In Tutorials Feb 2, 20106
5 Well Designed Icon Tutorials
Graphical icons offer an opportunity to project to the user an instantly recognizable message – that is something that would normally take an entire paragraph of words. Of course the icons need to be well designed in the first place to successfully convey your message effectively.
Read moreIn Tutorials Jan 19, 20105
A Round-Up of Fresh Illustrator Tutorials
It does not matter how creative and efficient you are within Illustrators environment. It doesn't even matter if you have 50 years or even 5 days graphic design experience… there is always room to learn a new technique. Read the rest of this entry »
In General Dec 18, 200936
The 15 Best Articles For Designers in 2009
What a great year it has been for design related articles. So many new blogs, new blog writers, great content, great resources, a lot of inspiration, it really has never been a better time to be a designer. Read the rest of this entry »
In Freebies, Inspiration Dec 9, 20098
5 Fresh Icon Sets for Web Designers
The use of icons in web design is not just to make your page prettier, they can have a higher purpose. The proper usage of icons will have a positive effect on your sites usability, as long as the icons are kept within the context of the link or button, the user will be able to understand quicker what it actually represents.
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In Freebies Sep 29, 20093
3 Free Icon Sets for Web & App Designers
As web designers it would be nice to have the skills and creativity to design our own icons to match our perfectly crafted web sites. Instead, we rely on the skills of graphic designers who, thankfully, release free icon sets for the intricate design challenged. In this news edition we have three of the best recent icon sets that are freely available for downloading and are perfect for your next web site project.
In General Jul 30, 20093
How big is the internet? Is Twitter as popular as we think? And 40 free GUI iconsets
The internet is continually growing, but how big is it really? And what about Twitter, is it as popular or as big as we think? These are a two questions being asked in todays news, oh, we also have 40 free iconsets.
In Tips, Tutorials Oct 15, 200870
Icon Design Tutorial – Designing a New Icon In Illustrator
Following our free social icon giveaway, as promised, here is a tutorial explaining how they were made in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll try to cover the basics and give you an idea how things are rendered, how they appear in smaller sizes and the constraints we can find when using Vector (Illustrator) instead of Pixel (Photoshop) based image software.
