Best of The Web – July 2009
Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by Web Design in Roundups
Surprisingly another month has past. This month we have seen some amazing design inspiration, tutorials, freebies and articles on many websites from all corners of the web. The talent that goes on behind closed doors is extraordinary. If you have any submissions for August’s best of the web, drop in a comment.
Plus, here are the links for our June best of the web (some amazing talent), and our May best of the web (must see resources). Enjoy reading!
Tutorials
There have been some amazing tutorials posted in July. Heres our best pick…
Animal King Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create an animal king with tutorial9.
Flower Text Effect
Follow this tutorial and you will have an awesome flowered text effect.
Create A Character Mascot
Learn how to create a vector character mascot in adobe illustrator.
Harry Potter Text
Learn how to create more a less the exact same text from Harry Potter.
Create a Surreal Scene of Flying Bombs on Fire
Tuts Plus yet again has an awesome tutorial featuring so many elements. Could take a few hours to complete this one.
Freebies
Heres a handful of top notch freebies throughout July.
Wordpress Theme: Creative By Nature
Download this theme for your blog. It looks immense!
Scratched Social Bookmarking Icons
There are many social bookmarking icons on the Internet, but these can come in handy if you have a hand drawn design.
Wordpress Theme: Paper Wall
Paper wall is a free WordPress theme that looks like a scrapbook.
10 Grungy Spray Vectors
Here are 10 grungy spray vectors that are free to download and use.
42 High Resolution Smoke Brushes
This is the almighty smoke effect brushes pack. Download and see for yourself.
Articles
Yet again, there has been some amazing content floating about. We have tied up our best picks.
Fonts Used In Logos of Popular Websites
This post is a major hit. Its very interesting to read, and there are links to buy / download the fonts that big websites use in their logos!
9 Marketing Tips from a Six-Year Old’s Lemonade Stand
Here is a quality article from WebDesignerDepot. Read and see.
50+ Different Ways To Vastly Improve Your Wordpress Blog
An awesome compilation of ways to improve your Wordpress blog.
5 Ways to Become a Famous Graphic Designer
Check out you the designer as they list off 5 ways to become a famous graphic designer.
Massive Compilation of Designer Tools
This is designers treasure. An awesome list of many different types of tools.
Inspiration
Last but not least, inspiration. How could we forget it!
40 Awesome Illustrative Web Designs
SpyreStudios wraps up 40 awesome illustrative web designs.
30+ cool and unusual business cards designs
There is always room for business card inspiration. Some of these look amazing!
45 Incredible Illustration Artists
Tied up here is some incredible vector art!
100 Creative Desktop Backgrounds
All it takes is to look at the first 5 to know this is a top notch post, although i did continue to look at all 100, and download a fair few.
200 Creative Advertisements
I have never seen any other post like it. The amount of creativity in all 200 of these is remarkable. I started by scanning through them, but they all were too good to miss, so I looked at more a less every one. Amazing!
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j000
07. Aug, 2009
cool list thanks for sharing
shareunlimited.net
07. Aug, 2009
Great contents. great job.
A la espera de lo mejor para Agosto.
Greetings,
Keith
07. Aug, 2009
As soon as I get Illustrator I’m gonna try that Character Mascot tutorial.
Another great round-up
adobe basics
07. Aug, 2009
i read the surreal scene it is very useful for me thanks a lot of
Rick
07. Aug, 2009
Great. Thanx for sharing.
Callum Chapman
07. Aug, 2009
Great round-up, lovely free theme… I agree with you, it does look immense!
pavel
08. Aug, 2009
Thanks, a nice listing… with some interesting ideas to try….
Mukesh.M
08. Aug, 2009
very very nice………….
caminandosolo
08. Aug, 2009
This is a great list. My favourite link is “30+ cool and unusual business cards designs”
Thanks
Behrouz
08. Aug, 2009
thanks very nice listing …..
ajay
08. Aug, 2009
Very nice !
2expertsDesign
08. Aug, 2009
Really great round up, thanks for share!
Aadil Pitafi
09. Aug, 2009
Great list! Thanks for sharing.
Mujeeb Khumawala
10. Aug, 2009
Superb collection.
Thanks Andy.
Oliver
10. Aug, 2009
Great collection of resources here and some I could use. Will have to look at each one and bookmark them. Thanks for sharing.
Kristian
16. Aug, 2009
Great Collection! Thanks. Here are some quick web design facts: enjoy
Egypt Web design
20. Aug, 2009
thanks so much Great collection
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Desktop wallpaper
08. Sep, 2009
thanks very mach
photo effects
08. Sep, 2009
very great collections