Graphic Design

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Globe Theatre – Opportunity for a graphic designer in Yorkshire

Friday 27 March 19:31:16 UTC 2015

Shakespeares Globe are commissioning a visual ID for INTERFACE 2015. They seek a graphic design talent operating from Yorkshire. The right candidate will earn £800 and inclusion in The Globe's list of approved design agencies. [Link]

JUST™ Creative » Just Globetrotting

Friday 27 March 17:38:51 UTC 2015

Back in 2009, I was offered a job via Twitter for a design agency in New York City. I accepted the offer, packed up my bags and took the 24 hour flight from Sydney to NYC and have been living life there ever since. However, the time has come for me to leave NYC and pursue something that has always … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Sites of the Week: The Sign, Wray Ward, Ghost Ship and more

Friday 27 March 16:41:44 UTC 2015

In the search to discover new sites to feature I founded some awesome portfolios, such as TheSign and Wray Ward! Also take a special look at Cultivated Wit and Float Pasadena. Check out the whole selection, share with us what you think and stay tuned for the next week! Take a look on all the other sites we're featuring today. Also … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Friday Fresh Free Fonts – Streamster, Modern Serif Eroded, River Oak

Friday 27 March 16:38:38 UTC 2015

Friday fresh free fonts is a series of free fonts posted every Friday, yes I know it's awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on this FFFF post and make sure to comeback for more next week. View all FFFF … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Beautiful Houses: Lorne Hill House

Friday 27 March 16:17:20 UTC 2015

Today we will show you a beautiful house in Australia, a project by Will Harkness Architecture. This house is simple and very efficient. Materials, layout and color palette deliver a modern and cozy environment. Inspiring views and beautiful surroundings give the house an extra charm. This is certainly a great place to live. Make sure to check out Will Harkness Architecture … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » Disable Text Selection with CSS

Friday 27 March 15:30:28 UTC 2015

There might be some instances where preventing certain parts of your web page from being selected could be beneficial. In these cases, you could try using the user-select CSS property. Example Here’s a style rule for a class named disable-selection that, when applied to an HTML element, will prevent people from being able to select the element: .disable-selection { -moz-user-select: … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 39 Brilliant Free Pixel Mosaic Backgrounds

Friday 27 March 13:58:37 UTC 2015

Having high quality backgrounds in your freebies collection is an absolute MUST for designers! High resolution backgrounds will help you showcase your designs in a beautiful way, create interesting projects and even make websites better! There are many types of popular backgrounds these days: backgrounds for logos, polygon backgrounds, blurred backgrounds, apps and websites backgrounds, pixel perfect patterns, and more! … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Some new sketching on the blog

Friday 27 March 13:49:21 UTC 2015

Hi folks, It's been a while since I've been on the site. A combination of a nice long holiday, and being pretty with work (at the day job as a designer). I'm currently taking a couple of months off to concentrate on my illustration – just starting on illustrating a book – so hoping to be around more. Here's a little … [Link]

BittBox » Basic Shape Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop CS6

Friday 27 March 13:12:40 UTC 2015

Adobe Photoshop has come a long way since it was originally released in 1990. While Adobe has put out their latest “monthly subscription” suite of Creative Cloud, many designers choose to stick with the last iteration of CS6. The CS6 pack is still incredibly powerful and there’s not much of a difference from CS6 to CC. However going back in … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Facebooks’ React Native radically simplifies app development

Friday 27 March 12:51:52 UTC 2015

Facebook fans and app-development enthusiasts can at last rejoice: the company’s much-hyped, and recently announced, framework project was unveiled yesterday at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference. React Native is a radical departure from how mobile, UI app development is usually done. When this open source project was first announced, it received excited reactions from developers. React Native is a new approach … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Buying a lead

Friday 27 March 10:43:19 UTC 2015

Recently I've started receiving emails from a company offering to sell me leads to projects. The budgets seem huge for the work being requested (£3000-£4000 for a website) and so naturally I've assumed its too good to be true and the emails have been filed in the trash. However, the last 2 or 3 emails have come with a money back … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » The Atomic Age Print Kit for Access All Areas Members

Friday 27 March 8:30:46 UTC 2015

Today is a great day to be an Access All Areas member! Dustin Lee from RetroSupply has kindly donated the popular Atomic Age Print Kit for members to download. It’s a powerful PSD that allows you to create authentic halftone and textured ink overlays with one click! What’s more, this comprehensive pack comes with 2 bonuses; The Atomic Age Refill … [Link]

Line25.com » Line25 Sites of the Week for March 27th 2015

Friday 27 March 8:30:46 UTC 2015

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Fhoke, Bell Brothers, Alfoart, Leap and Italic Studio. Fhoke View the website Bell Brothers View the website Alfoart View the website Leap View the website Italic Studio View … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Unbroken Visual Effects by Rodeo FX

Friday 27 March 7:38:38 UTC 2015

I haven't seen the movie Unbroken yet but as a fan of the genre I look forward to checking it out, especially after seeing some of the behind the scenes of the special effects. Rodeo FX produced over 200 visual effects for the movie and as you can see after the break the quality blurs the lines between reality and CGI … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Weekly Apps: Layout, CircleBack, Enlight and more

Friday 27 March 3:16:07 UTC 2015

For people that love photos, I mean everyone, Instagram launched a new app called Layout, go check it out! Also take a special look to Enlight and CircleBack. Hope you guys like these apps and all the whole selection, and stay tuned for the next week! You can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe and include #abdz_apps in the … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #2035

Friday 27 March 0:51:05 UTC 2015

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. Found … [Link]

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