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Contrary to popular belief, condensed and narrow fonts don't make your text cramped, or crowded. You just have to know the appropriate time and place to use the font. Condensed fonts are widely used these days for headlines and portraying bold messages, and when deployed in the right place, they can give stunning impact! It […]

Access All Areas members have a useful mockup template for Adobe Photoshop to download this week, courtesy of Thom Bouman from Fresh Design Elements. The European Format Stationery Mockup is ideal for presenting your designs to your client and showing off your work in your portfolio. Paste your design via smart layers and choose one […] The post European Stationery Mockup for Access All Areas Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Bright, colorful leaves, rainy days, Halloween. That's October -- at least if you're living in the Northern hemisphere. To provide you with some fresh inspiration even when the weather is gray, artists and designers from across the globe once again challenged their creative skills to design beautiful, one-of-a-kind (and this time around also spooky) wallpapers for you to indulge in. This monthly wallpapers mission has been going on for nine years already, and we are very thankful to everyone who has and still is contributing to it each month anew. The wallpapers in this collection all come in versions with and without a calendar for October 2017 and can be downloaded for free. Happy October!The post Pumpkins, Spooky Fellows And Fall Inspiration For Your Desktop (October 2017 Edition) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

The list of Do's and Don'ts for a portfolio website is endless. However, out of those lists, I've found two things in common – avoiding to populate a single page with everything and keeping the landing page and navigation as simple, attractive and easily accessible as possible. That's what you'll learn with this tutorial. Apart from this, you'll: Learn how to optimize graphics for a Muse website using Adobe Illustrator (essential for making the site content to load faster) Be able to display content in perspective using Photoshop. Know how to design a professional landing page with Adobe Muse. REQUIREMENTS … Continue reading →Visit us at InstantShift.com

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We've featured a lot of different icon sets in the past, but we still haven't had one dedicated to rockets, satellites and solar systems (well, don't forget supernatural aliens as well). There's so much to explore in the world of astronomy, and it's about time we did. Today's icon set was created and designed by the team at Iconshock, and consists of 40 icons in AI, PNG as well as SVG formats. So, dear space troopers out there, what are you waiting for? Please note that this icon set is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. You may modify the size, color or shape of the icons. No attribution is required, however, reselling of bundles or individual pictograms is not cool. Please provide credits to the creators and link to the article in which this freebie was released if you would like to spread the word in blog posts or anywhere else. The post Freebie: Space Icon Set (40 Icons, AI, PNG, SVG) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

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Cheer up with these 50 web designer jokes that will definitely make you laugh! We selected some really funny jokes, designers will understand! Below you will find funny web designer jokes turned into images. Cartoons, drawings, memes, photos, posters and many other funny images. These funny web designer jokes will make you laugh about subjects […] The post 50 Web Designer Jokes That Will Definitely Make You Laugh appeared first on Line25.