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498 Photoshop Background Patterns, and so much more

AzAkers — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:10:59 +0000

Patterns, patterns everywhere. Useful in all kinds of design projects from web page development, to logo design, repeating patterns offer tremendous coverage for large areas, flavor to smaller elements and character to any design medium. I’ve collected 500 of my favorite & most frequently used background patterns in this post, along with a scores of [...]

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498 Photoshop Background Patterns, and so much more

Establish A Design Process & Stop Runaway Projects

AzAkers — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:34:12 +0000

STOP! What do you mean you “..don’t have a design process..”? You just “…play it by ear..”, or “…go with the flow…”? With-out a clearly defined process your design project can quickly get out of hand – having you chasing around loose ends and uninformed client direction. That could get you into trouble, cost you [...]

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Establish A Design Process & Stop Runaway Projects

27 Great Color Scheme Tools, Generators & Resources

AzAkers — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:21:11 +0000

An effective color scheme is key to the success of any design project. When selected properly & used appropriately, colors can convey a message, invoke a feeling, or bring attention to areas of interest even before imagery or text is introduced to a design. The trick is understanding what to use and when to use [...]

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27 Great Color Scheme Tools, Generators & Resources

A Search Engine’s Homepage The Key to Search Success?

AzAkers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:04:13 +0000

From the smoke and rubble of the failed dot-com-bubble era emerged 3 contenders for the search crown. (4 if you count that interesting blip on the radar – Ask) Each hungrily stockpiled features and tested innovative ideas in hopes of building an arsenal that would grant them superiority. Like the real life cold-war, smaller web [...]

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A Search Engine’s Homepage The Key to Search Success?

Vote, Be Inspired AND Avoid Politics Completely

AzAkers — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:54:09 +0000

Hot or Not Web Design Inspiration I recently discovered CommandShift3.com, a web design comparison/rating site that has turned out to be quite inspiring. This is a fantastic tool for any web designer looking for some design inspiration! There are lot’s of great sites you can look through quickly and efficiently, voting on those sites you like best. Because [...]

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Poor Domain Name Selection

AzAkers — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:11:27 +0000

A good domain name is important to any websites success; a little nugget of truth that some webmasters fail to understand. The following are (or were at one time were) actual domains with actual websites. Today many of these domains have been allowed to lapse and are in the hands of spam advertisers (hence no links), and [...]

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Poor Domain Name Selection

Lorem Ipsum Generator

AzAkers — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:08:36 +0000

Lorem Ipsum is ‘dummy text’ used in the place of real content while a designer is working on the layout of print or web projects. It approximates the general word length & spacing of true content and gives the designer an idea of how their layout will look like once the real content is in place. [...]

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