Links from across the Web

The best of the weeks articles, roundups and showcases from across the web, found and bookmarked by myself.

• 22 Ways to Find Advertisers for your Website

Selling advertising deals is one of the most profitable ways to monetize your website. Some time ago I wrote an article titled How to Find Advertisers for Your Website, where I covered the pros and cons of using this method, what you need to have in place before getting started, how much you should charge and so on.

Found on Daily Blog Tips

• How to make a fortune blogging for others

Blogging itself is not so hard: You have to be very passionate and work a lot on your writing. But blog promotion is definitely a long process that can sometimes involve high costs.

In the other hand, big blogs such as Tutsplus are always hiring bloggers to write guest posts. The average payment is $100 per post, which is not bad at all. So if you haven’t made a living with your own blog yet, what about considering making money by blogging for others?

Found on Cats Who Blog

• Graphic Designers in the Recession

The recession is still a probably for many, not just in the United States but abroad as well. The economy has hurt people from many different fields, and the Graphic and Web Design fields are no exception. The job crisis is very scary, but embracing fear isn’t the answer, finding solutions is, and as a Graphic Designer living in the recension I have some interesting advice that will help you through it.

Found on Roberto Blake’s blog

• Amazing Wine Labels: 30 Creative and Unusual wine label designs

Amazing Wine Labels – The design of a wine label can make or break the success of a new wine introduced to the market.  Even beyond the quality of the wine itself, the label plays a primary role in the purchasing decisions of customers.  It is on this fact that many graphic designers have focused their attention to making creative, compelling labels that connect a bottle of wine with its buyer.  To celebrate the work of these designers, TheCoolist has selected 30 of the most impressive wine label designs in recent history.  To read it right, we suggest you enjoy this list over a freshly popped glass of wine…

Found on The Coolist

• 27 Reasons Why I Love to Learn from these 10 Famous blogs

I’ve been blogging since a year ago, and this one is my second blog. I have learned from so many blogs that I’ve seen and bookmarked several blogs that I like so much. On this post, I’m going to share about several blogs that I follow & Some reasons why I follow them.

Found on Albertlie

• Exceptional Photo Manipulation Photography

The art of Photo manipulation is the process of image editing techniques applied to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception (in contrast to mere enhancement or correction), through analog or digital means. It’s uses, cultural impact, and ethical concerns have made it a subject of interest beyond the technical process and skills involved. Photo manipulation can be regarded as old as photography itself; contrary to the idea of a photo having inherent verisimilitude. Photo manipulation has been regularly used to deceive or persuade viewers, or for improved story-telling and self-expression.

Found on Dezign Diva

• Purple in Web Design: A New Trend? Showcase and something to start

For a long time Purple has been the least used colour in web design. In recent months I noticed the number of websites crafted using purple is increased. Try to browse some showcases across the web and you’ll notice more sites with various shades of purple in the recent entries.

Found on PVM Garage

• How to Design a Better Blog? Break Down the Rules

Nowadays a blog is a particular genre of website with features and elements that allow a complete and well-constructed publication of articles on the Web. There are many different types of blogs with different characteristics, from the personal blog to the corporate blog, from the monothematic blog to the blog-magazine. They are different not only in the topics and in the type of content, but above all in the way in which they deliver articles and information.

Found on PVM Garage

• Incredible Examples of Superman Illustrations

The coloring of Superman is composed of the three primary colors, Yellow, Blue, and Red, which give an aesthetically pleasing effect to this renowned comic character. Here are some incredible examples of Superman illustrations for you to enjoy! Get inspired!

Found on Admix Web

• Interview: Chad Engle, Editor of Fuel your Creativity
  

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing an amazing young talent, who is a very well known American designer and blogger, Chad Engle, the editor of Fuel your Creativity blog. Chad is only twenty-three years old, and he is already an amazingly successful designer, who can only improve with age and experience.

Found on Admix Web

Links from our Community News Page

The best of the weeks news which has been submitted to our community news page, don’t forget you can include your own articles by submitting them today.

• The Importance of Typography in Graphic Design04/04/2010
  Roberto Blake discusses the importance of Typography and its place in the Graphic Design Industry
• 70 Incredible Logo Designs #204/04/2010
  Here a fresh new set of cool logo designs. I hope these logos will get you inspired. Don’t be shy, let us know what you think by commenting below.
• 15 Beautiful & Minimalistic Tumblr Themes03/04/2010
  Thumblr is an easy and simple blogging platform. In his collection, you can find some wonderful themes. 15 of them are included in this post!
• 48 Tremendous Web Layouts From deviantArt of March…03/04/2010
  In this post featuring several very talented web designers from DeviantArt. All of these inspiring website examples are fresh and new, for this march month so you can see current trends. I must be honest I really love all of these sites, I like current trending and research made me want to get my hands dirty with some new design too. Carefully watch every detail – some designs are very simple…
• 40 Brilliant Examples of Mascot Designs02/04/2010
  Mascot design is a huge key to your brand, and are thought to bring luck. A mascot usually represent a corporate brand or a public identity. Since human picture memory is better that text, a mascot easily helps people remember who you are.
• Designer’s Break – Commercials gone bad02/04/2010
  Commercials are a good way to promote any product out there on the market, whether it’s material, digital or services. We’ve all seen some great commercials, serious, hilarious, dramatic or just plain average.
• 17 Most Used WordPress Jquery Plugins01/04/2010
  Wordpress has hundreds of plugins using jquery. I feel jquery + wordpress will be great combination. It make wonderful design. These plugins are all about efficient simple and spectacular methods of enhancing the functionality of your blog.
• Comic Book Inspired Artwork: Iron Man01/04/2010
  With Iron Man 2 opening on May 7 2010, I have decide to write a second installment on comic book inspired artwork. Iron Man has quickly become one of my favorite super heroes in the last couple of years. With a brilliant new cast of huge Hollywood superstars such as Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson in this latest sequel, it will definitely be a smash at the box office. Un…
• Giveaway Ads Slot For Top Two Commentators Each Mo…01/04/2010
  First of all i would like to thanks to all of my Readers, Visitors and Commentators for supporting Themeflash for taking into next generation of design and development blog. we are happy to say that we are starting to give something special for readers and visitor to gain more traffic for their blog. And we have decided that we will give you the Two Ads Slot of 125×125 for top two commentators…
• 30 articles & tutorials to improve your icon d…01/04/2010
  While it’s easy to find free icons on the Internet these days, the best way to make your website’s design unique is to create your own custom icons.
• 55 Useful and Necessary Color Tools For Web Design…01/04/2010
  Color is one of the most important part of the web design.Most of the amateur designers and of course clients who are new to this world,first use and prefer colors which they like but in web design the matching of the colors is much more important.
• 110 Excellent Free Icon Sets For Your Next Design …01/04/2010
  In this post we present a 110 Excellent and Beautiful Free Icon Sets For Your Next Design or Project of Part I and Part II that are available for free download and (sometimes only for personal) use. Please make sure to read license agreements before using icons in your designs – they can change from time to time.
• Does Logo Design Matter?31/03/2010
  Logos are everywhere. You can’t escape them. They’re on your computer, your phone, your books, magazines, even your cereal. It is fair to say that logos are a crucial part of our world. A logo can bring back memories, evoke emotions, or stimulate thoughts or cravings. However, how important is it that these logos are designed well. In fact, does it matter at all? Not really.
• Huge List of Free Online File Conversion Sites31/03/2010
  Online converters always come in handy when you don’t have a certain program. Once you need to perform some operation with your files, they can save your time achieving the same results online, without installing some specific software, and most usually for free.
• 30 Breathtaking Examples Of Ice Photography31/03/2010
  A Showcase of Excellent Ice Photography is provided below to help you get inspired and make your next piece of artwork.
  The list is composed of 30 Ice photos shot in the different parts of the world by talented photographers.
• 40 Inspirational Hand Drawn Web Designs.31/03/2010
  Hand-drawn website are becoming more and more popular among wed designers. This trend is very inspiring and shows creativity. I think this is really cool, because its different from the regular types of design, like the web 2.0 style. We collected some awesome hand-drawn websites, that are sure to inspire you.
• How to create a torn wall paper effect in Illustra…31/03/2010
  In this tutorial we will learn to create a torn wall paper based on a seamless pattern and simple distortion techniques. I used a seamless pattern from…
• 20 Best PSD to Joomla Service Providers31/03/2010
  The widespread of Joomla! as a successful CMS is visible by its large community of users and developers. People use it as a website, community portal, social networking site, online magazine and in various other forms. In other words it is a CMS which is fit to everyone’s need.
• 10 Fantastic blogs for Freebies31/03/2010
  Freebies are a great way of getting several useful stuffs without any cost. There are several Design blogs on the internet offering freebies to their visitors such as free icons, free textures ,free brushes and free PSD files , etc.
• 7 Web Design Clients to Walk Away From30/03/2010
  An article on the type of web clients who aren’t worth the trouble and to walk away from. From cheap, annoying, vague and controlling clients.
• Inspiration: Compilation Of Business Card Designs30/03/2010
  I have to say that writing posts on business card design is one of the most satisfying for me. I feel that my readers get the most inspiration out of this type of post, seeing that they are so incredibly popular. So with no further ado here is your monthly dosage of beautifully designed business cards. Enjoy!
• 46 Amazing 3D Animation Short Films30/03/2010
  Short Films are always smart and beautiful! In this collection you will find 46 Amazing 3D Animation Short Films to watch for hours. Enjoy!
• 30 Jaw Dropping Wallpapers29/03/2010
  This collection will give you many different moods and feelings you can’t explain. Many say that a picture can be worth 1000 words, well these angelic wallpapers say much more than that. I know that sound like an intense description, but these are really gorgeous wallpapers.
• Artist of the week – Nico Di Mattia29/03/2010
  Nico Di Mattia is a 27 years old digital painter from Cordoba, Argentina, yet masterful for his age. His artwork is dominantly handmade and refer to portraits…
• Comic Book Inspired Artwork: Spider-Man29/03/2010
  One thing that I used to love doing while I was in school was to draw my favorite comic book heroes and villains in my homework books. My favorites at the time being Spider-man and Batman. If you are into comic books, you will really get a treat out of this post. In this article you will see some Spider-Man inspired artwork from some really talented artists.
• 20 Beautiful And Fresh Pictures That Will Make You…28/03/2010
  Animal pictures are both strange and funny, the photographers have to choose the right moments to capture their action.Today, we are showing you 20 funny Examples that will make you smile. The credit goes to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes.
• 5 Excellent Footer Design Tutorials28/03/2010
  Footers are the usually the last thing you see on sites and blogs But has become useful for many reasons. To be different from the standard design, you can utilize the footer to provide links or shortcuts to other areas of your web site.
• Adobe Creative Suite CS528/03/2010
  Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobes applications (e.g., Photoshop CS5, Acrobat, InDesign CS5, Illustrator CS5, Flash CS5), that are based on various technologies (e.g., PostScript, PDF, Flash).

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