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HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpac

You can visit WDD at webdesignerdepot.com and follow WDD on Twitter @designerdepot. If you're using your social media profiles to promote your personal brand or business, chances are that pre-made themes and watermarked templates just won't cut it. You need a custom design to make your profile stand apart from the rest and convey important information about who you are. Some of our favorite social networks afford us this customization, but there are a few tricks that may save you some time and frustration when creating a custom profile background. While none of these can replace the eye of a great graphic designer, they should help you get a sense of the layout you're after. Choose an Image Editor To start, you'll need an image editor. Aviary's Phoenix is another great free tool that is entirely web based. Twitter Maximum File Size: 800 KB YouTube. 15 Unusual and Creative Bus Stops. Creative and unusual bus stop designs that make the time you spend waiting for the bus a bit more bearable.

15 Unusual and Creative Bus Stops

Curitiba Bus Stop Futuristic public transport bus stop in Curitiba, Brazil. [link] Guarana Antarctica Bus Stop Football goal posts were placed in bus shelters around Sao Paulo, Brazil to promote the World Cup. Strawberry Bus Stop Yummy strawberry bus stop from Japan. Yosemite Falls Bus Stop Beautiful Yosemite Falls trail bus stop is perfectly suited for the setting. Hammock Bus Stop Relax while you wait for the bus to arrive. Dirty Pulp: 7. Ahhh...paper textures.

Dirty Pulp: 7

The staple of any good texture diet. I found these particular paper in an old and dark basement and they may be some of my favorite textures I've posted here on Lost and Taken. I guess I'm just a sucker for a good, dirty paper texture (who isn't, right?). Click on the textures below to download the high-res version or download them all in a zip file at the bottom of the post. Enjoy! If you've used L&T textures in commercial work or earned a profit from them in your designs, please consider making a donation to Lost & Taken.

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30 Fresh and Promising Design Blogs to Follow

We all know of the big names out there (such as the amazing people over at Smashing Magazine), but there are tons more in the vast realm of the web that you may not have heard of yet, and it’s high time that they’re given some love. This article presents 30 new and fresh design blogs that are worth checking out. Weblogs featured here discuss web, graphic, and print design. Hopefully you’ll find a link or two (or more) that piques your interests enough to prompt you to subscribe to them. 1. Line25 is a newly-founded blog by Chris Spooner of Blog.SpoonGraphics on the topic of web design. 2. UX Booth is a group of writers that delve into the subject of User Experience. 3. Build Internet! 4. Tripwire Magazine is an excellent web design blog that even has a forum. 5. Assault Blog is the design weblog of Assault T-shirts. 6. Designer Daily is an excellent blog by graphic designer, Mirko Humbert. 7. creative briefing.

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