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Nov 09 2009

Peter Smart - Getting Clients: Approaching The Company

A defining factor in any freelancer or agency’s success in gaining new business is their ability to market their skills effectively. In this three-part series, we will explore ways in which designer

Clients , Income , Business

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Nov 08 2009

Robert Hartland - Getting Started With Content Management Systems

In this article, we will look at how to tell if your organization needs a content management system. We will also give you information on the abilities of content management systems to help you bett

cms , Product Strategy , Design

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Nov 08 2009

Jad Limcaco - The Stylish Typography of Joshua Blankenship

I recently ran into a site called Prom Night Fist Fight,which is the illustration, color, typography experimentation playground of Joshua Blankenship. I was amazed at the awesome typography that I

Typography , Inspiration

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Nov 07 2009

Jad Limcaco - The Fabulous, Must-See Work of Anthony Hare

Once in a while, I’ll be browsing the internet and would run into an artist that would just make me say, “WOW!” Well, Anthony Hare is one of them. This man has mastered the art of black and white il

Cartoons , Drawing , Creativity , Inspiration

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Nov 06 2009

Dan Redding - The Beauty of London in Design

Here is a look at the visual personality of London, based on visits to the city’s major art museums, attendance at the 2009 London Design Festival, and interviews with artists and designers who call

Graphic Design , Art , Inspiration

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Nov 05 2009

Kat Neville - Invoice Like A Pro: Design Examples and Best Practices

Your invoice should be prim and proper, so that you can get paid by your clients efficiently. While invoicing is not a fun task, it’s a necessary one: by keeping clients informed of your expectation

Contracts , Invoicing , Clients , Inspiration , Design , Business

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Nov 04 2009

Louis Lazaris - Website Maintenance Tips for Front-End Developers

One of the biggest advantages of online media over print is the ability to change, update, and enhance online media at virtually anytime, with virtually no negative side effects. In fact, if a websi

Bugs , Maintenance , Security , Documentation , Web Design , Design , Business

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Nov 03 2009

Jad Limcaco - How to Blend Faces in Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is my favorite software. One of the reasons why I love it is because asides from being able to make a living creating designs from the software, I can use it to have a little fun as

Photoshop , Tutorials

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Nov 03 2009

Julia May - 50 Beautiful and Creative Blog Designs

The most recent collection of creative blog designs was featured here on Smashing Magazine back in July. Only three months have passed and we’ve got a new dose of inspiration for you. Beautiful and

Showcases , Inspiration , Blogging

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Nov 02 2009

Tom Giannattasio - The Ails Of Typographic Anti-Aliasing

Enter anti-aliasing: the next best thing to a world of higher-resolution monitors. The concept of anti-aliasing is fairly simple: add semi-transparent pixels along the edges of letterforms to smooth

Photoshop , Graphics , Typography , fonts , Design

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Oct 31 2009

Jad Limcaco - 50 Creative Star Logos For Inspiration

The other day, while browsing some logo galleries, I noticed the trend of using stars in logos. I saw all kinds of different companies and organizations who used a star in their logo. It used to be

Inspiration , Logo Design

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Oct 30 2009

Kevin Holesh - Increasing Online Sales: Simple Usability Problems To Avoid

1. Hidden Search Box A solid information architecture can do wonders for people who enjoy browsing, but some customers just want to find what they’re looking for, buy it and get out. These people a

Security , ux , Usability , Conversion

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Oct 29 2009

Callum Chapman - Showcase Of Beautiful Textured Web Designs

Textures have become more popular and been put to greater use in recent years. They’re not limited to Web design either; textures of all kinds are used in print design, illustration, traditional art

Showcases , Inspiration , textures

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Oct 28 2009

Kayla Knight - Offline Inspiration: How To Find It and Get The Most Out Of It

No designer should ever feel that taking time to find true inspiration is time wasted. This article explores offline sources of inspiration and discusses how they can be treated as a part of the des

Art , Inspiration

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Oct 27 2009

Marco Kramer - 10 Pre-Press Tips For Perfect Print Publishing

A lot of designers think CMYK is the way to go when designing for print. We will, of course, always use CMYK-based ink, but this does not mean you have to work with CMYK files. You can work with RGB

RGB , CMYK , Print , Publishing , Design

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Oct 26 2009

Zoe Mickley Gillenwater - Modern CSS Layouts: The Essential Characteristics

Now is an exciting time to be creating CSS layouts. After years of what felt like the same old techniques for the same old browsers, we’re finally seeing browsers implement CSS 3, HTML 5 and other t

Layouts , coding , Css , Essentials

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Oct 24 2009

Oliver Reichenstein - Brand = User Experience: The Interface Of A Cheeseburger

In the first part of a series on the UX = Brand, the adventure of a web designer starts in a McDonald’s, where he discovers that there is a worm hole between the world of Branding and User Experienc

Branding , User Interaction , Design , Business

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Oct 23 2009

Lee Munroe - Showcase of Web Design In Ireland

This post is the second article of our new series “Global Web Design”. Over the next months we’ll be covering various continents, featuring web developers and web designs from different countries of

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

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Oct 22 2009

Cameron Chapman - Rich Typography On The Web: Techniques and Tools

Let’s face it: Web-safe fonts are very limiting. Maybe a dozen fonts are out there that are widely enough adopted to be considered “Web safe,” and those ones aren’t exactly spectacular for much othe

Techniques , Typography , fonts , Web Design , Design

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Oct 20 2009

Jean-Baptiste Jung - 10 Useful WordPress Coding Techniques

In this article, we have compiled ten useful WordPress code snippets, hacks and tips to help you create a WordPress theme that stands out from the crowd. 1. Style Posts Individually The problem.

wordpress , Techniques (WP)

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Oct 19 2009

Louis Lazaris - The Mystery Of The CSS Float Property

Years ago, when developers first started to make the transition to HTML layouts without tables, one CSS property that suddenly took on a very important role was the float property. The reason that t

coding , Css , Essentials

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Oct 17 2009

Arseny Vesnin - Showcase of Web Design in Russia

Web Design in Russia The land mass that is one-sixth of the Earth is always surprising. As the founder of one of design-related magazines in Russia (Designcollector.net), I am happy to present the

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

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Oct 16 2009

Callum Chapman - The Ultimate Round-Up Of T-Shirt Design Tutorials

If you have yet to design for apparel goods, today is your lucky day! Below, we present over 20 useful t-shirt graphic tutorials written by fellow designers, followed by a selection of great resourc

Tutorials , CMYK , Graphics , Drawing , T-shirts

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Oct 15 2009

Robert Bowen - How To Identify And Deal With Different Types Of Clients

In today’s digital age, the arena has shifted to the Web, and the online office space that most freelancers inhabit limits personal interaction. Though sussing out a client’s personality via online

Clients , Business

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