Best of The Web – May 2009
Its been a long and hard working month, but in May there has been some really great productive content posted online. I have put all the ramblings from May 09 into a big tin, shaken it up a bit and picked out the best stuff to put together into a compilation. I have separated the compilation into tutorials, free downloads, inspiration and interviews. Of course I couldn’t fit everything into this post, but if you have any submissions for June then drop us a comment.
Tutorials
Throughout May, there have been some outstanding tutorials. Heres some of the best…
 | Create An Abstract Vector Design Using IllustratorThis brilliant tutorial will teach you how to create an abstract vector illustration using Adobe Illustrator. The colours used are beautiful. |
 | 9 Tips For Web Design Brand BuildingSome awesome tips here for building your web design brand. |
 | Using Blends To Create DepthThis great tutorial will teach you how to use blends to create depth in your illustration. |
 | Design a Realistic Website LayoutLearn how to create an amazing realistic website in this tutorial by Grafpedia! |
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Free Downloads
Everyone loves freebies. Here are a few icons, wallpapers and other freebies!
 | Ornament Vector SetThese beautiful vector ornament icons can be used to help you create that floral background or wallpaper. |
 | Osmala WallpaperThis funny wallpaper is a parody of Swine Flu. You can download it for your desktop or iPhone. |
 | 32 Free Vector IconsA nice free vector icon set. They all look the part. |
 | 100 Icon Sets / 50,000+ IconsThe mother of all icon collections. There are 100 Icon Sets containing over 50,000+ Icons! |
 | 75 Graffiti FontsA web designer needs great looking fonts all the time. Here are 75 amazing graffiti fonts that you can grab for free! |
 | Retro Toys Icon SetA nice small Toy Icon Set free from Smashing Magazine. These icons look great! |
 | Beautiful Fractals Brushes These free Photoshop Brushes can be used for personal use. They look brilliant. |
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Inspiration
Web Designers can never be short of inspiration. Here are some great resources for design inspiration.
 | Weekly Vector InspirationNumber 18 of a weekly series. This post has loads of vector inspiration for web designers. Some of these illustrations are outstanding! |
 | Hello!This is a brilliant vector that has been put together and drawn with much precision. |
 | MalibuThis Malibu illustration is very inspirational for designers. |
 | King Village MonsterA random but clever vector illustration. |
 | I Only Surf On CometsLove this comet surfing vector illustration. |
 | Paisley GuitarA very colourful vector illustration. In this illustration there are so many different objects and patterns. |
 | Digital LoveA very colourful and inspirational vector illustration. This one is a must see! |
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Interviews
These great interviews are very interesting to read, and very inspirational.
 | Hongkiat LiamOver at incomediary, mike interviews Hongkiat liam the maker, creator and owner of hongkiat.com |
 | Nate Whitehill – Creating The Perfect Blog DesignThis is a brilliant interview. Michael Dunlop from incomediary interviews Nate Whitehill on the perfect blog design. |
 | Nick La Blogging About Web DesignIf you are a web design, you must have heard of ndesign-studio.com, and some of nicks other websites such as bestwebgallery.com and webdesignerwall.com. |
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Amy (2 years ago)
There are some really good ideas here, they are great for people who are setting up there new website. The designs and ideas are different therefore more people would like to use them on their own website.
Behrouz (2 years ago)
Cool List
100 Icon Sets / 50,000+ Icons && Weekly Vector Inspiration is top
but my website stage is blank in list
thank you very mach *)
Behrouz’s last blog post..New options in FlashBannerOnline.com
weberica (2 years ago)
great, tnx
kre8iveminds (2 years ago)
Great resources and tips. Thanks for sharing.
Oliver (2 years ago)
A great list of resources and tips. I will have to look at them properly and see what I can use them for. Plenty of good resources for me to use for my websites and designs. Thanks for sharing these.
Oliver’s last blog post..Google One-Line Sitelinks – May 9, 2009
Grant Russell (2 years ago)
WOW I love it
singapore web design (2 years ago)
Nice list of web design tutorials! Especially the 9 Tips For Web Design Brand Building.
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