Nov 20, 2008
There is always a constant need for inspiration to feed our creativity. Here are 21 websites to find great inspiration.
Blogs
Here are some other blogs which provide quality inspiration. If you think I should add any, let me know.
1. Abduzeedo
2. Smashing Magazine
3. Fuel Your Creativity
4. Creattica Daily
5. designfeedr
6. Design You Trust
7. Fubiz
Galleries
Here are some awesome galleries. Again, if I missed any good ones, let me know.
1. FAVEUP
2. LogoPond
3. Designflavr
4. ...
Nov 18, 2008
I am sure everyone has been told that they need to do a job because they love it and not for the money. Completely 100% true. This is especially true in design. Design is more than a job, it's a passion. If you don't like it, then you should just stop. Here's my take on the subject:
1. If You Like it, You Will Be Successful
Seriously. The more passionate ...
Nov 16, 2008
In this tutorial I will show you how to easily make a monitor using Illustrator. We will use shapes and gradients to create the monitor.
Also note that I used Illustrator CS4 in this tutorial, and I have to say I really like it.
Step 1
Open Illustrator and make a rectangle similar in size to the one below. Use #494949 as the fill color and #B3B3B3 as the stroke ...
Nov 13, 2008
Here are over 30 amazing websites that are based on CSS. What makes these so good? Well, I picked these because of the use of color, the layout, and some for simplicity.
Nov 12, 2008
Just thought I would clue you in on what's going on.
Twitter
I finally decided to get with it and start using Twitter for Spoonfed Design. So, go to my profile and follow me to stay updated!
https://twitter.com/Spoonfed_Design
Design Updates
I am tweaking some design aspects. As you can see, I already changed the header. Got suggestions on other things I should change? I would love to hear them.
Nov 11, 2008
Here are 20 amazing HDR city scenes to inspire you. Most of these are done by an amazing photographer named Trey Ratcliff, but I included a few others.
Nov 9, 2008
A lot of highly creative designers have one big problem: perfection. Perfection is both unproductive and pointless. Why? If you spend all of your time trying to get your work exactly the way you envision it, you're just wasting your time. For the most part, your final piece will be different from your original idea. Trying to focus on elements of your work that aren't perfect is a ...
Nov 6, 2008
Design wise, I think Nike has some pretty cool marketing campaigns. They have acquired a group of respectable designers, and put together a lot of visually beautiful ads. Here are a few of my favorites:
Nov 5, 2008
Here is some new inspiration to help boost your creativity. These are some great print designs, but the typography is what makes them really pop. I picked these because they are all creative uses of typography in beautiful editorial and print design.
By DHNN
By Jason Rubino
By Effektive
By Jason Rubino
By Xavier Encinas
By Jonathan Davies
By Ultra Studio
By Robin Uleman
By Luca Masud
By Un.titled.
By Kerem Suer
Love them? Hate them?
Please, feel free to comment.
Nov 3, 2008
October's Top Articles
Here are some of the top articles from October:
1. Top 10 Job Boards For Designers
2. 15 Websites to Promote Yourself as a Designer
3. Amazing Illustration: Peter Jaworowski
4. Inspiration: Beautiful Illustration
5. Awesome Tilt-Shift Miniature Faking Photography
6. Obama in Art
7. Architectural Photography Inspiration
8. Interesting Concepts: Industrial Design
Coming in November
Here are a few things I would like to do for November:
1. Tutorials
If you haven't seen, I just wrote ...