Apple: Logo No Go


Breaking news: Someone inside Apple's graphics studio sends in a bit of flaky comping
Next up: Someone fired at Apple!

Thanks to Ms X! Original is here!

Free Book Competition “WordPress 3 Site Blueprints”, Comment to Win

It has been a while since we last ran a good web design book giveaway, and if you are a WordPress developer or you are currently learning WP, you will certainly love this competition. What we have on offer is the chance for two of our readers to win one of two PDF ebooks, entitled WordPress 3 Site Blueprints that usual sells for $32. It has been written by Heather R. Wallace and its a book that will show you everything you will ever need to build a varied collection of feature-rich customized WordPress websites.

This competition will

Design An Angry Vector Turtle Character In Illustrator

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a vector turtle character based on a vinyl toy named “Skuttle” from the “Little Trickers” series.

We’re going to be using Adobe Illustrator CS3 for this tutorial, but the majority of old versions and the newer version will work perfectly fine. If you don’t want to create a turtle, why not take a photo of one of your favorite vinyl toys or collectibles, or sketch your own and scan it in?

Step 1

The first step is to open up

25 E-Commerce Websites for Your Design Inspiration

The success of an e-commerce website is defined by sales, not by design. However, that doesn’t mean that design does not matter. In this post we’ll showcase 25 well-designed e-commerce sites from a wide variety of industries. For more on e-commerce sites please see these posts from the archives:

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20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my favorite 20 (freely available) ebooks with you.

All of the below books are have been written to be read quickly, they are neither very long nor are they the definitive resource on their specific subject. Having said that, they are all a ‘darn good read’, and well worth