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abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Illustrated Portraits of Girls by Liza van Rees

Wednesday 6 August 19:54:53 UTC 2014

Time for more great illustrations here at Abduzeedo! I'm a big sucker for illustrations, now when it comes to portraits of girls I just go crazy when I find awesome artists doing fantastic pieces! Here you can see the amazing work of Liza van Rees, an artist from Netherlands, composed of various pieces of illustrated girls, even famous ones like Daenerys, … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Penguin causes controversy with creepy ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ book cover

Wednesday 6 August 17:57:35 UTC 2014

Penguin have published Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a modern classic. However, the choice of imagery for the cover is, well, interesting… Penguin's creepy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory cover upsets fans [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Adobe Photoshop Timeline

Wednesday 6 August 17:25:14 UTC 2014

Hi Guys, I have recently created a simple 10 second animated banner ad. Usually with animation/motion graphics work, I would use Adobe AfterEffects but due to the simplicity of the banner, I thought I'd try out the motion feature Photoshop has to offer. This is the first time I have ever used this feature and I was pleasantly surprised. It is … [Link]

example » Showcase of the Best WordPress Magazine Themes

Wednesday 6 August 16:41:55 UTC 2014

If you run a news-style blog that publishes high volumes of content, a magazine-style design or theme may be the most appropriate. WordPress users have loads of great magazine and news themes to… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

example » Top 50 Best Responsive WordPress Portfolio Themes

Wednesday 6 August 16:41:54 UTC 2014

If you're looking for a portfolio template to showcase your art, photography, or design work, the wide selection of quality themes makes WordPress a great option. While there have been many… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

WebDesignDev » How to Style Links with CSS – Top 5 Link Styling Properties

Wednesday 6 August 16:02:27 UTC 2014

We have learned how to create navigation using CSS in the last tutorial. Now in this tutorial we will learn how to style (change color/behavior) of those links present in the navigation bar. Follow the steps provided in this tutorial to style links with CSS. Steps to style links with CSS 1. First of all, create an html file. You … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Typography Mania #248

Wednesday 6 August 15:54:17 UTC 2014

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around once a week with the best of Typography design submitted by our users at typography-mania.com, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Submit your typography designs too and be part of this post. Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania Submit … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Walmart: Hot Pink Mess

Wednesday 6 August 14:50:58 UTC 2014

Walmart says this is a “Smart & Sexy Push-Up Plunge Underwire Sports Bra.” Um, okay. If you say so, guys. Looks like they’ve hired the same graphics person who made this masterpiece. Thanks, Maura! This disaster can be found online here. The post Walmart: Hot Pink Mess appeared first on PSD : Photoshop Disasters . [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Weekly Apps: Curator, StudyBlue, Photoshop Mix and more

Wednesday 6 August 13:55:27 UTC 2014

It’s been some time since the last time I posted some iPad apps, and today I'm featuring three of them, such as Curator and Photoshop Mix! Also take a look at the Android app for the service StudyBlue. Hope you guys like these apps and all the whole selection, and stay tuned for the next week! You can keep sending me … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » A Closer Look At Personas: What They Are And How They Work (Part 1)

Wednesday 6 August 13:02:50 UTC 2014

In my experience as an interaction designer, I have come across many strategies and approaches to increase the quality and consistency of my work, but none more effective than the persona. Personas have been in use since the mid-’90s and since then have gained widespread awareness within the design community. For every designer who uses personas, I have found even … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » 10 WordPess Plugins to Create Fantastiс Image Effects

Wednesday 6 August 12:13:44 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAIf you own a blog or portfolio where images play a big role in the content, then you might be interested in how to easily create fantastic image effects. Here I have collected 10 image effect WordPress plugins that would help you increase page views and encourage users for more engagement. In this showcase you’ll see hover plugins … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » Why Sketch is Ideal for Web Designers

Wednesday 6 August 10:00:09 UTC 2014

At our startup, Typeform, we have just shifted our entire web/UI design process from Photoshop and Fireworks over to Sketch. Based on our collective first-hand experiences, we’d like to discuss some of the app’s features that help us get our design work done more efficiently. It gets CSS At our company, we mainly use visual design software for web/UI design. … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » A fantastic tool for finding font names on a webpage

Wednesday 6 August 8:41:06 UTC 2014

Fontface Ninja Available for Safari and Chrome. It's a simple extension. Find a font you like on a webpage? Open the app, then hover the cursor over the text and the font name will appear. Simples :icon_clapping: P.S. It unfortunately doesn't work on images. Have fun! [Link]

Web Designer Depot » The trick to pitching a design without striking out

Wednesday 6 August 8:15:47 UTC 2014

How you present your design solutions (whether it be to another team member or a client) has an impact on how they view the quality of that solution as well as you the designer. When I say presentation, I’m not talking about the words you use etc. Yes, knowing how to use the correct words is valuable when presenting your ideas, … [Link]

You The Designer » Skateboard Trick Painting of Matt Reilly

Wednesday 6 August 7:20:27 UTC 2014

I’ve been a fan of skateboarding when I was in my teenage days but I never thought about what Matt Reilly did – making artistic paintings through the use of his skateboard. Matt Reilly of Japanther (a Dance-Punk band) is a Brooklyn-based artist who uses a skateboard to create a series of paintings at the Jersey City’s Mana Contemporary. The … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Black and White Inspiration

Wednesday 6 August 6:39:12 UTC 2014

The new Sin City movie is scheduled to be released in a couple of weeks and from the latest trailer it is looking fantastic. I love the black and white, high contrast style and I am playing with some concepts inspired by that for a new ABDZ poster. So for this post I will share some images with that sort of … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1831

Wednesday 6 August 4:02:26 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. 1st_admin … [Link]

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