Best of September: This Month in Web Design
Published September 28th, 2008 in LinksAs always, it’s been a busy month for design blogs. Here is my collection of the best articles and resources I’ve come across this month.
Web Design and Development:
How Do Cheaters Redesign and Still Win? – Pro Blog Design
Body Border 2: Fade in with Gradient – CSS-Tricks
75 Really Useful JavaScript Techniques – Smashing Magazine
30 More Must See Comment Designs for Blog Designers – Blog Design Blog
CSS Typography: Contrast Techniques, Tutorials and Best Practices – Noupe
2 Great Web-Based Alternatives to PHPMyAdmin – Primal Skill Blog
Useful Cheat Sheets for Web Design – Six Revisions
Creating Usable Website Navigation – Ifoh Designs
Add Custom Values to Your WordPress RSS Feed – Script & Style
Enhance Your Designs with JavaScript Functionality – My Ink Blog
Graphic Design:
Awesome Digital Bokeh Effect in Photoshop – Abduzeedo
How to Create a Grunge Web Design in Photoshop – PSDTUTS
How to Create a Set of Photoshop Grunge Brushes – Veerle’s Blog
Create a Trendy Typographic Poster Design – Blog.SpoonGraphics
How to Create a Juicy RSS Feed Icon – VECTORTUTS
30+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials: Mastering Your Tools and Options – Noupe
Grunge Type Photoshop Tutorial – You the Designer
Free High Resolution Plain and Grunge Paper Textures – Fudge Graphics
Out of Focus: 30 Free Bokeh Textures – Lost and Taken
106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes – Colorburned
Inspiration:
80 Large Background Websites – Web Designer Wall
Getting Creative with JavaScript: 15 Websites with Cool Sliders and Scrollers – DzineBlog
44 Character Illustrations in Web Design – CSS Leak
WordPress Theme News:
Designredux – Blog Design Blog
Easier Theme Development with Sample WordPress Content – WPCandy
Freelance/Business:
How to Write and Effective Design Brief – Just Creative Design
10 Resources to Help You Decide What to Charge for Design Work – Acuity Designs
Posts I Wrote for Other Blogs This Month:
Top 10 Sources of Logo Design Inspiration – DesignM.ag
Improving the Quality of Leads Through Your Online Portfolio – DesignM.ag
WordPress Developer’s Toolbox – Smashing Magazine
Drupal Developer’s Toolbox – Smashing Magazine
14 Helpful Domain Name Tools – Templamatic
Legal Resources for Freelancers – Freelance Switch
12 Responses
Thanks for the mention!
Thanks, for the mention Steven and great round up. I missed your article about the domain name tools.
Thanks Steven for the mention
Hey Steven, thank you so much for the include. Nice list, a lot I did not see. Thanks!
You’re welcome everyone. Thanks for your contributions over the past month!
Thanks for the include Steven!
Great list, I’m thrilled to be a part of it!
Excellent list! Thanks so much for posting it… you have now been added to my bookmarks!
celia
Artfire.com
Great list, way too much to go through now so I’ve bookmarked it.
thanks for sharing these links.