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Photography tip: Tense to indulge
In the world of two-dimensional graphic artwork, tension can be used to excite the visual senses apart from the regularly used, basic rules of composition. And the results are often more pleasing. If you have a website to showcase your shots then maybe this article will interest you: photography website templates.
Interview with photographer & artist Daniel Gallegos
Today I’m gonna be interviewing the inspirational and aspiring 38 year-old photographer and artist, born and lives in Mexico City, Daniel Gallegos. Better Known on flickr as Delta BW
Creative Commons, or CC, is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright
Image resolution & compression level
In addition to letting you choose a file format for your photos, most digital cameras let you choose the image resolution. If you chose the JPEG file format
Shoot details to create interest
Although the natural tendency is to shoot your entire subject, shooting tightly cropped details can lead to the creation of captivating photos. Detail photos often
How you compose your shot is one of the most important decisions that you make about any photo that you take. Although many guidelines help you compose well
35 mm format cameras use roll film with an image dimension of 24X36 mm, which is the smallest format currently used in the professional market.
Art photography shares similar concerns with other photographic industries. The artist must have a product, a market, and a fan base.
Photography: Visual Perception
If you are really going to progress as any kind of photographer, in addition to technical expertise you need a strong visual sense
14 alert and notice labels for an outstanding user interface
Alert or warning label is a label attached to an container showing some actions associated with the use of the it as intended by the developer.
10 Useful and Time Saving WordPress Plugins
Today every business website has its blog. Especially all the web designing and development companies maintain their design blogs. Blogs really have become a cool
Today i was really bored and i decided to create a simple wordpress theme and i want to share the PSD file with you.Sorry but it is only a PSD because my cousin who is a coder is abroad and he is not
Today we are going to publish these icons in Vector format. This free icon collection includes 30 icons of the most popular social media icons on the internet.
How to Create Sleek Sliding Boxes With jQuery
Today we’re going to create some sliding boxes effects built with jQuery and some CSS
Top 5 Autoblogging WordPress Plugins
Autoblogging WordPress Plugins can make a blogger life easy. These autoblogging plugins post articles based on the keyword and niche the blogger configures. Instead of designing from ground up it is also an option to use e.g. cute tumblr themes or some of the best wordpress themes. Both publishing platforms are easy to use, free and very popular.
30 Amazing Business Flash Websites
Love it or hate it, Flash is gonna be around for a while so let’s see some examples of Flash done right.
Stunning Works of Digital Artist Przemek Nawrocki
Przemek Nawrocki is a amazing Digital Artist who is just 19 years old.
Animated Landscape Using CSS and jQuery
today we created this beautiful tutorial and in the end of this tutorial we will learn to Create Animated Landscape using CSS and Jquery. So lets start learning it.
Tips for Developing jQuery UI Widgets
Tips & tricks for developing jQuery UI widgets.
Free WP themes for Different Purpose
Everyone knows wordpress is popular as an engine for weblogs. A lot of web developers and web designers has been develop themes for wordpress, from free to paid.
Camera Lens Hood For Under $5, In Under 15 Minutes
Lens hoods are annoying to lose and even more annoying to replace. For a bit of plastic, they can range from $20, to even $600.
Freelancers Beware: Jason D. Is Coming
Have you met Jason D. yet? The good news is that he won’t be here for another couple of months, so you’ve got some time to prepare for his arrival.
29 Fascinating CSS3 Tuts & Resources
CSS level 3 is currently under development.
The W3C maintains a CSS3 progress report.
CSS3 is modularized and will consist of several separate recommendations.
Professional Logos Inspiration for Jobs and Recruiters Website
With these listed professional job and recruitment companies logos you may get inspiration and make your site’s identity more attractive and valuable,
10 Fresh And Useful Icon Sets For Your Next Design
In this article, we’ve rounded up 10 icons set that are beautiful and have lots of detail.You can use them in Web applications, website designs and on your desktop.
40 Celebrity Sites Using Flash
Would you like to see how celebrities love Flash? Then check out the Flash sites that belong to famous actors, singers, sportsmen, etc.
Experimental Typography on the Web – Typedsgn
A new website dedicated to the experimentation of typography on the web, particularly @font-face and CSS3 methods.
A Collection of Splatter Brushes for Photoshop
A Collection of Splatter Brushes for Photoshop is showcased below that you can download for free.
33 Marvelous Artworks of Incredible Hulk
This post has been created as a tribute to one of most popular comic book characters of all time.
Contextual Slideout Tips With jQuery & CSS3
In this tutorial, we are making a set of contextual SEO-friendly slideout tips with jQuery & CSS3, which are ideal for product pages and online tours.
15 Amazing Websites of Design Firms for Your Inspiration
I have gathered a list of very creative online portfolios and design firm websites that could inspire you while designing & developing your next online portfolio.
Juicy Resources: 20+ Amazing Product PSD files found on DeviantART
These are a selection of over twenty PSD files which I have found over on DeviantART, specifically of various electronic products.
Persepolis from Comic to Movie
Persépolis tells the story of the author from 1979 when she was ten years old and she witnessed social and political changes that puts to an end more than fifty year of the reign of the Persia Shah..
Drawing vector portraits Part 1: The facial structure
In this tutorial I will explain the basics for portrait drawing. These guidelines are a must to know and will help you a lot in your future portrait drawings.
It can be hard to recover and see past rejection, especially working as a freelancer, heres a few tips.
How to Create a Funky Vintage Badges
This tutorial, will show you how to create a stylish vintage badges using Photoshop.
Ras Akyem is a prominent “traditional” artist here in Barbados.
Giorgi Kandelaki – Web Designer
Giorgi Kandelaki is a professional web designer and IT specialist. If you’d like to have a personal or a business website, please contact him.
xFlow! – Coverflow style gallery in PHP & Javascript
xFlow! (http://xflow.pwhitrow.com) is a gallery application that has been built to answer the internet’s demand for a fully functional Coverflow style gallery, that isn’t written in Flash or jQuery.
Shadow Motion Effect in 5 Lines Of jQuery
Get done with shadow motion affect in jQuery with 5 line codes. This effect can use with any animation. You can use it via everyTime or setInterval method.
10 Downing Tweets is a Flash and Twitter based website created by twentysix Leeds. The site includes a twitter vote, a daily poll and an insight on the twitter noise the election is receiving.
How to Create a Funky Vintage Badges
This tutorial, will show you how to create a stylish vintage badges using Photoshop.
Designer Showcase – Martijn van Dam
A showcase of the wonderful work by the graphic designer Martijn van Dam
50+ iPad wallpapers to personalize your iPad
It’s the time to personalize your iPad with wallpapers and application. We have managed to showcase 50+ iPad best wallpapers available to express your creativity through the iPad.
20 Beautiful Photoshop Tutorials Part 1
This compositions consists of beautiful techniques of photoshop that teach you step by step how to create amazing photo composite.
20 Creative 3D Free Fonts To Download
I put together a collection of 20 creative 3-Dimensional fonts which should be part of any designer’s font library.
A Selection Of 20 Great MMORPG Fan Art Illustrations
Please enjoy these 20 great MMORPG fan art illustrations handpicked from a great collection via deviantART.
Using Negative Space Effectively In Logos
Negative space is the space around and between the solid colored graphics (subject) of any image. Also known as whitespace.
Massive ipad vector GUI elements: tabs buttons menus icons
Another great freebie from iconshock, this set contains almost all ipad UI elemments, including buttons, tabs, menus, keyboard, balloms, etc
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Great collection of custom designed typefaces from all around the world.
100 Wonderfully Designed iPhone App Websites
The App Store is growing daily, that means if you’re a developer your competition is heavily increasing. Your app needs to be greatly designed, have a website, and should be heavily promoted.
26 Fascinating Samples of New York City Postcards and Photos
Be fascinated by this beautiful collection of 26 New York City postcards and photos. Take a bite of the big apple and enjoy!
16 Construction Company Brochure Samples
Looking for inspiration in designing brochures for your clients? Get design ideas from this roundup of 16 construction company brochure samples.
Free Textures – 53 High-Res Rustic Metal Sculpture Textures
A pack of 53 Free High-Resolution Rustic Metal Textures. Very High-Res, with a rustic, vintage, grungy look to them.
14 most sexy galleries and slideshows using javascript and CSS
A slideshow is a display of a series of chosen pictures, which is done for artistic or instructional purposes.
10 Newest WordPress Themes for Your Blog
In our last post we discussed about 20 Popular SEO plug-ins for WordPress. Today we would talk about 10 newest WordPress themes that would enable you to make your blog attractive
7 Must Have Google Wave Extensions
Google Wave is a great communication tool. The initial response when it was launched wasn’t as good as it was hoped,
Logo usage #16: Fast Food + Win MY NEST Sketchbook
There’s a new episode of your favorite show or a really cool movie on the program on one of the channels mentioned in the previous article, and you’re craving for some chow right before it starts.
25 Amazing But Scary Photos Of Volcano In Iceland
The volcano in Iceland (Eyjafjallajökull) erupted a week ago and it was a real risk for all of us.Especially in Europe,the air traffic almost stopped and caused big problems for the airways.
Viva Themes: Premium WordPress Theme Giveaway
In this new giveaway, 5 lucky readers here at Naldz Graphics will win a Premium WordPress Theme from Viva Themes .
SEO Health Checkup – Pivotal to Online Success
Every process or machine needs frequent checks and calibration.
11 Awesome tips to Work without Distraction
In this article I aim to give you some tips on how to be able to work better, undisturbed by everything that is going on around you.
24 Outstanding HDR photos of people
HDR or HDRI is an acronym for High Density Range Imaging and it refers to a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of…
20 Free Minimal WordPress Themes
In this article, I present 20 Minimal WordPress Themes that will make your blog design better.
20 Clever Futuristic Free Fonts
Futuristic fonts were always one of my favorite font styles. I was never that much into grunge and similar styles. I rather keep it clean, but still cool looking.
March’s Free Professional PSD Web Templates
Here’s a collection of fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (March 2010).
Coolest Text Effects Tutorials For Beginners And Advanced
Applying text effects add beauty to your website design no matter what’s the nature of you site. You can use appealing text effects in ecommerce web design to grab visitors’ attention.
20 Original Solutions for a Musician’s Flash Website
There are some features that a professional website of a musician should possess: it should always be up-to date, visually attractive and have a good music accompaniment.
Everyday routine; has creativity gone away?
Why we chose our job? Because we love it and feel wonderful when we create a final “product”. We love to plan a project, organize it, create sketches and wireframes.
25 Unbelievable Examples of 3D Artworks
In this post we have gathered some of really awesome and incredible 3D Artworks for your inspiration,
15 Insanely Awesome Toolkits for Icon Designers
Here we bring you a good opportunity and a good starting place for making icons that using these below tool kits will work together with you and fits within your budget.
Graphic and web design portofolio | Mircea Muresan | Brasov | Romania
Clear your skin – Remove stain from picture
It is my favorite tutorial and very important one. Sometime you take picture and some stains come over it or suppose you have a picture which is having pimples etc.
25 Unbelievable Examples of 3D Artworks
In this post we have gathered some of really awesome and incredible 3D Artworks for your inspiration,
Writing Great Copy for the Web
When writing copy for the web, simplicity is key. Learn more about writing for the web.
6 Gmail Add-Ons I Can’t Live Without
Gmail is great, but there are times I wish it did more. Having said that, I’ve been using Labs features for years and have not had any problems to date.
Exclusive Free Chubby Twitter Icon Set
Everybody loves icons. Today, we are thrilled to release our very first set of icons, the Chubby Twitters.
Show me whatcha got! HTML 5 vs. Flash Showcase
In this post you can find a showcase of some well-designed websites that implement HTML 5 and Flash features at their best.
Finding Gigs Vs. Finding Projects
Why are we lowering ourselves to such a level that we’re bargaining with ten year olds that are offering $50 websites? Why are we going for those clients, when we can be doing bigger things?
Most Amazing & Beautiful Offices Around The World
Amazing office work spaces. We all probably don’t mind it too much working in our own environments but wouldn’t be cool to work out of something like one of these office spaces – amazing.
Minimalism in web design: 15 awesome examples
Achieving simple yet powerful designs is a time-consuming task. I’ve made a selection of websites that did a great job creating efficient designs.
20 Website Designs with a Desktop Motif
Desktop designs incorporate coffee mugs, post-it notes, and iphones among other common workplace items. Enjoy browsing these 20 desktop-inspired website designs.
A Handful Of CSS Trends And How To Use Them
A handful of trending CSS and CSS3 techniques that you can easily add to your site. Included is a download of the examples spelling out exactly how to take advantage of each technique.
35 Funny and Creative Cartoon Wallpapers
Cartoons make people happy and joyous inside. It doesn’t where you’re from, because cartoons are all around us. We see them in billboards, on T.V..
Ten Ways to Stay Sane in a Freelance Lifestyle
If you work freelance for a living then you are part of a small elite group of masters in the world.
Freelance Review’s favorite and most useful Twitter finds of the week.
40+ Free textures and stock photos websites
Want to find some free nice photos to practice your skills, experiment new techniques in manipulating photos or you just need some good-looking textures for your doodling?
These 30 hand-picked web designs will inspire anybody who views them. These designs are in no particular order, just the order I found them.
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300+ Free Photoshop Light Effect Brushes
300+ Photoshop Light Effect Brushes is showcased here just for you… These brushes may help you get the right effect that you have been aiming for with your past design.
25+ Abstract, Illustrative + Inspirational iPad Wallpapers to Adorn your Desktop
These wallpapers are there not only to inspire but to show off when you are telling your friends you have splashed out on a new toy.
16 Examples of Stylish Image Sliders
Nowadays image sliders are extremely common in portfolios and other websites where you need to showcase items. Here’s a few samples of different styles of sliders on the web.
Each of these tutorials will teach you a different aspect from stars, planets and nebulas, so when merging these newly found techniques you should end up with something pretty special.
50 Free Futuristic Stock Photos
It’s no surprise that I am huge fan of futuristic designs and concepts. So, I present to you a free collection of 50 high-resolution futuristic stock photos.
A Showcase of Creative “C” letter in Logo Design. 25+ Examples
Last week we showed you A Showcase of Creative “S” letter in Logo Design. Today we continue with a showcase of Creative “C” letter in Logo Design.
Are you ready to complete your collection of cool iPhone & iPod Touch apps with fresh gems from members of the Appboy developer community?
3 Common Misconceptions About Thesis for WordPress
These are the three most popular issues people have with the Thesis WordPress theme, and they’re not all based on fact. Here’s an attempt to explain how Thesis might be more than you think it is.
18 Effective Domain Name Tools & Generators
Finding the perfect domain name is a challenge, lucky for you were here to help. If you are making a website and want to find a cool name, these resources should definitely help.
Some slideshows and other original mootools 1.2 plugins with instructions. Modular and easy to reuse. Aim at making use of CSS3 and HTML5
Best Website to Submit Your Links and Get More Traffic
You can submit your links to the following best websites. Follow each sites guidelines and provide a link back if requested and to increase your link popularity.
100+ Creative Logo Designs for Your Inspiration Part-2
Today we present 100+ Creative Logo Designs for Your Inspiration Part-2. A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype form a trademark or commercial brand.
Best Free Resources for Designers and Developers – 04,2010
Community news submitted on Online News & Entertainment in April 2010 by readers and other blog owners. Most of the posts are related resources for graphics designers and web developers.
Should You Join a Freelancers Union?
This article looks at some of the pros and cons of being a member of a freelancers union.
Blogging website to provide webmaster support and blogging tips to end users.
Seven Great Benefits of Wireless Network in Offices
Wireless network isn’t just for your home – an ever-increasing number of businesses and offices are using wireless networks.
Artist of the week: Tuomas Ikonen
This week we feature an illustrator from Finland with a unique style for shapes and color palette. Tuomas expose yearly an exhibition what say many about his creativity.
Architectural modeling india is a great resource providing all services for Architectural Rendering and 3D Interior.
40+ Really Creative and Funny Print Advertisements
In this post, I’ve posted 40+ really creative and funny advertisements for your enjoyment.
Principles, Theories and Opinions of Design Feedback.
Week 7 is here and we have hand picked a great selection of 10 logotypes from some very talented designers.
How to Hide Blog post in Feed?
This is a tutorial on how to add blogpost but not visible in Feed
10 Great Tips to Create Better Blog Post
In this article I would like to share some useful tips to help you create better blog posts.
30 Stunning Fantasy Illustrations
I have been a big fan of the fantasy genre for many years and being an avid gaming enthusiast, I have been drawn into such titles as Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings and many more.
Free high quality transparent PNG images for webdesigners and developers.
Do you like it? The new Facebook plugin
You can promote and be promoted at same time inside of your friends network.
33 Amazing Examples of Flash Preloaders
Today, we bring you 33 Amazing Examples of Flash Preloaders to give you ideas and keep you inspired in creating unique flash web designs.
24 Steps-Left Pages That Enhance The User Regristration Process
With numerous sites wanting to focus on how attractive and eye-catching their sign-up forms are, they seem to “forget” one principle; how the user interacts with the registration form.
33 Awesome Apple iPhone 4G Concept Pictures
I am here to show some awesome concept ideas for the upcoming next generation,i.e, iPhone 4.0.
The Little Things: Behind the Scenes User Experience
An article detailing an example of user experience I found with Gmail the other day, showing the importance of behind-the-scenes UX and how it can turn a casual user into a lifetime subscriber.
A Showcase Of Colorful & Impressive Typographic Artworks
When a designer opts to design a poster that mainly spotlights the typography as the key component of his design,
25 Amazing Illustrations by Serge Birault
Serge Birault, also known as PapaNinja, is an award winning illustrator from Toulouse, France. His pinup characters are absolutely beautiful and will take your breath away.
30 Useful Firefox Add-ons to Boost Your Productivity
In this article I’ve listed 30+ Useful Firefox Add-ons that every designer should know about.
Should We Reevaluate, Redefine or Continue Regurgitating The ‘Design Blog’?
This is a question I’ve begun asking myself recently as it seems I am stumbling across a newly-created website donning this title every few days.
20 Popular Search Engine Optimization plug-ins for WordPress
Sometime back in our post, we talked about 10 Popular WordPress Plug-ins for bloggers. And, in this post we would talk specifically about the most valuable SEO plug ins for WordPress
Prepare For Challenge: How To Keep Deadlines
Deadlines can be a true headache if you have a lot to do. Reading these tips will hopefully enable you to make friends with your deadlines instead of feeling bad about them.
20+ Awesome Navigation Menus To Enhance Usability Of Your Website
Usability is a crucial goal of any website and easy navigation is something every ecommerce web design needs.
40 Inspirational Paper Made Website Designs
Inspirational Website Designs,Paper Made Website Designs Innovation and Creativity has no boundaries and limitations. There are many sources
Before you invest in a typeface, take it for a spin online.
FREE Infictus.com Poster Giveaway! – Celebrating The Launch of {Limited Edition}
With the initial launch of Infictus.com I wanted to do more than just Photoshop tutorials and the opportunity is finally here, continue reading to see what you need to do to win this poster!
What We Can Learn From Successful Apps
There’s a lot that goes into making your app or web-based service successful, however I want to take a closer look at some key takeaways from successful apps that you can apply to your business.
Web Designer old favorites and newly released Firefox Add-ons
Top 21 Helpful Color Tools for Designers
If you are a designer that is stumped on color variations for your project, you’re in luck. Choosing colors for your project can be a hard task.
6 Tips for Creating a stunning print-based portfolio. +4 amazing examples
Your portfolio is the showcase of your work and potential for your future employers or potential clients, your portfolio reflect who you are as a graphic or a web designer and accurately demonstrate..
40 WordPress-Powered Websites With Awesome Designs
The days of WordPress being used solely as a blogging platform are over. WordPress has powered some of the coolest sites on the internet, and this post is an example of 40 great ones.
10 Excellent Free Web Apps To Create CSS Forms and Grids
CSS forms and grids are something web developers and designers usually employ to create great webpages. If a developer starts writing the code for these forms, it becomes quite a difficult process.
35 icon design tutorials in Photoshop and Illustrator
Icon is a work of art that adds beauty to a website. We all know the importance of artistic design in a web page. Icon is another essential aspect of any design as icon plays an important.
Earth Day 2010 Creative Wallpapers
Today we are present Earth Day 2010 Creative Wallpapers, Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
16 Creative Abstract Art Posters
Today, we bring you creative abstract art posters designed with a modern touch. Notice how graphic designers efficiently express their creativity without conforming to the standard norm of design.
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Design Research: Breathing Life into Your Projects
Prior to embarking on any design project, whether the end product is a website, a graphic or visual artwork, a lifestyle item or gadget…
Why Windows Phone 7 Might be a Winner!
Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system was a major disappointment for everyone. A lot of good phones were hogged down by the old design and inefficiency of this mobile OS
40 memorable design quotes visualized
I have showcased some very good quotes and a few memorable ones too. I must admit, some of them are not exactly quotes related to design but they are executed with great creativity
30+ Breathtaking Examples Of Mountain Photography
Today, we are showing you 30+ Beautiful Examples Of Mountain Photography
Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about the many galleries that are littered across the net, collecting examples of various well designed (or at least pretty) websites, packaging…
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