15 Amazing jQuery Navigation Tutorials

Navigation is one of the most important elements in a website.  Therefore, navigation should be able to work well, and be easy for website visitors to use.  In the past, when you wanted to make a dynamic navigation menu, it required mastery of a programming language, such as Flash, to achieve it.

Today is different, thanks to jQuery.  jQuery is the right choice to create an attractive, dynamic and usable navigation.  The most important of these is making it easier for users to visit your website.  Here are 20 tutorials how to create navigation menus using jQuery, accompanied by demonstrations in each tutorial for web designers and web developers.

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21 Dazzling Graphic Designs by Javier Alvarado Quesada

thumbJavier Alvarado Quesada, also known as poisonvectors, is a digital illustrator and photomanipulator from San Jose, Costa Rica.  His work has been featured in PhotoshopCreative, FWA and a variety of other groups.   He most often combines photographs with dynamic illustrated elements and dazzling lighting effects to create a stunning result.

In this post, we’ll feature 21 dazzling designs from Javier, which showcase his portfolio.  You can check out his full gallery at his website here: http://www.poisonvectors.com/

Hopefully you like his work, it’s really creative and will inspire you in your own design endeavours.

Have a great day!

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179 Totally Clever and Creative Package Designs

thumbOne of the best ways to get your product noticed is to have a clever package design.  A package allows you to combine your branding elements, such as a logo, with other creative concepts in order to not only sell your product, but enhance a branding image and gain publicity.  Some package designs are utter failures, because they don’t grab your attention, and they’re incredibly difficult to open.  Many designers work for long periods of time to come up with a creative package design, because their career hinges on it.

In this post, we’ve gone around and collected 179 of the most creative, inspirational, cool and clever package designs from various brands, and featured them here.  From soft drinks to perfume, cigarettes and alcohol, you’ll wish you could find these packages in your local store.

Hopefully you like these designs, and if you do, please Digg and Stumble this post so everyone can get a chance to see it.  Thanks, and have a great day everyone!  Oh, don’t forget to subscribe too.

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21 Incredibly Creative Advertisements Dan Tobin Smith

thumbDan Tobin Smith is a creative advertisement designer and photographer who has worked on a variety of projects for companies such as the BBC, Sony, Bacardi, as well as individual clients such as Jay-Z.

His creative and unique mind has created many popular advertisements, and his ability to combine photography with elements of graphic design has made him one of the leaders in creative advertising.  Today, we have 21 incredibly creative advertisements by Dan Tobin Smith, which showcase his incredible portfolio.  If you like them, be sure to check out his website: http://www.dantobinsmith.com/

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24 Mindblowing Pieces of Concept Art by Daniel Conway

thumbDaniel Conway is a 23 year old digital painter, concept artist and animator from the UK.  A recent graduate of Dundee University in Scotland, Daniel has been dazzling the world with his digital painting and concept art for the past 4 years.

His ability to create stunning digital paintings that capture various elements, including water and fire, along with his use of color and contrast makes him one of the most talented concept artists around.  Today, we have 24 mindblowing pieces of concept art by Daniel, which showcase his incredible gallery, located here: http://www.artofconway.com/

If you liked this post, please share it with your friends!  I hope you enjoy!  Have a great day everyone.

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Best of the Web #35

thumbWelcome back after the weekend everyone (unless you’re in America, where you might be enjoying a long weekend due to Labor Day, in which case, enjoy your day off).  Lucky for you, however, I’m not taking the day off, so that means it’s time for Best of the Web #35, a weekly roundup of cool stuff from the internet that you should check out.

This past week had several really awesome CG inspirational roundups, with a lot of pretty epic and interesting images.  Of course, there were some new tutorials as well, and some other inspirational roundups that you’ll enjoy.

I hope everyone has a great start to their week, wherever you may be, and as always, stay tuned this week for some more awesome inspirational posts and some useful design resources.  Don’t miss out, and subscribe if you haven’t already.

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17 Gorgeous CG Landscapes of Japan

Japan_Digital_Landscape__14Every region and every country in the world has their own unique culture.  Culture consists of everything from language, architecture, philosophy, politics, art, and more.  Today, we have 17 gorgeous computer generated landscapes of Japan, showing off some of the unique cultural elements.

While many of us endeavor to travel the world and experience the many exciting cultures on our planet, few of us get the opportunity to do this.  Hopefully by viewing this post, you will be able to at least partially experience another culture, and perhaps find the inspiration to experience another culture different from your own.

I hope you all enjoy this post, and if you did, please share it with your friends.

Thanks for reading!

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