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

Nov 17 2025

Luis Ouriach - Ten Tips For Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 2)

Since you’re probably coming from Part 1, you may already know that I’ve been living and breathing user interface and product design for just over a decade now and had no one (or to be more exact, v

workflow , Portfolios , Inspiration , Career , Design

Aug 24 2008

Vailancio Rodrigues - 45 Beautiful Examples Of Motion Blur Photography

Photos taken with a camera do not represent a single moment of time. Due to technological constraints these shots stand for some scene over a brief period of time. This time frame depends on the cam

Photography , Techniques , Graphics

Aug 30 2009

Andrew Gibson - 50 Free Photography Resources That Will Improve Your Skills

Photography is a wonderful hobby enjoyed by lots of people all over the world. It’s a very enjoyable passtime, but also a very technical one. There’s a bewildering range of cameras, lenses and acces

Photography , Tutorials , Techniques , Graphics

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

May 23 2009

Aquil Akhter - 67 Gorgeous Examples of Floral Typography

Floral typography is a technique that combines typography, calligraphy and lettering to create dynamic, “flourishing” designs. With the help of floral elements you can create very tempting and vivid

Calligraphy , Typography , Inspiration

Jun 17 2010

Natalie Sklobovskaya - The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 2)

In Part I we skimmed the surface on a few points regarding when an image becomes an illustration. But, of course, this knowledge isn’t very useful if we don’t know how to apply it to our work when t

Tutorials , workflow , Inspiration

Oct 30 2008

Andrew Lindstrom - 50 Stunning Asian Movie Posters

It’s fascinating what information can be learned about a movie simply from taking a glance at the movie poster. Skipping past the obvious such as the title and cast, what is really interesting is de

Movies , Graphics , Inspiration , Posters

Nov 18 2025

Cosima Mielke - Color Tools And Resources

Today, we’re shining the spotlight on color tools and resources for all kinds of projects, from all types of color palettes and generators to getting contrast and gradients just right for your proje

Round-Ups , Tools , Css , Resources , Design

Mar 26 2010

Louis Lazaris - CSS Sprites: Useful Technique, or Potential Nuisance?

Ah, the ubiquitous CSS sprites — one of the few web design techniques that was able to bypass “trend” status almost instantly, planting itself firmly into the category of best practice CSS. Although

Sprites , coding , Css

Nov 17 2025

Frederick O’Brien - What Leonardo Da Vinci Can Teach Us About Web Design

Exhaustive, sometimes bizarre notes… wireframes… mind-bending blends of art and science. Is it a GitHub repository? No, it’s the life of a Renaissance genius. With the right lessons, we can all writ

ux , Inspiration , Web Design , Design