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Icons are images specifically designed to deliver a message and good Icons are simply awesome to for that purpose. For that reason Icons can be really handsome when you’re designing a web site or a blog and can kick start or support the creative process. There are thousands of free Icons available which is very good but it can be hard to find the Icon Sets suitable for use in web design. This article gives you one of the largest compilations of Free Icon Resources and Icon Sets aimed for use in web design. Please let me know if any Resources or Icon packs that should have been included are missing. Always make sure you read the license before using any Icons as this may change rapidly.

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Images talk a lot more than words do, and as Icons are images specifically designed to deliver a message they are simply great at it. For that reason Icons can be really handsome when you’re designing a web site or a blog and can kick start or support the creative process. There are thousands of free Icons available which is very good but it can be hard to find the Icon Sets suitable for use in web design. This article gives you one of the largest compilations of Free Icon Resources and Icon Sets aimed for use in web design. Please let me know if any Resources or Icon packs that should have been included are missing. Always make sure you read the license before using any Icons as this may change rapidly.

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With icons, web designers and graphic artists have a good opportunity to showcase their skills, prove their experience and explore their creativity. A well created, good looking icon set is a great way for designers to showcase their work and it may be a way to build up some reputation in the online sommunity. Creating professional Icons and allowing people to download them for free is a certain way to attract attention and visitors on a design portfolio or blog. But how how should you get started with creating icons that rock and stand out from the endless masses? This article provides a large collection of tutorials for Photoshop and Illustrator that currently is the de facto standard tools for this purpose. The article also provides links to some very interesting and worth reading articles on icon design. Get started and please comment and drop a link to your own creations and favorite icon tuts and resources.

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Art, design web portfolio networks are great sources for inspiration and in some cases for finding free high quality design elements that can be used for many creative purposes. These websites are also very good for the designers as they get unique possibilities to reach a very large audince – true win / win situation. In this article tripwire magazine provides a list of some of the best online portfolio solution and a short description of the features they offer. Please leave a comment if I have missed an important player in this field!

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I said it before: Icons can be very important building blocks when you’re creating a design. They are in my opinion especially useful when creating designs for web sites but it’s definitely not limited to that. If you like good looking high quality Icons and if you’re a collector just as I am you shouldn’t miss this Icon Set from VisualPharm. The Icons are very aligned with the green trend ) and they are all perfectly crafted into the detail. I think the creator really did a great job I think and then giving them away for free. 

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Here you go – A handful of High Quality Icons Sets to boost your creative process. Icons are powerful building blocks in designs and if they are used in the right way they can really improve a design and the ability to communicate the designers message. Deviantart is a great resource for finding Free Quality Design elements. After investigating the Icons picked out here go take a look at their huge collection.

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Web Injection is a Free Icon Set for webmasters and web developers provided by tutorial9.net. The Icon Set has been created by Midtone Design Studio

The set includes 26 free icons at 48×48px size and in a Png format. This Free Icon Set is for use in your personal and commercial projects, and can be used without attribution.

Icons are in my opinion really essential for kick-starting a design process. Having access to as many Icons Sets as possible is very useful for getting the inspiration you need to get started. Further Icons can even end up as building blocks in your design and if used in the right way make your design look very professional.

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WooThemes are known for creating some of the best Wordpress Themes available. Most of their Themes are Premium and will cost you around 70$ per download (I thint they actually will give you two for the price of one) if you’re not member of thier Club. WooThemes now also provides Icon Sets and their first release is completely free! The download contains all 79 icons, sized at 256×256 pixels and available in both PNG and GIF formats.

As an added bonus to WooThemes users, they will also be able to download Illustrator source file, which will give them high-resolution, vector copies of the icons.

The Icons are free to use in both personal and commercial projects.

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I have been working hard lately to move tripwire magazine from Joomla CMS to Wordpress. The process have involved quite a few tasks but I’m almost done and have decided to put the new tripwire magazine online. In this post I describe the process and the main challenges I have faced so far. I hope that you all will give me some feedback and suggestions for how to further improve this web-site.

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In this article tripwire magazine provides a collection of more than 100 High Quality Hand-picked Icon Sets that you can use in your designs. The article has been organized into 16 sections giving you instant access to the Icon Sets you need. The power of really good Icons can’t be underestimated as they, if used wisely, will serve as accelerator for creating really beutiful designs quickly!

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