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Most Beautiful and Inspirational Websites of 2011
2011-12-20 15:24:00
You are reading : Most Beautiful and Inspirational Websites of 2011It’s becoming sort of a tradition for us to publish the yearly roundup on the most amazing websites of the year. This is our 4th yearly edition of the “Most Beautiful and Inspirational Websites” series. We started these yearly roundups with the 2008 edition and so far we had over 1 million visits on the 3 ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies
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Giveaway : Win 3 Yearly Subscriptions (100$ each) to Solo Project Managemen
2011-12-20 14:17:00
You are reading : Giveaway : Win 3 Yearly Subscriptions (100$ each) to Solo Project Management for DesignersToday we are hosting another great giveaway courtesy of Solo, project management for designers. 3 lucky readers will win each a 1 year license for one of the best, if not the best project management tools for designers. The Prizes 3 readers will each get a 1 year subscription to Solo, a great  project management ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies
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Weekly Design Inspiration #45
2011-12-18 05:00:00
You are reading : Weekly Design Inspiration #45This article is part of our ?Weekly Design Inspiration? series. We are showcasing  once a week cool and inspirational designs submitted that week in the CrazyLeaf Web Gallery. If you think your website belongs here, you can submit it for review (nw). Pierrick Calvez Lee Jeans Joyful Giftcard Pixanimal Studios Visionssuche Pixillion Identyme Toc-Toc Mike Precious Troyca ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies

Design Inspiration ? Illustrations by Sergey Vlasov
2011-12-16 11:37:00
You are reading : Design Inspiration – Illustrations by Sergey VlasovSergey Vlasov is a talented Russian illustrator currently based in Moscow. Website : flickr.com/photos/sergeyvlasov/ (nw)By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies

Wallpaper Design #12
2011-12-14 17:36:00
You are reading : Wallpaper Design #12We are showcasing once a week or so, a cool and beautiful wallpaper, free to download and use. If you designed or found an amazing wallpaper and you want to share it, just send it to us. We?d love to feature it. Sizes : up to 1920 x 1200 px Download (nw) More cool wallpapers 30 cool ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies
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Featured Photographer #4 ? Toni Barth
2011-12-13 13:43:00
You are reading : Featured Photographer #4 – Toni BarthThis article is part of our ?Featured Photographer? series. Each week we will bring you closer to a top photographer. This week we have the pleasure of presenting you Toni Barth. If you would like to be featured here, visit our Featured Photographer Center (nw) where you will find all the information you will need. Tell ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies

23 Beautiful and Inspirational Fashion Print Ads
2011-12-12 11:54:00
You are reading : 23 Beautiful and Inspirational Fashion Print AdsReaders pick up fashion magazines for many reasons. They might read the articles to examine their wardrobe. They might peruse the pages for a quick look into the world of high fashion. Still others purchase the magazines for the print advertisements, just as there are plenty who watch large football games for their commercials. These ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies

Weekly Design Inspiration #44
2011-12-11 05:00:00
You are reading : Weekly Design Inspiration #44This article is part of our ?Weekly Design Inspiration? series. We are showcasing  once a week cool and inspirational designs submitted that week in the CrazyLeaf Web Gallery. If you think your website belongs here, you can submit it for review (nw). Harmony Republic Miroslav Kocev Shihabs Miracle Studios Copious Pound and Grain Lesly Garreau RWD Cuban ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies

What Every Designer Should Consider About Fonts
2011-12-08 18:44:00
You are reading : What Every Designer Should Consider About Fonts There are thousands of ways internet users can obtain information these days. Websites operating under cloud hosting are able to get information to the masses on multiple platforms in a matter of seconds, supporting great sites like Wikipedia, Facebook, and news sources. And behind each of these sites, is an individual or team of designers. ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies
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Top 10 : Most Creative Google Doodles
2011-12-08 13:17:00
You are reading : Top 10 : Most Creative Google Doodles Consistency in branding is one of the golden rules of successful marketing. Most companies choose their brand logo and stick with it, using the same artwork on all promotional literature, often for many years. Not Google. The Google Doodle, as the logo is known, is one of the most distinctive elements of this dynamic organisation ...By CrazyLeaf Design BlogCrazyLeaf on Facebook | CrazyLeaf on Twitter | CrazyLeaf on Flickr | CrazyLeaf on StumbleUpon Get new design resources every hour on Design Freebies

Tokokoo Giveaway - Win One of 5 Premium e-Commerce Wordpress Themes
2010-10-27 16:30:00
Today we are giving away thanks to Tokokoo 5 premium e-Commerce Wordpress themes. The Prizes 5 readers will each win 1 Premium e-Commerce theme from the tokokoo gallery. You will be able to choose what theme suits your needs best and would like to win. There are quite a few premium themes to choose from : a theme for a music store, app store, furniture store, apparel store, software store, music and dj store and more. You can see 2 examples below. Some examples of the Tokokoo themes. You can see all their themes here (link opens in new window). The Sponsor Tokokoo is a one-stop shop where you can browse and download their collection of WordPress e-commerce themes. All for premium and free. Using their themes you can open your own online store within a few minutes, sell your products easily and interact with your customers better. They’ve spent plenty of time and energy on solving every issue online business owners may experience. In Tokokoo you’ll find WordPress e-commerc...
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Designious Design Cocktail 2 - The Second Bundle for Creatives Has Launched
2010-10-26 18:05:00
Designious has launched its second design cocktail bundle pack for creatives. This pack contains design resources worth over 800$ and sells for just 29$. The amazing goodies included in this pack are offered by Designious, Vectorious, Tshirt-designs, Paternsshop, WPwizz and Quickpayscripts, so you can be sure that you get only the best quality products. The pack includes … Giga Vector Pack 3 from Designious.com VALUE $195.99 This giga pack contains an awesome collection of 531 vector elements with floral motifs, knights, armors, retro girls, angels, hearts, hands, skulls, birds, seamless patterns, crowns, wings, music elements and evil creatures, all included in Vintage Vector Packs 4,5 and 6 and in Floral Mega Pack 3. Every clip art in this giga pack is handmade and original, so you can be sure you get top quality vectors. 10 Photoshop Brush Packs from Designious.com VALUE $100 Designious has an amazing library of Photoshop Brushes for you to use in your design projects, al...
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Maya 3D 2011 Training Videos
2010-10-26 15:58:00
Maya 3D is a high-end 3D creating software that provides artists with professional, comprehensive tools for 3D animation, modeling, simulation, visual effects, rendering, matchmoving, and compositing on a highly extensible production platform. The complexity of Maya is not matched by many softwares available, so mastering it is quite a challenge. Apex Web Media Computer Training Software offers some great and easy to use and learn training CDs for Maya. Maya 3D 2011 Tutorial Videos offers over 11 and a half hours of valuable lessons by accredited expert Jason Welsh.  The training video is organized in 13 chapters and includes 171  lessons with all the work files included in the package. All 171 lessons are in audio and also have subtitles. The first 3 chapters with 24 lessons are free and can be viewed online here. The training videos are compatible with Vista, 98, 2000, NT, XP, Windows 7, Mac OS and OSX . You will also get your own free certificate (which can be verified online)...

Featured Designer #11 - Vandelay Design
2010-10-20 07:00:00
Starting this edition we are changing a bit the “Featured Design er” section. From now on this article series will be in the form of an interview. We feel this format will bring you closer to your favorite designers and, considering they’ll be sharing good advices, it will also be a learning experience for beginner and advanced designers altogether. I am … and I do … I’m a web designer and blogger from Pennsylvania (US). I run Vandelay Design, which includes a design blog , and a few months ago we launched a membership based site, Vandelay Premier. I got into designing … I took a web design course my last year of college. It was an elective as part of our business program and the class was very basic, but it got me started and then I continued to learn on my own through books and online tutorials. In the class I learned the basics of HTML and table-based design, but then I learned CSS later through books like CSS Mastery. I wound up design...
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One Point Perspective Tutorial in Photoshop
2010-10-18 00:09:00
This tutorial covers the concept of perspective.perspective is the key concept in matte painting. We have three types in perspective: One point perspective Two point perspective Multi point perspective The points used for drawing perspective lines are known as vanishing point.In this tutorial we are dealing with one point  perspective. Step 1 Before drawing the perspective lines we have to locate the vanishing point of the scene given. In the above pic we located a vanishing point,where all the lines are converging.Once we finish locating the vanishing point we can move to the next step. Step 2 Make a new layer and select Line Tool(U) and draw the perspective lines from the vanishing point as shown. Step 3 Now draw a block taking the perspective lines as reference in a new layer. NOTE : The block should be drawn in between two parallel perspective lines. Step 4 Cut a portion from the resource collected and import it into the work area and give the layer a name (block front vi...
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New High Resolution Cloud Texture Packs Giveaway Winners
2010-10-16 23:14:00
How did we choose the winners ? There were a total of 9 comments. Considering there are 10 prizes to share, everybody gets a prize. The Winners Michael Kohli Ari Arsyadi Kevin Boudreault Ann Web design company Jeremiah Witarina Vidit Kothari Sto The winners will be notified by email so he can claim their prize. A big thanks to all who participated and don’t forget to subscribe if you didn’t already. Find or Post Design and Development Jobs on CrazyLeaf Jobs Want to advertise here ? Contact us Related postsYou might also like these similar articles: High Resolution Cloud Texture Packs Giveaway WinnersDesignious Vector Packs and Photoshop Brushes Giveaway WinnersNew High Resolution Cloud Texture Packs GiveawayHigh Resolution Cloud Texture P...

Roles and User Management in Wordpress - Tips, Tricks and Useful Plugins
2010-10-11 18:32:00
This article will cover different roles and user management in Wordpress and some useful plugins to help maintain and Control Roles which every Wordpress designer/maintainer should know. Introduction Though most of the blogs have one author many times blogs might require having multiple contributors. These contributors / guest authors might contribute with different articles to the blog. If a blog has multiple contributors then user management becomes necessary. User management helps to control the privileges each user might have in the blog. A multi – user blog also becomes very vital if there are different people at different geographical locations contributing to the blog. Wordpress as a blogging platform has got good user management capabilities. Also there are plugins which help us to enhance the user management capabilities of our wordpress blogs. Adding New users When Wordpress is first installed, preferably on a VPS hosting for increased speed, a user with the admin role i...
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BBPress and integration of BBPress with Wordpress
2010-10-07 00:17:00
What is BBPress Wordpress is one of the most popular open source blogging engine. BBPress is also an open source forum system by the creators of Wordpress. BBPress is a very elegant and powerful forum system which is written in PHP and mySQL. BBPress has a very good integration with Wordpress which helps us to get the full power and functionality of both these systems. Installing BBPress You can download the latest version of BBPress from http://bbpress.org/download/ Once it is downloaded it unzip it and upload it on your web server. Then point your browser to your BBPress directory, so you will see the following screen. On that screen press go to step 1 Step 1 – DataBase configuration In step 1 you will provide the information about mysql database. Here you will have to enter the Database name , Database user, Database password , Database host , table prefix etc. Here preferably enter the same database which you used for your Wordpress installation. Once all the details are fill...
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New High Resolution Cloud Texture Packs Giveaway
2010-09-26 16:07:00
We are giving away thanks to Brian Iannone, 10 high resolution royalty-free cloud texture packs. The Prizes 10 readers will each get 1 high-resolution royalty-free cloud texture pack. Each pack contains 15 high-quality, 3888×2592 px (10.1 megapixels) 300 DPI textures. The textures are available in TIFF and JPG file formats. The overall quality is exceptional, the whole package having a size of 947 MB. Preview A more detailed preview can be seen here : store.brianiannone.com The Sponsor Brian Iannone is photographer and videographer living in Southern California. Every summer, he travels around the world to shoot photos in France and on Reunion Island. Reunion is located about 450 miles east of Madagascar. On the island, he has shot active volcanoes and lava flows, landscapes and panoramas, and macro photography. How can I participate ? leave a comment at the end of the blog post. tweet this giveaway and post the tweet url as a comment at the end of this blog post. Notes ...
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DepositPhotos 2×40$ Accounts Giveaway Winners
2010-09-24 00:40:00
How did we choose the winners Each participating user was asked to comment at the end of the giveaway article . There were a total of 13 participants to the giveaway and each got an ID number, corresponding to their comment number from 1 to 13. To determine this winner we used the Random.org List Randomizer. The Winners shashank - comment ID#7 Stelian - comment ID#10 The winners will be notified by email so he can claim their prize. A big thanks to all who participated and don’t forget to subscribe if you didn’t already. Find or Post Design and Development Jobs on CrazyLeaf Jobs Want to advertise here ? Contact us Related postsYou might also like these similar articles: BizCard.com Business Cards Giveaway WinnersNew H...

PhotoVaco ? Free Stock Photos and Textures
2009-12-21 18:27:00
PhotoVaco is an excellent resource for every designer who needs royalty free stock photos and textures. The photos and textures are organized by categories so it?s easy to find a resource that suits for your project. The number of categories is pretty decent, the resources is being organized in 15 categories (Abstract, Animal, Architecture, Flower, Food, ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Pixmac - Royalty free pictures, images, stock photos GiveawaySunday Design Resource - Issue 1Buying Royalty Free Photos to Produce Products Intended for ResaleFree icons download - a cool free icons resource123rf - Royalty Free Stock Photography for Designers
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Icons Land - The Stock and Vector Icons Wonderland
2009-12-15 16:02:00
Every designer needs and uses a lot of icons in their work. That?s why a healthy collection of stock icons websites is a must for every one of us. Icons Land is a great website to be added to anyone?s collection. Offering a large amount of high-quality Vista style royalty-free stock icons, vector icons as ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Sunday Design Resource Issue 3 - 500+ icons every designer needsCalabria - Free Vector IconsWeby Icon Set - 100 Free Icons from Iconspedia123rf - Royalty Free Stock Photography for Designers“Where are my money ?” - Free Icon Pack from Iconspedia
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28 Breathtaking Nature and Wildlife Photos
2009-12-13 15:53:00
There are lots of beautiful places to be seen in this world. Capturing their beauty as natural as possible and transcending it to the world is always a big challenge to photographers. Wildlife photography requires an even larger amount of commitment from photographers. Waiting for days or even weeks for the perfect shot is not uncommon ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: 21 Stunning photos and pictures with a beautiful quoteAutumn - Free Website TemplateSummer Fruit - Free Wordpress Theme3 Premium Flash Templates from FlashMint GiveawayBad days
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Christmas Humor
2009-12-11 15:32:00
Since the Christmas is coming quickly I thought a little Holiday Humor wouldn’t hurt. Enjoy ! ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Free Christmas VectorsA man peed his way out of an avalancheChristmas Giveaway #1 WinnersChristmas Giveaway #2 WinnersBikes are Better Than Women
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123rf - Royalty Free Stock Photography for Designers
2009-12-09 23:51:00
123rf is a royalty free stock photography website with a portfolio of over 4.5 million stunning, practical stock photos at the most affordable price. Designers need loads of stock images, photos and other types of graphics for their project. With all the stock photography websites available it’s hard to find an optimal price / quality option. ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Pixmac - Royalty free pictures, images, stock photos GiveawayBuying Royalty Free Photos to Produce Products Intended for ResaleFree Stock Photography MagazineSurf PhotographySunday Design Resource - Issue 1
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Photofonts - Bitmap fonts for your web and print projects
2009-12-03 23:30:00
Photofont technology brings the advantages of bitmap fonts to your web and print projects. Outline font formats such as TrueType or OpenType are limited to monochrome letterforms. Bitmap fonts can, however, use the full color palette and transparency. Photofonts allow users to make fonts with real calligraphic brush strokes, photos of everyday objects, multi-color hand lettering, ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Convert Microsoft Publisher Documents to Adobe InDesign - PUB2IDPhantasm CS Illustrator Plugin UpdatedMovie RanksAdobe Reader 8 FREE downloadCrazyLeaf Design Blog and Magic Toolbox Giveaway - Comment and win
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Cake Art - The Tasty Side of Design
2009-11-30 17:33:00
We all love cakes and we are always impressed by the way they look. In our days there are a lot of shapes and stuff but nothing extraordinary that can make you say …WOW, is that a cake? Well, in Russia you can find a baker that can make you say that anytime. Her name is ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Best wedding cakeOne day a lawyer was riding in his limosine …Best Design Resources of November 2008Bright Side of Life - Free Website TemplateLogo Design Team ? A logo design company with a history
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Photocase.com Discount Code available just for November 27th
2009-11-26 19:41:00
Photocase.com (royalty free stock photography)offers through CrazyLeaf Design Blog a 20% discount on a credit package purchase. The discount is available only for 1 day, November 27th. The Discount Code The code is : schwarz Usage : enter the code during the checkout process. Result : save 20% off a credit package purchase ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Protect your email against spamBest Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes and Textures of November 20083 Premium Flash Templates from FlashMint GiveawayBest Design Resources of November 2008TemplateWire Giveaway - Win 1 of 3 CSS, Flash or Logo Templates
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Logo Design Team ? A logo design company with a history
2009-11-20 00:20:00
Logo Design Team is an established logo design company. Since the company started more than 80 team logo design professionals with years of valuable industry experience have helped creating a solid brand. Logo Design Process Logo Design Team offers a great user experience through their simple, intuitive and user-friendly design process. All you have to do is ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: LogoMyWay - Logo Design ContestsPrint your Business Cards - VistaPrintHow to Make an Eye-Catching LogoLogo Parodies10 Worst Company Domain Names
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ThemeGrade - A New Wordpress Theme Directory
2009-11-07 19:25:00
Here, we present to you Theme Grade.com, a new Wordpress theme directory that has just been launched and is set to revolutionize the way people select Wordpress themes! There are thousands of Wordpress themes that have been created in the recent past and it gets quite tough to review which theme is useful and which ... Related posts You might also like these similar articles: Wordpress Theme Design - An exceptional guide on how to create and customize professional Wordpress themesWordpress Fun - Free Wordpress ThemeWooden Fence - Free Wordpress ThemeMezzo v2 - Free Wordpress ThemeIl Lacrimo - Free Wordpress Theme
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