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Author | adelle charles
“Adelle Charles is a Designer & Blogger who runs FuelYourCreativity.com & adellecharles.com. She is an obsessive email checker and highly addicted to Starbucks. Loves to add “fuel to the fire” any chance she gets. Her dogs Chino and Jameson jot down ideas for her while she’s at work. They are obviously the secret to her success.”
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fresh collection of high quality stone textures for personal and commercial use.
10 free hi-res stone texturess last blog post..Some words of gratitude
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
A practical guide to web typographys last blog post..Define the word space to suit the size and natural letterfit of the font
A set of 160, 2080×1544 high-resolution photos contain a mix of natural, industrial, grunge and fabric textures.
Interviews from Rock Sound Magazine What makes designers tick in the music industry and there influences
Bullet Web Studio, a new full-service design shop, has launched with their first customisable Wordpress theme
30 Days of Mootools tutorials kicks off its second week with a two part tutorial on filtering input. This tutorial deals with numbers and the next one will focus on strings.
A set of 160, 2080×1544 high-resolution photos contain a mix of natural, industrial, grunge and fabric textures. Free for commercial and non-commercial use.
I decided to create automaticaly updated lists with the new entries in the gallery. The first of this list is the Vector Landscape Web design, there is already 34 websites in this list.
Business Flash CMS templates started up by Flash Mint have two traits which make them an unbeatable product in the web templates market.
The first ever HD Todaily, a daily post of the best articles and resources in Graphic and Web Design of the day.
Tutorial on how to make those trendy light bursts and motion trails in Photoshop
a photoshop tutorial where you will learn how to create a realistic graffiti in a wall
The third part in this series on irresistible websites looks at the use of textures and layering as appealing design features.
A weekly round-up of fonts and dingbats to use for your designing projects.
Freelance tumblelog, more fun than an entire barrel full of monkeys. Monkeys who freelance.
Illustrator is an amazing tool for building scalable vector art. I’ve decided to see what you can do for texture within Illustrator. The results of this experimentation are summed up in this tutorial.
Ambient Media is the name given to a new breed of out-of-home products and services. The key to a successful ambient media campaign is to choose the best media format available and combined with effective message.
In this post I focused on collecting some of best tutorials on creating and drawing vector images including human faces, animals and cartoonish characters.
Sometimes you end up working for multiple bosses who don’t care about your personal world, yet still want to micro-manage your creative work.
Viral marketing (also called word-of-mouth marketing) refer to adverts or to a story that are so good that people choose to watch them. Learn from others how to succeed in your next viral ad campaign.
I just launched the 2nd list for Web Design trends on CssLeak. The Websites Using Wood Elements : There is already 31 Design ordered by popularity.
Webdesigner for London, CSS, XHTML Web 2.0. Check in out
QVectors.com - a site where free quality vectors are showcased.
Links to thousands of free photoshop brushes that are free for you to use in both your commercial and non-commercial design
Want an unobtrusive solution to a slide toggle div using jQuery? Look no further!
Here a collection of 10 newest free 3-column joomla templates is presented. These joomla themes are very varied and you will definitely find the one if you want to start a joomla-based web site.
A list of 750+ high quality grunge brushes for photoshop everyone needs to have.Check this out!!!
Info on using WordPress as a CMS (not just as a blog) with “How to” resource links
do you know what can be achieved by taking a proactive stance towards questioning you clients?
A great collection of free vector graphics availble for downloadA great collection of free vector graphics available for download.
If you are planning to open a new blog or change the logo of the existing one, you can have some inspiration from this article.
List of six great Firefox 3 extensions to make SEO research, link analysis and SERP monitoring easier.
These are the websites you have to visit before deciding on a premium or free drupal theme for your website.
A set of 10 free photoshop brushes available for both commercial and non-commercial use.
Design overview on crops and bleed in design for print, and how to set crops and bleed in your favourite Adobe package
Defining and managing creative inspiration are a web designers best friend. Learn how.
a nice photoshop tutorial where you will learn how to create a stone cursed man.Check This Out!!!
10 WordPress Themes reflect the hottest trends in web design. View the selection to get to know what’s on now.
Teach yourself how to use Adobe Fireworks in 30 easy to follow, fun filled tutorials.
The best of the week! My pick for the best: logos, websites, blog posts, photographs, and illustrations.
CSSCount 15 list of wood background websites, some of this are web design portfolio and others are from a blog and corporate designs.
If you need the iPhone for your next presentation or you develop application, you will find this design set very useful. It has a fairly comprehensive library of assets – all fully editable.
Broadband and bandwidth have had a direct impact on web design, what will happen if it all changes?
The age old debate… to use Mac or PC? Cast your vote.
A look at my top 10 favourite portfolio’s and my reasons why from Simon North, Help Developer.
A round up for the best of August in the design community, it’s what I call “MyInkTrail.” So here are some interesting links I found along the trail this month…
Help Developer’s very popular top 10 Photoshop Tutorials countdown for August.
The ninth entry in a series featuring only the best web design from the month of August.
Showcasing Fresh Quality Photoshop Brushes
50 sources to inspire & help bubble those creative juices!
Gain web design inspiration and ideas from what others have already designed
Our Favorite Tutorials, Resources, and Inspiration from August 2008.
Knowtebook opens up a stage for your collaboration habits, hints and useful experience. And the best: Win a license for CollabTRAK Pro Edition.
In this tutorial I want to detail how to create text along a path in an interesting way and apply it to a common application. In this case, we are going to use some vector art, then grunge it up. This will give it that worn beach look I’m going for.
What web designers can do to make their sites look different than the CMS they run on.
The best Photoshop tutorials, brush packs and texture packs of August 2008.
Nice collection of usable, neat and sexy web administration interfaces
Make explosive vector graphics easily - Smashing Pumpkins Style!
I was screen spying on Go Media’s Chris Comella as he was working on a Smashing Pumpkins design in which the dense black typography was exploding shards in every direction. He placed every particle by hand (and it shows). I wondered if scatter brushes could be used to get a similar effect.
I thought I’d repost the recap of the interview I did with Vectips that took place over Twitter on Wednesday.
Where shopping & design blend together to increase sales and the shopping experience.
A design review of the Barack Obama’s campaign site
In this post we’ll cover the basics of getting your Wacom working as well as some tips.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are vector packs just a cheap cop-out or are they a saving grace?
a photoshop tutorial on how to create a face text portrait using path is more artistic way:)
Transforming “wall space” into a visual element of interiors
A review of John McCain’s campaign web site design
22 most beautiful websites collection for August 2008
Want to play a game and see other peoples workstations?
You have probably seen a lot of ebooks telling you that they have the secret key to success, guess what, its NO secret because you already have it. Its time to discover it.
Why are designers who design for the web “web designers” and not graphic designers? Why has this title become so accepted, and at what cost?
To celebrate Arbenting’s new redesign, we’re giving away 500 business cards from UPrinting to two lucky readers.
The best design resources of August 2008 in these topics : General Design, Typography, HTML, CSS and Typography
Freelancers answer the question: “What styles or artists do you listen to when working on contracts”?
OK so enough hyping and fannying around here it is! A blog contest fund raiser against poverty for BlogActionDay! does exactly what it says on the tin!
a list of 500+ high quality Tribal Brushes for everyone.Check it out!!!
Stylishly- free webdesign in fully editable PSD file
Getting the word out on Digg/Stumbleupon can be tricky when no one knows your blog, but luckily for design related articles, there are many high traffic blogs that have community link features where you can submit your design articles and receive decent amount of traffic.
Dreamy Photo Plug-in review.
A quick tutorial on how to create a nice recursion effect using bitmap mode.
15 List of websites to help increase/promote your site statistics in no particular order.
Marc gives us 5 tips to give yourself the best chance of winning the next Shirt of the Day.
A step by step tutorial teaching you how to set up Wordpress on a hard drive using Xampp.
A list of beautifully designed logos with script elements for you to enjoy and be inspired.
A common convention in user interface design that is in dire need of change.
This set of brushes will blow you away! Download this amazing set of stunning Illustrator brushes!
a photoshop tutorial on how to create a business card on a wooden texture table in a perspective view.Check it out.
Celebrities are often used as role models, affecting how we dress, what we eat, places we go and how we behave. What can we learn from celebrity in regards to our web sites?
I’m stoked to announce the launch of my first ever contest here at MyInkBlog! The concept is simple and the prizes are cool. I think just about everyone in the design community loves big typography design. So here’s your chance to let your creative juices flow and make your own big typography style poster using a quote as a starting point.
This article will get your desiging juices flowing, Part 1 in a series of design inspiration articles
A collection of illustration artists work, resources, reading material, tutorials
A review of one of the largest desktop blogging software
In this tutorial I will use the complex vector sun rays we’ve created there and use them to quickly create a vintage looking emblem using Adobe Illustrator.
30 fun filled, easy to follow tutorials that will teach you Adobe’s Flash.
Friday’s Five is a series in which I feature the best: logos, websites, blog posts, photographs, and illustrations for the week.
a Photoshop tutorial where you will learn how to create a Staring Monster Eye in Photoshop.Check it Out!!
Need a hand? Wire-frames could lead the way…
Work from home or office? Freelancers responses and summary of the advantages and disadvantages of working at home or in an office.
The ninth installment in a series featuring the best graphic design portfolios I have seen over the past month.
I’m happy to announce our first exclusive vector sets for QVectors.com. The 4 sets are Nature oriented design with tens of floral and flowery elements in each set.
Yslow is a tool to help you speed up your website.
Mini Interview with this man they call Collis….
I ’ve put together a list of my top 10 reasons why the design community is such an amazing and diverse place, and why I love being a part of it.
With Google’s entry to the market, Webkit is going to gain even more marketshare, possibly lighting a fire under Mozilla.
Advertising has been a major marketing tool online for years and publishers made millions out of it, not anymore. It is becoming harder than ever to advertise successfully, users ignore advertisements completely and avoid clicking on them.
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Panda Hot Air Balloon on a Rainbow Scene in Photoshop.
Learn to create a glossy navigation bar in Photoshop.
Learn how to get known to a huge audience within 10 minutes by promoting your posts free to more than 30 of well visited websites.
Daily web application review to help the developer develope and the designer design.
passionate about everything design, and its all banged together for your eyes on our blog.
UK based PSD to xHTML / CSS Conversion from £35/$70.
Ajax examples and tutorials from all around the web
The long hours spent lovingly crafting the perfect kerning on a custom typeface or choosing just the right shade of blue can be cast aside in the blink of an eye with a client who “would prefer the text in Comic Sans.”
I just launched the 4th list for Web Design trends on CssLeak. The Websites Using Character Illustrations : There is already 38 websites.
This post is a showcase of creative and original uses of tabbed web navigation, topped off with some helpful tutorials for making your own tabs. Enjoy!
Learn how to create an apple style menu from scratch using Photoshop, HTML, CSS and then improve it via jQuery
There are essentially unlimited options when working with brushes, so it’s a skill that can always be further developed.
A collection of inspiring photography portfolios by artists from all around the world!
Templates.com is starting permanent superb action “Free Product of the Week!” Have a look at the product
top 10 reasons I will not leave comments on some blogs
absolutely free global multimedia share. Share your creativity with other artists around the world!
Advice about picking the proper field to study in order to become a web developer.
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Billiard Balls in Photoshop. Check out the great result!!
As the title says, ask me anything, if you dare to ;)
This tutorial is possibly one of my favourites as I love the outcome, we are going to create a desktop wallpaper with a bit of a difference
Who said that pink is only for little girls???
Web design-related books that would help you improve, broaden and polish your web design knowledge and skills!
Free Stock Photos, Free Vectors, Design Materials, Design Articles and more.
The best of WEEK 12
A new daily design and creative news blog from Envato!
In every field there is a set of standards that folks follow which grant a certain uniformity to the group as a whole. If you don’t follow along are you out of touch, or setting trends?
This is first version of free rss icon set, named ColourfulRSS. In the pack you can find 24 different colours 32-px png files. You are allowed to use ColourfulRSS icon set for commercial or non-comercial projects.
New cool group on flickr with female models sourounded by designs made in photoshop/illustrator. Submit your designs!
Find out how famous design blogs managed to meet success within tight deadlines.
Contest update for the Big Typography Poster Contest on MyInkBlog. Check out these incredible designs!
CSSCount list of 15 Awesome Online Photoshop Tutorials for Web Designers to improve their Designing skills in no particular order.
Should I redesign? your decisions, let me know.
Insightful article discussing the differences between absolute positioning and floats and when to use which technique
This article will show you exactly what Fall 2008 colors are “in” for fashion, furniture and accessories and how to incorporate those into your new web designs.
Quality links to quality articles digg for design
This is a door site to connect you all over design world (spanglish)
This set includes 105 incredible brushes that are perfect for creating tech-shaped starburst patterns in Illustrator.
A New Website Where You Can Submit Your Design Links…
Do you need inspiration? Here you have a new list of 30 amazing (free) online magazines for graphic designers
Why standards should not be used to determine the effectiveness of a web design.
A photo showcase of airport signage & wayfinding design.
It’s all very well trawling your favourite RSS feeds, and starring them for yourself the best bit is sharing what you find; and we’ll be looking at this – through Google Reader and TwitterFeed initially.
Designer Matt Owen talks about his life and work
Check out the new and updated features in Adobe Illustrator CS4!
This is an exclusive interview with an established Japanese artist, known worldwide as Feebee. Learn more about Japanese culture and art and the artist herself.
We would like to bring to your notice 10 + the most celebrated 3D portals, resources and forums where you may submit your works, get qualified help, constrictive criticism and suggestions.
This is an axciting interview with a prominent person, a man of genius in the world of film industry - FREDERIC ST-ARNAUD. He is a visual effect artist with 10 years of experience, focusing mostly on high-end photo-realistic digital matte-paintings, set extensions and concept arts.
A guest post by Nathan Beck on creating usable website navigation
Free social media icon sets from Arbenting! And announcements of our coming social media directory for designers!
Web design and graphic design community ment to encourage interaction between the readers of our blog and between designers in general, discussions on web design and web development topics and promotion of your articles.
Tips for print design
In this tutorial you’ll gonna learn how to create a Colorful 3D Text effect in photoshop.
This set of Illustrator brushes is a real treat! Download this set of 106 water color Illustrator brushes and use them in your designs for free!
Plain and Grunge Paper Textures, 3000px wide, free for personal and commercial projects. Download and get creative!
Designing a logo for apparel can be a very difficult challenge whether it be for yourself or for a client. There are quite a few guidelines that you have to stay within to ensure that your design captures the brand’s identity.
various biomech/sci-fi inspired creatures and characters
John Langdon, an outstanding lettering artist and ambigram creator, reveals the secrets of designing beautiful ambigrams.
The team at Arbenting is back with another installment of the Wednesday Weekly Spotlight to inject a bit of inspiration into your mid-week humdrum.
As a freelancer you have the option to work with both clients and agencies, but which do freelancers prefer and why?
Does your focus on productivity take away from your creativity? Tips for judging your work’s success.
Is it necessary when working in the creation of blogs, for a design or developer to be running their own blog?
List of must have web development resources including xhtml / css validation, browsers, ie6 transparent PNG’s etc. What’s on your list?
Arbenting sits down with My Ink Blog’s Andrew Houle to ask him a few questions on design.
Tom Muller answers some questions about his work, ispiration, and the industry
Amazing Vector Illustration of retro-car from the legendary 70’s! Don’t miss an opportunity to download it for free now!
Arbenting’s new series about typography kicks off with Part 1 : Afterthought Typography, Blogs and websites.
Visit the most stylish websites! Be a part of it, rate your favorite website. Or post it to us if its missing …
Friday’s Five is a series in which I feature my pick for the week’s best: logos, websites, blog posts, photographs, and illustrations. Enjoy!
First showcase Inspiration site for blogger powered blogs built on blogger.
Not like crap is bad, crap can be perfect in some cases, I suppose. Just not cases where it’s costing someone money by failing to do its job in promoting something.
Here a selection of more than 100 cool ads.
Click here to give your Photoshop inspiration a real ‘Boost’! 15 beautiful examples of the best 3d abstract art.
Learn how to turn a regular photo into a vector art in Photoshop.
Pinky icon set has 45 pink colour glossy and round icons. In the pack you can find 45 pink colour 32-px png icons. You are allowed to use Pinky icon set for commercial or non-comercial projects.
10 Commonalities found amongst horribly designed websites and why.
Part two of an amazing set of realistically looking water color Illustrator brushes. Download them and try them out for yourself!
Download 30 superb wallpapers for designers.
Free icon sets for your website and blog
A new free grunge photoshop brush pack from the folks at Arbenting. Download and use as you will.
Collections of illustrations and graphic designs from artists around the world.
Free WordPress Themes, CSS, Web Design
Here’s a list of some high quality .PSD files which i found on some great sites for you to download. Most of this are even a tutorial so you’ll gonna learn from it too.
Most Awarded Advertisements in 2008. Learn from the best, gather ideas and trends for yourself and your next project.
Collection of 31 designs from russian authors that inspire creativity
Well I finally redesigned design shard with some new features
My October calendar made it to smashing magazine come see it.
A round up of the best the design community had to offer for the month of September.
A nice collection of vintage advertisements from the 60’s and 70’s to spark your creative juices.