Sunday, November 30, 2014

Wallpaper of the Week by Ollie Hooper

Wallpaper of the Week by Ollie Hooper

The wallpaper of this week is an amazing image created by Ollie Hooper a motion graphics designer from Edinburgh, UX. The image is a low poly artwork that he created while playing around with V-Ray.

For more information visit http://www.olliehooper.com/

Abduzeedo's wallpaper of the week by Ollie Hooper
Desktop Version

Abduzeedo's iPad wallpaper of the week by Ollie Hooper
iPad Version

Abduzeedo's iPhone wallpaper of the week by Ollie Hooper
iPhone Version

Resolutions:

Source : abduzeedo[dot]com

Monday, November 24, 2014

The best cheatsheets web designers will need

Despite of years of practice and coding, it’s impossible for any designers to remember and know absolutely everything required for their work. The technology and trend is never constant. Whether it’s a programming language, CMS or any other framework, they need to refer the official document and a handy cheatsheet for best outcome in any design and development work.

In this today’s post, here we have collected the best cheatsheets that any web designers will need. Have a look at it below and enjoy your work!

1. CSS – Cascading Style Sheets

CSS Cheatsheet

Click here for the cheatsheet.

CSS Cheat Sheet

CSS Vocabulary

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CSS Vocabulary

fontfamily.io – Check Compatabilty of Default Local Fonts

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fontfamily.io

2. Popular CSS Frameworks

Complete Font Awesome Icon Reference Cheatsheet

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Complete Font Awesome Icon Reference Cheatsheet

Foundation 5 Cheatsheet

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Foundation 5 Cheatsheet

3. HTML – HyperText Markup Language

HTML Vocabulary

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HTML Vocabulary

HTML Elements Index

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HTML Elements Index · Jens O. Meiert

 4. JavaScript & jQuery

jQuery Quick API Reference Web

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jQuery Cheatsheet

JavaScript Regular Expression Cheatsheet

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JavaScript Regular Expression Cheatsheet   Debuggex

Emmet Cheatsheet

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Emmet Cheat Sheet

5. PHP

PHP Cheatsheet

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PHP Cheat Sheet   OverAPI.com

PHP Date & Timestamp Converter

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PHP Date   Timestamp Converter   Codular

6. WordPress

Official WordPress Code Reference

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WordPress › Reference   WordPress Developer Resources

WordPress Codex

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Main Page « WordPress Codex

7. Joomla!

Joomla! Official Documentation

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Joomla  Documentation

8. Drupal 7

Drupal Community Docs

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Documentation   Drupal.org

9. SEO

On-Page SEO Cheatsheet

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Cheat Sheet  SEO  On Page Search Engine Optimisation

Punctuation, Symbols & Operators in Search

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Punctuation  symbols   operators in search   Search Help

10. Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts (AZERTY)

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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts AZERTY by ensombrecer on deviantART

Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts (QWERTY)

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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts QWERTY by ensombrecer on deviantART

11. Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts (QWERTY)

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Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts QWERTY by ensombrecer on deviantART

Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts (AZERTY)

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Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts AZERTY by ensombrecer on deviantART

Source : designer-daily[dot]com

The best 10 typography boards on Pinterest

Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social networks where users can organize and share images around the web. With so much of fantastic imagery collections, Pinterest can actually be a source of inspiration for many designers. Today we are introducing you 10 such typography boards on Pinterest which is very appealing and best to follow.

1. Hanae Ono

Hanae Ono, a writer and editor from Tokyo has got this amazing Pinterest board that will inspire you a lot.

Hanae Ono

2. Daniel Nielsen

Daniel Nielsen is the founder of hugely popular design blog “From Up North” that collates pins from across the design world, covering graphic design, illustration, gig posters, street art and so forth. Take a look at his typography board which is simply mind blowing.

Daniel Nielsen

3. Paula Cevasco

Paula’s typography board is simply superb that features typography examples for all tastes.

Paula Cevasco

4. Eduardo Dosuá

Eduardo is an illustrator & graphic designer from Madrid, Spain whose typography board is incredible.Eduardo Dosuá

   5. Bianca Cash

Bianca who loves to design, organize, illustrate, photograph and travel introduces you this cool typography board for your inspiration.

Bianca-Cash

6. Chad Syme

Chad Syme is a designer and photographer from Seattle who has several boards on Pinterest that includes graphic design, print, photography, product design, fashion and typography. Here is the one typography board.

Chad Syme

7. Aya Refaeli

Aya is an art director who loves all the beautiful things and that’s why she has come up with this excellent typography board.

Aya Refaeli

8. Danny Blanton

Danny Blanton is a creative illustrator and this typography board simply illustrates his action.

Danny Blanton

9. Daniel Bear

This typography and lettering board is very eye catchy that has a wealth of gorgeous imagery.

Daniel Bear

10. Nomin Enkhbold

Nomin, who loves simple concepts, art direction, illustration, sketching, and design presents you this amazing typography board.

Nomin Enkhbold

Source : designer-daily[dot]com

8 high-quality PSD themes

Who wouldn’t love the free resources? Probably the number would be zero. Especially designers, what if you get a high quality PSD themes for free? You would definitely use them as that would be a great starting point for any of your web projects, isn’t it? So in today’s blog, here we are with 8 such high quality PSD themes that can be your inspiration and most of all, these are free so enjoy!

1. Deliver PSD Theme

Deliver PSD theme is designed by Michael Reimer that boasts tons of great elements and functionality in a minimalist style. This theme is simply perfect for your portfolio or business promotion.

Deliver PSD Theme

2. Multipurpose PSD Theme

The multipurpose PSD theme is a freebie PSD template which is available here.

multipurpose-psd-theme

3. Focus PSD Theme

Focus PSD theme is a trendy new free PSD Theme that is great for landing page of your next mobile app or product.

Focus PSD Theme

4. Golden PSD Theme

Golden PSD theme is a one page agency theme that has a great portfolio, timeline, and meet your team sections. It comes in a fully layered PSD file and you can edit anything to make it your own.

golden-psd-theme

5. Lifetrackr PSD Theme

This is really an awesome landing page by Thomas Budiman that you can use for your app. Get it here.

lifetracker-psd-theme

6. Elena Email PSD Theme

Elena email PSD theme is a trendy new email newsletter design that comes complete with a fully layered PSD file.

elena-psd-theme-freebie

7. PresastocEnom Admin PSD Theme

PrasastiEnom Admin PSD theme is a Webapp Template designed by Andreansyah Setiawan.

admin-psd-theme

8. Kingdom PSD Theme

My.Kingdom PSD Theme is a free one page PSD template that is bright and spaciously designed for people or startup companies looking to showcase their projects.

my-kingdom-psd-theme

Source : designer-daily[dot]com

10 great websites to find free stock photo

You can find good images while Googling but are those safe to use? Probably no! It’s because the owner can claim the copyright issue. Dealing with the license issue can be a headache and it’s quite ignored many times. But if you are seeking for royalty free images which you can use freely without any copyright issue, here we have the list of 10 great websites to find free stock images. Have a look and enjoy!

1. Gratisography

This is an awesome website where you can find free high-resolution pictures which you can use for your personal and commercial projects.

Gratisography

2. Magdeleine

Magdeleine offers a free high resolution photo every day which is a curated showcase of range of photographers.

Magdeleine

3. Splitshire

Splishire covers a wide range of free photography from classic books, to landscapes and interesting people on the streets.

Splitshire

4. Picography

With the motto of “Free hi-resolution photos. Use them however you like”, Picography is a small collection of excellent photos.

Picography

5. Unsplash

Unsplash introduces you 10 new photos every 10 days. So if you do not want to miss a single of them, then get on their email list now.

Unsplash

6. Picjumbo

Picjumbo is a great resource of free stock photos that offer “totally free pictures for your personal and commercial works.”

Picjumbo

7. Death to the Stock Photo

Get the free stock photo from Death to the Stock Photo for almost anything you want to do.

Death to the Stock Photo

8. Superfamous

Get the jaws dropping collection of free stock photos from Superfamous which is designed by Los Angeles-based Dutch designer Folkert Gorter.

Superfamous

9. Splashbase

If you want to find photos of specific subjects quickly, then you should visit this website which aggregates photos from several websites such as travelcoffeebook, startupstockphotos, gratisography and many more.

Splashbase

10. Pixabay

Pixabay has huge volume of photos which you can use without attribution in digital, printed form and even in  commercial application.

Pixabay

Source : designer-daily[dot]com