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Fire Within Me by =freaky665

Shiba’s Guidance by =Luches

Skullduggery by by Ng Fhze Yang

Colour by Wangli

Fire flower.. by ~shadow-light13

Forest by ~tahra

Muacks by LicoMomo

King of the Ash World by Diane Özdamar

The Monster Nian by Jason Juan

Metamorphosis by Cristiano Siqueira

Let Me Fly To Freedom by *Rockfield

Unique by ~ouwEnz

Jellyfish March by =Kaze-Hime

Cinabre by Diane Özdamar

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Dont Panic

Eco-environment

Floral Love

Gig Poster

STAY GREEN. GO RED.

Love

Keep Reno Green

Idea

Summer Exhibition

Designers don’t commit crimes

Logan

I Love Art

Hide and Seek

Play

Title

Typography-A

Type

BlackOut

White

Beautiful

Ecosystem BW

Spring

Deja VU

My Fake Cover

Tipo 04

Type

The Mask of Sorrow

A New Leaf

Crude

Nokia

Inspire

D+G Vector and Drawing

Using mixed media

Flickr the world

Word

Funkrush

Hello

Trust

Island

Got Milk

Silk

I love you

Chanel 4 25th Anniversary Book

What we do in life, echoes in eternity

Love

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Im sure you think that there are so many other blog posts that deserve to be on the list, but this is WebDesignDev’s opinion, and to be honest, it would take until next Christmas to look through all the posts about web design that were posted in 2009 across the internet. Without further ado, here is the list. Enjoy and don’t get too carried away!

50 Best Web Design Blog Posts In 2009…

		#1. 35+ Essential Web Design Resources on Best Practice, Tips and Techniques Why You Need To Read… Tripwire Magazine has an awesome compilation here of essential web design resources on best practice, tips and techniques. This is a must read for all web designers. Read More
		#2. 6 Ways To Take Your Web Design From Good To Great Why You Need To Read… This article had to be featured. My Ink Blog tells us 6 different ways web designers can take a web design and transform it from being good (average) to great (standing out from the competition). Read More
		#3. Top 100 Freelance Blogs Why You Need To Read… O Desk have an unmissable compilation of the top 100 freelance blogs. Its great to read other freelancers blogs and know what they are up to. Some blogs being small and personal, and others being big and company based (such as freelance switch – envato). Read More
		#4. 30 CSS Best Practices For Beginners Why You Need To Read… Net Tuts have put together an amazing blog post titled 30 CSS best practices for beginners. This is an unmissable post if your starting out with learning CSS, or you just want to refresh your memory on it. Read More
		#5. 25 Great Examples of Using Gradient Effects In Web Design Why You Need To Read… Six Revisions have a top showcase of websites that use beautiful gradient effects. This had to be included on the list because there is some great inspirational designs listed here. I love the gradient effects too. Read More
		#6. 25 Funny T-Shirt Designs For Web Designers And Developers Why You Need To Read… Everyone need a bit of comedy every now and then. Web Designer Depot has compiled an awesome gallery of 25 funny T-shirt designs that web designers and developers will find comical. Read More
		#7. 20 Most Wanted Web Design Tutorials Why You Need To Read… A quality post here as we look at the 20 most wanted web design tutorials. Some of the website designs here in these tutorials are awesome! Read More
		#8. How To Create An Organic Web Design (And Showcase) Why You Need To Read… Web Designer Depot have a top post that teaches web designers how to create an organic web design, with many examples. This is a great guide and there are some top inspirational web designed showcased here. Read More
		#9. A Beginner’s Guide to Web Accessibility: 21 Ways to Make Your Site More Web Accessible Why You Need To Read… Accessibility is very important if your a web designer. If you are new to the web design industry, or just want to refresh your knowledge, then this post is worth a read as it reviews 21 ways to make your website more accessible. Read More
		#10. Web Design Trends For 2010 Why You Need To Read… Earlier on there was an article from Smashing Magazine about the top web design trends in 2009. This time were going a year ahed as Helikopter Design looks at the top web design trends we are going to be hopefully seeing in 2010. Read More
		#11. Best Web Design – March 2009 Why You Need To Read… Specky boy has an awesome compilation from the beginning of 2009, with the best web design from March 2009. There are some top quality and inspirational web designs in this collection. I love some of the effects used in many of these designs. Read More
		#12. 16 Best Web Design Galleries For Inspiration Why You Need To Read… Every web designer needs a bit of inspiration when they are stuck for designing. Weather this is web design / logo design or any design. Compiled here are 16 best web design galleries for design inspiration. Read More
		#13. Web Design Trends For 2009 Why You Need To Read… In 2009 we have seen some great website design trends. Ajax is being implemented into more and more website every day, and there are so many neat ideas. Check out the top web design trends we have seen in 2009. Read More
		#14. 27 Best Photoshop Web Layout Design Tutorials (part 2) Why You Need To Read… Here is an awesome compilation of 27 awesome web design layout tutorials using Photoshop. There are so many great tutorials here for both beginners and advanced web designers. Read More
		#15. Create The Fanciest Dropdown Menu You Ever Saw Why You Need To Read… A top tutorial here posted on our blog and written by Brian Cray. This menu is simply fantastic and is an easy tutorial to follow that’s broken up into many different steps for beginners and advanced web designers. Read More
		#16. 30 Most Influential People In Web Design Why You Need To Read… One of our best posts of the year. This is our list of the 30 most influential people in web design. There are some really big names on the list, and there has been much hype around other blogs about this list. Read More
		#17. Push Your Web Design Into The Future With CSS 3 Why You Need To Read… You can do some amazing things with CSS3. Even Im still learning everything about it. This article will teach you how to push your sites forward using CSS3. You really can do some amazing things with it. Read More
		#18. Best of CSS Design 2009 Why You Need To Read… Web Designer Wall have a top showcase that just had to be included on the list. Compiled here are the best in CSS web design throughout the whole of 2009. There are just some breathtaking web designs here that every web designer needs to check out. Read More
		#19. 30 Useful Web Design Books For 2009 Why You Need To Read… This is an unmissable list of 30 useful web design books for 2009. There are some top books listed here by some big names in the business. Read More
		#20. 50 Best Female Web Designers From Around The World Why You Need To Read… This list is nice, because you don’t often hear of many female web designers. Its a very different type of list, and there are some really great female web designers listed here. Thanks In Deziner! Read More
		#21. 50+ Nice Clean CSS Tab-Based Navigation Scripts Why You Need To Read… I hate having to look for a CSS based tab script when I want to use tabs on a web design Im working on. This article can come in handy and is well worth bookmarking. There are over 50 clean CSS based tab navigational scripts listed here! Read More
		#22. 30 Best Photoshop Web Layout Design Tutorials Why You Need To Read… Learn some great Photoshop layout techniques with these 30 top Photoshop web layout design tutorials collection. These tutorials are for web designers of all levels. Read More
		#23. 37 of the Best Web Designs from the Travel Industry Why You Need To Read… Vandelay Design has compiled this beautiful showcase of amazing web designs from the travel and tourism industry. I love these styled sites with a big splash page of an image of the hotel / b&b. Read More
		#24. 16 Gorgeous Web Safe Fonts To Use With CSS Why You Need To Read… This is another one of our most hyped articles. Many web designers are often confused with what fonts are web friendly n what operating systems. We have a list of 16 web safe fonts that look stunning. Read More
		#25. Fonts Used In Logos of Popular Websites Why You Need To Read… Ever looked at a logo and thought I wonder what font they use for their logo because that looks nice, or I wonder what this word would look like in that font. Here is a quality list of many different fonts used in logos from popular websites. Read More
		#26. Retro And Vintage Web Designs Best Of Why You Need To Read… Old school styled websites that look like designs from the 50s sometimes looks good on a website. Compiled here is a top quality showcase of the best retro and vintage web designs, put together by the famous Hong Kiat. Read More
		#27. 100 Web Designers To Follow On Twitter Why You Need To Read… Digital Labz have compiled a top quality post that lists the top 100 web designers to follow on the popular social networking site Twitter. There are some big names here, with thousands of followers. Read More
		#28. 25 Most Useful Blogs For Web Design And Development Why You Need To Read… There are so many blogs on the internet about learning web design (including WebDesignDev). Web Appers reviews the 25 most useful blogs for web design and development. Read More
		#29. Top 50 Web Design Education Blogs Why You Need To Read… Compiled here is a collection of the top 50 blogs that will educate any web designer of any level about web design. There are some top quality blogs listed here and its worth checking out and looking at a few of them. Read More
		#30. The 10 Most Common Mistakes Web Designers Make Why You Need To Read… Noupe have put together a top compilation of the top 10 most common mistakes most web designers make. Some of these mistakes you won’t even realize your making, so thanks Noupe! Read More
		#31. 40 Beautiful Examples of Minimalism in Web Design Why You Need To Read… Six Revisions have a top post here as they look at 40 beautiful examples of minimalism in web design. This basically means removing unneeded elements in a website that just clutter it up, making a nice simple design that works extremely well. Read More
		#32. Beautiful Showcase of Black And White Web Design Why You Need To Read… A Design Bump original we had to include on the list. Some people may think black and white is old, but really its a web design style that’s cropping up everywhere now. Black and white websites are simple and can just get the point across. Read More
		#33. Bokeh Effect in Web Design: 30 Excellent Examples and Tutorials Why You Need To Read… This is an awesome article for web designers, showing many different examples of the bokeh effect being used in web design. An unmissable top quality post from Spyre Studios. Read More
		#34. 11 Design Related Social News Sites for Web Design Articles Why You Need To Read… Ever wondered if theres a Digg just for design articles? Well actually theres 11 of them according to Jake Rocheleau as his blog looks at the best social news websites to submit your web design articles to. Read More
		#35. How To Design And Code A Flexible Website Why You Need To Read… Net Tuts have an awesome tutorial that teaches designers of any level how to design, then slice and code out a flexible style web design. This design is pretty tastey. Read More
		#36. 50 Amazing Flash Website Designs Why You Need To Read… One of our very own articles here. Compiled is an unmissable showcase of 50 amazing flash website designs. Read More
		#37. 35 Single Page Portfolio Designs Why You Need To Read… Single page web designs are ever growing. Having a full single page web design as a portfolio is a great idea, because it allows you to be creative, and keep your website clean and all within few files. Read More
		#38. 30+ Professional Business Website Design Tutorials In Photoshop Why You Need To Read… Smashing Share have an article that looks at over 30 professional business website design tutorials you can follow using Photoshop. This is a must read post for all web designers. Read More
		#39. 26 Beautiful Wood Textured Web Designs Why You Need To Read… Another Design Bump original that I just had to include on the list. Here is a gallery compiled by Design Bump that showcases 26 beautiful wood textured website designs. Read More
		#40. 8 Ways Web Design Is Changing The Graphic Design Industry Why You Need To Read… Web Design is having a huge impact on the graphic design industry. Graphic Design Blender looks at 8 ways that web design is changing the graphic design industry. There is some really powerful stuff in this article. Read More
		#41. 60+ Free Vector Icons For Web Designers Why You Need To Read… I don’t know about you, but I always use icons in my web designs. If you use too many icons though, it can overpower your design. Using the right amount is crucial. Compiled here are over 60 brilliant vector icons for web designers, all free to download. Read More
		#42. 21 Best Free Grunge Fonts For Web Designers Why You Need To Read… Here are a perfect selection of free grunge fonts for web designers available for free download. These will go perfect in a website header or a grunge styled Photoshop web design. Read More
		#43. 10 Web Design Rules You Can Break Why You Need To Read… There are just some rules in web design that you have to break sometimes. Like coding for IE6 = waste of time, in my opinion anyway. This article is worth a read if your a web designer. Read More
		#44. How To Design A Band Website Layout In Photoshop Why You Need To Read… Six Revisions have put together a brilliant tutorial that teaches you how to create a website layout fit perfectly for a band using Adobe Photoshop. Its an easy to follow tutorial for people of all skill levels. Read More
		#45. 50+ Blogs With A Beautiful Web Design Why You Need To Read… Designr Fix has an awesome post here. They have showcased 50+ blogs that have a beautiful web design. Some of these blog designs you could stare at all day and not get bored. Read More
		#46. 35 Excellent Ecommerce User Interface Web Designs Why You Need To Read… Web Designers That offer eCommerce will know that you have to take a different approach with the design. This is the perfect showcase for eCommerce inspiration when your stuck for how to display an online shop. Read More
		#47. The Ultimate Ugly Showcase of Current Government Websites Why You Need To Read… This is quite a funny article actually. Noupe has compiled a showcase of ugly government website designs. Some of them though are pretty good such as Denmark, the UK etc, but some are just unbearable and look like they were built in the 90’s. Read More
		#48. 10 Excellent Services To Get Feedback For Your Design Works Why You Need To Read… Ever created a design and want some quick feedback on it. So you go to look on your instant messenger contact list, hardly anyone’s online. What do you do? Well this article will tell you of 10 top places where you can get instant feedback from your designs. Read More
		#49. 50 High-Quality Free Fonts for Professional Web Design Why You Need To Read… These fonts look simple beautiful. There are 50 on the list, and can all be used for professional web design in Photoshop. You can also upload the font file to your web server and use CSS to read it and display website titles in that font. Clever heh? Read More
		#50. 114 Best Resources To Promote your Design Related Articles and News Why You Need To Read… Ever written a perfect blog post and then it gets hardly any traffic, re-tweets and diggs? Well this blog post tells us about 114 best resources that web designers can use to promote their design related articles and news. Read More

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Today I have compiled a list of amazing web design interfaces from the extremely popular design website, DeviantArt. These designs are seriously inspirational. They all have a special something added to them that makes them clean and stand out. I also think some are for sale too.

My favorites include number 18, Pixel Purist by L-a-m-p-E and number 27, Panele Drewniane by finesy.

Let me know your favorite by dropping us a cheeky comment. Feel free to also share your DeviantArt designs with the WebDesignDev community.

30 Amazing PSD Web Designs…

Without further ado, here is the list. Enjoy!

#1 Designers Couch

By ftstudio

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#2 Tru U University

By AreoX

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#3 NetRunner

By DouglasEltz

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#4 Colorful Blog

By deadlinesdesign

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#5 Great Pakistan

By naseemhaider

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#6 iClooly

By alighandour

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#7 Mockup USA Liquids

By cerebrocreativo

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#8 Zulawski Bank Spoldzielczy

By pcholewa

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#9 Matias Blog

By Pilej

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#10 New Company Portfolio

By aadi-f

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#11 MM Web Layout

By detrans

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#12 Rainbow Blog Design

By PanthereNoire92

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#13 Best Destinations

By arEa50oNe

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#14 Creative Talk

By kodcor3y

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#15 Design Spartan

By DesignSpartan

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#16 My Portfolio

By SencerBugrahan

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#17 Tienda Peluches

By sogaso

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#18 Pixel Purist

By L-a-m-p-E

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#19 Fuksik Motoring Ads

By coy2k

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#20 Atomia

By shizm

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#21 The Trance Blog

By tRiBaLmArKiNgS

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#22 Some Web

By Fedrick

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#23 Visual Studios

By ECP-Pro

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#24 Imagine Air

By Mindfuckx

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#25 Clan Design

By pSHR

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#26 Atak Interactive

By FIAMdesign

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#27 Panele Drewniane

By finesy

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#28 Another Portfolio

By shuffl3

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#29 Glassy Template

By nodethirtythree

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#30 Gor Ingenering

By TIT0

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There are so many iPhone applications available for download today. Many of them have their own website that tells everyone about them, aswel as being included on the iTunes app store. Showcased here are 20 beautiful and inspirational websites, that show off iPhone apps.

This was our selection of 20, so if you think that there are any others that deserve to be part of the list, why not let us know by dropping in a comment. Enjoy the list.

iPhone App Websites…

Outpost

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Tea Round

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Dig Deep Fitness

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Outside App

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Tapbots

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Cellar App

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Broadersheet

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Tap Tapas

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The Typography Manual

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Paraply

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Barista

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The Fun Tip Calculator

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June Cloud

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Wheel of Tea

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Tic A Tac Poker

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Ego App

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Happy Dangy Diggy

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TweetDeck

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Wordpress For iPhone

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Tweetie

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20 Beautiful And Inspirational iPhone App Website Designs

A pixel is a single point in a raster image. Computer displays are capable of showing millions of these at a time. So how can one lone pixel have an impact on a web design? It probably can’t. However, if you extend that pixel in one direction, it becomes a line, and in the hands of a masterful designer with an attention for subtle detail, the 1px line is a powerful design element. It can be used in many different ways, but in this article we’re going to take a look at how pixel perfect line work can add depth to a design.

The Light from Above

To effectively create depth, one must understand light sources. A light source creates two things: highlights and shadows. The combination of these two things can make something appear as if it’s coming off the page, since lighter elements appear closer and darker elements appear further away.

A light source can come from any direction, but normally light comes from above. Our brains are even wired to expect this. That’s why it’s a typical practice in web design to use a 1px highlight on the top of an element to make it pop, and a darker 1px line on the bottom as a shadow.

Lines that Make Edges Pop

Icon Dock is a great example of how to effectively use subtle 1px lines to achieve depth. Nick La, the designer and owner of Icon Dock, uses 1px lines all over the place to make various design elements pop. Notice the 1px highlight that runs across the top of the main banner area. This pushes the top away from the background and gives the edge a slightly raised look.

Also notice the 1px highlight lining the bottom of the nav bar. This is a nice touch and amazing attention to detail. It gives the illusion of a slightly reflected highlight, but more importantly it helps separate the dark color of the nav bar from the shadow below. If the line was not there the bottom edge of the bar would blend with the shadow and be lost.

If we look at the bottom of the Icon Dock design we will see that the highlight/shadow combination is completed with the use of a dark 1px shadow that runs along the bottom edge of the content box.

UXBooth uses the same technique to give the green bar separating the header form the content a slightly three dimensional look. Notice the light green line on top and the dark green line along the bottom.

Make Buttons Stand Out

Buttons are another element where this technique can work wonders. Since buttons are meant to be clicked, it helps if they look as if they are raised off the page a bit. The buttons on NOSOTROS use a slightly lighter color than the background that brings it closer to the eye, but it is the 1px border around the buttons that completes the effect and makes the buttons look very clickable.

Michael Dick’s portfolio also uses pixel perfect lines to highlight the edges of the main navigation buttons. What I really love about these lines is the fact that they are broken and worn looking to match the grungy style of the over all design. Whether he did or not, it appears that Michael painstakingly erased random portions of the lines to give it this tattered look. It’s this kind of attention to detail that sets some designs apart from the rest.

1px Lines Can Be Very Groovy

Another technique for creating depth with 1px lines is pairing one light and one dark line right next to one another. This creates the illusion of an inset groove, but the key is the placement of each. As mentioned earlier, our brains are wired to assume the light source is coming from above or the top. Notice here that the dark line on top is representing the shadow cast by the top edge of the groove. The light line represents the highlight created by the bottom edge.

If we reverse the positions of the two lines, we loose our groove. Now it appears to be more of a lip that is casting a shadow.

Now let’s get our groove back and take a look at some sites that use this technique to perfection. Atebits uses grooves to separate content and uses the same technique on the main navigation bar to separate the links. This type of line work looks as if it was laser etched into the surface of the design, which is a perfect fit for the over all style of the site.

Tim Van Damme’s portfolio has grooves everywhere. Along with some gradients, the 1px lines here that make up the grooves give this design lots of depth and makes the big buttons look very clickable.

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Adding Depth with Pixel Perfect Line Work

Aerial photography can be very inspirational since it provides a view of our environment and surroundings from a perspective we are not used to. It was first practiced in the 1800’s by photographers in balloons. Today, with the advancement in equipment and technology, aerial photographers are able to get a wider variety of photos from above. Here are 40 breathtaking aerial photos for your inspiration.

Clicking on the images will take you to where we found them, and will allow you to see a larger version and learn more about the photographers.

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Headers and footers are always a big concern in web design. These two powerful sections of a website hold great importance and are always something to worry about when designing a page. The header is the first thing the user will see when opening the page, so they must be perfect. The footer, in the other hand, was for a long time something not much appreciated, it was a section of the website almost forgotten. Lately this reality change a bit and we can find amazing footers… filled with cool information, social connections and other stuff. These days headers and footers actually show us some new and cool trends, typography and unique styles.

Here you will see a selection of great examples of headers and footers. Some are colorful, some are minimalist, others are informative and many of them are very creative, so check them out and get some inspiration.

Matt Mullenweg

kulturbanause

Carsonified Events

Komodo Media

Biola Undergrad

Kari Jobe

Mark Forrester

Story Pixel

SimpleBits

Finch

FreelanceSwitch

Squaredeye

Aenemya

Enviramedia

Lionite/portfolio

NewConcept

Roome

Ali Felski

Jayme Blackmon

mosaiko

Edgepoint Church

Branded07

yodiv

Cabana Digital

About the Author

Gisele Muller is someone that recently discovered a new career online. A person that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity. An eternal geek wannabe, tech fan and a communication lover! Current location: Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil. Twitter: @gismullr

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Headers and Footers that Grab You Coming and Going

The end of 2009 marked WDL’s first full year in existence, and what a great year it was. We feel that we’ve put out a lot of valuable content that has been helpful to our readers who we greatly appreciate. So before we start publishing new content for 2010, we thought it would be interesting to take a look back at the year that was for WDL by listing some of our most popular articles from 2009.

These popular articles are not listed in order of popularity, but rather date of publication.

30 Most Incredible Textures for Vintage Style Design

One of the most important aspects of a good vintage style design is the use of authentic looking textures. Since most of you probably don’t have time to browse the local antique shop, and your grandmother’s attic is miles away, we’ve put together a list of some of the best vintage textures we have ever seen.

40 Super Sleek Fonts for Clean Web Design

Creating grungy designs can be fun, but sometimes a site requires a cleaner approach, one where artsy design elements take a back seat to clear presentation of content. Typography plays a big role in this type of design.

The Best Social Media Icons All In One Place

The ability to easily bookmark or share content on popular social media platforms is now a must have feature for web sites. It’s also important that this feature isn’t over looked by web site visitors. So it’s always a good idea to use icons when linking to social media sites. They get peoples attention and the logos are immediately recognizable.

All the Small Icons You’ll Ever Need

Big highly detailed icons make great eye candy, but small icons can be very useful when designing websites. They are great for styling lists and giving links visual flair that is eye catching and meaningful. It’s amazing what can be said visually in a 16 x 16 pixel area. In this post, you will find a large collection of small icons that should fit most of your design needs.

10 Best Content Management Systems for Designers

There are a lot of content management systems out there, but many of them are overly complicated and require a certain level of technical expertise. However, there are a select few that focus on simplicity and ease-of-use, but still give the designer flexibility in templating features and customization. In this article, we have listed ten of these CMS’s. Some of them are well known, while others you may have never heard of, but deserve a look.

20 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Web Design

When you are creating a website (or hiring a web/blog designer to create one for you), there are specific items you need to be aware of. Things that normally wouldn’t cross your mind. For the average person who wants a website or blog for their business, they are after one very important thing – sales. Now, they may tell you that they want the big flashy logos, or the overdone textures/gradients, but it is the job of a well skilled web designer to steer their clients in the right direction.

404 Error Pages for Your Viewing Pleasure

Error pages are easy to create, so there’s no excuse to avoid them. Even with the most solid website, you never know when someone might mis-spell a URL link and hit a page that doesn’t exist. Be prepared when that happens to you, even if by no fault of your own. Let these great error pages be your inspiration to creating your own.

Most Used and Abused Web Design Trends of All Time

The year is 1999. You’ve just watched the Matrix, and it’s blown your mind. You sit down in front of your computer to work on a web design and then create or download an animated Matrix background for your Geocities website. You’re so cool. Fast forward 10 years, and you say to yourself, yikes, what was I thinking?! We’ve all been there. As a matter of fact, I’m personally guilty of copying many of following trends.

The Definitive Guide to About Me Pages

One of the most important and least used aspects of any website is the “About Me” page. It’s not enough to have an interesting site and great product if your visitor can’t find a way to relate to you.

Web Design Trends for 2010

Although this list isn’t a drastic departure from what was popular in 2009, it marks different trends that will be expanded upon and made better as a result. As you think of how you will incorporate new trends into your designs, focus on the main idea of each trend. Be encouraged to dabble into these trends so that you become part of the movement.

The Four Key Components of a Great Web Design

There’s a lot that goes into creating a web design, but I believe it can be broken down into four main components. If you’re able to execute on all four, you will have a hit web design on your hands. However, if you come up short on one, the entire design will suffer.

33 Creative and Beautiful Logos

Logo design, like any other design process, sometimes requires some inspiration to spark creativity. If you’re in need of some logo design inspiration, here is a collection of 33 creative and beautiful logos. These all have varying styles, but possess the same high quality.

30 Website Navigations that Make You Wanna Click It

The navigation might be the single most important aspect of a web design’s usability. Without a navigation, you would be stuck on the home page for a very long time. I believe a navigation or menu must be easy to use, but this doesn’t mean it has to be boring. In fact, it helps to add a little flair to your navigation. It entices visitors to click and hang around your site a little longer.

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Logos do not always have to include some type of symbol or icon to be effective. When done well, using type only to create a logo can be very effective in representing a company. These types of logos often cause particular typefaces and letter styling to become synonyms with a brand. Here we’ve rounded up 33 brilliant type-only logo designs for your inspiration. Be sure to click the images to learn more about each logo.

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40 Brilliant Type-Only Logo Designs

Here are few beautiful illustrations of Santa Claus on the special day of Christmas. We hope you will enjoy this post as it has different style of colorful artwork and digital creations. These are the wonder creations of artists and painters who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

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Santa by GrandPa

Santa Claus Poster by TAMER KOSELI

Hurries of Santa Claus by Ruskatukka

P&G Santa Claus by Thodoris Tibilis

Santa Claus by cannella-cannella

Santa’s Workshop by RobbVision

Santa by EvJones

Santa Claus Commission by raccoon-eyes

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Colorful Illustrations of Santa Claus

Today, we are showing you Awesome Photos Captured By Photographers With Great Timing. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

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Sky in the cart by vitor cid

Thunderbolt over the sea by nini_filippini

Jumping Girl by scarabuss

Eyeliner by Norbert Probst

Catching 1000 Stars by impressionenmeer

Tennis by Rafa Gòmez

East Sands Dawn by Dienices

Edgar the great by Jure Kravanja

Question? by Peter Walmsley

Snowball Fights by Eibo-Jeddah

Hungarian skies by realityDream

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This post is dedicated to the redesigning of websites in 2009. This post will give you an opportunity to express your criticism or to show your love for these redesigned websites . Overall, websites showing in this list are simple, sleek and decent having a look of current web 2.0 trend. The usage of color scheme, font selection and look and feel of presentation is really cool and attractive. This list is not long in numbers, but I promise you that when you start watching them in detail it will must boost your creative logo design ideas professionally and motivate you to design your new website in a way that people will never forget that you have made it. This is a list of 16 Popular Website Redesigns Of 2009 For Your Inspiration and Information.

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CNN

Twitter

Yahoo

WordPress

The White House

N.Design Studio

MSN

Abduzeedo

Network Solutions

Smashing Magazine

Reuters

Brand New

Web Design Ledger

XBOX

FOX News

ESPN

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