Best of the Web #47

thumbGreetings again everyone, I hope you enjoyed the posts from last week.  Meanwhile, other blogs were making great posts as well, so in the tradition of best of the web, we’ve gone around and collected the best posts from last week into one simple and awesome collection.

There were 2 really nice posts by my new site, CreativeFan, which are featured here, as well as some great inspirational posts.  Additionally, PSDTUTS published some nice new tutorials with quality techniques, so be sure to check those out.  Lastly, there’s a powerful collection of moving photos from Noupe.

Hopefully you enjoy them!

Have a great start to your week.

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Best of the Web #40

02-01_azure_eyeHey again everyone, hope you all had a good weekend.  Here in the United States, we’re celebrating Columbus Day today, so luckily I have the day off.  In the spirit of discovery, I’ve gone around and found the best posts from the past week and rounded them up all up into one big post.

In this week’s best of the web, there are some great wallpaper roundups, so if you’re looking for a new desktop background, be sure to check those out.  There’s also some great resources for t-shirt designers, which are rapidly gaining popularity through websites like Threadless.  And of course, there’s some awesome inspirational roundups.

Hope you all enjoy, and see you tomorrow!

Have a great day.

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16 Powerful Transformers Images For Your Desktop

6Transformers are alien robots, originally from a Hasbro line of toys, popularized by the Transformers TV series and the subsequent Transformers movies, released in 2005 and 2009 respectively.  To commemorate the release of Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen, today we have 16 powerful, destructive Transformers images to decorate your desktop.

To use one as your wallpaper, simply click the thumbnail to download the full sized image.  If you have any other Transformers wallpapers that I have missed, be sure to link it in the comments.

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52 Most Impressive Apple Wallpapers

thumbApple is one of the leading technology companies, and is well respected within the graphic design community for their ability to work well for graphics and for audio.  Apple’s logo is a unique yet simple apple icon, which provides wallpaper artists with a great item around which to design their wallpapers.

Today, we have 52 of the most impressive Apple wallpapers available on the internet.  These wallpapers were hand selected for being beautiful, unique and creative.

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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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20 Tutorials for Professional Effects in Fireworks

thumbAdobe Photoshop isn’t the only graphic design tool in the Adobe family of products.  Adobe Fireworks provides a unique balance between vector and raster graphics, which is a nice hybrid between Illustrator and Photoshop.  However, good resources and tutorials for Fireworks are somewhat hard to find.

Today, we have 20 tutorials that will get you started with Adobe Fireworks and will help you to create professional effects.  So if you have thought about trying out Fireworks but didn’t know where to start, check out these tutorials.

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71+ Free PSD Resources

thumbAs I promised yesterday, here is new biggest post that I’ve ever written.

Whether you’re just trying to learn Photoshop, or you need some quality elements to use in your latest designs, free PSD resources can be a real timesaver. Today, we have a list of 71+ free Photoshop resources for designers. There are some great stock images here, and some layered PSD files that are just perfect for designers to learn how high quality resources are made.

Please, if you find these posts useful, take a few seconds to submit it to Digg, Stumble, Delicious, Reddit, Mixx, or any of your other favorite social networks. Thank you so much for reading, and enjoy!

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