Graphic Design

You The Designer » 10 Amazing Talks about Design that will Blow Your Mind

Tuesday 1 July 20:00:56 UTC 2014

Get your shot of creative espresso by checking out these amazing talks about design. Sometimes, it’s really easy to lose inspiration and drive. Between the deadlines and hectic schedules – sometimes we find ourselves wayward with our creativity, these design talks give some fundamental and some excellent advice that will get you further in the industry. 01. F*ck you! Pay … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Unique Illustrations by Oleg Gert

Tuesday 1 July 18:22:10 UTC 2014

It’s great to see some super stylish illustrations here at Abduzeedo. Today we're featuring the fantastic, unique work of Russian artist Oleg Gert. Check it out! Here you can see some of his most awesome pieces. Some very nice images, full of detail and awesome selection of colors. For more of his work, please visit his portfolio at Behance. He'll definitely … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » 3 fantastic CSS frameworks you won’t want to miss

Tuesday 1 July 17:15:15 UTC 2014

Personally, I prefer to start coding any project with just a grid, and build from there. I’m picky like that, and I like to have control over as many variables as possible. There are times, however, when this just isn’t practical. Maybe you’re building an app, or an exceptionally large and complicated site. Maybe you just don’t have time to style … [Link]

WebDesignDev » Delicious Restaurant Websites with Mouth-Watering Photos

Tuesday 1 July 16:50:39 UTC 2014

Do you like food photos? When being professionally done they make viewers mouth water. It is not an overstatement to say so because restaurants, food and beverage companies use provocatively tasty pictures to entice new clients and to hold on existing ones. Food-related web designs always use delicious pictures. Hungry eyes of web surfers enjoy nice looking graphics and try … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Artistic Portrait Tattoos by Pietro Sedda

Tuesday 1 July 16:24:05 UTC 2014

Pietro Sedda is an Italian tattoo artist with a very different style. His work consist of portraits with a artistic flare to it, whether is some colorful 3d or a face inside a face, the work of Pietro is very cool and intriguing. Would you get a tattoo like these? For more from Pietro Sedda visit pietrosedda.com. Artistic Portrait Tattoos by Pietro Sedda Tags: tattooportraittattoo designBrought to you … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » 20 Fantastic Website Designs Using Pastel Color Schemes

Tuesday 1 July 15:46:40 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAWhen it comes to the color scheme a designer chooses, it’s critically important not to slip up. Lately we have seen tons of websites with flat and vivid colors, or minimalistic websites made in black and white, but what about pastel colors? Pastel colors have low saturation and high value. Paste color websites are relaxing and calming by … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Server-Side Device Detection With JavaScript

Tuesday 1 July 15:28:41 UTC 2014

There are many strategies to choose from when developing a modern, device independent website nowadays. How should capabilities of the device or browser be determined? Should the presentation logic be server side or client side? Traditionally, mobile optimization had to happen server side. Over the last couple of years, Responsive Web Design and tools like Modernizr1 have become very popular. … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Beautiful Sculptures made of Glass by Ben Young

Tuesday 1 July 14:41:40 UTC 2014

Ben Young is a self-taught sculpture artist with over 10 years experience, based in Sydney, Australia. Being passionate about sculpting with glass for so long, Ben’s work is completely by hand, sheet after sheet of cautiously cut pieces of glass. We can imagine that is a lot of work but the results are just the “state-of-the-art”. …I work with 2D shapes … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Love Hot Water Bottles: Nice Comb-Over

Tuesday 1 July 14:08:02 UTC 2014

Apparently somebody looked at this image and thought, “Hmm, this is nice and all, but what she really needs is more hair on her forehead.” Close up action: Thanks for sending this in, Chani. The image was found here, on a site that’s devoted to selling hot water bottles. So… that exists. The post Love Hot Water Bottles: Nice Comb-Over … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » How is this created? 3d background with movement

Tuesday 1 July 13:32:48 UTC 2014

Came across this, in a rather roundabout way, was wondering how the background was created to move with the mouse. Admittedly this is way beyond my meagre web building skills, but thought it was great effect. CBeebies Land [Link]

You The Designer » Hand Lettering meets Text Messaging

Tuesday 1 July 13:00:12 UTC 2014

Graphic designer Cristina Vanko replied to her friends’ text messages through awesome calligraphy for one week. The 24-year old graphic designer broke the rules of one the most modern form of communication in this week-long experiment. Instead of using her smartphone’s keyboard, she took the creative way by hand lettering replies to her text messages. Imagine receiving a reply with … [Link]

example » 43 Brilliant Free jQuery Image Gallery/Slider Plugins (And 14 Tutorials to Make Your Own)

Tuesday 1 July 9:24:37 UTC 2014

jQuery image galleries (also known as homepage sliders, slideshows or image carousels) have become more and more common on websites since the inception of jQuery in 2006. Designers and Photographers… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

example » Win a Free One Month Membership from CrocoBlock

Tuesday 1 July 9:24:36 UTC 2014

*Sponsored* We have teamed up with the new WordPress theme club, CrocoBlock to offer six lucky winners the chance to win a one-month membership at CrocoBlock worth $55, $75 or $95. The price depends… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Photoshop beauty experiment produces surprising results

Tuesday 1 July 8:15:18 UTC 2014

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but a recent experiment shows that eyes don’t just vary from person to person – they vary from culture to culture. Journalist Esther Honig of Kansas City, Missouri sent an unedited image of herself to roughly 40 photoshoppers in different countries. The 24 year-old accompanied the photo with a simple request: … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Music App – Motion Design

Tuesday 1 July 6:59:02 UTC 2014

Motion design has become a super important part of any mobile app design. Smooth animations and the right curves can give to your product a much more refined look and feel. We see simple bounce and elastic effects give a organic feel, because that's the way we things happen in real life. Apple has been exploring this for a long time … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1800

Tuesday 1 July 3:40:07 UTC 2014

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo AoiroStudio … [Link]

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