Web Design in the D.C. Metro area, cataloging thoughts from around the web that pertain to front-end development, graphic design, and miscellaneous items of interest.

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July 12th
12:08 PM

Excourse Excentro Information

If you ever need to create ‘money-like’ patterns, try this out. :)

June 10th
10:20 PM

2-up view in Photoshop while working on comps. Fantastic!

May 20th
7:51 AM

Free Set of Brush Strokes

All you have to do to get the resources is head over to the page at Vandelay Premier, add the item to your cart and enter “freebiepromo” in the discount code field. The free resources come with the standard Vandelay Premier license, which allows for use on personal and commercial projects, including use on items that will be re-distributed (like templates and themes).

April 29th
10:58 AM
Via
"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit."
—  

Ira Glass, on taste and creative work

Found on Kottke

(via jonathanmoore)

April 12th
1:44 PM
Via
The only Mac OSX shortcut you need to know. Since you can’t tab to change button selection.
littlebigdetails:

OSX - Hitting “Esc” chooses Cancel, hitting “Return” chooses Save, hitting “D” chooses Don’t Save. Allows you to control this menu without using a mouse or trackpad. 
/via Andrei Herasimchuk

The only Mac OSX shortcut you need to know. Since you can’t tab to change button selection.

littlebigdetails:

OSX - Hitting “Esc” chooses Cancel, hitting “Return” chooses Save, hitting “D” chooses Don’t Save. Allows you to control this menu without using a mouse or trackpad. 

/via Andrei Herasimchuk

April 8th
9:55 AM
Via
How men and women perceive colors. That’s pretty much how it goes.

hothotjapanhot:

Yeah, something like this.

How men and women perceive colors. That’s pretty much how it goes.

hothotjapanhot:

Yeah, something like this.

March 29th
9:59 AM
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bethtucker:

Who wants to be friends with a brand?

bethtucker:

Who wants to be friends with a brand?

March 25th
8:48 PM
Designing a kickass Drupal site.  (Taken with instagram)

Designing a kickass Drupal site. (Taken with instagram)

March 24th
12:07 PM

Browse — Simple Desktops

Great resource for desktops that are very simple but still fun. Us designers can’t handle busy backgrounds.

March 10th
11:24 AM
Foundation Six Web Design - 20 free (and generally embeddable) fonts I have been using lately.
I keep forgetting about this link, so I’m placing it here. It’s a great list of modern, clean and fun fonts that would be perfect for your next web project. :) 

Foundation Six Web Design - 20 free (and generally embeddable) fonts I have been using lately.

I keep forgetting about this link, so I’m placing it here. It’s a great list of modern, clean and fun fonts that would be perfect for your next web project. :) 

February 17th
9:09 AM
Versatile Gray – A Social Media Icon Set | Visual Swirl Design Resources

Versatile Gray is a simple yet flexible social media icon set. It’s flexibility lies in the fact that these icons are easily manipulated in Photoshop to create an unlimited number of various colored icon sets. You can easily customize and tweak the colors to match any theme or style following just a few steps. The package contains17 icons from many of the popular social sharing sites including Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon and many more. Also included in the package are several sample color sets (blue, red, purple, and green) as well as instructions for creating your own.

Versatile Gray – A Social Media Icon Set | Visual Swirl Design Resources

Versatile Gray is a simple yet flexible social media icon set. It’s flexibility lies in the fact that these icons are easily manipulated in Photoshop to create an unlimited number of various colored icon sets. You can easily customize and tweak the colors to match any theme or style following just a few steps. The package contains17 icons from many of the popular social sharing sites including Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon and many more. Also included in the package are several sample color sets (blue, red, purple, and green) as well as instructions for creating your own.

February 16th
9:21 AM
Exterminate? Ai Exterminatez U, Weerd Robot Fing!
I love Daleks. And kittehs. :D
February 10th
8:52 AM
"Simple is hard."
—  Keegan Jones