1. Free fonts for modern design trends

Check out these fonts. A lot of nice handwritten fonts here. But remember that using your own handwriting is still more original and more fun.

2. Kimberly Coles – I’m With Sully

I like this site because of the beautiful artwork.

3. Moleskine art

Look how amazing these drawings are. Starting from some paint that is copied to the other page (by closing the sketchbook), some real nice (moleskine) art is created.

4. Some tips to fix IE6 PNG transparency issues

One of the ever annoying IE6 issues is that is doesn’t support PNG transapency. Here are a few different ways to fix this.

5. Video Game Design Between 1990-2008

Ooh where are the days. The good old days of the C64 and broken joysticks (remember decathlon?). Here some screenshots of famous games between 1990 and 2008.

1. Preparing work for print

When creating a document or other work for print, you need to be carefull and consider some important issues. Illustrations and designs for print need to be treated quite differently than what you create for viewing on a computer screen.
Here is a nice summary of things to take into account.

2. Background patterns and textures

At Beeex.net you can find a huge collection of free textures and backgrounds.

3. Photoshop pen tool tutorial

Personally I find the pen tool one of the most useful tools in photoshop when it comes to cutting out parts of images (that aren’t geometrically shaped).
At PSDTUTS you can find this very good photoshop pen tool tutorial.

4. CSS semantic approach

This article shows in nice visual way why coding CSS with a semantic approach is better than the structural approach. Also the discussion on CSS naming conventions in the comments is very interesting to read.

5. Amazing Business Cards

Have a look at these beautiful and outstanding business card designs.

1. Tasty sites!

Extratasty – Get your booze on!
A site with a tasty content! Also the clean design and color use is very attractive.
Need a drink?

Project Vino
A community site about New Zealand and Australian wines. This is a beautiful site with very nice graphics. Project Vino.

2. Obama logo designs that didn’t make it

There has been a lot of talk about how Obama did a very good job at using the internet for his campaign. Also the logo of his campaign had a lot of attention. Here you can see some designs that didn’t make it.
And below you can see the logo design that DID make it.

3. iwit.nl

I just love the work of Ewout van Lambalgen.
Their blog Arbitrair is also a great source of inspiration.

4. Black and White Logos

A list of black an white logos, showing that simple things can be very strong.

5. Typography Served

This site is great source of inspiration for type related work: Typography Served

1. Ridiculously big collection of photoshop custom shapes

At Smashing Magazine you can find The Ultimate Collection Of Photoshop Custom Shapes.
Ofcourse it’s always more fun to try to create the shapes yourself!

2. Veerle’s blog 2.0

I’m a graphic/web designer living in Belgium. If you don’t already knew her professional site and blog, you should surely take a look. She’s a great inspiration and the site has very good tutorials.

3. Web typography sins

Smashing Magazine has an interesting list of web typography sins. Good to keep in mind when making text for the web. I’m sure I’m sinning against some of these rules.

4. List of fonts useful for Bold Headlines

Choosing a font for your design (web or print) is a difficult task. Here is an inspirational list of fonts that are very well suited for BIG BOLD HEADLINES. 50+ Fonts for Big, Bold Headlines at Designmag.

5. Christmas desktop wallpapers for you

I’m not really a fan of christmas wallpapers, but for those who are, here is a list that has some nice ones.

1. Freeware 3D Tools

When ncorporating 3D effects in your design, it is often a good idea to first create a scene in a real 3D rendering tool and then importing into a paint program. That way, the lighting will always be more realistic than when trying to do the lighting manually. Also having the perspective correct will be much easier.
Here is a good list of freeware 3D programs : The Best Freeware For 3D Of 2008.

2. 16 Sensational Poster Designs

For your inspiration. Poster designs with a lot of manual and sketchy parts, at You the Developer.

3. Typography gems

This list at Smashing Magazine shows some amazing typographical experiments.

Also stumbled upon Alex Trochut. Check it out, it’s awesome.

4. Digital art with 3D

I really like these two examples of digital art combined with 3D.

5. List 20 Inspirational Logo Designs at Designerside

Looking at other logo’s is a very good way of getting inspiration for logo design. This list composed by Designerside shows some very effective and beautiful examples.

1. The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

Type is very important for every designer. For web design, getting the type right can be even harder than for print, because of the ‘elastic’ nature of web designs.
The placement of text can vary depending on the user’s browser settings, font size settings and resolution, making web typography a difficult topic.
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web is an excellent guide into the basics of web typography.

2. Adobe Illustrator Tutorial on How to Make Shapes

This is a rather basic but very clear small tutorial on how to work with shapes in Illustrator.
It looks very nice also :-)
Milkbun Illustrator Tutorial

3. Stenc-o-Rama paintings

With a spray can and handcut stencils, Satta van Daal really creates some amazing artwork. Look for yourself at Stenc-o-Rama.

4. Gingerbeards

I really like this work. The style is a great source of inspiration to me. A very nice combination of hand-drawn figures, filled with real photo textures.  Not to mention the weirdness of the beardness. At Gingerbeards.

5. Propaganda posters

American and Russian war propaganda posters are a great source of inspiration.
Propaganda posters USA at You the Designer.
Propaganda posters Russia at You the Designer.