February 16th, 2009 - Posted categories : Daily Top 5
Illustrator tutorial at Spoongraphics
Good Illustrator tutorial. Some parts I couldn’t follow exactly as described but the good thing about that is that you try to get it done in your own way.

Typography designs
Once again some really amazing examples of typography in design. Some of these I hadn’t seen before.

Photographing textures tips at DesignM.ag
On the internet there are loads of high quality textures you can download for free. But if you need something original and you can not find it online, then you have to go and take the picture yourself.
Here are some good tips on how to photograph textures.

104 free fonts for web or logo
A list of free fonts for web designers or logo artists at instantShift.

Typechart
As quoted from their site, Typechart lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS.

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February 14th, 2009 - Posted categories : Daily Top 5
Aviary
Aviary features some great online tools for image manipulation. The tools are Flash based, so they run in your browser. No installations needed.
Currently these are available:
- Phoenix (image editor)
- Peacock (filter editor)
- Toucan (color manager)
- Raven (vector editor)
They are working on some other tools to be published later.

Better in Pink
I put Better in Pink here because I like the design of this website, and I like the stuff she produces. Have a look yourself.

Soho Gothic
Soho Gothic is a great new font. Besides that this site features a commercial movie to promote the font. Worth a look.

Vintage textures
Some more vintage textures for your web designs at Web Design Ledger.

Illustrator tutorials, brushes and other resources at Noupe
Another great and extensive list of resources for Adobe Illustrator.

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