Web Design Articles, Inspiration and News – July 2009

Are you ready to get your inspiration on? We’re back with another rundown of great design related articles and inpiration from the last 30 days.

Get it while it’s hot…

19 Awesome Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

19 Awesome Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Design Shard gets jiggy with 19 Awesome Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials.

20 Great Examples of the Use of Brown in Web Design

20 Great Examples of the Use of Brown in Web Design

Got Brown? Inspect Element serves up 20 great sites from the brown side of the color wheel.

50 Excellent 3D Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

50 Excellent 3D Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Illustrator is a powerful tool, but it comes with a steep learning curve. Smashing Magazine helps you tackle Illustrator with 50 excellent tutorials.

Motherload Collection of Inspirational Website Design Collections

Motherload Collection of Inspirational Website Design Collections

This is it. The motherload collection of inspirational website design collections served up by The Design Cubicle.

How would you improve your graphic design studio or office?

How would you improve your graphic design studio or office?

81 Design looks at some wild and beautiful design offices.

Less CSS

Less CSS

Haven’t you heard? Less is more. Take a look at an upcoming movement to trim down your CSS.

35 Absolutely Useful Firefox Plugins For Web Designers And Developers

35 Absolutely Useful Firefox Plugins For Web Designers And Developers

Get your FireFox geeked out with 35 Plugins For Web Designers And Developers.

55 Sexy Our Work Page Designs

55 Sexy Our Work Page Designs

Everyone wants a sexy portfolio. InstantShift takes a look at some inspirational work display pages.

53 Crazy-good Digital Photography Tutorials

53 Crazy-good Digital Photography Tutorials

PSDTuts+ takes us beyond the world of good into the realm of crazy-good photography tutorials.

Imitation vs differentiation

Imitation vs differentiation

Designer David Airey writes about standing out and being different with your design.

Increase Your Freelancing Income by Narrowing Your Focus

Increase Your Freelancing Income by Narrowing Your Focus

We’ve all heard of the benefits of having a niche. Freelance Folder looks at how narrowing your focus can help increase your income.

Dealing with Criticism

Dealing with Criticism

GraphicRiver interviews designer Danny Outlaw on how he deals with client criticism.

25 Stylish Examples of Headers in Web Design

25 Stylish Examples of Headers in Web Design

Since the header is often the first thing seen on a web site you have to make sure it pops. Six Revisions runs down 25 example of great header design.

30 Designers 1 Question – Where are you most inspired?

30 Designers 1 Question – Where are you most inspired?

Gavin Elliott asks 30 designers when they feel most inspired. Well worth a read.

Design Inspiration Toolbox: 100 Sources of Design Inspiration

Design Inspiration Toolbox: 100 Sources of Design Inspiration

If those last 30 designers sources if inspiration weren’t enough for you – check out Designm.ag’s list of 100 more places for design inspiration.

How to Create an Illustrative Web Design in Photoshop

How to Create an Illustrative Web Design in Photoshop

Six Revisions tutorials how to create a professional web design with an illustrated “vector” header in Photoshop.

2009 Web Design Trends and How-To’s

2009 Web Design Trends and How-To’s

Outlaw Design runs through all the design trends they’ve picked up on in 2009.

Top 50 Best CSS Articles and Resources

Top 50 Best CSS Articles and Resources

A collection of the best articles and resources dedicated to CSS techniques, tips, hacks, tools, and tutorials.



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  1. scotty July 16th

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    That’s a really good round up. I’m going to get nothing done this morning. Thanks Travis:)


  2. pascale July 16th

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  3. Martyn Web July 17th

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    Ive got that tea round app, I think its free at the moment as well. Great for settling whose turn it is to make the tea.


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Travis King is a Canadian web designer, owner of Green Tea Design, and a travel blogger. He loves all things Asian, but he only pretends to like sushi.