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Form and Function: Websites That Combine Beauty with Usability

Faith Towers — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:31:21 +0000

One of the most essential aspects of designing a website is finding a balance between form and function, to ensure that the viewer can easily navigate through each page. We have all seen websites that work well but are poorly designed. Conversely, there are plenty of sites out there that look attractive but do not [...]

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Free download: Ultimate Social Icon Set

Walter — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:12:27 +0000

Today’s freebie is a social icon set which contains all the latest icons needed for you social needs! It includes a total of 75 icons, provided in three sizes: 16

Notepad and pencil icon (PSD)

aceall — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:14:06 +0000

A blank notepad with a red pencil on it. PSD template or web and app icon, text box and input form symbol.

Resolution: 1280x1024px
Full size JPG preview: Notepad and pencil icon

File Format: PSD
Color theme: brown, red, white
Author: PSD Graphics
Similar graphic: Blank white notebook

Download Photoshop PSD source:
File Size: 1.40 MB

Round-up Of Free Download Photoshop Firework Brushes

Ahsan.Saeed — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:54:23 +0000

Photoshop Brushes are always handy for graphic designers as well as for beginners; with the help of Photoshop brush tool you can create not only spotlessly restored or manipulated photographic images, but also paintings that influentially imitate real art materials. There is a huge ranger of Photoshop brushes on many websites. For the celebration projects we have collected some cool and shiny Photoshop firework brushes have a look “Round-up Of Free Download Photoshop Firework Brushes” and download.

Fireworks Celebration Brushes Firework Brushes Firework Brushes Chrissy’s Firework PS Brushes Firework Brushes Firework brushes Firework Brushes Firework Brushes Fireworks brushes Firework Gimp ...

Top 10 Cloud Applications for Web Designers and Developers

natasha — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:09:21 +0000

While cloud technologies and applications have been around since the dawn of the Internet, they’ve caught on in a major way during the past two years. Cloud-based storage, computing and collaboration applications make everyday life far easier and more convenient for the average Web user. Web designers in particular have benefited greatly from the rise [...]

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The State of Design in 2012: Six Header Design Trends

Keith Bryant — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:49:27 +0000

So often, we look at a design trend as nothing more than that – a design trend. But it’s important to look behind these trends, to see the market influences and psychological movements that are influencing and driving them. One of the most important market influences in web design today is the rapid proliferation of [...]

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Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Antique Postcards

Dustin Schmieding — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:30:41 +0000

Impressionist UI – User Interface Pack

Adrian — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:53 +0000

The new Impressionist UI version has a series of changes that we considered to be important. We have added 4 totally new styles (Air, Aurora, Hybrid and Spice), besides the default style that it had until today – Eco. All the styles are sold separately, so that you can pick any design you would like [...]

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Natural colors background

aceall — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:21:49 +0000

Abstract natural colors background, green and yellow gradients with a beautiful effects. A nice graphic for nature and ecology designs.

Resolution: 5000x3750px
Medium size preview (1280x960px): Natural colors
File format: JPG
Color theme: green, yellow
Author: PSD Graphics
Might be useful (similar graphic): Abstract green nature background

Download hi-res JPG file:
File Size: 1.07 MB

How to Create an Upload Form using jQuery, CSS3, HTML5 and PHP [Tutorial]

Valeriu Timbuc — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:56:30 +0000

Topic: jQuery / CSS3 Difficulty: Advanced Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour In this tutorial we will code an Upload Form from Impressionist UI by Vladimir Kudinov. We will code it using the Plupload API. Plupload allows you to upload files using HTML5 Gears, Silverlight, Flash, BrowserPlus or normal forms, providing some unique features such as [...]

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Why Responsive Design are Best for Mobile Devices?

Angelina Jennifer — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:54:08 +0000

Responsive design is quite popular these days. It is a new and revolutionary way of planning to develop websites which will be compatible for both PC, and laptop users as well as for the latest generation of tablet and mobile users. Right now it is recommended either to develop separate sites dedicated to the mobiles or [...]

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Customer service icon (PSD)

aceall — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:24:17 +0000

Customer service icon in a black and white color, glossy head with headphones and microphone. Call center and IT support symbol.

Resolution: 1280x1024px
Full size JPG preview: Customer service icon

File Format: PSD
Color theme: black and white
Author: PSD Graphics
Similar graphic: PSD headphones icon

Download Photoshop PSD source:
File Size: 2.02 MB

Yellow Fantasy

DryIcons.com Team — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

18 May, 2012

Yellow Fantasy Vector Graphic

Freebie Friday: 4 Chipped Concrete Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:14 +0000

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How to Create a Case Study and Why It’s Crucial For Designers

Andrianes Pinantoan — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:10:25 +0000

Creating and showing off a portfolio is such a fundamental part of a designer’s life, few people ever question its effectiveness. But the fact is, there are better ways to sell your services – and one of those ways is by using case studies. Why? Because case studies, unlike portfolios, tell your clients what happens [...]

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Free download: 40 Exclusive Photoshop Patterns

Walter — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:34:41 +0000

We’re back with another great exclusive freebie for you.

This one is a Photoshop pattern file (.PAT) which contains 40 beautiful textures that you can apply to your designs.

A detailed step by step instruction is provided inside the file to help you use them. You can use these as textures for your websites or any background.

Thanks to Rayz Ong from LemonGraphic for creating this awesome freebie for WDD readers.

Redistribution is not allowed, so if you’d like to share this one with your friends, kindly direct them to this page so that they can download their own ...

Colorful Page

DryIcons.com Team — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

17 May, 2012

Colorful Page Vector Graphic

EU Cookie Law and How It Affects the Web

Christian Vasile — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:02:43 +0000

Although most of the rumors and discussions are right now focusing on acts such as SOPA/PIPA, which expand the ability of law enforcement all over the world to fight online trafficking in counterfeit goods and copyrighted intellectual property, the web should for now be concerned with something else happening in the close, very close future. [...]

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Blank Photo Hanging

DryIcons.com Team — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

16 May, 2012

Blank Photo Hanging Vector Graphic

How Web Designers Can Successfully Use the Dribbble Network

Jenna Scaglione — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:25 +0000

Do you like basketball? If you do and you are a web designer, you may take a liking to the design community Dribbble. If you hate sports, no worries! You still may like the network, especially if you are a web designer looking to showcase some of your work and share snippets of it with [...]

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Restroom – toilet sign

aceall — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:49:32 +0000

High resolution restroom – toilet sign. Gray background with a silver male and female gender symbols, download JPG and transparent PNG symbols.

Resolution: 5000x3750px
Medium size preview (1280x1024px): Male female sign
File format: JPG and PNG
Color theme: silver, gray
Author: PSD Graphics
Might be useful (similar graphic): Male and female signs

Download hi-res JPG and PNG file:
File Size: 777 KB and 108 KB

Restroom toilet sign

Male female PNG

Stars

DryIcons.com Team — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

15 May, 2012

Stars Vector Graphic

Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Vintage Paper Textures

Dustin Schmieding — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:30:37 +0000

Pandora UI Free for iOS – User Interface Pack

Adrian — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:54:46 +0000

After the successful launch of Pandora UI premium pack by DesignModo, we have decided to share a part of it with our beloved readers. You can now download the free version of Pandora UI containing a handful of elements that will definitely be helpful. The Pandora UI Free Kit, contains 2 samples and some elements [...]

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Ripped Paper Background

DryIcons.com Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

14 May, 2012

Ripped Paper Background Vector Graphic

Vendor Prefixes: A Force For Good or Evil?

Joe Savage — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:12:28 +0000

The Story and Problems If you’re a web developer working with CSS (especially CSS3) in modern browsers, it’s more than likely that you’ve come across these things called vendor prefixes. Initially used for features unique to certain browsers, vendor prefixes are essentially a way of making a certain CSS property exclusive for one browser or [...]

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Wood Textures Brushes

My Photoshop Brushes — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:51:07 +0000

Great pack of 12 free wood textures brushes. About Terms of Use - Anyone can use them, download them for private and public use, as long as the brushes are referred to my trademark. If you are going to use a website for referral to my work use, http://www.facebook.com/Rehbelleartwork

Ultra Sleek Accordion Slider: Free PSD Template

Jacob Gube — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:00:20 +0000

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This exclusive freebie on Six Revisions, brought to you by www.bestpsdfreebies.com, is a design mockup of an accordion slider that can be used to display content. It comes in 3 variations. Each slider variation has a unique texture design with a hover effect on the 3rd slider tab. This freebie comes in 3 separate and neatly organized PSD files that allow for endless customizable options.

Previews

Here are the 3 accordion sliders:

Slider 1

Slider 2

Slider 3

License

Feel free to use this accordion slider for personal or commercial projects. If you ...

Bubble cloud background

aceall — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:22:24 +0000

Beautiful white bubble clouds on a blue textured background. Thought cloud concept, may be used in many ways for both print and web.

Resolution: 5000x3750px
Medium size preview (1280x1024px): Thought bubble cloud
File format: JPG
Color theme: white, blue
Author: PSD Graphics
Might be useful (similar graphic): Speech bubbles (PSD)

Download hi-res JPG file:
File Size: 2.79 MB

Freebie Friday: 7 Script Handwriting Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:30:00 +0000

These brushes are each 2500px and will be a versatile addition to your toolbox, allowing you to add subtle antique writing effects to your work.

Preview

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UI Kits for Developers – Prototyping and Homemade Design

Rochester Oliveira — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:18:05 +0000

Hope you guys are enjoying our posts on UI Kits functionality. It’s such a new topic that it’s even hard to find other opinions out there, all we find is UI Kits collections, but no reflections or creative uses. So, hope to see more discussion on this, the door (a.k.a. comments / trackbacks section) is [...]

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Free download: Media Black UI Kit (PSD)

Walter — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:21:43 +0000

Today we have another great freebie for you created exclusively for WDD by Grafpedia.

This one is called the Media Black UI Kit and contains graphic elements suitable for any sort of media elements, such as video and audio players, along typical navigational items.It’s provided as a layered PSD file.

If you want more items like these, head over to Grafpedia, which hosts over 70,000 great files and where you can download more graphic resources like these along with icons, vectors, brushes and more.

Redistribution is not allowed, so if you’d like to share this one with your ...

Shopping Cart

DryIcons.com Team — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

10 May, 2012

Shopping Cart Vector Graphic

Adobe Illustrator CS6 – Review of New Features

Iaroslav Lazunov — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:12:29 +0000

Today I will try to analyze the most important of new features of Adobe Illustrator CS6, and will review the other less significant, in my opinion, improvements. After reading this review, you can get a first glimpse of the advantages of this release, and make your own conclusions; I was just trying to make an [...]

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Alarm clock icon (PSD)

aceall — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:21:17 +0000

Old alarm clock (with vector hands) web icon, download in PSD format. Reminder and time symbol.

Resolution: 1280x1024px
Full size JPG preview: Alarm clock icon

File Format: PSD
Color theme: red, silver, white
Author: PSD Graphics
Similar graphic: Flip clock template

Download Photoshop PSD source:
File Size: 1.42 MB

Free PSD – Shiny Peel Stickers

Sean — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:28:22 +0000

Today we bring you an excellent freebie from the people of GraphicsFuel.com. GraphicsFuel.com hosts a ton of free resources for designers including free downloadable PSD’s, vector files, brushes, textures and many more. These stickers contain non-rasterized layers so this means you can easily edit the colors, text, shapes and resize them to your needs. You can use these web elements for your ecommerce website, pricing page, on banners, posters and more. Head over to graphicsfuel.com now and download these free shiny peel stickers, get creative!

Here’s a preview of the stickers.

Take Care

DryIcons.com Team — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

08 May, 2012

Take Care Vector Graphic

Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Beach Stone Textures

Dustin Schmieding — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:00:56 +0000

500+ Free Photoshop Layer Styles For Download

Adil.Khan — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:46:27 +0000

Today we have decided to share Adobe Photoshop layer styles. Photoshop layers are truly helpful when it comes to web design and graphic design. So let’ have a look below “500+ Free Photoshop Layer Styles For Download” and apply these styles on your text, buttons, images of your design and many more in Photoshop.

Clean Glass Style Modern Styles 268 Stylish 3D Buttons v2 Button Styles Golden Style Preview Chocolate Text Style Effect Faiis Layer Style FZ N11 Style 7 Text Styles Fibre LayerStyles Ultimate Web 2_0 Layer Styles 220 Photoshop Layer Styles Vista Glass Style Cool Chrome Golden style ...

How to Create an Video Player in jQuery, HTML5 & CSS3 [Tutorial]

Valeriu Timbuc — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:31:27 +0000

In this tutorial we will code an Video Player from Impressionist UI by Vladimir Kudinov. We will code it with CSS3 for the styling and the “MediaElement.js” for the functionality. MediaElement.js is a HTML5 audio and video player that also works for older browsers using Flash and Silverlight to mimic the HTML5 MediaElement API. Step [...]

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Hi

DryIcons.com Team — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

07 May, 2012

Hi Vector Graphic

Don’t Overlook these 5 Great Free Resources at Your Local Library

Laura Spencer — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:09:45 +0000

Freelancers often overlook the resources available to them at their local library. This is a shame, because most library resources are free to library cardholders.

You may remember the library as the place where you did research for your school assignments, but there’s a lot more to most libraries these days.

In this post, I share a few free resources from the library that freelancers will find helpful. Most (but not all) local libraries offer these resources to local residents and/or library cardholders.

Resource #1: Books and Publications

It may seem obvious, but the library is a great source of ...

26 Resources for WordPress Tutorials Themes and Plugins

Jake Rocheleau — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:54:27 +0000

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Freelancing seems like one of the most lucrative job titles. And it’s true that setting your own hours and working on interesting projects can be a lot of fun. But there is also the matter of looming deadlines and touchy clients you need to keep satiated.

One of the most important tools for a freelancer is their work station. You can’t get anything done if your work area is poorly setup, cluttered, or too small to fit inside. In the gallery below I have put together 40 brilliant examples of freelance offices, both home & industrial. ...

Futurico – Free User Interface Elements Pack

Adrian — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:09:42 +0000

Yay! It’s time for a new free giveaway and we are happy to present a wonderfully creative collection of Futurico – Free User Interface Components (PSD). We think that these are so far the greatest user interface components we have shared with you guys and we hope you will agree with us on this. Better [...]

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Dirty street sign

aceall — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:06:22 +0000

Dirty street sign, rusty blank yellow sign isolated on white, with space for your content.

Resolution: 5000x4000px
Medium size preview (1280x1024px): Grunge street sign
File format: JPG
Color theme: yellow, black, silver
Author: PSD Graphics
Might be useful (similar graphic): Retro sunbeam background

Download hi-res JPG file:
File Size: 4.01 MB

Photoshop Brush Pack – Aged Paper

Sean — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:28:10 +0000

Today we would like to share an awesome brush set featured over at brusheezy.com. This beautiful set features 6 high resolution aged paper brushes perfect for adding subtle background texture, noise or an aged look to your composition. With quick color change, blending modes, and overlaying several other textures, the possibilities are endless.

These brushes are compatible with Photoshop CS5 and above, they are free to download and free for personal and commercial use. Head over to brusheezy.com now and download these aged paper brushes, get creative!

40+ Beautiful And Creative Letterpress Designs

Akhter — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:12:56 +0000

This time we are presenting a beautiful collection of some impressive and stunning letterpress designs for you that you can use to give your designs a fresh feel and finish. Letter press designs are different from other designs since the textures and shading used in these designs are slightly different.

Letterpress printing basically is a technique used to press the design into the paper giving it an embossed or raised finish. By employing this technique to your designs, you can simply make your designs look visually stunning; although so much quirks and intricacies are involved in learning the use of ...

Abstract Minimalist Banners

DryIcons.com Team — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

04 May, 2012

Abstract Minimalist Banners Vector Graphic

Freebie Friday: 5 Cardboard Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

These varied brushes are the maximum resolution of 2500

25+ New Examples of HTML5 and CSS3 Websites

Adrian — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:09:18 +0000

In the field of web designing newer tools are invented and introduced in the market very often. HTML is a language that is used to structure and present contents for the websites. This technology have seen many changes and goes through many improvements since its first introduction in 1990. Now the latest version of HTML [...]

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