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Best YouTube Videos Made by Brands

Posted on 16. May, 2011 by JenniferMoline .

Marketing on YouTube takes more than spending large amounts of money. While many brands launch YouTube campaigns, only a select few have what it takes to gain fans and move up YouTube’s ranks. Here are the top ten: 1. Project for Awesome Touting good causes, this brand has made it onto YouTube’s homepage. It compiles [...]

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Top Recent Typeface Trends

Posted on 04. May, 2011 by JenniferMoline .

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From documents to blogs, there are so many opportunities to put your creativity to work as you choose fonts to make your work a masterpiece. Trends for fonts change from year to year as new and innovative designs and usages come into play. Trendy 2010 had several such innovations. Here ate the top typeface trends of 2010. [...]

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Blue in Web Design – 45 Inspiring Examples

Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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We've recently shown you our picks of both red in web design and the use of strong earth tones. It seems a lot of designers find these collections inspiring in different ways, so this time we've had a look at blue. The color blue is often related to sky, water and referred to as a natural universal color. It can be used to have a design look both conservative and modern in combination with the right elements and typography.

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50 Inspiring Dark Web Designs

Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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Web design showcases are many and they're a very popular way of getting new inspiration when you're trying to be creative with your own work. This time we've once again looked through hundreds of designs to find some of the best dark ones. These succeed using dark palettes to capture the viewers attention.

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Illustration Round up by talented artist Lou Simeone

Posted on 27. Dec, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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Illustration Round up by talented artist Lou Simeone Today, SmashingShare in association with Recave looks at the work of Lou Simeone, a talented illustrator.

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40 Web Designs That’ll Make You Thirsty

Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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40 Web Designs That'll Make You Thirsty If you're a web designer or another creative mind that think web designs can be really inspiring to look at, you'll hopefully find this showcase interesting. Websites can be divided into tons of different categories, a category for all sorts of niches and products, color categories, typography, use of textures or images, portfolios and on it goes. This means there's always a lot of different designs to have a closer look at, both good and less good ones.

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Awesome artwork roundup by Jolby for Inspiration

Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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Awesome artwork by Jolby for Inspiration In the final post on Jolby, SmashingShare looks at awesome artwork by talented Josh and Colby from Jolby.

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Awesome print identity by talented Josh and Colby

Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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SmashingShare looks at an awesome artwork by talented Josh and Colby from Jolby.

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30 Awesome Colorful Illustrations for Inspiration

Posted on 04. Dec, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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30 Awesome Colorful Illustrations for Inspiration Creative illustrations using the right colors can provide an excellent source of inspiration for web designers. Today, SmashingShare looks at the awesome work of Ben the Illustrator who's illustrations represent a creative and colorful flare to our inspirational round up at smashingshare.

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Awesome Illustrations of Star Wars: A Wretched Hive

Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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Awesome Illustrations of Star Wars: A Wretched Hive Martin Ansin is a professional illustrator based in Montevideo, Uruguay — where the summer is not too hot, the winter not too cold, and the people not that many. With a background as a sequential artist and advertising art director for over a decade, his work reflects his enthusiasm for striking images as a means to tell an engaging story.

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Star Trek, Phantom of the Opera, Archer Inspiration Illustrations

Posted on 30. Nov, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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In part two of a series featured by SmashingShare in association with Recave, we look at Martin Ansin's awesome Star Trek, Phantom of the Opera and Archer illustrations. Martin Ansin is a professional illustrator based in Montevideo, Uruguay — where the summer is not too hot, the winter not too cold, and the people not that many. With a background as a sequential artist and advertising art director for over a decade, his work reflects his enthusiasm for striking images as a means to tell an engaging story.

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The Power List – Celebrity Illustrations

Posted on 28. Nov, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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The Power List - Celebrity Illustrations In part one of a series featured by SmashingShare in association with Recave, we look at Martin Ansin, a very talented illustrator. Martin Ansin is a professional illustrator based in Montevideo, Uruguay — where the summer is not too hot, the winter not too cold, and the people not that many. With a background as a sequential artist and advertising art director for over a decade, his work reflects his enthusiasm for striking images as a means to tell an engaging story.