In this tutorial rockstarkate combines the use of COLOURlovers Palette Tools (COPASO, PHOTOCOPA, COLOR PICKER) and Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator to create multiwidth Palettes blends. It is also possible to do this with other graphic apps such as Gimp, Painter & Corel. via Color + Design Blog / How To Make Vertical Multiwidth Blends by COLOURlovers.
December 7, 2009
Designing a quality portfolio website is a must for any aspiring designer. In this post we’ll look at 25 tutorials that will lead you through the process of designing a portfolio site in Photoshop. Hopefully these tutorials will teach you some new tricks and techniques that will be useful to you in your own work. via [...]
December 7, 2009
When we are designing a website, or even a web application, we always need some pretty icons in order to complete the design. There are over hundred thousands of icons available on the internet. However, how many of them are nicely designed and suitable to you? I am sure you will find “The Best Free [...]
November 30, 2009
Few weeks ago, a post at WRD was sharing the “Free Vector Chart Icons” that included pie, column, line, area charts & a meter. As there are very few free chart icons on the web, the creative team at IconShock improved the set with 5 more icons. via Free Vector Chart Icons (Vol.2).
November 27, 2009
I’m not sure if you’ve ever had a look at the prices on some non-stock photography sites pictures of Gummy bears for $769.00 anyone?, but they reach far beyond the budget of the typical designer/developer. However, many places online allow you to obtain high-quality stock photos for free, giving the average starving artist a chance [...]
November 25, 2009
There is no longer need of talking about what twitter is and what it does in today web. Twitter icons are almost on every website or blog and you can hardly find a blog without a small blue (in most cases) bird that says, “please follow me”. But how do you convert your visitors to [...]
November 17, 2009
This post illustrates how to design simple call-to-action buttons (inspired to Woork Up buttons you can find on the home page) using Photoshop. I prepared a Photoshop file you can download and reuse on your design projects. I hope you’ll find useful! via How to Design Call-to-Action Buttons with Photoshop – woorkup.com.
November 16, 2009
In a previous article here on Web Design Ledger, I broke down 20 do’s and don’ts of effective web design and today I would like to keep up with that topic and go over 20 do’s and don’ts of effective web typography. It’s an important part of designing for the web, yet it’s often overlooked [...]
November 16, 2009
As time goes on, designing website layouts in Photoshop is becoming a necessity for every designer.For this reason,I want to help everyone who wanna become a web designer,by presenting some of the best website layout tutorials made in Photoshop. This roundup includes 30 of the best web design layout tutorials created in Photoshop:portfolio layouts,layouts designed for [...]
November 12, 2009
A unique font can help your document stand out and attract attention. A perfectly suited font can help to make a design attractive and successful. Finding these high quality fonts is a task made easier with SearchFreeFonts.com. New SearchFreeFonts.com collection contains over 13,000 free fonts and over 91,000 commercial fonts via Download Free Fonts – Search [...]
December 9, 2009
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