2010 | Webdesigner Depot

7 Jan
35 High Quality Apple Inspired Icons
Apple, Icons
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Apple products are well known for their simple and elegant design, and they are favored by many designers.
Their products are often seen in web design, particularly on portfolio websites, and these products are also popular subjects for icon design.
In this post we feature more than 35 sets of high-quality icons inspired by Apple and its products.
You’ll find iPod icons, iPhone icons, iMac and MacBook icons, as well as a variety of others. This post includes dock icons as well as those intended web design or other types of design.
As is always the case whenever dealing with freebies, be sure to check the license and terms of use before using them. Read more
5 Jan
Drop-Shadows and Gradients: Be Consistent in Your Visual Metaphors
Design, Photoshop, Web Design
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Drop-shadows and gradients are two of the most common design elements on the web.
You’ll find them accompanying many different styles. They’re handy effects for web designers because they’re attractive, useful and easy to create with any graphics program. But they have a dark side: they’re frequently abused.
Using amateurish drop-shadows or gradients is almost as bad as affixing a scarlet letter to your shirt to let the world know you’re a beginner or a hack. Even subtle, barely noticeable mistakes can create tensions that undermine otherwise beautiful and effective designs.
In this article, we’ll look at what drop-shadows and gradients do, we’ll talk about how to use them effectively and we’ll look at some examples of mistakes and how to fix them. Read more
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Our Favorite Tweets of the Week
Dec 27-Jan 2, 2010
Best Of, Compilation, Twitter
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Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.
Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.
To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Read more
2 Jan
Comics of the Week #6
Comics, Funny, Illustrations
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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.
Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own… Read more