January 2011 - Designbeep

Behind The Scene:30 Great Examples Of Logo Design Process

Whenever we turn our head we probably see a logo design.Maybe most of the people don’t pay attention to the logos in websites or outside but we definetely analyze them.

People may think that it is easy to create an attractive or meaningful logo but of course not.Brian Hoff wrote a great article about Steps of a Successful Logo Design Process which he says The strategies behind designing a successful and memorable logo involves a process which progresses through various stages of listening, research, development, feedback and changes.

Once your logo is done get a stencil made from Stencil Giant of it to put on all the walls

So today,we have compiled 30 great logo design process to show you how it goes.

1000+ Free Web 2.0 Photoshop Gradients in 25 Sets

One of the most essential sources of web designers or graphic designers is the gradients.As the Web 2.0 style grows we need to more careful in color combination and color style.Today we have compiled free photoshop gradients which will save your time for finding or choosing the perfect color combination for you.With one click you can try different color gradients.If you don’t know how to load the gradients in photoshop then click Edit/Preset Manager/Select Gradients and Load.

Get Inspired:55 Absolutely Creative 3D Typography Artworks

You know typography art is getting much more popular than ever.If you believe you have a creative imagination then you can create stunning artworks.
Nowadays,3D typography interests me so much because one of my friends uses Cinema 4D and create amazing artwoks.Today he showed me a 3D Typography artwork and it was really great.I don’t know if it is hard to learn and create similar works but i think i’m gonna try.
Anyway,today i’ve collected amazing 3D typography artworks so get inspired!

70 High Quality and Very Detailed Adobe Illustrator Object Tutorials

You know Adobe Illustrator is the most preferred vector illustration application.When it comes to technical drawing you can easily see the difference between Adobe Illustrator and other softwares.Although learning or becoming an expert is not as much easy as photoshop or other applications but when you see the results and discover advantages of using it you will not leave again.Be sure!!

A month ago,we’ve collected Adobe Illustrator Character tutorials and this month we bring together the objects created using Adobe Illustrator.Some of them are for beginners and some are for experts.

Weekly CSS Website Inspiration-50 Great Websites #02

We continue to share very inspirational CSS websites.You know last week,i mean with the beginning of 2011 we told you that we will put together 50 wonderful CSS websites every week mostly on sundays,so here are this week’s inspirational sites.

This time we mostly select the sites from TheCSS Awards and some of them are from various CSS sites.We write the sources at the end of the post.

30 Free WordPress Themes With Brilliant Image Sliders

Content sliders are getting popular day by day in wordpress themes. Especially if you want to attract your blog’s vistiors more.Showcasing your best content by using images may be a great way and also give your blog a beautiful look.

Personally i don’t prefer using content sliders in these kind of blogs but especailly if you have a news blog it is a perfect way to show the latest news with images.Today we’ve collected amazing free wordpress themes with content sliders ready to use.

7 Interesting Infographics For Only Graphic Designers and Web Designers

The basic material of an information graphic is the data, information, or knowledge that the graphic presents. In the case of data, the creator may make use of automated tools such as graphing software to represent the data in the form of lines, boxes, arrows, and various symbols and pictograms.

29 Free CSS Frameworks and Tools for Web Developers

A CSS framework is a pre-prepared library that is meant to allow for easier, more standards-compliant styling of web pages using the Cascading Style Sheets language.

Some developers are tired of writing the same CSS code so thinking of this some CSS frameworks are written to get the job done in a short way.Well,some developers always prefer to write the codes as unique but the below CSS frameworks may help you.

30 Fresh and Awesome Photoshop PSD Files Worth Downloading

It’s been a long time since we’ve brought together the free Photoshop PSD Files so it is time to share wonderful PSD files again.The below PSD files are not the best of all time but the fresh ones.
I know most of you are tired of seeing the same PSD files but most of them are created in the last few months and of course free.
I think it’s good idea to put them in your PSD basket tu check in the future.

35 High Resolution Photos of USA Cities From 1900’s and 1910’s

As a great fan of historic photos,today i want to share a great collection of high resolution photos from 1900’s and 1910’s.Most of the photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs, 20 to 200 megabytes in size) from the Library of Congress research archive.

Many were digitized by LOC contractors using a Sinar studio back. They are adjusted for contrast and color in Photoshop before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here SHORPY says.