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2010 was a great year for everyone, even for web design bloggers. In this article, you will see a compilation of the great and most popular freebie articles, those that are inspirational and those that give tips and tutorials published by several design blogs. In this way, we can recap on what are the topics and ideas many people got interested in. I know you are all excited, so here are the best and useful design articles of the year 2010!
Give your resumes a creative effect with these 40 great resume design roundups created by some Deviantart users.
Movie posters are a great way in advertising films. Let’s take a read on this showcase of sixty creatively done movie posters to give you an idea on how can movie posters be attractive to viewers.
Be inspired with this article roundup of trendy web interfaces design by some Deviantart users.
Flash websites really capture viewers’ attention. As what this article say, they can be considered as different kind of art in the website community. This article showcases 3D Flash websites for you to get inspired.
Small in size monitors are now going out of the trend and fast and large monitor resolution are now advancing. To give better look on websites, web designs with large backgrounds are now created. Be inspired with this article that showcases websites with big backgrounds.
Drop-down menus are great way to group your contents into categories, and it helps viewers to find what they are looking for easily. In this article, you will find a collection of different types of drop-down menus used in several websites.
Read and get inspired by this collection of several modern designed footers of different kinds of website.
Photos used as a background gives your viewers specific information on what you are advertising for. In this article, you will find several websites that use a large photo as the background or header.
Clean and light web designs give professional and elegant look on websites. This article showcases websites with clean and light design.
There are times that websites has a Coming Soon message on the page. This article
Designers used different kinds of techniques now to give twists on their designs. Logo designers use negative space to form figures to convey some message. In this article, you will see several logos that have negative spaces.
A roundup of websites that are beautifully made and gives a refreshing look for viewers.
Colors capture viewers’ attention, that’s why most designers create websites that are colorful. In this article, you
An effective way to advertise is by using print outs or print ads. These are commonly found on magazines, billboards and other periodicals. This article gives you an inspiration by presenting hilarious print advertisements.
I haven’t thought that even logos can be modern and creative. Take time to read this article to get amazed and be inspired with this collection of sexy and creative typographic logo designs.
Public awareness print ads tend to promote goodness for the people. These ads should encourage people to follow what the ad is saying. This article compiles effective print ads of public awareness.
Take a look at these creatures that were done by the imaginative minds of designers.
Watercolor paintings are one thing I really admire, I find them refreshing and creative. This compilation offers beautifully painted masterpieces with the use of watercolor.
Here is a fun post of collection of advertisements that have awesome concepts for inspiration.
Transparency is one trend designers use in designing a website. Here is a collection of beautifully designed websites with transparency.
Here are jQuery tooltip plugins that you can use to make your web designs more attractive.
To give a creative look for your desktop, take a look at this article that compiles the best vector wallpapers.
Check out these free fonts you can download and use in creating a business logo.
Here are forty-five web builders you may want to check to create a free website in an easy way.
Zexeev is a free theme you can use in WordPress. Take a look on this article to find out on what it can offer.
Other than iPad, iPhone is also having its way to be popular. This gadget can also be useful for graphic designers for it offers several applications that are for designing purposes. This article compiles iPhone applications dedicated for graphic designers.
Social Sketches offers free icons that are in sketch style to give a personal touch on your designs.
These are compilation of social icons in different designs that you may use in linking to social media such as Digg, Stumble Upon, Delicious and Twitter. And these are for free!
This is a great article for those who are searching for CSS templates and resources.
Books are great tools when you would like to freshen up your memory or wants to learn new things, good thing that PDF e-books are born. In this way, we can read books with the use of monitors and this is very useful for tech-y persons like me. This article rounds up free PDF e-book that designers and bloggers can download and read.
Who doesn’t wants free high-quality of PSD files to use in your designs? You may find 40 free downloadable PSD files on this article.
How about website templates? These are free and high in quality. Read and choose what you like the best, then download.
I think wallpaper with minimal designs are the best as desktop backgrounds. Try reading this article that rounds up desktop wallpapers for minimalist lovers.
Webdesigner Depot created a stylish and elegant icons named, Reflection. Click the link or the picture below to download the icons.
Here is an article that compiles must-have plugins for Firefox browser that can be useful for web designers.
This is a compilation of the best Cinema 4D tutorials and practices you may use in creating 4D designs.
Typography also affects on what message a design conveys. Here are tutorials that will guide you in creating beautiful effects on your texts.
Here is a detailed tutorial of on how can you create a WordPress blog layout in a Blue color.
This article presents you great compilation of Photoshop tutorials you may use in creating poster designs. You will not only learn how to use Photoshop, you may also learn different techniques when creating such designs.
This tutorial helps you transform a picture in a matte painting with a distressed effect by using Adobe Photoshop.
This article gives you good cartoon character tutorials with the use of Adobe Illustrator.
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to use Pencil Tool and Paintbrush Tool and some techniques on how to polish a simple picture with the use of these tools.
Create a grungy and sticky icon using Photoshop with this tutorial.
For freelancers, business cards are very important in finding clients and promoting yourselves. This article is a compilation of seventeen business card tutorials.
This very simple and easy tutorial lets your create a magazine-styled layout for a sports website.
And that’s it. Those are some of the most read articles on different design blogs for 2010. You can share with us your personal choice of designing article for 2010, just put the link on the Comment section.
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011 14:19
Are You kidding me guys? This is the best design compilation ever. Tutorials, inspirations and web solutions in one place. This is just briliant. I am Your follower from now on. Thanks for this source of fresh ideas. BTW – 40 High Quality Free PSD Files Released In 2010 – this rocks !!!
Friday, February 4th, 2011 15:58
This article is amazing.I can tell you spent a lot of time on it. These are great resources. My favorite is #30.
Monday, January 17th, 2011 06:35
It says something that all the popular posts are list posts. Gotta get more list posts going in my blog! :)
Sunday, January 16th, 2011 11:55
Nice to see one of my articles in this post. I believe 2010 was significant for all of us!
Saturday, January 15th, 2011 01:31
Basically this article was intended as roundup of previous years articles yes..some kind of – best of list – not sure how well it looks in finish, but I think still handy for designers :) Don’t worry we’re not doing this kind of articles often, just rare occasion – last years resolutions.
Friday, January 14th, 2011 13:14
Very nice, great and useful articles!
Friday, January 14th, 2011 10:55
So this is next level? A list of lists?
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Uranbold N
Friday, January 14th, 2011 10:24
Great EVER
Jasmin Halkić
Friday, January 14th, 2011 13:14
Very nice, great and useful articles!
Sergio Ordonez
Friday, January 14th, 2011 10:55
So this is next level? A list of lists?
Dainis Graveris
Saturday, January 15th, 2011 01:31
Basically this article was intended as roundup of previous years articles yes..some kind of – best of list – not sure how well it looks in finish, but I think still handy for designers :) Don’t worry we’re not doing this kind of articles often, just rare occasion – last years resolutions.
Gustavs Jurisons
Sunday, January 16th, 2011 11:55
Nice to see one of my articles in this post. I believe 2010 was significant for all of us!
Larry
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 14:19
Are You kidding me guys? This is the best design compilation ever. Tutorials, inspirations and web solutions in one place. This is just briliant. I am Your follower from now on. Thanks for this source of fresh ideas. BTW – 40 High Quality Free PSD Files Released In 2010 – this rocks !!!
Bunnygotblog
Friday, February 4th, 2011 15:58
This article is amazing.I can tell you spent a lot of time on it. These are great resources. My favorite is #30.
Ash Menon
Monday, January 17th, 2011 06:35
It says something that all the popular posts are list posts. Gotta get more list posts going in my blog! :)