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5 Free March 2010 Calendar Wallpapers
Better late than never. Here is this year’s collection of 5 high-resolution 2010 calendar wallpapers for your desktop…
Freelance Review’s favorite tweets of the week.
GIVEAWAY: 500 Business Cards from UPrinting.com
AREA 1 among with UPrinting.com are giving you the chance to win 500 Business Cards only by leaving a comment or retweeting the given text. Come & participate!
30 awesome Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers and Graphic Designers
Google Chrome is now developing craze among the Web Developers and Designers with some greatly designed extensions. This is a list of Google Chromes Extensions for WebDevelopers and Graphic Designers.
How to use WordPress as an E-Commerce Store
If you want to sell goods from your web site, you may want to look into shopping cart software so you can process your orders.
Cloud Hosting and Your Online Business
When cloud computing meets hosting technology, the result is a modern type of hosting that lets businesses dynamically scale and rescale resources according to their business needs.
BuzzMe is the Ultimate BlackBerry Utility
As a person who reviews mobile apps daily, there are very few apps that I download and keep forever.
40+ Fresh And Great Portfolio Design Interfaces for Inspiration
A collection of more than 40 fresh and great portfolio design interfaces. Maybe it’s helpful for you while you are stuck with the next portfolio design.
Free icons: global warming icon set
Another free icon set by iconshock, global warming advices…. feel free to use them in any commercial or personal project.
71 Magnificent Examples of Concept Art
I have compiled a list of 71 magnificent concept art designs that will make your mouth water.
manageME7 contest on Link Building is Cool
Grab your free license for manageME7 Plutus6 package. Tweet and Comment the post to enter the contest.
30 Powerful WordPress Plugins For Blog Administrators
Best WordPress plugins to help you in administration of your WordPress blog.
5 Things That Can Make (or break) A Killer Website Design
There’s things you should (and shouldn’t) be doing during your website design process. Regardless of the size of each item on the list, each has a huge impact when you look at the bigger picture.
Flexiant Announces Launch Of ‘Extility’
Flexiant today announced the launch of ‘Extility’-a licensed virtualized cloud platform. Extility provides a credible and innovative alternative to the cost of developing a host computing platform
45 Web Builders to Create an Insanely Awesome Free Website
The ultimate collection of website creation resources to help you build a site, blog or wiki for free.
Language and Metaphor: An Alternate View on Coding for the Web
In this first post in a two part series, we are going to take a different view of coding for the web, by looking at various coding languages as they relate to actual, human language.
How To Design A Grunge Style Design Poster Portrait
You will learn a technique that can be used to create nice portraits with your grunge textures. We will use many selection tools and masks to isolate objects.
How to Design a Cheeky Koala Mascot Head
You will use some opacity masks, brushes, gradients and effects, in addition to an easy shading technique you’ll find yourself using in plenty of other projects.
17 Superb 3D Artworks By Jasso
Here are some amazing 3 dimensional artworks gathered from Deviant Art all by Jasso.
Today’s web treat is a free combo pack of seamless Vibrant Fiesta textures in .jpg format as well as a corresponding Photoshop tileable pattern (.pat) set.
NewYork, NewYork – Amazing Pictures by Aleks Ivic
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous urban areas in the world.
Free Psd Giveaway – User Login Section
This is the first Free Psd file giveaway from DJdesignerlab.
Most Fantastic Free WordPress Themes for Gallery
In this post, everything will be focused on really beautiful free WordPress themes to use as a blog-based gallery. Download a copy of the WordPress code and select a theme to install.
50 FREE Photoshop Brushes Sets
Today we are glad to release 50 Sets of great brushes for Photoshop, a set with 30 high-quality swirl Photoshop brushes.
Monthly Textures | Free 4 Blue Negligee Cloth Textures
in this post I publish new 4 textures images, negligee cloth or fabric texture. Full size each image are 3072×2304pixel
On January 1, 2010 we published an article titled The New Designer – Are You Still Relevant? which went on to become by far the most popular article ever written on Freelance Review.
Colorful and Imaginative Children’s Website Gallery
Websites geared toward children have several things in common: they are brightly colored, usually contain an active flash element, and a loud video or ad that begins playing once the page has loaded.
Web tools – help when writing some code page
Here are the current available tools : ASCII Name * ASCII List * ASCII Table * ColorPicker Wheel * ColorPicker Web Name * ColorPicker Web Safe * ColorPicker Web Safe BW * CSS BODY Style Generator…
Should Designers Know How to Code? Thoughts From a Developer
Should designers be able to code? In this post, guest author Amber Weinberg weighs in with her own views on the subject, based on her own extensive experience coding her clients’ designs.
Netbook Guide: Before You Buy A Netbook
This articles, i think, that are you must read before you buy your new netbook.
Password Caddy for iPhone Will Be There When You Need It Most
I think we all agree that the internet is one of the top inventions of the last few decades, if not the century.
The art of body painting and best 63 examples
Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of body art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary.
The Art of Creating Time in a Time Famine
People feel they are restricted by time, however freelancers can create time. Find out how this is possible.
Creative Photography by Piet Osefius
Superb creative architecture, black and white, and landscape photography by Piet Osefius, self-taught photographer living in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Converting Wooden PSD Template to HTML
In our recent post we showed you how to mock up a wooden background layout in Photoshop. In this post we will show you how to covert that PSD to HTML.
15 cool and awesome iphone web apps for your inspiration
iphone has covered US market very fast and therefore people trying to make their websites compatible with it.
Interview: Brian K. McDaniel of bkmcdaddy Designs
Enjoy this intriguing interview with the non-traditional, unconventional all around great guy, Brian K. McDaniel, of bkmacdaddy designs.
Award-winning aop and bff photographer Frank Meyl shoots advertising photo assignments worldwide in the field of people, lifestyle, automotive, architecture and landscape.
A new Place for WordPress Theme Designer to Showcase their Work
Espreson is beginning a fresh new collection of posts under a “Theme of the Month” category.
30+ Best Logo Design Galleries for Inspiration
I will put together a list of 30+ Best Logo Design Galleries for Inspiration and i m sure you can get great inspiration of these such sites that showcases great logos.
Best Practices for Building an International Website
here are several points worth observing when building a website for an international audience.
Best Practices for Building an International Website
here are several points worth observing when building a website for an international audience.
Medhley offers affordable communication related themed templates. Grab your template today.
Best of HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images and Tutorials
HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a set of techniques that allow to represent wide range of intensity levels between lightest and darkest areas of the image.
Free Textures & Desktop Wallpapers
Free textures for personal & commercial use, as well as free desktop/Twitter wallpapers
Today we are releasing a pack of 7 grunge striped textures. The textures were made with stacking multiple layers and using various custom made brushes made from selected textures.
LogoBee Reduces Logo Design Delivery Time
To appease growing demand, LogoBee launches new faster turnaround times for initial logo design samples. President of LogoBee Pavel Rokhmanko says they have been receiving a lot of requests for..
Design a Tropical iPhone Advertisement
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to design a tropical underwater iPhone advertisement, complete with clownfish, starfish, and bubbles.
Professional Opinions – Jacob Cass
I asked Jacob Cass what his favourite web designs were and I thought I’d showcase them for you
6 Free Vector Musical Business Cards
Finally, a few outstanding business card templates for all of you musicians and music lovers out there. Here is a modern style collection of 6 high-quality musical business cards…
Readers Choice Web Design Inspiration From 50+ Sites
In this post you will find 50+ websites where you can find the enormous design list and you can submit your websites as an inspiration for others as well as you can take design inspiration
How to Create Inset Text with CSS3
Many exciting new functions and features are being thought up for CSS3. Today we are going to create inset test with CSS3.
Ultimate Roundup of 750+ Free Photoshop Layer Styles
The ultimate roundup of 750+ photoshop layer styles available for free download.
25 Vintage Easter Postcard Designs
Since we will be celebrating Easter soon, we decided to gather 15 vintage Easter postcards designs to inspire your design projects.
Linux is full of colors, colors are different diverse distros,which add vibrant colorful features to it. Although Ubuntu,Suse,Fedora all these have been the representatives of Linux distros for years
How to Create a Cosmic Photo Composition in Photoshop
In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a cosmic photo manipulation using different Photoshop techniques, brushes and blending modes. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!
Stone textures in modern web design: Examples and Resources
It is very common nowadays that websites use textures. This post is about how modern websites use stone textures as backgrounds and also where to download these textures.
How to create your digital signature
We’ll see how to manage a scanned signature to make it suitable for all occurrences. You can follow these step to turn any handwritten signature into a high resolution drawing.
The Best Way to Respond to an RFP
One thing I have learned about Requests for Proposals (RFP) over the last few years is that they can be a huge waste of time. Here is some advice about responding to an RFP.
100 Fantastic Twitter Profiles for your Inspiration
Here are some of the best twitter profiles for your inspiration
The shortest month in the calendar produced some amazing content in the world of web design and development. Check out the best articles of February in this blog post.
Learn a New Photoshop Trick with VunkySearch
One of the best ways to learn a new trick in Photoshop is to grab a tutorial that catches your eye and dive right in. VunkySearch offers just that kind of eye-pleasing, pick-up learning.
We might be entering the next generation of interface design sooner than you think. Lets embrace the iPad and boldly go where no man has gone before.
4 Ways to Get Rounded Corners Using CSS
Rounded corners are a common CSS effect these days. There are several ways to accomplish this effect.
40 Exclusively Reviewed And Criticized Deviantart Designs
Something different. you’ll see every single one design here analyzed, reviewed and criticized a little bit. We try to show here small things you should bring attention to.
20 of the Best Typographical Portraits Found on the Web
I want to show the best in typographical portraits found on the web, typographical portraits show the highest quality in artistry and skills.
Showcase of Fresh & Elegant Business WordPress Themes
These days is a lot easier to set up a business website. Got a brilliant idea?
A firsthand testimonial of the use of Skype for freelancing.
30 Free eCommerce Icon Sets for nicely Decoration of your eCommerce Site
I have collected 30 most needed and nicely free eCommerce Icon sets for our visitors who have eCommerce sites or have interest on it.
Clean Style Business Flash CMS Template from FlashMoto
Clean style, elaborate page layouts, convenient navigation, minimalist color scheme – everything speaks for itself. It’s a professional business Flash website design powered by FlashMoto.
Use the Right Typography in Your Design and Documents
Know how to use the right typography in your documents. Learn each font-families’ significance and use them right where.
Blueprint For A Successful Design Blog
The blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds, and as the design field also expands many designers are looking to take their business and brand to a blog.
Wooden Wall Free WordPress Theme
Wooden Wall comes with an Options page where you can define your own RSS feed, traffic tracking code and Twitter setting etc.
Stone textures in modern web design: Examples and Resources
It is very common nowadays that websites use textures. This post is about how modern websites use stone textures as backgrounds and also where to download these textures.
35 Websites that use the iPhone as part of their design
So after hours of searching the web and thinking about what my next post would be, I started to see a lot of websites that use the iPhone as part of their design.
130+ Collection of Free Sports Icons
A Collection of 130+ Free Sports Icons are listed below for you to download right into your desktop.
Why As a freelancer you should use twitter
This is a great insight to why as a designer you should choose to use one of the most powerful social media tools around for designers twitter.
50 Awesome Examples and Tutorials of Illustrations in Web Design For Your Inspiration
Today, lets take a look at 50 awesome examples and tutorials of illustration in web design for your inspiration.
Time is the more important than anything. Find out how to effectively schedule your time effectively and take your to-do list to the next level.
Clean Textured WordPress Style Layout in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a textured and clean WordPress style layout in Photoshop.
WordPress Plugins that Extend CMS Functionality
In the world of WordPress Plugins, you will find thousand plugins which will enhance, and extend your blog to CMS functionality. They are what make WordPress truly extend-able.
Most Wanted Twitter Hacks and Plugins for WordPress
This article has some of the most wanted and extremely useful twitter hacks and plugins that will allow you to maximize your benefits from twitter.
Web Design: 40 Fantastic Examples
In many of my previous posts on website design I have always categorized the style of websites that I was showcasing.
Top 15 SEO Extensions For Your Joomla CMS
We need Joomla SEO Extensions to help us tweak our websites so that it ranks higher and beat the competition.
MyInkTrail: Best of the Design Community, February 2010
A roundup of the best articles, tutorials, freebies and more from the design community for February 2010.
45+ Top SEO WordPress Plguins – WordPress SEO
WordPress performs really well when it comes to SEO and search engine results page (SERP) rankings. Out of the box, however, WordPress has a ton of duplicate content problems.
Car themed template design with high quality and affordable price from Medhley.
Free icons, political figures as hilarious icons
Some political figures now as hilarious icons, don’t miss them !! yes yes, they are useless, but we love to do useless things 
Mega Contest to Win 60+ Premium WordPress Themes
Worth more than $2000, you stand a good chance to win premium WordPress themes from 10+ professional providers such as Woothemes, Studiopress and Elegantthemes.
Big Launch Giveaway: $1800+ Worth Prizes And More
Since the launch of Creative Urbia on February 26 we had over 3000 visitors. I know it’s not much, but keep in mind that we are new in the community and we hope the amount of visitors[...]
Burnt Wood Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial
In this photoshop text effect tutorial we’ll be creating a grungy, burnt wood text treatment.
15 Quality Web-Based Applications to Create Mock-Ups and Wireframes
For as long as humans have been able to hold a pen and a paper in hand, we have been prototyping and although different from now, “wireframing“.
Create a clean and light business layout
Learn how to create an awesome clean business layout with this step by step tutorial.
55 Inspirational Original White and Light Web Designs
This inspirational website list present white, light and clean websites from different domains and business what use html, flash or cms like WordPress.
5+ Useful Online Text and Code Editors
There are plenty of text editors are available on internet but the few tools are useful.
16 Indispensable Tools to Optimize Photos for the Web
There’s nothing more irritating, when surfing the web, than a website which takes ages to load. Slow load times are an instant turnoff to visitors and can impact negatively on your site’s traffic
Pinup Photography By Tiffany Krzywicki
Beautiful pinup photography by Tiffany Krzywicki, Massachusetts based fashion photographer located North of Boston
18 Sample Travel Brochure Designs
To help with your design project, we’ve picked 15 sample travel brochure designs for your inspiration and viewing pleasure.
Everywhere you go you see these amazing nature formations and I thought it may be a good idea to show some great icicle pictures for inspiration
Night Club Posters For Advertising Campaigns: 16 Design Samples
16 choice examples of nightclub posters that advertise a variety of events, from charity club nights to live music performances.
Create a Stunning Retro Futuristic Typography
In this tutorial, we will learn some really cool techniques to help us achieve a few aspects of Retro Futurism.
“Who Is Online” Widget With PHP, MySQL & jQuery
We are making a “Who is online” widget with PHP, MySQL & jQuery. It will display the number of visitors, currently viewing your site, and a list of countries they are from in a slide out panel.
20 Free Grunge Like Fonts For Your Creative Projects
I am sure you’ll enjoy this little collection of 20 free grunge fonts from fonts2u.com that I have built up below. I am sure few of them will become your favorites too
Create Modern Grunge Navigation Design in Photoshop
Navigation in web design is one of the most important usability element. Today I will show you how to create a modern grunge navigation design in photoshop.
17 Creative Bubblegum Ads From Around The World
It’s really no surprise that Bubblegum companies all around the globe are spreading the message of big fruity bubbles in awesome creative ways.
Make a Freezing Cold Snow-themed Abstract Piece
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a snow-themed large piece. You’ll learn how to plan the composition of the piece, to add elements into the composition.
iLoader Is A Must If You Have Facebook And An iPhone
iLoader for iPhone is the perfect companion for your iPhone/iPod Touch and it completely changes the experience of uploading content to Facebook from the ground up.
The Best & Most Popular Cosplay Photography from DeviantART
Cosplay put simply is short for ‘costume play’ and stems form the Japanese love for Manga and Anime cartoons. This is some of the best in photography found on deviantART.
Jump-Start Your Freelance Career
A few practical ways of finding local freelance business.
iLoader Is A Must If You Have Facebook And An iPhone
iLoader for iPhone is the perfect companion for your iPhone/iPod Touch and it completely changes the experience of uploading content to Facebook from the ground up.
Here are 50 Best Curvy Fonts. You can easily download ZIP file. All fonts preview is also available, so you can check before downloading. Some ZIP files are having more than 1 fonts.
25 Beautiful Retro-Themed Web Designs
Retro web design is expected to further expand in 2010 as designers find more ways to honor vintage art. Here are 33 beautiful examples of retro websites
4 Free Dental Business Card Templates
Whether you specialize in family care, dentures, whitening or orthodontics, having an effective business card is very important to visually communicate your services.
45+ Nice Typography Photoshop Tutorials
Typography is an art of arranging text in such a way that it conveys a message all of its own. Typography carry a great importance with itself so we cannot ignore it.
102 Respected Designers You Should Follow On Twitter
Huge design related article where you can find the most interesting and popular designers&bloggers, who are regular tweeters. Build good twitter profile with great friends!
Styles in webdesign: the features of corporate/business layout
A series of articles focusing on (web)design styles, in which we’ll look at the main features of each style and we design a Photoshop layout.Today we look the features of a corporate/business layout.
40 Creative Skateboard Designs You Would Love To Have
Kind of different art, but very cool and creative skateboard design solutions you will see here. Enjoy selection and get inspired!
Top 5 Horrendous Web Designs on the Internet
There are times were I feel like hitting myself over the head with a hammer when I see the web design practices people are still adopting – here are some of the most horrendous websites.
Clean Style Business Flash CMS Template from FlashMoto
Clean style, elaborate page layouts, convenient navigation, minimalist color scheme – everything speaks for itself. It’s a professional business Flash website design powered by FlashMoto.
Bestselling Netbooks of February
February has just gone and i want to make a list of last month’s bestselling netbook’ list. This month Asus Eee PC’s took the first places. Particularly, Asus Eee Pc Seashell 1005HE is the one..
“Does Your Website Suck” Contest
BlackSun Web hosting has announced the launch of their “Does your website suck” contest for companies. The contest is open for all companies with websites to assess their websites.
25 Examples of using Fire & Flames in your Designs
I have compiled a list of 25 examples of using fire in your design that help evoke emotion.
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Great list dude, love it.
Wow amazing list..thx
Cheers for the info mate. Been looking for a post like this for ages, thanks a lot. Waiting for more posts just like this!
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