Today, SmashingShare reviews the work of Justin Maller, a creative freelancer and art director. Justin has had the pleasure of producing illustrations and concept art for a diverse array of companies and publications worldwide, and enjoys a cordial collaborative relationship with several prestigious international design studios.

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

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

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SmashingShare presents a round up of free inspirational art, photography and illustration wallpapers by Justin Maller, a creative freelancer and art director.

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Archan is inspired by various phases and forms of life to create highly intricate works that connect the various dimensions of our existence. Formerly a fashion major and entrepreneur, Archan started painting in 2006 at the age of 24 and made the shift to independent artist in 2007. Since then he has embarked on an exhilarating and inspirational journey, collaborating with various companies and individuals around the world such as Canon, Nike, Tiger Beer, Sony etc. Archan has been featured in various publications including Computer Arts, Digital Arts, Advanced Photoshop,GQ, Bak, Vanity Fair, and has achieved recognition from music artists like Kanye West.

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Customers often don’t purchase products based solely on their quality. Rather, a customer typically purchases a product from among its vast competitors for the feelings associated with that item, or for its brand identity.

As such, as a company executive, if your sales have been slumping lately or you feel the company’s image is outdated, it may be time to redesign your logo. Here are three indicators that the time has arrived to hire a professional designer and redefine your brand identity.

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The recent windows live and wordpress.com tie-up has resulted in a tremendous increase in the number of wordpress blog users. The number of people joining wordpress.com has doubled from around 400000 to over 900000 per month (source: wordpress blog). If you are a blogger you would want your blog to rank better, attract unique visitors and avoid spammers. In order to achieve these objectives you must do some effective SEO. To start with the SEO process, you can use a few SEO plug-ins which can do wonders for your blogs. I have compiled and explained about a few SEO plug-ins which I think are some of the best.

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Christmas is just around the corner, so get your holiday design juices flowing with some inspirational resources. The collection below contains everything from Photoshop brush sets to stock photos to fonts and images. If you are looking to decorate or design for this winter holiday, then you must check out these downloads; most of them [...]

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Fellow passionate designers all over the world, You have a gift. Use it! You are a special bread of people because you never go with the flow. With every design you create, you are making your own mark and showing the world your individuality and uniqueness as a designer.

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Today, Smashingshare looks at the work of Ray Frenden, focusing on hand lettering creations by Ray.

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One thing that most designers and creative minds have in common is the ability to feel inspired by looking at other people’s work. Many different types of design even interact with each other and use similar styles. This time we’re going to have a look at something that for many is a great inspirational source: Typography. Typography is a wide term that includes everything from the layout of old printed books, signs, ads and even digital art.

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If you’ve been freelancing for a while, you’re very likely to have seen a lot of challenges along the way. In this article we’ll have a look at some of the most common struggles and give some tips on how you can deal with these in a better way. This article is meant as help for those that need a little boost in their situation and to prevent this from becoming problems for new freelancers.

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