Sometimes clients ask us to implement ‘not-so-unique’ elements into our designs and sometimes it seems almost impossible to convince them otherwise, however, hopefully this post can suggest some reasons why not to use the old web design stock imagery clichés.
I will do this simply by showcasing the most generic and cliché stock images (still) used [...]

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple, yet effective navigation for your website. iDoTutorials will show you the steps on how to create it using Adobe Photoshop. If you have any questions, please leave a comment.

Author: Matthew Heidenreich
Source: http://www.idotutorials.com/

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In this tutorial, VECTORTUTS will show you how to create a fun 3D pixel font type treatment. Using a free font, gradients, and Illustrator 3D filter, you will easily create a type treatment that you can apply to many other fonts.

Author: Rype
Source: http://www.vectortuts.com/

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Recently, with the WordPress developers making their way on WordPress 2.7 (Crazyhorse), they’ve decided to post a couple of surveys (WordPress 2.7 Navigation Options Survey and WordPress 2.7 UI Survey #2) for the WordPress community, allowing them to add their opinion on certain design elements of the new Dashboard and Admin Panel.
The surveys cover [...]

These three free zombie vector graphics are waiting to get their infected chops around your illustrative designs. Along with skulls and other disturbing graphics, they are a popular choice for designers and illustrators and extremely fitting on the run up to Halloween!

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Source: http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/

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When scouring the design field, searching for stand-out artistic expression and fluid composition, one area that should always catch the eye, is poster design. Moreover, concert poster design, which has produced some truly revolutionary artists and works for generations now, should be paid particular attention to. Fluidity of design is especially key in poster layouts, [...]

Over on the ASP.net weblogs, Microsoft has just announced that jQuery will ship with future releases of Visual Studio. The library will be supported with Intellisense code completion, and will work nicely alongside ASP.NET AJAX. Microsoft will also contribute tests and patches to the project, and will be shipping it “as-is”, meaning developers will be [...]

Digg.com is one of the most popular social networking sites, allowing you to discover and share the content all over the web. In this tutorial Design Shack is going to simulate their signup form, with unique features such as their dynamic tooltips that give you a hint on each field that is to be filled. [...]