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Here’s an unexpected Halloween Treat for the Tutorial9 Community! Tina from Artistic Frequency Studios decided to donate a HUGE set of 100 Spooky Pumpkin Vectors on Halloween Eve! It’s a bit last minute, but the pumpkins are perfect decorative pieces for this time of year!
Thanks Tina!
Happy Halloween from everyone at PSDFAN. I hope that you all have a great night!
To celebrate this holiday we’re bringing you 20 superb examples of Halloween themed digital art. I hope that you’ll appreciate the skill of these artist’s, and that these works will inspire you in your own designs.
Something has changed here today. Smashing Magazine has shaped up. We know that extensive design changes usually create a split echo: some readers are happy and appreciate the additional features and benefits, while others don’t want to see anything change because they’re comfortable in their old habits. However, publishers have to update their websites from time to time to improve the user experience and add new features. And that day has come for Smashing Magazine.
Smashing Magazine’s redesign was done by Liam McKay and his design agency, WeFunction. We also tweaked a couple of things in the design. Footer and sidebar illustrations were designed by Pasquale D’Silva. Smashing Magazine may look a bit different at first glance, but keeping the general structure intact was very important to us. After all, we don’t want to confuse our readers; rather, we want their experience to improve.
So, minor details aside, what exactly has changed on Smashing Magazine? Here’s a summary:
If you’ve already had a look at the new front page, you would have found some changes there, too: not just recent Smashing Magazine posts, but contributions from other design magazines. That’s because we’ve teamed up with 18 other magazines to house a productive and comprehensive meeting place for designers and developers, showcasing truly the best content around. Among those joining the game are Webdesigner Depot, Noupe, SixRevisions, UX Booth, Hongkiat, ThinkVitamin, Web Designer Wall, Designm.ag, Boagworld and Speckyboy. We call it the Smashing Network.
In fact, every network member has its very own channel on Smashing Magazine, with recent posts and Twitter updates. All content is manually approved and promoted on the network — no automation at all. So, you can be sure you’ll get only the best articles.
Needless to say, we will still be publishing our own insightful articles, which you can always find on our front page. The last article always appears at the top, with older posts clearly highlighted in a black box among the other SM network posts.
We are aware that this huge change will lead to misunderstandings and may cause problems at first. But we are certain it was the right decision and that everyone will benefit from it. If you prefer the old version of Smashing Magazine (the one without the posts from our network), you can use Smashing Magazine’s channel page, which is exactly the same as our front page before the redesign. Or just stick to our main RSS feed, which contains only Smashing Magazine posts.
The main requirement for membership in our content network is that you regularly publish high-quality content on your blog or magazine. You don’t have to be popular or have a lot of traffic; you could be just starting out. You can apply for membership by sending an email to network@smashingmagazine.com. We will be reviewing membership periodically, so please be patient and stay tuned for updates.
This redesign is work in progress. Your opinion is very important to us. The design definitely could use some changes and we are willing to improve it with your help. Of course, we may have missed something. Have you found any mistakes, bugs, errors or problems yet? What do you think of the whole thing? We are open to your suggestions, ideas and criticism. Please let us know what you think in the comments to this post!
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Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months.
And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you need to look up some date, isn’t it better to show off a nice wallpaper with a nice calendar instead of launching some default time application?
This post features 60 free desktop wallpapers, created by designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.
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So what wallpapers have we received for November 2009?
“Thanks giving is approaching, and Tom the Turkey is getting scared. This wallpaper was created using The GIMP and Inkscape.” Designed by Jeffrey Boulais from USA.
“My tribute to the Constructivist design just in time for Thanksgiving.” Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
“Exaggerated sneeze.” Designed by Drew Gilchrist from Canada.
“Just motivating sentence for November 
” Designed by Temeshi from Poland.
“Celebrating the birth of legendary guitarist, Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze, Red House and Hey Joe are among some of his ageless songs. Take some time and “get experienced” with Jimi Hendrix this month.” Designed by Kevin Harrison from USA.
“An homage to Pop-Art and the Tide brand, sprinkled in a little texture, space on the right for your icons to be seen, and voila, the level three experience.” Designed by Daniel Luzier from US.
Designed by Millicent Bowman.
“In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this wallpaper was created with many ways to say “Thank You” in various languages.” Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
“A calendar for November with a snowboarder, mountains and vector graphics.” Designed by Eirk Granli from Norway.
“It is turkey month, but not in the way a turkey likely appreciates. So in the hopes of avoiding the dinner table, this guy decided to hide out at a school that miraculously has not updated their “picture day” procedure since the 1980’s resulting in a radical portrait (and by radical I mean his mom sprung the extra bucks for the laser background and the double image).” Designed by Robert Frey from USA.
“Spend some quality time with your parents because they will not always be around.” Designed by Terence Gomez from Philippines.
“Wallpaper with calendar commemorating the Mexican custom of pre-Hispanic origin “Day of the Dead”.” Designed by Violeta Hernandez from Monterrey, México .
Designed by Valentin Bojilov.
“Peace Giving, reference Thanksgiving! ” Designed by Alejandra Abad from USA.
“Where is the Party Tonight Glamour Girls?” Designed by Puneeta Prakash from India.
“My inspiration comes from native american art combined with my love of fashion” Designed by Lauren Curtis from United States.
“There are a lot of fun things you can do inside when November comes, stay inside and have fun.” Designed by Snorre Glemmestad from Norway.
“Fireworks light the sky on bonfires night.” Designed by Chris Alexander (Yipori) from England.
“For November, I wanted to feature Canadian nature with a photograph from my own portfolio. In respect, I’ve also added a poppy to the wallpaper for Remembrance Day.” Designed by Ducky Design from Canada.
“A brown and orange themed turkey day. A reminder that these fierce birds are grandiose, but also delicious!” Designed by Amanda Johnson from USA.
“Seasonal change – the transition from autumn to winter just like pages in a book…” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.
“‘Mother Earth’ is a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life.” Designed by Sagar from Bangladesh.
“A nice serene nature photograph with rich browns, golds, and complimented by a cool hue of blue and white. I took this photo in my backyard one morning, in the nice chilly weather of autumn.” Designed by Christopher Reed from United States.
“Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year. But in India it is celebrated on the 14th November, because the date marks the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. As a tribute to Nehru and his love for children, Children’s Day is celebrated on his birth date.” Designed by Supriya Kunal Dcunha from India.
“The Loy Krathong Festival of Thailand will happend in November of every year. I want to tell the world There is a very Beautiful and Romantic festival in Thailand. Want you to come and see it!” Designed by dafxxxk from Thailand.
“20 years ago, the 9th of November 1989, the wall separating East Germany from West Germany fell in Berlin.” Designed by Vincent Prat from France.
“The dark and gloomy vision of our employees. Kiddin’ .” Designed by Marek Lasota / eFRESH from Poland.
Designed by Barbara Haider from Austria.
“Our imagination give us this distorted point of view when things are going right. Everything is colorfull and beatiful when the nature are conected with our souls, and that’s inspire anyone.” Designed by Vinicius Ervilha from Brazil.
Designed by Eli, Stefan and Xenia from USA.
“This is a Typographic image with stripes and type treatment. Very minimal but easy on the eyes.” Designed by Raul Esquivel from USA.
“The Saga New Moon Calendar – I made this wallpaper because this month is the release of the well known movie – New Moon , made after the book with the same name written by Stephanie Meyer and , because I am a huge fan of the Saga Books.So I realy hope you’ll enjoy my calendar.” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.
“The evolution Wallpaper is made for dual-monitor Systems with 2 1280×1024 monitors.I surfed the web to find something cool, but most of the dual wallpapers out there are to vista like ( means bull***t). So i made my own.Its called “evolution” because i like the letter “E” in this font , could have called it “email” too ^^.” Designed by Jonas Duri from germany.
“One of my Photoshop glowing wallpapers series. ” Designed by Yvaine2010 from Germany.
“The wallpaper is an image of an bursting cracker taken during the festival Diwali. The streaks of light were instantly likeable. And the image is rightly selected by my friend Sriyash Jichkar.” Designed by Parth Siddharth from India.
“I can’t wait to see Spike Jonze’s “Where the wild things are”, it will reach theatres only in December where i’m living so i’m patiently waiting with personal works featuring these childhood monsters.” Designed by SixLightYears from France (Reunion Island).
Designed by Monica Corduneanu from Romania.
“‘complete me’ is a wallpaper i designed using one of my poems. Just know that no man is an island. ” Designed by Zainab Sule from Nigeria.
“Lust month somebody noticed there have been no „pink” wallpaper so We wanted to try and make one. We hope You like it!” Designed by John Kichote from Poland.
“This calendar is designed to give tribute to all those innocent people who lost their lives last year on 26/11. It was similar attack as of 9/11, when more than 100 people were killed by terrorist in Mumbai, India. Feel the pain of families who lost their loved ones and paint this world “RED” with roses, not with blood.” Designed by Aman Behl from India.
“The great fall, is the issue that we will use the end of this autumn, with the last leaves,waiting to fall after a great life.” Designed by Javier Castillo from Bolivia.
“Just cutout. Simple, lovable and ready-to-show .” Designed by Marek Lasota / eFRESH from Poland.
“Inspired by a mixture of graffiti and the HAPPY GO LUCKY fun ofCrayola magic (or whatever tools you have when your up to mischief, but spraypaint has the best effect)” Designed by 268 Design from USA.
Designed by Marta Miazek from Poland.
“Each year in November, Alzheimer’s Awareness month takes place all over the country. I chose this theme because of a family member who has been battling this disease since 2002. I love how she keeps fighting even though each day gets tougher in her life. I love and care about her very much and is always in my heart everyday. I hope the viewers can relate to my experience and understand that this is a very serious disease. Also, I want viewers go out make a difference for a loved one even if it is research, donating, or taking part in a community event for a good cause.” Designed by Matthew Jerauld from United States.
“vector candybar that appeals to men and women” Designed by Justin Wright from USA.
Designed by Kari Kumura from United States.
Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.
“There is lot of people sharing efforts in the whole world to combat against the loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions. From our blog “Historias Naturales” (in spanish) we try to share this kind of stories.” Designed by Pablo Jimeno Pérez from Spain.
Designed by Qayum Khan from Afghanistan.
“Design Kompany’s ÒwavularÓ series is about possibility. Negative space. And what that implies. Quantum physicist Max Planck said: “When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.” This drawing was inspired by Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.” Designed by Design Kompany from USA.
“November: curled by the fireplace and looking out the window, autumn is golden and warm. ” Designed by Saarah Saghir from USA/Pakistan.
Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
Designed by Amaury MDF from France.
“A blurry fall evening in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.” Designed by Sean O’Key from United States.
“Abstract representation of Autumn leaves seen through a cut-away.” Designed by Greg Goodson from England.
“Here in New York, November is the brown, crisp twilight of the year; the hushed ushering to sleep and hibernation. Its symbol is the noble, honest chrysanthemum, its stone topaz, its mood dreamy nostalgia.” Designed by Manon Michel from US.
“I wanted to give a calendar a fun, wooden look, with a strong typography, sort of ironic in the sense that it’s sharp and more professional than other fonts, while being messy and sloppy at the same time.” Designed by Tyson Junkers from USA.
“Lonely is a lamp without love.” Designed by Raru from Bulgaria.
“Time never stop for anyone. Our future always remain unknown (dark/blind); and all the radiant will be tone down (we forget) when time moves on. The moment we own is only now, which can brings us hope and brightness.” Designed by Shermynn Low from Malaysia.
“After trying numerous different approaches similar to my flourishing April type, I ultimately settled on a very minimal, negative space-based design. I didn’t include a version without the calendar as it felt a little too minimal without the supportive type.” Designed by Colin Parks from Canada.
“Part innovative, part grungy – a bit of a ‘Tron’ meets ‘Mad Max’. This is my current view of the future that is near (nigh).” Designed by Charles Godewyn from United States of America.
Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. And this is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artists themselves.
Thanks to all designers for participation. Join in next month!
What’s your favourite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comments! And have a smashing November, folks!
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In this post I am going to share some very useful resources for web designers and developers. This includes Snipplr, UserCake, MockFlow, JQuery Max Image, Ecsstender and Bestwebframeworks etc.
Herewith, some suggestions for making your briefs or texts more readable…
If you are looking for documentation to improve your CSS skills I suggest you to take a look at the following 5 must read presentations about CSS coding.
Halloween is tomorrow! I hope everyone has a great day, and a scary evening! As a final post before the big day I’ve collected 25 extraordinary pumpkin carvings to help inspire you. I only just attempted my first ever pumpkin carving yesterday, so I can testify to how difficult it is.
The skill of these artist’s is truly amazing, and I encourage you to go and check out their other works.
This artist deserves his own section of this post, because his work is quite simply unbelievable. Scott runs his own website called Pumpkin Gutter where he posts all of his designs. I highly recommend that you check out the rest of his work there, and let him know what you think of it.
This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr group.
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