new and final version of NASA app for iPhone. This App allow you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod touch. This App collects, customizes and deliver an extensive selection selecttion of dynamically updated information, images and videos from… read more

40 Detailed Drawing Tutorials for Adobe Illustrator

March 17th, 2010
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Specky Boy

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

Create a Quick MooTools Slideshow with Preloading Images

March 17th, 2010
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The following tutorial will show you how to create a simple slideshow with MooTools; the script will also preload the images and feature a progress message. read more

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35 Hot-Shot Photos With Perfect Timing

March 17th, 2010
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Noupe

The most hilarious and off-the-wall images are taken at the right time and right angle. But capturing these bizzare moments is not a piece of cake for many. Many times you have to wait hours to just take that perfect shot and only once in a while you get lucky… read more

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Daily Inspiration #458

March 16th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Create An Old-School MP3 Player in Flash CS4

March 16th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

[If you’d like to download the files used in this tutorial to practice these techniques, visit www.layersmagazine.com and navigate to the Magazine section. All files are for personal use only.]

Create an old-school MP3 player out of thin air

Ever since the release of Adobe AIR, Flash designers and developers have… read more

How to Maximize Your Photography Workshop Experience

March 16th, 2010
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A Guest Post by Eva Polak.

Attending a photography workshop is the best way to learn new skills. Not only will it improve your technique and expand your knowledge, it will also expose you to a range of interesting subjects to shoot and give you an opportunity to meet and have… read more

35 Portfolio Websites that are Sure to Inspire

March 16th, 2010
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DesignM.ag

An effective portfolio site is one of the most valuable assets a designer or agency can have. The most effective portfolio sites will display the best work of the designer(s) and encourage inquiries from potential clients while providing an attractive site and a positive user experience.

In the past we have… read more

Free Datacolor e-Workshop tomorrow!

March 16th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Color Managed Workflow Class This Wednesday
This is something that faces EVERY person using a computer and a printer. You setup everything in Photoshop, hit print, then all of a sudden the print comes NOWHERE NEAR what the final image looked like on the machine. Many pages can… read more

13 Incredibly Useful Web Apps (You Probably Never Heard Of)

March 16th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find incredibly useful and life saver FREE web apps that you probably never heard of and these would be great enough to bookmark or just for get in your knowledge. I hope everyone of you will… read more

The Amazing Art of Disabled Artists

March 16th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Some of the best artists deal with disabilities in their everyday lives that the rest of us can’t even imagine living with, and use art to communicate with the world. The results are often stunning.

We’ve collected biographies and sample pieces from outstanding disabled artists, both famous… read more

How To Quickly Launch Apps with Alfred

March 16th, 2010
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Mac App Storm

Alfred is the latest application to add to an ever-expanding set of “quick launch” apps. So is there room for another? Definitely. Alfred has been designed with the casual user in mind and makes finding files and searching the net a whole lot faster and easier.

This review will… read more

100 Essential Web Development Tools

March 16th, 2010
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Noupe

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

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.28

March 16th, 2010
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week.

Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy, and you’ll be kept up to date with loads of design news… read more

Twitter CEO Says “No” to Acquisition in Next Two Years

March 15th, 2010
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Mashable

A few hours ago, Twitter CEO Evan Williams keynoted SXSW in an on-stage interview with Umair Haque of Havs Media Lab. During it, Mr. Williams announced the @Anywhere platform and answered Mr. Haque’s questions.

While Umair did ask a lot of questions, some thought that he did not ask… read more

Print May Be King, But The Future is Digital

March 15th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Going Digital

People are consuming information much differently these days and it’s your responsibility to make sure your content is available for the most popular forms of consumption. Here, we’ll take a look at distributing content through everything from Zinio to Amazon’s Kindle to Apple’s iPhone.

Personally, I’ve been a fan of… read more

Daily Inspiration #457

March 15th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Web Promotion Tips from Brand Identity Designer David Airey

March 15th, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

If you haven’t gotten around to creating yourself a website or online portfolio, you’re missing out on a great opportunity. In today’s YTD post we discuss the importance of web promotion for graphic designers with David Airey, the famous brand identity designer, blogger and internet marketer extraordinaire. His… read more

From the Imagination of a Child

March 15th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

CSS Bugs and Inconsistencies in Firefox 3.x

March 15th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

There aren’t many articles covering incompatibilities, or CSS differences in Firefox alone — and for good reason.

Firefox has always done an excellent good job of supporting both CSS and JavaScript in a standards-compliant manner without too many awkward bugs.

There are, however, a few CSS properties and… read more

Photoshop Plugins: 3D and Beauty

March 15th, 2010
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Noupe

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

March 15th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

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]

March 15th, 2010
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Mashable

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

March 15th, 2010
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InstantShift

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

How to Make an Inspired, Golden Painting in Illustrator

March 15th, 2010
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Vector Tuts

In this tutorial we will travel back in time to recreate the painting style of one of the most outstanding symbolism artists – Gustav Klimt. His works are full of warm golden colors, simple ornaments, irregular patterns, natural symbols, and asymmetric shapes. We will work to produce this style with… read more

Portraiture in Motion: How to take Striking Portraits in 15 minutes or less

March 15th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Let’s face it. We don’t always have all the time in the world to do a portrait session. Clients run late. The light fades. Opportunity is not always on our side. What happens when you are in a crunch, and the time you have for a session is less than… read more

Saving your surfing on the Mac

March 15th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<pt's become important, over time, for me to be able to re-locate the answers I've found, and to archive things that have made a difference for me. I don't just want a folder full of bookmarks, I want to be able to search my local repository in a more abstract… read more

17 Logo Design Case Studies

March 15th, 2010
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DesignM.ag

Although there are a lot of quality tutorials available for designing logos, case studies from real-world projects can prove to be even more valuable as a learning resource. Case studies are excellent for showing more of the entire process, the steps that are involved, and putting it into the context… read more

7 Tips For Marketing Your Freelance Business Offline

March 15th, 2010
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Freelanceswitch

I walked into Wholefoods this past week with a list of things to buy. I walked out of the store with more than my groceries. I had three new business cards in my pocket. Each with hastily-scrawled notes on the back. I grinned as I packed my groceries into the… read more

15 CSS3 Navigation and Menu Tutorials and Techniques

March 15th, 2010
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Specky Boy

CSS3 is slowly but surely creeping into mainstream web design, more and more designers are using it, albeit in small doses, but it is certainly gathering momentum. It really is an exciting time for web design.
A few weeks back we published an article called 20 CSS3 Tutorials and Techniques… read more

just feel it

March 15th, 2010
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Creattica

Personal artwork, about 25 hours.
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Western Spaghetti Movie Posters

March 15th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Today I’m going to post some cool Western Spaghetti movie posters in the blog. For those who are not familiar with the genre, Western Spaghetti it’s a kind of western made in late 70′s by italian directors, in italian locations. The most memorable characteristic of Werstern Spaghetti is the long… read more

20.10

March 14th, 2010
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starting.Over

March 14th, 2010
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30+ Artistic Examples Of Colorful Wallpapers

March 14th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

Here we are showing you the huge collection of beautiful and inspiring wallpapers. I appreciate to all those talented designers who created these excellent wallpapers with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to use these artistic wonders on our desktop and refresh ourselves. This list is… read more

Daily Inspiration #456

March 14th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Cloud Photography

March 14th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

How to take advantage of what is right above you.

The sky is the single most abstract and dynamic canvas that a photographer has at his disposal. It is an endless source of inspiration that can change a boring photo into one of tremendous interest.

Sweet Home Under White Clouds – by… read more

50 Fantastic Favicons: Episode 9

March 14th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

Every now and again we showcase fantastic favicons, those tiny pieces of art that you’ll find in your browser’s address bar or when rifling through your bookmarks. These little gems are important because they serve as visual indicators to help visitors easily identify content in their browser. That aside, favicons… read more

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

March 14th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

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

Fond Memories

March 13th, 2010
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Creattica

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Do You Share The Images You Take Online?

March 13th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Time for a new POLL.

Do You Share The Images You Take Online – if so, how often?

I know many of our readers do share photos online on photoblogs or via photo sharing services like Flickr – but this poll is looking at not only IF you do it but how… read more

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (7-13 Mar ‘10)

March 13th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Weekly Assignment

This week we repeated an old assignment that we had a lot of fun with the first time around, Jump. We wanted you to get your feet (or someone elses’ feet) off the ground and into the air. We wanted to see people jumping and having fun, and let… read more

iPhone backups a bit slow? Dump those images

March 13th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

In a new Knowledge Base entry, Apple reminds users that photos are backed up each time you do a sync, even if there are no changes to the Camera Roll. The result can be a sluggish backup or restore.

If you already have the photos copied into iPhoto, you’re… read more

The Talented Mister Gross

March 13th, 2010
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Francesco Mugnai

Everybody think Alex Gross (1968) is an amazing and talented  illustrator. And he is. There are a lot of influences in his art. From Renaissance to Japanese  advertising.

Alex graduated in 1990 from Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California.

“His earliest artistic influences were comic books and… read more

Daily Inspiration #455

March 12th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Quin District

March 12th, 2010
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Creattica

Here’s my new illustration called Quin District. I worked on this, on and off, for about a month. I was going for a classic look and set-up but with a future/sci-fi theme. Trying to capture that girl in a new city feel. The process behind this is the same as… read more

90+ Smoking Cinema 4D Tutorials and Best Techniques

March 12th, 2010
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InstantShift

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

45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools

March 12th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

Yes, this is another round-up of fresh and useful Javascript techniques, tools and resources. But don’t close the tab yet, as you might find this one very useful. In this selection we present calendars, forms, buttons, navigation, debugging, optimization and compatibility tables as well as handy resources and tools.

We also… read more

Color Correction Basics in Photoshop

March 12th, 2010
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Tutorial9

Have you wanted to learn more about color correction? The focus of this tutorial is to help you delve deeper into color correcting to up the production value of your images. Learn a few simple techniques while creating.

I will be using Photoshop CS4 for this tutorial, but all of the… read more

Scrivener: A Writer’s Best Friend

March 12th, 2010
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Mac App Storm

Writing an article, a novel, or a research paper can be a daunting task. Collected information has a way of getting lost amidst dozens of folders, outlining notes vanish mysteriously, and the very thought of starting a large writing project seems paralyzing, especially when sitting in front of the blinking… read more

Design Around the World: Metro Maps

March 12th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Every city looks and feels unique. Regional culture, typography, dialect, local customs and many more factors play a part in defining a city’s differences.

Those differences determine how that city see its citizens and how it wants to represent itself to others.

For each community with one, the metro… read more

Digital Signage Today

March 11th, 2010
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Creattica

Magazine advertisement visually describing how a company’s iPhone app can represent their mobile digital signage.

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Purest Form

March 11th, 2010
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Creattica

Personal art project showcasing the beauty of music, which starts and inspires all other artistic forms.

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Fei-Tian

March 11th, 2010
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Personal Experiment

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Flickroom Makes It Easier To Browse Flickr On Your Desktop

March 11th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

flickr is a leading photo sharing platform that allows you to share your photos and browse those uploaded by other users.  In order to use flickr, you need to visit flickr.com and perform your photo sharing activity.

Many thanks to Flickroom that takes the flickr on your desktop.  Flickroom is a… read more

12 iPhone Apps for Surviving Conference Season

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

Amybeth Hale is a Talent Attraction Manager with AT&T’s Interactive Staffing team. She uses social technology to help drive awareness of job opportunities as well as interact with candidates. Connect with her on Twitter at @researchgoddess.

As conference season is upon us (including SXSW, of course), I began thinking about… read more

Safari 4.0.5 now available in Software Update

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

New browser time — and unfortunately, time to restart your Mac. Safari has been updated (for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 on the Mac side, and Windows XP/Vista/7 on the Win side); it includes the improvements noted:

Performance improvements for Top Sites
Stability improvements for… read more

Opera Logo with CSS

March 11th, 2010
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The Opera logo, rendered only with CSS, no images. Compare it with the real deal.

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Daily Inspiration #454

March 11th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

GREEN: Weekend Photography Challenge

March 11th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

This weekend your photography challenge is in honor of St Patricks day (next Wednesday). It is to take a photo with the theme of ‘GREEN’ and to share it with our community.

Feel free to take any approach to the theme – it might be photographing something Green, or it could… read more

10 awesome graphic designers who will blow your mind

March 11th, 2010
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Francesco Mugnai

48 images of pure inspiration…check out these great artists!

Pedro Vilas-Boas

Rik Oostenbroek

Simon Page

Jonny Wan

Rhys Owens

Anton Repponen

Alberto Cerriteño

Vicente García Morillo

Yury Ustsinau

Elzo

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