Blue in Web Design – 45 Inspiring Examples

Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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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124 Frozen Photos of Ice

Posted on 12. Jan, 2011 by SmashingShare .

The folks at Gizmodo published 124 photographies for a new challenge: Frozen Ice. There are, without any doubt, some fantastic photos form landscape to spectacular and intriguing macro shots. The goog news for amateur photographers is that each photo has technical details like camera used, aperture, lens used, filters, etc. so you can have an idea of what was needed for that pretty ice shot.

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EXPOSÉ 9: Call For Entries

Posted on 11. Jan, 2011 by SmashingShare .

Ballistic Publishing is proud to announce EXPOSÉ 9, the ninth edition of the premier annual artbook celebrating the creative talents of digital artists worldwide. EXPOSÉ is the digital art industry’s premier annual publication, featuring the finest digital artwork the world has ever seen.

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50 Inspiring Dark Web Designs

Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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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Getting Inspired for Christmas With 30 Pieces of Amazing Digital Art

Posted on 24. Dec, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

Christmas is here and millions around the globe are preparing for a holiday season filled with a lot of joy and quality time with their families. We’ve decided to put together a collection of some inspiring art for you. Hopefully these great pieces can inspire you to get in the mood for the holidays, and maybe even have you create your own pieces?

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40 Web Designs That’ll Make You Thirsty

Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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 .

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

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40 Amazing Pieces of Colorful Typography

Posted on 10. Dec, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

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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Star Trek, Phantom of the Opera, Archer Inspiration Illustrations

Posted on 30. Nov, 2010 by SmashingShare .

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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50 Web Designs With Strong Use of Earth Tones

Posted on 17. Nov, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

Today we see a lot of different types of web design, simply because almost anything is possible. Everyone have high speed Internet and we can browse websites that we couldn’t even dream of ten years ago. The trends change and today there are several different ones that are popular.

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Inspirational Designs Worth Bookmarking

Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by SmashingShare .

With millions of websites online, a unique design with creative flare is important. We came across a few websites that caught our attention and had to bookmark them. View our short list of inspirational designs is a step towards a feature we’re planning on launching monthly.

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Use of Red in Web Designs – 45 Inspiring Examples

Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen .

There sure are many inspiring web designs around these days. The use of colors, illustrations, images and effects that we can use these days, give us the possibility to use our creativity to the fullest. This time we’ve collected 45 websites that are using the color red to catch our attention. Here you’ll find both designs using red as the main color and designs using red as a strong element in the design besides other colors. Red is a strong and “loud” color that often stands out. This means that the chance of failing when using such a vivid color is definitely present.

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