Ultimate Icon Package The purpose of icons, no matter the application, is to communicate to visitors in an effective and efficient way. Icons remove the need to spell every instruction out, and thus makes more of the time and space available to communicate something to a user. Icons are great in web design as well because, again, you can communicate more to your visitors in less time, and any webmaster knows the value of web real estate. The idea is to reduce complexity and maximize usability, and icons do just that! Here we provide a wide assortment of icons that are great for both web design and desktop use. Email Me Icons This icon set contains 11 icons in sizes 32x32px, 48x48px, 128x128px in PNG format Rounder Icons 43 rounded 128×128 PNG icons Aesthetica Icon Set This set contains the following icons in 32-bit transparency PNG and Photoshop’s PSD. Orb Icon Set Iconbase’s selection high quality icons for Windows and/or Mac. Free RSS Feed Icons Social Web Buttons – Set 1 20 Buttons 140 PNG all free Icons.
Best Free Textures and Patterns of 2010 | Freebies (Build 20120614114901) It’s no secret that we love textures and patterns here at WDL. They’re great for easily adding lots of interest and depth to a design, whether it be a huge background pattern or just some subtle textures here and there. So to continue our “Best of 2010″ series, this week we’re covering textures and patterns. We’ve seen a lot of them this year, but some really stood out. So here’s our picks for best textures and patterns of 2010. We picked our favorites, but tried to include a mixture of styles. Textures 07 – Stock Pack Patterns .36 (25 patterns) Dirty Paper Textures Patterns .38 (25 patterns) Inspiration Flow Vintage Grunge Free Vector Seamless Backgrounds (6 patterns) Colorful Grunge Vintage Wallpaper Textures Seamless Paper Patterns (6 patterns) Textures 06 – Stock Pack About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 489 shares Best Free Icon Sets of 2010 Read More 1168 shares Best jQuery Plugins of 2010
Font Generator - Make Your Own Handwriting Font With Your Fonts Create Seamless Web Background Textures in Minutes Ever wondered how some web designers come up with such great background textures? It’s actually way easier than you might think. It only takes a few minutes and a single Photoshop filter that you’ve probably never used. Intrigued? The Easy Way or the Hard Way There are two ways you can go about starting this project. However, if you’re in a hurry just grab a free texture from somewhere and skip the first few steps. Lost and Taken CG Textures Texture King If you want something more unique, open up Photoshop and follow along. Step 1: New Canvas Tiling background images can be fairly easy to spot when they’re small so I’m going to make mine fairly large. In Photoshop, create a new document that’s 800 pixels by 800 pixels at 72 DPI and in RGB. Now fill your canvas with a mid range to dark solid color. Step 2: Create a Custom Brush I’ve noticed that bokeh textures seem to be really popular lately I decided to show you how to build one. Name your brush, save it and switch back to your other canvas.
Libraries Library plugins are libraries of symbols that you can add to SimpleDiagrams2. Installing a new library is as simple as downloading the .sdlp file to your computer and double-clicking to install. There are two kinds of libraries: premium and free. All libraries are subject to the SimpleDiagrams Library Plugin License. I've teamed up with a couple artists to bring you some new, interesting libraries. Petr Vlk is a great illustrator from the Czech Republic and the creator of VectorDoodleKit. VDK Complete Buy all six libraries by Petr Vlk and get a 25% discount!! Commerce Nail your next VC presentation. Food Some drinks. Office These are the things you use to get stuff done. Entertainment There's a happy face in here that's *really* happy. Communication Phones. Files and Folders A nice collection of files and folder symbols. Antonia Russell-Clark is fantastic illustrator from the UK who enjoys sketching in cafes and like working in both traditional and digital media. Complete Russell-Clark Animals
33 FREE Well-Designed Navigation Menu PSD Startup Framework Close 2011, Sep 27 // Kevin Liew // 4 comments // Web Design 33 FREE Well-Designed Navigation Menu PSD Advertisement Introduction Our 5th series of free psd file, we have collected 33 free psd menu layout. This time, I have collected 33 FREE navigation menu PSD, all are well-organised PSD and carefully designed for your next project. Just in case you've missed our previous famous free PSD series, you can visit them with the following links: We still have a few more Free PSD series coming out each week, so stay tuned with queness! Author: Kevin Liew Kevin Liew is a web designer and developer and keen on contributing to the web development industry. Share the love 10inShare Related Posts 40 Incredible Vintage Websites 15 Beautiful Wallpapers to Spice Up Your Desktop A Showcase of Free UI Kits and Elements 4 comments Face Thu, 16th February 2012 Cool Collection! Dejal Wed, 8th August 2012 Great work thanks Kevin! hitesh Thu, 13th September 2012 AWSOME...! rock Thu, 26th September 2013
Issuu - You Publish Custom Wallpaper Tutorial | Thoughtlab Blog It's very simple. Just follow the steps and you will be fine. 50 of the Best Ever Web Development, Design and Application Icon Sets If you are looking for that perfect icon for your web site, blog, web app or application, you will find them here. Below is a compilation of the best ever Web Design and Development Icon Sets. Please note, this list has no ranking. bwpx Icons Sanscons Icon Set Sweetie – Cute and clear icons famfamfam – Mini Icons Vector Icon Set Facebook UI Icon Set Fugue Icons Diagona Icons Milky Icon Set Pixelicious Icon Set Xiao Icon Set Mini Pixel Icons Function Icon Set ASP.NET Icon Set Light Icon Set Liquidicity Icon Set “sketch’d up!” Ganato – Psd Icons Two Tone Icon Set TwoTiny Icon Set Web2.0 Icons Pack Proxal Icon Set v2 Brand Spanking New Icon Set Perfect Blog Icons Web Application Icons Irokez CMS Icon Set BacktoPixel Icon Set Sizcons – Random Jabber famfamfam – Silk Icons ExplodingBoy Pixel Icons Greyscale Icon Development File icons and Computer Icon Set Small Arrow Icon Set Minimal Icons Markup Iconsets GraphicPUSH Blog Icons Pixeley Icon Set Drunkey Love PIXELATED Icon Set Weby Icons WebDev Icon Pack Stickers Icon Set
Simply Pixels How To Make Your Own Fonts This is a guest article from Sonia Mansfield*. So you want to be a Fontographer—boldly traversing a sea of letters, mapping new alphabets with naught but a pencil and mouse for companionship. Or maybe you simply have a vision for that special project, and you want the typeface to be “just so.” Creating your own font has never been easier, so set forth and learn how to make your own font. Step 1. You’ve been writing for most of your life, so by now you’re a master of crossing t’s and dotting i’s. These points seem subtle, but if you skimp on the scholarship, you won’t like the result. For a crash course in some form concerns for the beginner or for a great introduction to global form and style concerns in typography, try the following resources: Step 2. It’s true that some font designers work entirely on the computer. Keep it neat—your sketched alphabet provides the graphic skeleton of your finished digital font. Step 3. Step 4. Also be sure to check out these typography resources.
Icons sorted by Date There are 1320 desktop icon sets listed below, sorted by the date they were posted to the site, beginning with the most recent content. You are on page 1 of 132. February 13th, 2012 Improve the look and professional appeal of your web site or presentation project with professionally designed icons. PNG versions include 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, and 64x64 pixel resources. January 19th, 2010 Spice up your desktop with these fun and detailed icons based on various kitchen gadgets and appliances from the 50's and 60's. August 3rd, 2009 The perfect folder metaphor now in six carefully crafted icons. June 3rd, 2008 A silly set of 6 original icons inspired by creative Japanese designer vinyl dolls and toys. May 27th, 2008 6 Apple TV themed icons inspired by the hardware, box art and website graphics. March 18th, 2008 77 icons of aluminum design. March 4th, 2008 MP3 player icons, a mobile phone icon and a display icon. January 14th, 2008 Includes 6 hard drive icons. January 5th, 2008 November 25th, 2007
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