Logos

Slogans are memorable phrases often used in conjunction with company logos and in advertising campaigns.

They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product or brand.

But how often do you see “serving you since 1982″ or a similarly canned slogan under a beautifully designed logo? Too often.

In this post, we’ll discuss 5 essential tips on how to write a killer slogan and, if you feel you can’t manage it on your own, where to go to get them written for you.

At the end of these tips, you’ll find a selection of famous slogans as well as an interactive showcase of famous slogans.

Corey Freeman @ Writer Seven says: I have to be honest...I think slogans are kind of useless. While some may serve a purpose while getting to the point (Eat Mor...
Compilation

Adobe Photoshop is arguably the most powerful graphics and photo manipulation software on the market.

You can do virtually anything with Photoshop, from fantasy image collages to complete website designs, and everything in between.

Although while Photoshop is incredibly powerful, it can also be incredibly complicated, especially when trying to perform advanced functions.

Below are over 300 resources to get you on your way to Photoshop mastery.

There’s everything from cheat sheets to brushes to tutorials to action scripts, as well as collections of even more resources and tools. With the resources below, you should be able to do just about anything possible with Photoshop.

MAD000 says: Simply amazing collection ... I look forward to do each and every tutorial featured here to become an expert in Photoshop. Thanks...
Best Of

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

Angel says: Some really interesting and cool stuff, I especially liked the plastic packed whole human nice twist. My days of eating chickens...
Advertising

Today we’d like to thank all our advertisers for their continued support of WDD.

It’s both thanks to them and to our audience that WDD continues to thrive month after month.

We realize that many of you may not click on adverts as you may feel that they may not be relevant to you, or your business.

Why not try something new today and check out some of these awesome companies?

You might just learn about a useful service or product while at the same time helping to support WDD. Thank you!

John says: I tried using RapidXHTML - due diligence didn't show any negative opinions, plus their sponsorship on here made me think they...
Art

Today we travel to imaginary worlds created by talented concept artists to experience battles, war and conflict.

This showcase includes three different aspects of a battle: the preparation before, the actual battle and the following aftermath.

The images are extremely dynamic and full of motion and are sure to bring back memories of similar types of movies or video games.

Even when the image represented is not threatening, pay attention at how the slightest detail can represent a silent gesture towards hostility or unforeseen violence.

Here are 50 incredible examples of battle art that we selected for your inspiration.

Mark says: What, no Frank Frazetta? Frank was and still is the MASTER of this type of art. These pieces are great but a nod to the...
Business

The last two years have been the most exciting of my life.

I made the jump to freelance work, which has given me the freedom to work when and however much I want.

The transition from a regular job to freelancing was not easy, but I managed it.

This post is meant to help you bypass difficulties and maximize your productivity as you start your own freelancing career.

That being said, here are 20 tips to help you become a successful freelancer.

Bálint Molnár says: I really like this article - very useful for me :) I also agree with the "you don't need the newest Mac Pro" part - I also use a...
Compilation

Looking at nature from different perspectives can create stunning compositions for your photographs.

This couldn’t be more true than when we look at our planet from outer space and appreciate the reality of its beauty from such an incredible and rarely seen perspective.

The images in this compilation are from the Landsat 7 satellite and were created to introduce the general public to the Landsat Program.

Various combinations of the eight Landsat 7 spectral bands were selected to create the vivid RGB composites that we have featured.

Here are 60 absolutely stunning images of the Earth as seen from outer space. Click on the images for large resolution versions which you can use as wallpapers.

KB says: Red represents healthy vegetation. Satellites have the advantage of seeing what humans can not. In this case, the satellite is...
Brushes

Today we bring you another awesome set of exclusive Photoshop brushes which include 24 high resolution “Sparkling Light Effects”.

The set was created by Grant Friedman from Colorburned exclusively for WDD readers.

These brushes are completely free for both personal and commercial use so you can create any type of project with them with no restrictions, with the exception that we do not allow the redistribution of the brushes in any shape or form.

If you’d like to share these brushes with your friends and colleagues, simply refer them to this page so that they can download their copy.

Below is a full preview of all 24 brushes for quick reference. The download link is at the bottom. Enjoy!

Fulfilment says: Yes but I don't think it will be with guns. I think people will find other ways to revolt or at least show their scorn that will...