Web Picks #22

thumbIt’s another Monday, so that means more web picks.

This week we have some great new posts, tutorials and collections related to web design.

There are also a few great inspirational posts featuring wallpapers and typography, as well as a great introduction to typography covering the essential topics by PSDTUTS.

Lastly, I’ve included 2 links at the bottom of this post where you can win money.  As a part of their “Graphic Design Week” promotion, the people over at Envato (PSDTUTS) are running two great competitions, so be sure to enter.

Lastly, to all those in the United States, enjoy your Memorial Day!  And to all, have a great week.

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Web Picks #13

79It’s Monday again, and that means it’s time for another Web Picks from the previous week.  This week was a nice turnaround in the design world, with some absolutely monstrous roundups being conducted by VandelayDesign and 1stwebdesigner.

There’s also some great tutorials, and a few inspirational posts here as well.  Be sure to check out the last tutorial, as it’s the latest tutorial from PSDTUTS, and it features some great techniques and a stunning effect.

As always, spread the link around, and thanks for reading and commenting, it really means a lot!  Have a fantastic start to your week.

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The Most Helpful PSD to xHTML and CSS Tutorials

linkCreating a design in Photoshop may be somewhat tricky and time consuming, but every designer knows that it’s only the tip of the iceberg.  Once you come up with your perfect design, you have to figure out how in the world you’re going to turn it into useable code.  Sometimes the solution just presents itself easily, but most of the time, there are some serious headaches involved (“why is this working in Firefox and not IE?!!!!”).  So today, we’re going to look at the best and most helpful PSD to xHTML+CSS tutorials on the internet.  Hopefully it will increase your productivity and help you to create better user interfaces.

 

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Amazing Web Design Tutorials

Web design is rapidly moving towards being a freelancer dominated business.  The days of the big web design company creating every website ever known are over.  So today, we’re going to look at some of the best web design tutorials so that you can join the ever-growing number of freelancers who make significant money by creating and building websites.  This post will focus on the design aspect, but in the future, we’ll have more posts that cover coding your design in valid xHTML and CSS.  Check out the entire list, there’s a ton of them but they’re all excellent.

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