Today I want to share a review with you guys about what I predict as the next big application in web design, Get Polka. A few weeks back I was contacted by the creators of Get Polka asking if I had heard of the application and if I had wanted to do a review of …
Vectorpack Bundle Review
I was given the chance by Vectorpack.net to download and review the amazing bundle they have available. For the small price tag on the bundle you get some amazing vector works and an awesome WordPress theme. If you have the extra $37 and want to grab a great bundle be sure to check out the …
Zyma Hosting Giveaway Results Announced!
The results of our hosting giveaway are in! I want to first thank all the entrants for their participation and we will be setting up more giveaways to thank you guys for your support! So, now to what you really care about, the WINNER! The winner of our giveaway is Lawrence777. We have replied to …
1 Year Hosting Giveaway From Zyma
Zyma.com one of the fastest growing hosting companies in the UK have partnered with hv-?designs.co.uk to give-?away 5 lucky winners a web hosting account completely FREE for one whole year! Zyma’s customer base covers over 80 different countries in four different continents, and their unlimited web hosting package is one of the most comprehensive around. …
The Importance of NOT Using Effects
Alright guys, I know that you would love to see another tutorial, and believe me we have plenty for you, but I wanted to take some time out to discuss something very important in the design industry that seems to be lacking lately. I know that part of this is our fault as we have …
Ushering In A New Year!
Today we usher in a new year, the start of 2012! This year is filled with superstitions of world ending tragedies and new beginnings. For us, at least, we are focusing on the new beginnings portion of this year. This year we have so many plans for you guys and have a new tutorial set …
Interview With Web Design Guru Orman Clark
I am proud to bring you a little more information on yet another Web Designer in our community. This man has brought freebies to the design community every day since the inception of his website, and continues to amaze us with his free work. Along with sharing his amazing talents with the rest of the …
Welcome to the Team – Justin Lowery
Today I am proud to introduce another full time member of the HV-Team, Justin Lowery, who will be writing photoshop and illustrator tutorials for us. Justin has a new tutorial for us coming this next week but I wanted to start off letting our readers get to know him a little bit with this interview. …
We’re Back — Freebie to Celebrate
Hey guys, we are finally back up and running. After almost a month of being down and having issues with our database/plugins we are finally back and ready to start running full speed again! I had this puppy ready for Friday Freebies (which was also down) but decided that I was going to release this …
Friday Freebies – 2 Months Strong
When I started up Friday Freebies as part of the HV-Network I was worried that there are too many freebie areas out there and that we would just be jumping on the bandwagon. After two months and eight freebies (Nine today!) I figured out that though we have jumped on the bandwagon you guys are …
Awesome Photoshop Freebies #2
Over the last few weeks I have been saving the various awesome freebies I come across on the web. Today I have finally gathered enough awesome freebies to make it worth a release for you guys. This freebie post will consist of awesome UI and Icon resources. UI Kits and Elements Icons Conclusion I hope …
Tumblr Theme Design Series Pt. I
I know you guys have waited forever for this tutorial but it’s finally here. In today’s tutorial I will walk you through the first step of creating a Tumblr Theme, designing up the bad boy. Because I want you guys to grasp all the aspects of creating a Tumblr theme from scratch our theme will …
HV-Designs to Go Premium?
Alright guys, we have been thinking about things a lot lately and what direction we want to take the site. Thanks to you guys for helping us get to a point where we can take the time out to make these decisions. As we started talking about different things that we want to do with …
Freebie: Light Login Form
Today we have the pleasure of presenting our readers a freebie from the very talented Hillary Hopper, exclusive to HV-Designs. This log in form is a fully layered PSD with easily customizable options. Today’s freebie is free to use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. So, what are you waiting for download the …
Introducing: Friday Freebies A New Network Site
Today we are pleased to introduce a new site to our network started up by our General Editor. The new site will consist of free Photoshop files released each week on Friday, if you couldn’t have guessed that. It has been going strong for two weeks now and is out of final testing phase, so …
Designer on Duty Bundle :: Over 15 Resources Only $3
Today we are proud to be a sponsor of the Designer on Duty Bundle. The DoD Bundle was put together to help out a designer that is undergoing a serious, and unexpected, eye surgery. The bundle includes over 15 resources, updated every day, for only $3. That makes the resources around .18 cents per resource …
Forrst API Pull Tutorial — Pt. 1
Forrst.com has become a community of over 23000 Developers and Designers in only a few months, and this tutorial will teach you how to use a simple Forrst API call to grab the public data for a forrst user. As of March 2011 this still works, but may change as their API is still being …
HV-Shop Item of the Week
Today we are starting a new series where we will detail the Item of the Week from the HV-Shop. This weeks Item is our WordPress Layout #6. This design features character illustration and very rarely seen widgets on the right hand side. The widgets include Flickr and Advertising. You will love everything about this layout, …
Amazing Flickr Submissions
I was going through the submissions to the Flickr group today and found some amazing artwork was submitted there. I wanted to showcase a few of my favorites from recent submissions. I will be trying to go through at least once a month and post on the recent submissions or general submissions overall. Anyway, take …
Top 5 Design Articles and Tutorials — March ’11
Today we are starting a new series that will give you guys a chance to view the top five posts throughout the design community each month. These posts will come from various sources, including large design blogs, and individual design blogs. This month was a great month for articles and roundups, which make up most …