Bookmarked! Best readings of the week #26
Every week the design community releases a lot of interesting articles, tutorials and showcases that can charge your creativity in different ways. With this series we want to share high-quality contents from the community to provide interesting information for our readers. It's just a small selection, but we are sure that it can help you to find cool stuff that covers a wide variety of topics.
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Below a collection of awesome articles and resources that we have found in the last week. We suggest you to bookmark and read them. Take your time, get inspired!
Follow this step by step photo manipulation tutorial where we?ll be using stock photos, textures and brushes to produce an intense design.
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This tutorial reveals how artist Dan Mumford creates a poster for a special show by the aggressive and spittle-flecked Watford punks Gallows, where the band played their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, in its entirety. The poster was a take on the album?s front cover, which Dan designed back in 2006.
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In this tutorial we will show you how to create a diagram using Raphaël ? a small JavaScript library that is great for working with vector graphics.
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There are many things you can do to improve your error page, so here is a useful list you can look at.
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It?s the mania of those who tend to perfection and write the code with almost a maniacal accuracy, to see the green check mark that indicates that the code of the web page newly developed passed the validation control. But what does validating a code mean? And why is convenient validate the code?
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Today?s lecture is from Nick Campbell of Greyscale Gorilla about the creative gap and how you can become better than most.
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Mod style, great animation, and rational thinking come together in this piece written by Tim Minchin and animated by Dan C Turner.
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The infographic below, designed by the talented folks at Column Five Media, analises the difference/gap between Mac and Pc computers.
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How To Create a Dramatic Action Scene in Photoshop
- written by Chris Spooner
- topics: Photoshop
- blog.spoongraphics.co.uk
Follow this step by step photo manipulation tutorial where we?ll be using stock photos, textures and brushes to produce an intense design.
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Create punk poster art
- written by Dan Mumford
- topics: Illustrator
- digitalartsonline.co.uk
This tutorial reveals how artist Dan Mumford creates a poster for a special show by the aggressive and spittle-flecked Watford punks Gallows, where the band played their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, in its entirety. The poster was a take on the album?s front cover, which Dan designed back in 2006.
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Animated Skills Diagram with Raphaël
- written by Marcin Dziewulski
- topics: HTML/CSS
- codrops
In this tutorial we will show you how to create a diagram using Raphaël ? a small JavaScript library that is great for working with vector graphics.
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13 ways to improve your 404 error page
- written by David Ball
- topics: Usability
- blog.silktide.com
There are many things you can do to improve your error page, so here is a useful list you can look at.
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Is it really necessary to validate the code?
- written by Nando Pappalardo
- topics: Usability
- yourinspirationweb.com
It?s the mania of those who tend to perfection and write the code with almost a maniacal accuracy, to see the green check mark that indicates that the code of the web page newly developed passed the validation control. But what does validating a code mean? And why is convenient validate the code?
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The Creative Gap: Becoming Better Than Most
- written by Nick Campbell
- topics: Design theory
- psd.tutsplus.com
Today?s lecture is from Nick Campbell of Greyscale Gorilla about the creative gap and how you can become better than most.
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Storm Movie
- written by the Storm team
- topics: Design inspiration
- stormmovie.net
Mod style, great animation, and rational thinking come together in this piece written by Tim Minchin and animated by Dan C Turner.
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Mac vs. PC: A Hunch Rematch
- written by Hunch Blog
- topics: Mac/Pc
- blog.hunch.com
The infographic below, designed by the talented folks at Column Five Media, analises the difference/gap between Mac and Pc computers.
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