When you started off as a freelancer, did it cross your mind that you might not make it? Did you consider the Read the rest of this entry »
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Logos don’t always have to feature perfectly designed abstract icons or devices, sometimes a basic hand drawn sketch or doodle can express the casual or fun values a brand is aiming for. This post rounds up a huge collection of over 50 cool logos all based on a hand drawn style.
Piccolo by Matt Vergotis
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We’ve been dabbling with infographic design at work as a way to generate backlinks. We recently published a new one about the rising issue of copper theft (hey, I work in the security industry). You can see it below:
As I’m still new to the whole business of creating infographics, I would be very interested in any feedback about this one. Do you like it overall? What elements work and which ones do not? Is it visual enough? That sort of thing. Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide.
I was pretty interested to read about a potential replacement for the venerable -9999px image replacement hack that we’ve been using for so many years, which Zeldman has christened the “Kellum Method.”
Apparently it will improve performance by a tiny amount on certain older devices so it’s certainly not a ‘must upgrade’ for me. On the other hand, the CSS is quite elegant, which makes me want to try it.
The following is a guest post by Austin Gunter of WPEngine.com
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This week Access All Areas members are being treated to a fantastic Light Web Element/Button Kit from PremiumPSD.com. The kit features a range of crisply designed buttons, icons and interface elements to help speed up your workflow when designing websites and web apps.PremiumPsd.com is the premiere resource for anyone looking …
I’ve posted loads of Photoshop brushes and textures over the years, but this is actually my first set of completely vector grungy design resources. This bumper pack contains a bunch of textures, brush strokes and spraypaint drips to distress and erode your designs whilst maintaining the scalability of vector artwork.
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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the Read the rest of this entry »
The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Like Minded Studio, Jordan Metcalf, Linza, Ricky Ruff and Florian Nicolle.
Way of the David by Like Minded Studio
the I’m sure we all remember painting with sponge (or potato!) stamps as a child, but back then we didn’t really appreciate the cool distressed effect the printing technique created. Today designers and illustrators strive to add that retro/vintage style to their work with textures, so in this tutorial we’ll cover the process of creating a cute kids style illustration complete with a vector sponge stamp effect.
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With this tutorial I wanted to create a club flyer design that was not your typical “scantily clad” affair that appeals to the Read the rest of this entry »
