Which is the best website to display your design works? Well if you are design enthusiast, websites like deviantART, Flickr and Behance may cross your mind instantly. However your works shouldn’t be limited within these sites as there are many more design communities and networks out there where you can showcase your talents. These online communities are the places where you can keep yourself up to date with the latest design trends, get inspirations from others’ works and receive professional designers’ comments on your works.

If you are ready to showcase your skills or display art pieces which you are very proud of, below we’ve gathered 18 top online communities specifically built for web developers, designers, artists and creative people. Read more…

When it comes to arts, everything can be reproduced to make it more interesting, meaningful and compelling, depending on one’s creativity. World map is no longer special to anyone, it can be found from the web as easy as tabbing Google Map app on your smartphone or tablet. However some creative artists, designers and photographers decided to give the world map a new look, making them amazingly beautiful, unique, and different from the standard maps we know. Some are digitally designed, painted, carved, and even spilled with coffee.

Here’s a showcase of 36 most amazing and interesting world map artworks that I’ve collected from the web. Don’t forget to save them as a source of inspiration or share with your friends for enjoyment. Personally, I like the carved apple as it caught my attention with its clean map image. How about you? Read more…

Is iPhone the smartest phone in the world? While this question remains to be answered, but what we are so sure is that iPhone has become a benchmark for all other smartphones to compete with. Although there was no iPhone 5 launched in last year, instead Apple rolled out the iPhone 4S. The phone also known as iPhone for Steve as the Apple’s visionary co-founder has passed away the day after iPhone 4S was launched.

This year, Apple will be launching a total revision of the iPhone and the publication reports that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the development of the new iPhone. Most notably, he was overseeing the redesign of the phone right up until his death late last year. Read more…

Looking for some cool drawing and design apps for your iPad? We believe this post will fulfil your needs. iPad or other tablet devices have become a must-have tool for web designers, developers and artists. This is because there are too many awesome apps can be installed on your devices for drawing, painting, sketching, website editing, publishing, wireframing and other design purposes.

Below we’ve rounded up 34 most feature-rich apps that have design and drawing capabilities. They are for both beginners and experts alike. We hope you enjoy this post! Read more…

Adobe Photoshop is one of the most powerful image editing programs around. However not everyone is willing to pay for it especially if all one need to do is basic image editing job. That could be the reasons why you can see there are so many Photoshop similar programs out there for free download. These digital image softwares can perform most of the basic Photoshop jobs such as image manipulating, transforming, adding filters and effects as well as file formats converting.

So, which is the best Photoshop alternative software? In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of 26 awesome image editing softwares you can use for free, making your design jobs more fun and easy! Read more…

Have you designed your Facebook Timeline cover? Facebook Timeline, a new profile design that was recently introduced by Facebook, providing you a cool way of introducing yourself through graphic other than profile photo. If you’d like to do something awesome with your Timeline, but are lacking some ideas to get it started. Well you’ve come to the right place as we’ve collected 40 really creative Facebook Timeline designs to ignite your creativity!

For those of you who’ve created your own version of Timeline which you’re very proud of, share it with us in the comments below! Who knows that we might add it to this Facebook Timeline collection? Read more…

Color palette plays a very important role in the success of any design. To design a beautiful and outstanding website or blog, you’ll need to choose color palette effectively by using right color in the right place. Does it sound difficult to you? Don’t worry here we are sharing a comprehensive list of 35 best color tools to help you out! These tools will not only help you choose the most appropriate color palette for your web design but also find the right alternatives to match the core color of your site.

Bookmark the post if you are really serious about web design. You’re always welcomed to drop us a comment especially if you know of any useful color tools we’ve missed! Read more…

No matter what type of business you are in, business card is a must have tool for promoting yourself and your company. A good business card is more than just providing contact details and company information, it needs to be able to catch your customers’ attention within seconds and make them remember your name and your business. This is especially important for anyone in the field of design such as web designers and graphic designers.

When it comes to design of a business card, elements like graphic, texture, material and shape are very important to make your card a more memorable, collectible and impressive piece to be carried away everywhere. So if you are planning to make your own business card but don’t have any ideas how to design. Here’s a showcase of 101 truly outstanding, creative and beautiful business card designs to enhance your creativity and get inspired! Read more…

We’ve previously showcased 60 truly awesome Photoshop photo effects tutorials, but we realised that there were still plenty of excellent tutorials out there which worth your attention. That’s the reason why we’ve decided to add 65 additional Photoshop photo tutorials to our previous entry. So don’t miss the opportunity to enhance your photo editing skill!

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Don’t be disappointed if you are not a good photographer, because you still can publish great photos online as long as you have photo editing skills in Photoshop. That’s probably part of the reasons why the demand for Photoshop tutorials has been increasing in these days. With Photoshop, you can perform various kinds of image effects, photo manipulation, image abstract design, 3D, and several other design features with a very satisfactory quality. Today we are going to showcase up to 60 useful Photoshop tutorials for awesome photo effects. We hope you will like this collection.

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