30 Wicked Cool Typographic Designs and Typography Artworks

August 3rd, 2010 Posted in Inspiration by Eric Shafer

Typography is a crucial part of design, because it can directly communicate words and messages.  However, just as important as the words used are the colors, fonts, styles and hierarchy, because they can convey more emotion, feeling and meaning than words alone.

In this post, we’ve gathered up 30 wicked cool typographic designs, typography artworks and experimental typefaces from some of the typography masters.  Whether you’re a fan of simple typographic posters, or complex and innovative text compositions, you’ll find some awesome artworks here and will definitely want to check out more from the artist.

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Inspirational Photographer Portfolio and Gallery Websites

August 2nd, 2010 Posted in Inspiration by Eric Shafer

If you’re a photographer, designer or artist, having a quality portfolio that showcases your works is essential for bringing in freelance clients and also helping get exposure.  A well designed portfolio should communicate something about your art and your style of work, and it should also showcase your best works in an easy to use manner.

We’ve gathered up some inspirational photographer portfolio and gallery websites that showcase the different ways that photographers choose to design their portfolios and show off their works using lightboxes, slideshows and galleries.  If you’re looking to design your own portfolio, these sites will provide some great inspiration.

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15 High Quality Free E-Commerce Icon Sets

July 29th, 2010 Posted in Freebies by Eric Shafer

If you’re running an online business, odds are that you’ll have some sort of system through which you can receive payments.  Even if you just send your bills through PayPal or a similar system, it can sometimes be helpful to indicate what payment methods are accepted.  Along with this, you can also use the icons to guide the user through an intuitive payment system if you use the right icons.

In this post, we’ve gathered up 15 awesome, high quality, free icon sets from around the web that you can use in your commercial projects.  Whether you’re running a small design firm, or a giant online sales business, these icons will suit your needs.

Hope you find them useful!

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$150 CodeMyConcept Gift Card Giveaway Plus 10% Discount for All Entrants

July 28th, 2010 Posted in Freebies by Eric Shafer

At CreativeFan, we love teaming up with awesome companies and running promotional giveaways that help companies get exposure, and give our readers awesome prizes in return.  Today, we’ve teamed up with CodeMyConcept, a leader in the PSD to HTML marketplace, to bring you a special giveaway.  One lucky reader will win a $150 CodeMyConcept giftcard that can help jumpstart any website.  With their powerful mission statement, you can be sure that they’ll get the job done right.  As they put it, “We are the best PSD to HTML company on the planet. Pixel perfect W3C standard code and more. We will drink all your coffee while at it.”  Not only can they do PSD to HTML conversions, but they also do WordPress implementation and development, blog development, and code conversion.  To put it simply, they are a web designer’s best friend.

Not only will one lucky winner be selected, but all entrants will be able to link to this post when placing an order and will receive a 10% discount.  Read on for details and how to enter!  Also, be sure to check out CodeMyConcept for your web development needs.

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30 Clever Logos with Creative Use of Letters and Text

July 27th, 2010 Posted in Inspiration by Eric Shafer

Logo design is one of the most important branding elements for any business or company.  Using a word or a letter in a logo design can be one of the most effective ways to create a central focal point for the logo, as well as conveying a direct or subtle message about the company itself.

In this post, we’ve gathered up 30 clever logos with creative use of letters and text that showcase how effective type-based logos can be.  Whether they’re black and white, or vibrantly colorful, these logos are sure to inspire you.

Be sure to contribute your logo favorites in the comments!

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50 Ridiculously Intense Battle and Combat Digital Artworks

July 26th, 2010 Posted in Inspiration, Wallpapers by Eric Shafer

It was perhaps the Greek philosopher Plato who said it best, when he remarked: “It is only the dead who have seen the end of war.”  In various cultures, war, combat and aggression have different associations and feelings surrounding them.  The cinematic world has done an incredible job of capturing a variety of different depictions, whether it is the adrenaline rush of modern combat movies, or the stylized and historical style battles such as 300 or Gladiator.  The digital art world has kept up with the trends, and consistently produces intense, adrenaline-filled artworks that serve as everything from reminders of past wars, to video game concept art, and even satirically styled works.

Before you go ahead with this post on cool digital artworks ,we would like you to have a look at some other posts on digital arts:-

We’ve gathered up 50 ridiculously intense, adrenaline-filled battle and combat digital artworks that will be sure to make you feel the rumbling of a thousand cavaliers charging, the crisp smell of gunpowder, or the fear of facing a fire-breathing dragon.

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