Archive for the ‘Brilliant Design’ Category
How Painful is it to Navigate Your Site?
Posted on October 2, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot43 Vibrant Responses
Have you ever been to the Microsoft website? Unfortunately I have. Even for an expert in all things internet, I have a hard time navigating it. It’s painfully difficult.
I remember the last time that I was searching for some information there. It was nearly impossible and every minute that I wasted made it more…
10 Trashy Fonts for Your Grunge Collection
Posted on August 28, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot52 Vibrant Responses
Hey all you grunge font lovers, I’ve got another collection here for you to add to your collection.
If you looking to design a website or blog that uses textures and fonts like Site Sketch 101 then this collection of fonts is the perfect way to get going on it.
Over at Spyre Studios, Jon…
21 Mind-Buzzing Photo Manipulations
Posted on August 15, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot63 Vibrant Responses
I love seeing the works of art that people are able to create in Photoshop. This post is a collection of just that type of artwork. The photos that you see below are stunning works of absolute creativity.
Notice the water pouring out of the painting or the spilled coffee shaped like the continents. I’m…
9 Eye-Catching Professional Free Fonts
Posted on August 13, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot60 Vibrant Responses
If you’re like me you probably quickly got tired of the standard fonts that comes with Microsoft Windows. They have a great selection and a few of them are actually pretty neat but they get old fast. I constantly find myself seeing advertisements or book covers that leave me longing for the font that they…
5 Free Amazing Hand-Sketched Icon Sets
Posted on August 10, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot50 Vibrant Responses
It’s certainly no secret that I’m a huge fan of graphics and websites that look hand-sketched. I’ve designed this site to look that way with icons and backgrounds that support that look and feel. I’ve given you links to sketched fonts and I’ve also presented you with posts that portray beautiful, inspiring hand-sketched…
Valp: Interview with a Creative Mastermind
Posted on July 22, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot20 Vibrant Responses
If you visit the about page of Valp’s website, Valp Now, you’ll find it opens with the following line: “Valp is Maciej Hajnrich. Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Art Director.”
Valp is a self-taught freelance artist who has been working in the design industry for five years. He has created a style of art…
10 Beautiful Free Hand-Sketched Fonts
Posted on July 10, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot51 Vibrant Responses
As you’ve probably already noticed, I’m a huge fan of site designs that look like they were sketched at the hand of an artist with a pencil or paintbrush.
Just take a moment to look around at the layout of Site Sketch 101 and you will see what I’m talking about. I love using rich…
Best in Graphics for June 2009
Posted on July 7, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot16 Vibrant Responses
Here’s a collection of some of the best in graphics for June 2009. Some of these resources are tutorials that will help you grow as a designer. Others are icon sets to enhance the visual layout of your blog or website. Each of these are amazing and I highly recommend that you check these out!
Abduzeedo: Wisdom from an Artistic Genius
Posted on July 3, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot10 Vibrant Responses
For those of you who are not already familiar with Fabio Sasso, you are missing out. Fabio Sasso is an amazing graphic design artist. His site, Abduzeedo, is filled with highlights of his work and tutorials so that you can replicate some of his designs in Adobe photoshop. His work is definitely top-notch…
11 Beautiful Free Wordpress Themes
Posted on June 27, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot54 Vibrant Responses
Wordpress is one of the most powerful blogging platforms available today. It is very easy to use. It has widgets and plugins for almost everything that you can think of and there is a huge community of designers who are constantly creating and updating themes for Wordpress. This post is a collection of…
