30 Incredible and Inspirational Surreal Photomanipulations


Surreal art is one of the most popular styles of art on the web today, because it allows artists to push the bounds both conceptually and visually.  Iconicized by some of the works of traditional artists such as Salvador Dali, the digital era has led to the rapid growth of the style and some truly inspirational artworks.

We’ve gathered up 30 incredibly inspirational surreal photomanipulations and digital artworks from artists around the globe.  Whether it’ s darker and emotional, or brighter and clean, these artworks showcase just a few of the awesome talents in the surreal genre.

Enjoy!

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Winners of Designious $1000 Vector Megapacks Giveaway Announced


Over the past week, courtesy of Designious.com, a leading provider of stock vectors, brushes, fonts and more, we ran an awesome vector megapacks giveaway, and three lucky designers will get to choose 5 megapacks of their choosing from the following list: http://www.designious.com/mega-packs

The contest has now officially come to a close, so that means it’s time to choose 3 winners from the entry pool of 85.  To do this, I used Random.org’s random number generator to generates 3 random numbers between 1 and 85.

And the first winner is…

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20 Beautiful and Inspiring Food Package Designs


Humans base nearly all of their decisions at least partly on aesthetics, including everything from what product to buy and which person to date.  In the food industry, studies have shown that perception of taste and quality is highly influenced by the presentation.  The same meal will taste quite different depending on the presentation, which is why many chefs invest significant time and effort in the presentation.  For packaged foods, the same rules apply, so many companies invest time and money in making appealing and innovative package designs.

This post showcases 20 beautiful and inspiring package designs for a variety of foods and drinks, including coffee, tea, cookies, and bodybuilding drinks.  Even if you’re not a package designer, you’ll still wish these products were available in your local grocery store.

Enjoy!

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10 Fresh, Detailed and Quality Free Icon Sets


Icon sets are incredibly useful when it comes to web and interface design.  Having a high quality, matching set of icons can help bring out the subtle details in a user interface, and give an added sense of professionalism, while enhancing the user interface by providing intuitive design.

We’ve gathered up 10 new, fresh and incredibly useful icon sets from around the design web.  All these icon sets are free to use, but check the licensing agreement for each, so you can be sure for redistribution with apps and others.

Feel free to contribute your own icon sets in the comments!

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30 Inspirational Hand Drawn Websites


The use of hand drawn elements in web design has grown tremendously over the past few years, as the focus on aesthetically pleasing user interfaces has grown.  Aside from its use for communicating information to the user, hand drawn elements can help establish a visual theme, a brand identity, and tie together various aspects and elements of a website.  Whether it uses more vector-based drawing, or is completely drawn with a tablet, hand drawn elements can bring some extra visual appeal to a website.

This showcase features 30 inspirational websites with hand drawn elements.  Whether all the visuals are hand drawn, or just a few select aspects such as the header or tagline, these websites demonstrate how to effectively integrate hand drawn elements into a design, and will inspire you to try using them on your next project.

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25 Dynamic and Colorful Abstract Wallpapers


Abstract is one of my favorite categories of art. It lets the artist explore his or her creativity and display it on the canvas in any way they want. The artist can create whatever message they want with the art and we will still be dazzled by its beauty.

Everybody needs a good wallpaper that inspires them or that expresses their sense of creativity. In this post, we’ve gathered 30 different abstract wallpapers, including everything from rainbow spectra to dark fractals.  Some are vibrantly colorful, others are dark and deep, but they’re all awesome.

Enjoy, and be sure to contribute your own wallpapers in the comments!

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