Viewing Archive for: April 2007

Pixel Art Tutorials

Pixel art is a technique that appeared when the early 2d computer games first appeared, the technique then seemed to disappear when 3d games became popular. Now with mobile gaming and a thirst for retro-cool, pixels are coming back. In this article we will take a look at some examples of great pixel art and then learn some of the techniques involved – all you need is any graphics program from MS Paint to Photoshop and lots of patience. Lets get cracking …  Read More →

Flash Tutorials

Flash can be a tricky piece of software to master but once you have it can be a handy addition to websites to provide extra interactivity, product demos & presentations, games, complete websites. Newer versions of Flash can handle video content making it easier to serve videos without the need for different plugins, as utilized by Youtube etc. The possibilities are endless but to help you get to grips with it we have dug out a variety of different flash tutorials for you, enjoy …  Read More →

Writing A Project Proposal

Having 100% of project proposals accepted usually means that a freelance developer has had very few clients. Low percentage rates usually mean that proposals are being sent to people who didn’t ask or the proposal writer simply needs a few good “getting warmer’s” in the right direction. The following tried and tested tips are to encourage the 100%ers to write more proposals and the low raters to take heart and give it another try. Let’s get started…  Read More →

Links for Web Designers : April

This is the start of a new monthly feature where we will be rounding up all the hot links related to design; Web design, Typography, Code Snippets and Interesting Articles – we dug out the best for you …  Read More →

Graphic Tablets

Graphic tablets are an amazing tool that every designer should have in their arsenal. Whether your creating vectors in Illustrator or doing some photo retouching in Photoshop they can help. They can take a bit of getting used-to but once you master them they will save you time and make the process easier. Here we take a look at some of the best ones …  Read More →

30 Black Websites

Black can be a powerful color for the web if used correctly, here we dug out the best website examples for you …  Read More →

Free Vector Downloads (Part2)

Vectors always come in handy when developing website designs or for print work, every designer should have an arsenal of them to call on. Here we dug out the very best freebies for you. If you missed part one, go check it out as well.  Read More →

Writers Wanted for Tutorial Blog

Do you think you could put together blog posts that would be interesting for our readers? If so, then we’d love to hear from you …  Read More →

25 Code Snippets for Web Designers (Part3)

Part 3 of our code snippets series takes a look at more handy pieces of html, ajax and css that you can incorporate into your web designs. If you missed them, check out part one and part two as well.  Read More →

Top 10 University Websites

There are some nice, clean, standards-compliant university websites appearing lately — but there are still a lot of poorly designed ones which use out-dated technologies. Today we look at the very best …  Read More →

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