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25 Useful Leather Texture Sets

13/01/2012 | resources

Leather is one material that is made of animal skin. There are many garments and accessories that have been made of leather. It comes in many colors and many types. You can find leather in the roughest form and alternately in the smoothest form. Leather is an all season material to carry along. But it is of immense use in cold areas where the only source to heat is putting on good amount of clothes.

Leather bags and accessories are smart to carry. These add an extra touch to the whole look. Talking of leather textures, leather is one material that can be molded into whichever form possible. Leather textures displayed here range from the roughest to the smoothest that one can ever get. These textures can be widely made use of in the backgrounds and web spacing. They look great when used in the appropriate combination in the most vivid shapes. Leather textures can also act as varied backgrounds giving an all new look to the system for the users.

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350+ Free Graphics: Vector Arrow Symbols and Shapes

12/01/2012 | resources, vector

If you’re looking for arrow graphics, with various styles, such as flat silhouettes that curve, hand drawn elements, or sharp edged classic designs, then you’ve found a compilation worth downloading. We’ve collected an assortment of arrow symbols, shapes, and icons, all available for free download.

Grab a multitude of arrow vector freebies to add to your files, which are available in EPS, CSH, AI and other vector formats for free download. Whether you use Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, or prefer another vector software package, you can download these sets and use them in your next design.

Note: Many of these graphics are available for commercial use, as well as personal use. Some may have stronger restrictions though, so as always check the usage rights before using.

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75 Retina HD Iphone 4 Wallpapers

26/11/2011 | resources


Some good iPhone 4 wallpapers can really spice up your “mobile desktop”. The iPhone 4 Retina display uses technology called IPS (in-plane switching) — the same technology used in the Apple LED Cinema Display and iPad — to achieve a wider viewing angle than on typical LCDs. Which means you can hold iPhone 4 almost any way you want and still get a brilliant picture – again good for the Iphone 4 Wallpapers. It is also perfect when you’re sharing photos with a friend or moving your iPhone around while playing a driving or flying game. In addition, the Retina display offers four times the contrast ratio of previous models, so whites are brighter, blacks are darker, and everything is more beautiful. In this article I have compiled a large showcase of Iphone 4 Wallpapers that will make your Iphone 4 Rock. Just click the images for the links to download. Having good looking Wallpapers is great but don’t miss out on these iPhone 4 Cases. They protect your iPhone and makes it look great! Also this Best Case for iPhone 4 review may interest you.

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Collection of Classy and Clever iPhone Wallpapers

09/11/2011 | resources


With so much talk about the iPhone 5 making its way around the web, we figured that it was time that we put together a collection of iPhone wallpapers for our readers. Knowing how fond the design and development community is of decorating their devices, we turned to some of the finest iPhone wallpapers that the community currently has on offer to help them find a new gem for their iDevices. Below are the fruits of that search.

With so many awesome designers in the wallpaper making game, we decided that we would fix our focus on both the works of some specific designers and the works of a few popular design blogs and sites. This way we can not only feature some great wallpapers for our readers, but also some collections from a few truly gifted designers who have galleries of papers to peruse. If you cannot find a background for your iPhone in this collection of classy and clever designs, then you might need to look through once more. You more than likely overlooked a few.

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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2011

01/11/2011 | resources


We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over two years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month.

We continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration. This post features 30 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for November 2011. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It’s time to freshen up your wallpaper!

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Top 10 content management systems

31/10/2011 | resources


There are dozens of great CMSs out there. Regardless of what type of site you’re building, there’s probably one perfectly-suited to it. The problem is that most designers and developers don’t want to spend time learning a bunch of different CMSs. They want to learn one, or maybe two, and use those for all of their sites. That means they need something that’s both flexible and powerful. The CMSs below fit that bill pretty well. Some have practically become household names (in designer households, at least), while others are a bit more obscure.

The first three, WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal, are pretty unarguably the best CMSs out there. The next seven are a bit more subjective, but have a good combination of support, features, and ease-of-use. Try them out, and decide for yourself which one best fits your needs and the needs of your clients.

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30 Free Striking Graffiti Wallpapers

25/10/2011 | resources


Ever scribbled or made some sort of markings in public places? Well if you’ve done one before, you definitely have had a graffiti experience. Why? Here’s the answer… Graffiti or graffito in plural means any type of markings in open spaces that may turn out from plain written words or images. They quite make paintings more perceptible. The birth of this artistic expression is mistakenly credited to the hip-hop culture but actually, it has existed since ancient times in some European empires. Art has been within reach since then and it has proved so much even when it was during those early times. There is so much more to just the simple Graffiti touch you may find but how creatively done they are in that sense. In the modern world today, there are just a lot of updating to do especially when it comes to art and even when it comes to the graffito experience for your desktop.

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150+ Beautiful Concrete Texture Showcase

20/10/2011 | resources


For web and graphic designers, texture is one of the raw materials in making attractive designs. Because of this special role that textures play in web design industry, we in Tripwire Magazine has already made it our task to regularly post articles that showcase some of the best textures that you can use in your projects. We have already published an article about metal texture under the title 250+ Extreme Metal Texture Collection; wood texture under 220+ Beautiful High Resolution Wood Texture Collection ; paper texture under 260+ Free Beautiful Paper Texture Collection For Elegant Designs ; and so its about time that we share with you this beautiful concrete texture showcase.

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High-Quality and Free Design Resource Websites

18/10/2011 | resources


Design Informer is here to inform you of some great high-quality websites that offer some really good design resources. Best of all, these resources are free. Whether you are looking for a button, textures, or other web design elements for your next design, you are sure to find it in one of these websites.

I’ve been meaning to share these design resources for a few weeks now, but I just haven’t had the time to gather them all. I tweeted a couple of weeks ago asking my followers if they knew of any other websites, but a lot of the suggestions were sites that were really not that great. From all the sites that I gathered, these are my favorites. I can even say that I’ve used a lot of the freebies that are available for download on these websites.

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70 Dual Monitor Wallpapers

12/10/2011 | resources


When you spend a lot of time in front of your monitor, like web designers do, it’s nice to have wallpaper that will provide some inspiration. Since many people use two screens in their workspace we decided to put together this collection of dual monitor wallpapers. Each has a large resolution that is intended to display well on dual screen setups. If you see something that you would like to download, please click on the image and you will be led to the source.

The wallpapers shown here come from two great sources where you can find even more by browsing on your own. They are InterfaceLift and deviantART. At InterfaceLift you can browse by resolution, and they even have a section for 3-screen wallpapers.

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