Graphic Design

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Help with web icons

Monday 29 June 19:33:41 UTC 2015

Hi everyone I finally got my first design job having graduated last year and I have been asked by my employer to design a total of 37 icons for a new website that is being put together. I have designed all but 3 of them, but I am stuck for how to communicate the last subjects visually. The icons are for: … [Link]

DesignM.ag – Web Design & Development » 32 Detailed Text Effect Tutorials for Photoshop

Monday 29 June 17:44:37 UTC 2015

The best way to learn Photoshop is to push the boundaries of your knowledge. If you don’t know the basic tools then it can be difficult to get started. But true learning occurs with practical real-world application of skills by creating unique projects from scratch. Tutorials are simply amazing for beginners since all of the details are laid out from … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » Free Hand-Picked Resources for Designers and Developers – June Edition

Monday 29 June 16:37:28 UTC 2015

Continuing with our monthly update, the resources in this list are all fresh creations for designers and developers. Inside you’ll find fonts, beautiful mockups, epic mobile templates, characters designs, business cards, jQuery plugins, icons and other useful elements, so go ahead, download them and share the love. View the January, March, April, May free resources here. – 70 Multiple-angle Flat … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Perfect Office – Switch Speaker, Samsung UltraHD Monitors and Office Ideas

Monday 29 June 16:24:28 UTC 2015

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have? We've selected some neat items for y'all this week, like the Family-sized desktop 6-port USB charger, because it's … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » DEAL – COMPLETE WEB DEVELOPER COURSE FOR $39 (92% OFF!)

Monday 29 June 16:18:11 UTC 2015

The Complete Web Developer Course with Rails can turn you into a full-fledged, professional programmer in just 12 weeks, regardless of experience. And it’s 92% off here. The course offers over 160 videos spanning 22 hours of content across programming languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Git, and Ruby on Rails, among others) in addition to an eBook full of training … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 25 Beautiful Free Banner Vector Downloads

Monday 29 June 16:08:48 UTC 2015

Looking for some beautiful free banner vectors to add to your website? Look no further. We selected some of the best free vector banners on the web, with various types of designs and styles. You can use these for many purposes, such as advertisement, promotion and more. Black and white, abstract, polygonal, colorful, ribbon, vertical/horizontal, rounded/square, floral, watercolor, and more … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Minimal, Symmetric, & Colorful Architecture Photography

Monday 29 June 15:37:18 UTC 2015

Ramin Nasibov is a designer from Germany who loves to take architecture photos on his instagram. Each shot is very minimal, symmetric and colorful making every composition amazing. If you're a fan of symmetry, I'm sure you will love this post. Enjoy! For more from Ramin Nasibov visit nasibov.me, behance.net/nasibov, and for more photos like the ones on this post, follow … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » UI/UX Works by Serge Vasil

Monday 29 June 15:27:03 UTC 2015

Serge Vasil is a designer and art director with more than 10 years experience in the industry where his expertise are in design for the Web, Mobile, UI/UX, Branding and Print. Always on the lookup for new experience, Serge is always exploring and absolutely crafting his work. All Rights by Serge Vasil All Rights by Serge Vasil All Rights by Serge Vasil All Rights by … [Link]

Line25.com » Showcase of 23 Creative and Smart App UI Designs

Monday 29 June 15:26:44 UTC 2015

Take a look at these creative and smart app UI designs and get your daily dose of design inspiration. We selected some really creative app UI designs in this list, from various niches such as food and drink, fitness and health, ecology, weather, fashion, art and more. These great app UI designs have various styles and follow different app design … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Native Android Prototypes with Android Studio – Introduction

Monday 29 June 15:15:13 UTC 2015

I have been working designing interfaces for the web for over 15 years and for the past couple of years I have seen the switch to native apps being a big shift in the industry. I am a huge fan of the web but it's important to keep up with the industry. The design process also has been evolving and getting … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Amazon: Magic Carpet Picnic Blanket

Monday 29 June 13:28:51 UTC 2015

Aside from the obvious problems with this image… is Dad standing in a hole? Where exactly is his lower half? Thanks for sending us this screen shot, Tom! The post Amazon: Magic Carpet Picnic Blanket appeared first on PSD : Photoshop Disasters . [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Looking for a graphic/web design partner

Monday 29 June 12:47:53 UTC 2015

Hi, I'm looking for a graphic/web design partner who I can collaborate with to discuss ideas, generate leads and to work on projects together. Obviously you can still work on your own individual projects, but I think that the power of two people working together will be largely beneficial to land some clients! If you are interested in working with me … [Link]

BittBox » 40 Mobile Android & iOS Tablet App Interfaces

Monday 29 June 12:00:55 UTC 2015

Good artists copy; great artists steal. This quote has been tossed around creative circles for decades and does shed light onto a small fragment of truth, especially among visual artists. The way to master digital design is to take ideas and learn how they were constructed. Smartphone & tablet applications are small but detailed. To successfully design mobile apps you … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » 50+ incredible freebies for web designers, June 2015

Monday 29 June 11:45:57 UTC 2015

New projects are being released all the time that make us excited, curious, inspired and sometimes a little bit jealous. Today we continue our monthly series of the very best free resources for web designers with a collection that includes cool scripts, awesome fonts, great ideas, and must-see experiments. If this month’s collection is anything to go by, the Summer … [Link]

I Love Typography » ILT 2015

Monday 29 June 11:09:54 UTC 2015

Way back in 2007, while living in rural Japan, I created ILT. I remember its birth with supreme clarity. It began simply as a way to share what I found typographically interesting, and I never foresaw its popularity. Almost eight years on, more than 500 posts, eight moves, and four cats later, and ILT’s design had barely changed. I had … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » 50 Clean Websites for Inspiration

Monday 29 June 11:00:48 UTC 2015

Here are some well-designed clean websites to check out. These web designs will surely give you ideas and inspiration! Screenshot of a clean website: Cereal Cereal NORM.ARCHITECTS Character Master & Dynamic PFD Winspear makgoods George Badea Geordy Pearson MetaLab SocioDesign Gridbooks Helen & Hard Parcel Made Publishers Oak Street Bootmakers RGB MEDIA Hedge House Furniture Helbak Ceramics Howard Yount Screenshot of a clean website: DSTLD DSTLD Future Büro Leen Heyne Ink & Spindle Lars Tornøe INDUSTRY UpDroid Industry Standard R&Co Design Quay Restaurant TAVO One Iota Paradox Design Studio Studio D Living Edge Skargaarden Circle 21 Candles Sam Dallyn Hyperquake Cinco Oculus Simon Foster Screenshot of a clean website: Make Your Odyssey Make Your Odyssey HOW arkitekter Esme Winter Noap Studio Visual Soldiers Lab21 Digital Bureau Ed Harrison Design … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Does this exist

Monday 29 June 10:53:36 UTC 2015

So I want to start selling my illustrations as prints but I don't want to have to spend much on start up. I wondered if anyone knows a print firm who print,store and send to customer limited prints? I do not though want this linked to an online gallery I just want a printers who offer this service. I know this … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Design Principles: Compositional Balance, Symmetry And Asymmetry

Monday 29 June 9:30:09 UTC 2015

A balanced composition feels right. It feels stable and aesthetically pleasing. While some of its elements might be focal points and attract your eye, no one area of the composition draws your eye so much that you can’t see the other areas. Balancing a composition involves arranging both positive elements and negative space in such a way that no one area … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » How To Create Complex Mandala Patterns in Illustrator

Monday 29 June 7:30:33 UTC 2015

There’s a couple of methods for creating complex circular patterns in Adobe Illustrator. One technique uses pattern brushes, but it involves designing multiple patterns that seamlessly repeat, which can be a difficult task in itself. Alternatively, you can make use of Illustrator’s symbol feature to create a pseudo kaleidoscope effect where a segment of your design is duplicated around a … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Native Android Prototypes wit Android Studio – Introduction

Monday 29 June 6:25:50 UTC 2015

example » Web Design Challenges: Hitting the Panic Button too Soon

Monday 29 June 5:31:33 UTC 2015

Over the years, I've seen freelancers who I never thought would make it, succeed. I've watched other freelancers, who seemed extremely gifted to me, fail. What was the difference? Why did some… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

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