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Thoughts and commentary about web design plus links to helpful resources including fonts, plugins, templates, stock photos, software, scripts, tutorials, and other useful tools for webmasters!
Article by Cyan Ta’eed, FreelanceSwitch.com
Everyone who hasn’t encountered designer’s block, raise your hand. Just as I thought. Well then, chances are you could use some places to get inspiration for those days when the pixels aren’t aligned and your mouse finger isn’t clicking like it should. We’ve compiled a list, online and off to serve up everything from logos to icons to art to fashion to just inventive ideas to get your mind ticking.
So kick back and let your senses run wild as we bring you 15 websites packed full of inspiration, 10 must-have books and 9 things to do to get inspired.
COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews. The COLOURlovers™ community is regularly updated with information and examples of the way colors are used in the real world—along with news articles on color trends and interviews with top creative professionals. Here everyone who is interested in the practical applications of color can find an index of color trends as they are happening.
PhotostorePowered.com is a specialized link directory and blog for websites using Photostore, a web based software package that enables you to publish and sell your photographs, images, and artwork online.
The PhotostorePowered directory is organized into five categories: Event Photography, Image Sharing, Posters & Prints, Rights Managed Photos and Royalty Free Photos. Browse by category or use the search feature to located listing based on keywords. Every site summary includes a small 120x90 thumbnail and some basic info including number of hits and page rank. Results can be sorted alphabetically, by number of hits or by page rank. The listing details page provides additional statistics including Alexa traffic rank, number of indexed pages and number of backlinks…
Image Abstraction offers High Resolution Backgrounds, Patterns and Textures to Photoshop Artist and Designers. These images have been manipulated using Photoshop and a variety of plugins to create some interesting effects. You can learn more about the software used on their About Page.
The Best Designs recognizes web sites that stand out among the rest and that are designed with the audience in mind. Instead of featuring CSS-only or Flash-only sites, TBD recognizes both. Either method works well as long as the site is designed for its audience and is the best of its class.
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