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20 Examples of Simplistic but Effective Logo Design

Nirhana — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:41:19 +0000

Something we hear over an over in the design world is that less is more. Even though using that statement has become a bit cliche, it is true – especially when it comes to logo design. Sometimes designers can get carried away with trying to incorporate too many complicated elements into a logo.

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10 Free Online Books for Web Designers

Nirhana — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:48:08 +0000

There’s a never ending supply of information out there for us web designers. If there’s something we need to learn, we can find it in one form or another. Sometimes it may be on a blog or it could be in a book. While you may have to shell our some money for a good web design book, there are a number of them out that have online versions that are totally free. Here are 10 you should find very useful.

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10 jQuery Slider Techniques and Plugins

Nirhana — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:46:17 +0000

Last year we posted a collection of jQuery slider techniques and plugins. In a years time the trend of using these types of sliders or slideshows to display featured content has only grown more popular. This means more sites are using jQuery sliders and more people are coming up with new ways to create them.

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10 Free Clean and Minimal WordPress Themes

Nirhana — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:28:52 +0000

WordPress has become one of the top choices for content management systems among website owners. This has happened for several reasons, but one is the readily available collection of themes that can transform the appearance and functionality of a site.

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20 New High-Quality Fonts for Your Designs

Nirhana — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:28:04 +0000

We’re always on the look out for high-quality freebies for our readers. Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or icons, we love finding top notch free files and sharing them with you. We do the searching so you don’t have to.

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15 Fresh and Useful Photoshop Tutorials

Nirhana — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:08:25 +0000

Part of being a designer is keeping your skills sharp and up-to-date. Skills may span a broad range of tools, but probably the most used tool of all designers is Photoshop. In this post, we’ve collected 15 fresh and useful Photoshop tutorials to help you brush up on your skills and learn new techniques.

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30 Typography Focused Logo Designs

Nirhana — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:23:05 +0000

We frequently talk about typography here at WDL. Whether it be in web design or print design, typography plays a big part in making or breaking a design, especially if the design’s main focus is typography. In this post we are showcasing 30 typography focused logo designs.

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10 Free Printable Web Design Wireframing Templates

Nirhana — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:50:51 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we posted a showcase of sketched UI wireframes. It illustrated how starting out on paper can be an effective way to begin the design process. It allows you to quickly mockup ideas and get the creative juices flowing.

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30 Breathtaking Examples of Bokeh Photography

Nirhana — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:18:23 +0000

The term Bokeh comes from a Japanese word that means “blur”. In photography, it’s used to describe the blur or the quality of the blur in the out-of-focus regions of an image. This can be achieved by taking pictures with a shallow depth-of-field.

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20 Elegant Fonts for Clean Design

Nirhana — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:17:12 +0000

Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or icons, we love finding top notch free files and sharing them with our readers. We try to post at least one collection of freebies every week. We do the searching so you don’t have to. This saves you time and helps you focus on what’s important.

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