Archive for January, 2010
30+ Very Useful Color Tools For Designers
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Tony.
Choosing the right colors and color combination for your web or print design is crucial when trying to invoke a certain feel, reaction or emotion from your viewers. In this post I have assembled an amazing collection of color selectors / color combination tools to make the selection process a little easier when trying to [...]
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Traditional Expression Painting by Ruben Belloso Adorna – I.D. 13
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by SloDive Admin.
We love all forms of art here at SloDive and we just had to do a post featuring some of the paintings of Ruben Belloso Adorna. These are hand painted and really inspire me put down the pen/tablet or mouse and work in a more traditional form. I am not very good but it’s nice to take a break from the uniformity and precision tools and do some free form work. Ruben’s ability to convey emotion through expression is why he is our pick for inspiration today.
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- Caricature Art by Gary Locke – I.D 14 Gary Locke is a master of caricature drawings and has…
- Awesome Book Carvings by Brian Dettmer – I.D. 16 As is the routine lately, we love to look for…
- Awesome Conceptual Art by Daniel Dociu – I.D. 12 Daniel Dociu was raised in Cluj, the capital of Transylvania…
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Free Icons: Ultimate Resource List
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Tony.
In the past months I have written a couple of articles on icons; the most recent titled: Freebies: Social Media Icons for Your Blog. In that post I wrote about the importance of using social media icons in your web design or blog. In today’s post you will find a list of 50+ websites and [...]
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Request visitors’ permission before installing software
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Simon.
(Cross-posted on the Google Korea Blog)Webmaster Level: AllLegitimate websites may require that their visitors install software. These sites often do so to provide their users with additional functionality beyond what’s available in standard web browse…
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Personal vCard
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Richard Carpenter.
Hello everybody, welcome to another tutorial by hv-designs. In today’s 3 part tutorial il be showing you how to create a personal vCard. In the second installment il be talking you through the process of coding it into a live working template.
What’s A vCard?
vCard is a file format standard for electronic business cards. vCards are [...]
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A Roundup of 22 Cutting Edge PSD to HTML Tutorials
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by SloDive Admin.
Designing a web layout in Photoshop or Fireworks is only half of the process. Web-designers and developers need to be able to convert those PSD layouts into valid CSS and HTML. These 22 tutorials are a great starting point if you’re interested in learning how to do just that. I hope you enjoy this post, please take a minute to chime in and leave a comment!
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- 40 Free PSD Website Templates Starting from scratch on a new web-design project can be…
- Breathe New Life Into Your Typography With These 22 Techniques It’s easy to get caught up in using Helvetica as…
- The Top Overlooked Photoshop Tutorials of 2009 The quality of Photoshop tutorials seems to increase year after…
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Font-Face Browser Support & Tutorial
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Alex.
Font-Face Browser Support & Tutorial. A good recap on the current state of browser support for @font-face and how to use it.
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Protect your site from spammers with reCAPTCHA
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Michael Wyszomierski.
Webmaster Level: AllIf you allow users to publish content on your website, from leaving comments to creating user profiles, you’ll likely see spammers attempt to take advantage of these mechanisms to generate traffic to their own sites. Having this s…
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Google Real-Time Search: The Bang that Whimpered
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Gradiva Couzin.
Google real-time search launched in December, 2009, and the SEO industry was wild with excitement. Then, the prominence of real-time results diminished, and the excitement fizzled out. Does real-time search matter – and what should business owners do to address it?
Since Dec 10, 2009, Google has been displaying real-time results within its standard search results. [...]
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Linchpin – An interview with Seth Godin on creativity and resistance
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Chad Engle.
Seth Godin publishes a marketing blog with over 500,000 daily readers, has authored several best-selling Marketing books, and created an entire publishing platform with Squidoo. Its fair to say that we at FUEL are big fans. We were stoked for the opportunity to sit down and have this interview with him about his new book [...]
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Linchpin – An interview with Seth Godin on creativity and resistance
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Awesome Conceptual Art by Daniel Dociu – I.D. 12
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by SloDive Admin.
Daniel Dociu was raised in Cluj, the capital of Transylvania in Romania and his dark, industrious designs seem to fit right in with how I imagine Transylvania to be. He moved to Seattle in 91 which is not as cool sounding but still kinda dark & dreary with all the rain, right? Anyway, he’s worked with Squaresoft, Electronic Arts and currently resides at ArenaNet. We love his paintings and we think you will too.
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- Jaw Dropping Digital Paintings By Alex Garner – I.D. 11 Alex gives us some great paintings that really push the…
- Awesome Book Carvings by Brian Dettmer – I.D. 16 As is the routine lately, we love to look for…
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FontFriend Bookmarklet
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Alex.
FontFriend Bookmarklet. Enables for rapid checking of fonts and font styles directly in the browser without editing code and refreshing pages.
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BEST OF: FYC Flickr Group Showcase (5)
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Chad Engle.
There are currently 1387 members in the Fuel Your Creativity Flickr Group, and with that amount of skill in one place there is bound to be something to wet your creative appetite. Here we will focus our spotlight on some of our favorites that have been contributed to the group. These fine works of art [...]
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100+ Truly Stunning Skateboard Designs
Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by Tony.
In the month of December I wrote a post titled: 60+ Amazing Snowboard Designs. I started snowboarding as a youngster and have become pretty good at it since. One of the things I never really mastered was skateboarding. While all my friends were playing and riding around with their skateboards, I was on my bike. [...]
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Logo design for Visit France
Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by veerle@duoh.com.
Not so long ago we had the pleasure to work together with the mighty Andy Clarke from Stuff and Nonsense. He was working on a site called “Stay in Wales” and his client needed a logo for this project.
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Google Ranks: Does Freshness Matter?
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Jennifer Grappone.
SEO experts weigh in on the questions: Does Google care if I update my site frequently? Will doing so improve my ranks?
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Introducing a new Rich Snippets format: Events
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Maile Ohye.
Webmaster Level: AllLast year we introduced Rich Snippets, a new feature that makes it possible to surface structured data from your pages on Google’s search results. So far, user reaction to Rich Snippets has been enthusiastic — after all, Rich Snipp…
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Google SEO resources for beginners
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Maile Ohye.
Webmaster Level: BeginnerWant to eat healthier and exercise more in 2010? That’s tough! Want to learn about search engine optimization (SEO) so you can disregard the rumors and know what’s important? That’s easy! Here’s how to gain SEO knowledge as you…
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Firefox 3.6 Released
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Alex.
Firefox 3.6 Released. New features include support for the latest HTML5 specs, Web Open Font Format (WOFF) and CSS gradients. Go get it now!
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State of the Index 2009
Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Michael Wyszomierski.
Webmaster Level: AllAt PubCon in Las Vegas in November 2009, I gave a “State of the Index” talk which covers what Google has done for users, web developers, and webmasters in the last year. I recently recreated it on video for those of you who didn’t m…
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