Responsive web design has created opportunities across the board

From time to time, an industry experiences fundamental changes that radically alter it. Along with this comes an explosion of opportunity: opportunity for individuals to stand out, for new products to emerge and for entrenched companies to be replaced. Now is such a time in the web community.

For as long… read more

Create a Lace Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Follow this tutorial and you will learn how to create a beautiful lace text effect. You will use many effects and you will define many personalized Art and Pattern Brushes that will help you create a Lace Pattern Brush that works with any color. Jump into creating this delicate text… read more

How to Photograph People Indoors

There are many ways to attack photography and some are much more expensive than others. If you can take pictures of people on black-and-white films by artificial light, you should be able to tackle color portraiture successfully too.

When it comes to creativity then there is no limitation on resources. Here… read more

New UI Patterns in App Design: A Blessing or a Curse?

Software design has made some interesting strides lately. It’s possible that we’re beginning to see Apple’s role in setting UI standards give way to the innovation of third party developers.

Unfortunately, this shift makes for a much more complicated scenario for developers and designers. Tempers rise, fingers are pointed and… read more

Transparent Abstract Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

Transparent Abstract Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

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35 Photos That Use Fences for Clever Composition

In outdoor photography, fences offer a convenient element to use to compose an image. From using them to lead the eye along leading lines through to making them an obvious aid to composing with the rule of thirds, using a well placed fence line can make life a lot easier… read more

How to Create a Seamless Bookshelf Pattern in Illustrator

I admire the complex, inspiring seamless patterns of several vector artists and have always wanted to attempt to create my own. In today’s tutorial I’m going to show you how to make a seamless bookshelf pattern in Adobe Illustrator.

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I’ve always admired the complex and inspiring seamless patterns of several vector… read more

Seamless Studio: Pattern Design For the Rest of Us

Creating a seamless pattern isn’t as easy as it looks. It’s easy to spend hours in Photoshop trying to create texture that will repeat perfectly, only to find that it’s slightly off, but it isn’t easy to get those little imperfections fixed. Instead, you need a tool that will automate… read more

Showcase Of Effective and Creative Pricing Page Designs

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Every premium web application/service developer is well aware of the importance of showcasing pricing information on their website in an easy-to-read and stylish manner. Not only can a well thought out pricing table showcase all available buying options, they can also be designed to encourage and… read more

How to tame forms in web design

Forms are often considered one of the most painful HTML elements to program. But form design and development has progressed by leaps and bounds; it is not nearly as hard as it once was.

That being said, while the industry has made tremendous progress, some hurdles are still… read more

Designing For Android Tablets

More than ever, designers are being asked to create experiences for a variety of mobile devices. As tablet adoption increases and we move into the post-PC world, companies will compete for users’ attention with the quality of their experience. Designing successful apps for Android tablets requires not only a great… read more

Long Exposure Record Photographs by Paul Octavious

Paul Octavious is a photographer and designer from Connecticut, currently living in Chicago, IL. I completely fell in love with his photographs of spinning records. A little hard to believe that these are photos and not illustrations, right? Such a simple idea and perfectly executed too! Paul propped his camera… read more

How Many Pages Does A Website Need?

Designers and clients frequently ask this question before designing or ordering a new website. Is there a “right” answer to it? No.

The number of Web pages that a particular website needs directly depends on the type of website, its application and also its potential user base. For example, personal websites… read more

Happy Sunday Giveaway: Winners

Last Sunday the kind folks over at COLOURlovers gave us 5 licenses of their new Seamless Studio app to give away to you here on Abduzeedo. In case you missed it last week Seamless Studio is a desktop Mac/PC app that makes it super simple to design great-looking vector patterns… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Aug 1-Aug 7, 2011

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The Neglected Necessities Of Design

Right now is an exciting time to be in the Web design community. Every month we seem to stumble on a new thought-provoking way to put our expanding tool set to use for our clients and the patrons of the Web. Many designers are chomping at the bit to litter… read more

Create a Bending 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator. In addition to using the 3D tools, you’ll layer letter shapes to create color shifts with gradients and highlights. You’ll also work in subtle patterns controlled with Opacity Masks.

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Create a 600 by… read more

New High-Quality Free Fonts

Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them… read more

Create a Glassy Text Effect Filled with a Green, Acidic Substance

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a glassy text effect filled with a green, acidic substance. You’ll use shape creation tools, Opacity Masks, and filters. This project could work well to add a mad scientist feel to your next creative design project.

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Create a 700px by… read more

Colourful Abstract Geometric Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

Colourful Abstract Geometric Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

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Quick Tip: How To Create a Simple Web Badge

In the following steps I will show you how to create a simple vector badge. For the overall badge you will only need a simple circle. Using multiple fills and strokes along with some built-in patterns and basic effects you will reach the final product. The final badge is easily… read more

Happy Sunday Giveaway!

Today we’d like to share with you guys an awesome new product launch announcement that we think you’ll love. COLOURlovers Seamless Studio is a desktop Mac/PC app that makes it super simple to design great-looking vector patterns for all kinds of design projects.

The app contains many new features including… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jul 25-Jul 31, 2011

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12 Decorative Free Vector Elements Edition 9

12 Decorative Free Vector Elements Edition 9

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Interesting Patterns and Fractals from Nature

Beautiful patterns surround us. You can see them on trees, clouds, on bodies of water. You can even see them on plants, on animals and on our very skin. The very tips of our fingers prove just that. There is also no doubt that patterns are just as… read more

Go Slow, Go Fast: How to Ease Your Way into Street Photography with a 2-Step System

A Guest Post by James Maher

So you want to be a great street photographer. You want to be able to strap your camera around your wrist and boldly walk down the streets, eagle-eyed and aware of everything around you, yet still in tune with your camera settings and its… read more

6 Tips to Capturing Gorgeous Rainforest Photographs

Rainforests are filled with abundant wildlife and rare flora, but they are among the trickiest environments to capture well. With the iffy weather, temperamental lighting conditions and animal camouflage, getting stunning photographs can be a challenge. So, much like the hidden wildlife you too have to adapt.

Photo by… read more

Design with Style by Seth Nickerson

Seth Nickerson is a designer that I been following on dribbble and he always amazes me with such style and simplicity on his work. So today I decided to put some of his work together and share with you guys so you can also get inspired by some amazing print… read more

Examples And Tips For Using Illustrator’s Warp Tools

Adobe Illustrator is one very useful program for creating vector artwork. The tools and features available in Illustrator make it easy to create digital illustrations, whether from scratch or by tracing a photograph.

But this is not all Illustrator can do. Businesses can create impressive graphs using Illustrator’s Graph tools. Marketers… read more

Web design inspiration from modern art history

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8 Useful CSS Tools

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Writing better CSS is something all web designers and developers should strive for, and thankfully there are some useful tools out there to help do just that. For this post, we’ve rounded up a collection of new tools to help you with your CSS. From learning… read more

Inspirational Captain America Illustrations

Inspirational Captain America Illustrations

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What Web Designers Can Learn From Video Games

Games are becoming more Web-like, and the Web is becoming more game-like. If you need proof of this, you have only to look at Yahoo Answers. Random questions are posed, the top answer is chosen, and credibility points are given to the winner. It’s a ranking system that accumulates and… read more

70+ Awesome Tumblr themes

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100+ Grunge Textures, Patterns & Brushes for Photoshop

100+ Grunge Textures, Patterns & Brushes for Photoshop

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.96)

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorites design related articles, resources and resources all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook,… read more

Simple Decorative Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

Simple Decorative Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

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Singer Sarah Jaffe on Beating Songwriter’s Block [VIDEO]

Each Monday, Mashable highlights an exclusive new video or song. Check out all our Music Monday picks.

When singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe finished touring last summer, she found herself in a creative ditch. To extricate herself from that musical mire, she picked up some new instruments, which yielded her forthcoming EP, The… read more

30 Recent Photoshop Tutorials for Web Designers

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Photoshop is near-ubiquitous with graphics-based web design. Even if you don’t consider yourself a graphic designer, having some Photoshop skills can really come in handy with your web design work. And tutorials take a lot out of the learning curve, so you can just follow the… read more

10 tileable Photoshop patterns (PAT & PNG)

10 tileable Photoshop patterns (PAT & PNG)

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Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools and Design Strategies

Back in January, we published an article on responsive design, “Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How to Use It.” Responsive design continues to get a lot of attention, but considering how different it is from the “traditional” way of designing websites, it can be a bit overwhelming for… read more

Quick Tip: How to Create a Stacked Paper Document Illustration

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In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a stack of paper files. You will start with a simple rectangle then using multiple fills and strokes, linear gradients, patterns and some basic effects you will create the first sheet of paper. Next, using the Transform effect you… read more

Web design inspiration from the history of art

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60+ New WordPress themes, summer 2011 edition

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Colourful Abstract Circle Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

Colourful Abstract Circle Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

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The Perfect Office #96

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

5 Tips for Group Deals Success

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

While many small business owners have considered offering a group deal, only 10% have actually run one, according to recent research from MerchantCircle. And while the results… read more

Vintage Retro Grunge Wallpaper Patterns Part 6

Vintage Retro Grunge Wallpaper Patterns Part 6

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18 Great Free Fonts For Logo Design Branding

18 Great Free Fonts For Logo Design Branding

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4 Types of Lighting and How to Shoot in Them

Light is the main ingredient in the mix of elements that make an image. Content, composition, technique will all pale if the light isn’t “right.” But is there a “right” light? Here are some common lighting situations that could help you create compelling shots. Stalk the light, and… read more

Jawbone’s Next Frontier: Improving Your Health

Jawbone, the wireless gadget maker known for its headsets and more recently its speakers, is moving into a new area: health. On Wednesday, the company announced UP, a bracelet that connects to a mobile app to monitor your diet, sleep and exercise and make actionable recommendations.

The… read more

The Secrets Behind Great Call To Action Buttons

Within web design ‘calls to action‘ can be defined as any element of the page that prompt an action of the user. However, clearly some actions are more desirable than others. For example, any site owner would prefer users to click on a ‘buy now’ link than a ‘twitter’ link.

For… read more

The Love Equation: How Match.com Calculates Your Ideal Mate

Nearly all of us have spent time pondering what makes two people a compatible couple, but few have put as much time, money and Ph.D.s behind this question as Match.com.

When the site started in 1995, online dating was an obscure (and somewhat dubious) practice. Now one in… read more

25 examples of symmetry in web design

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Create a Stitched Type Effect in Adobe Illustrator

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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a stitched type effect. You will create simple geometric patterns, a pattern brush and use the appearance panel to create the final look. Let’s get started!

Step 1

Open a new Document. I picked a 180×240 mm portrait format in RGB mode.

Step… read more

A Collection of Retro & Vintage Design Resources

As summer hits and gets underway, many are drawn back to those summer days of our youth. Memories of summer breaks filled with vacation from school, home, and many other places or responsibilities get us in a sort of retrospective mindset. It is with that theme in hand that we… read more

Private Messaging iPhone App Auto-Organizes Your Friends Into Groups

Google+’s Circle-driven social network tasks its users to manually dump their friends into buckets. But what if it could auto-determine those groups instead?

That is the promise of Katango — the sFund-backed friend relationship management startup formerly called CafeBots — and its powerful people-sorting algorithms.

Tuesday, the startup is… read more

Filter Forge Contest Winners & Free Patterns for Download

A few weeks ago we held a design contest sponsored by Filter Forge with the prize being a free copy of their software up for grabs to the top three contestants. However, just in case you didn’t catch that first post, here’s a brief explanation of who/what Filter Forge… read more

Quick Tip: Learn How to Create a Clean Style Download Button

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In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a clean download button in Adobe Illustrator. By first using the Rectangle Tool and some simple effects you will create the overall button shape. Next, using some other basic tools and effect along with some nice colors and patterns… read more

What’s new for web designers – July 2011

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50+ Useful CSS Tools And Generators for Developers

CSS tools are essential for web developers because they act like a sort of magic lamp that can simplify the job at hand. Most development tools are time savers that are there to help developers create stylish, functional and optimized websites with a few shortcuts.

CSS tools and generators are available… read more

20 New Tools for for Easier CSS Development

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There are many tools built to help with CSS, and improved ones are constantly being created. The fresh tools we have for you in this article will greatly improve your work-flow, whether that be by solving validation or debugging snags, or taking care of many of… read more

3 Fresh iPhotography Apps: LEGO Photo, KaleidaCam & WordFoto [PICS]

Do you love finding cool new iPhone photography apps? So do we. In fact, here are three that we’ve tried, tested and think you just might love.

Our trio will let you create cool typography images from your photos, a LEGO mosaic portrait and have tons of fun by turning your… read more

The Perfect Office #95

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

Linkswitch #76, Global Outsourcing, Gaining Traction, Create For You

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Global Outsourcing: Is It Wrong to Pay Someone Less Based on Location?

Lately, I’ve heard of plenty of freelancers hiring virtual assistants or subcontractors based on the other side of the globe — choosing people based in places where $200 a month is a very respectable income…. read more

Playful Retro Photoshop Patterns

Playful Retro Photoshop Patterns

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Part of the the Full Picture: Weekly Photography Challenge

This week your photography challenge is to take and share an image of ‘part of the full picture’.

Image by John A Ryan

The theme was suggested by AnnMarie King on our Facebook page and I’ve chosen it because it’s actually a pretty good approach to photography – particularly when you’re looking… read more

15 Useful Web Apps for Designers

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There are lots of web apps these days and they are very popular because of time-saving and productivity benefits. Web apps work on almost all platforms and you can access them from any device. You don’t need to install anything and you can save lots of… read more

20 Fantastic pseudo-Flash websites

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Abstract Radial Decorative Pattern Edition 1

Abstract Radial Decorative Pattern Edition 1

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Free WordPress Themes: 2011 Edition

It’s interesting to look back at our previous WordPress themes round-ups. It’s almost like looking at a visual timeline not only of WordPress’ advances in theme design, but of the rapid development in functionality of the CMS itself. The themes from year to year clearly differ in style as Web… read more

Create a Vector Cassette Tape Illustration

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In the following tutorial you will learn to create a cassette tape illustration. We’ll use vector shape building techniques, as well as advanced lighting, vector masks, gradients and more.

Step 1

Create a 340 by 310px, RGB document. First, turn on the Grid (View > Grid) and the Snap to Grid… read more

How to Photograph Sunsets With a Surreal Effect

Sunset photography is one of the most common, but most diverse, subjects in the realm of landscapes. No two sunsets are ever alike, and the amount of unique environments and compositions are endless.

However, there can be a great disparity between what you see in person and what your… read more

Professional Practices They Don’t Teach You In Art School – What Is Your “Brand?”

When I speak to senior students at art schools, there is one major thing I try to impress upon them: to freelance is to run a small business and a freelance design business has all the needs and headaches of running a bakery, pizza parlor or crack house – although… read more

7 Great JavaScript Resources

As browsers and server-side platforms advance, and libraries new and old grow and mature, JavaScript evolves as well. Staying at the top of your game is important. As a JavaScript developer, you’ll need to keep up with the latest news and learn new skills.

We’ve put together a… read more

Four Ways to Design Beautiful Photos

Different people find different things beautiful. But there are some images considered attractive by most people because of how they are composed. Finding techniques for composing images so that they are attractive to the mind’s eye is a skill that sets photos apart from the crowd.

Designing images sounds… read more

Designing For Android

For designers, Android is the elephant in the room when it comes to app design. As much as designers would like to think it’s an iOS world in which all anyones cares about are iPhones, iPads and the App Store, nobody can ignore that Android currently has the majority of… read more

Best of the Vector Web – June 2011

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Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating dramatic lighting effects in Illustrator, making super-sweet chocolaty styled lettering, designing neon vector effects, and more. We have loads of… read more

Ribbons and tags in web design

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Grungy Circles Photoshop Patterns

Grungy Circles Photoshop Patterns

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Ultimate Collection of Dark Patterns for Your Future Projects

Ultimate Collection of Dark Patterns for Your Future Projects

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30 Classic SNES Games You Can But Shouldn’t Play On Your Mac

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was a phenomenally fun console that successfully ate up a large portion of my childhood. There are so many classic games from this era that have long been forgotten. If only there were a way to download and play those 16-bit masterpieces on your Mac…. read more

Quick Tip: Create an Animal Print Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator Pattern Swatches

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In the following tutorial you will learn how to create an easy animal print text effect using Adobe Illustrator’s default jaguar and cheetah patterns. You will also learn how to add with multiple fills and effects to further enhance the text.

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First take the Type Tool (T) and… read more

Useful Ideas And Guidelines For Good Web Form Design

The input form is an essential element of almost any website or application these days. Input is a core method of interaction, and in many cases it represents the hard conversion point between success and failure. With the amount time and effort we put into bringing users to our sign-up… read more

A Graphic Design Primer, Part 3: Basics of Composition

In the first two sections of this primer, we covered the basic elements of design, and the basic principles of design. In this section, we’ll cover the basic principles of composition.

There are a variety of different composition theories you should familiarize yourself with. Since this is just a primer, there’s… read more

Facebook Books: 7 Ways To Print Your Social Media Memories

If you love Facebook so much that you’d like to see your content on your coffee table, then we’ve got seven superb solutions for getting your Facebook profile and photos made into real-life books.

Whether you want your current profile preserved as a unique memento, a way to view your Facebook… read more

Freebie Friday: 9 Seamless Noise Patterns

One of the most oft questions I get asked on my blog Lost & Taken isn’t about the textures, it’s “How did you create your subtle background image?”. It’s actually a pretty quick process in Photoshop, but I’ve taken the liberty of putting together 9 different seamless noise-y patterns to… read more

Recent Graduate? 5 Steps Towards Your Internet Marketing Career

In the world of Internet marketing, many students are stepping into a side of social media, Google and other search engines, and web development that they never saw before. Who would have thought that the same tools that you use to communicate and keep in touch with friends are some… read more

Quick Tip: How to Dynamically Create a Seamless Pattern Using the Graphic Style Palette

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In this tutorial we will look at an original way of creating a seamless pattern, developed by my friend and namesake Iaroslav aka Yemz. I think this versatile way will help you to achieve the desired result within minutes. I don’t know about you, but my brain always start… read more

Introducing Pomme Chan

Is really interesting how artists are trying to mix tradicional techniques with digital media and vice versa, the results of this experiments are just awesome and full of style. Pomme Chan is one of kind of artists, she’s a really talented and skilled illustrator that creates some fantastic and organic… read more

How to avoid a redesign failure

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10 Mobile Astronomy Apps for Stargazers

One of the best parts of summer is sitting outside on a warm night, glass of wine in hand (or bar of dark chocolate, whatever your pleasure), good company by your side and nothing but brilliant sparkly stars above you. If you’ve ever had the good fortune of spotting a… read more

Get Started with Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, Basix Tutorials from Vectortuts+

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Get started with Adobe Illustrator and Indesign with this handy collection of beginner tutorials from the archives at Vectortuts+. We’re adding to our Basix category all the time, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay upto date with all the news, articles and tutorials… read more

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The Simple Guide to Text Effects using Layer Styles

Typography plays a key part in many kinds of design. Some would even say it’s the most important element of web design, in order to correctly portray your message you have to invite the user to read what you have to say. So how do you make your type stand out?… read more

Guidelines For Working With External Code Libraries

Working with code that was created by some other person or organization is routine for developers, but it can be one of the most demanding activities, particularly if you’re still learning. From using code libraries to working on a team of developers, there are bound to be times when you… read more

80+ Excellent Examples of Creative Contact And Web Form Designs

A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of designs.

One of the interesting trend which I noticed recently is using an attractive in-page… read more

A Graphic Design Primer, Part 2: The Principles of Design

In the last part, we covered the elements that make up most designs. In this part, we’ll cover the principles you can apply to those elements to create a design. All of these principles can be applied to any project, and have a direct impact on the success of that… read more

How Social Shopping Is Changing Fashion Production

Fashion editors and department store buyers have long had the biggest say in what parts of designer collections make it to market. This pattern is changing, however, thanks to a more social web culture and better tools to facilitate online voting, purchasing and even customization.

In an effort… read more

Orange Violet Grungy Photoshop Patterns

Orange Violet Grungy Photoshop Patterns

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