Best of the Web #36

thumbI hope everyone enjoyed last week’s posts, and had a great weekend relaxing and being inspired.  There were some other great posts from other blogs last week that you might not have seen, so as usual, I’ve gone around and compiled the best of the previous week into one compact, easy to read post.

There were a couple great artist features, including one of my favorite digital painters named Andree Wallin, as well as a really nice new tutorial over on PSDTUTS.  And as always, there were some incredible inspirational posts, so be sure to check out the posts below.

This week we’ll have some more great inspiration and some useful tools for you, so be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out.

Have a great start to the week.

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Web Picks #25

thumbWell, this past week was a great week here at Presidia Creative, but there were also some great posts around the internet, so here’s Web Picks #25.

This week we have two pretty slick tutorials, and keeping with the theme of my last post, 20 Free & Useful Tools for Designers, there’s also two great roundups, one for Twitter, and the other for color scheming.

And of course, we’ve always got some great freebies.

Have a good week everyone, stay tuned for the winner of the Wacom Intuos4 Giveaway tomorrow!

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20 Free Useful Tools for Designers and Developers

thumbThere are a host of free tools available on the internet that can help designers and developers increase their productivity. Some tools are great, others just waste your time, so today, we’ve sorted through the free tools available to find 20 free and useful tools for designers and developers.

Whether you’re looking to create invoices, contact your colleagues, find a color scheme, generate some code, or share files, you’ll find a free tool in this list to do the job.

Thanks for reading, and good luck with your freelancing endeavors!

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Web Picks #23

thumbLast week was a great week in the design community.  There were a ton of great posts across the web, so I’ve rounded up the best from last week in one easy post.

There’s several great web design related posts, along with a couple end-of-the-month roundups, one by CreativeNerds and the other by PSDTUTS, and as always, some great tutorials.

Thanks for reading everyone and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on the great posts I have planned for this week.

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