http://observin.com Web Design Blog Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:58:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008 has been filled with an assortment of useful articles. Before the year ends I want to sum up some great year end lists that are packed full of incredibly useful design articles and tutorials. Noupe One of my favorite websites, they have given me many hours of useful posts that I ... http://observin.com/2008/12/2008-design-article-list-of-lists/ I'm going to start off by saying Happy New Years to everyone; it has been an interesting year for me and I am sure for many others. Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog this years! Whats happening in 2009 2009 I expect to be another great year. I will ... http://observin.com/2008/12/2008-a-year-in-review/ The holiday season is here and these winter photoshop tutorials and brushes are the perfect way to spruce up your designs and get you in the holiday mood. Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials We Wish You A Merry Christmas Card Drawing A Christmas Tree Create A Glittering Christmas Card Animated Christmas Bells Cheerful Snowman Christmas Card Make A ... http://observin.com/2008/12/wonderful-winter-photoshop-tutorials-brushes/ The weather might not be great out but there are still some great ways to get inspiration this season. Snowboards always seem to have great designs on them, unfortunately, we do not always get to see the designs since they are always covered with snow! Here is a list of snowboard ... http://observin.com/2008/12/28-snowboard-designs-for-inspiration/ There are quite a few terms thrown around with regards to typography. Hopefully this article will help you understand more about the world of typography. If this is your first true introduction to typography you probably underestimate the effect it has on the world. What Is Typography Typography is the process of ... http://observin.com/2008/10/learning-about-type/ Basic Design Principles - Part One Information on basic design principles, part one of a series of articles providing useful design information. This article covers hierarchy, balance, contrast and proximity. Hierarchy Depending on what you want your reader to view first will depend on the hierarchy you have set up. By changing the ... http://observin.com/2008/10/design-lessons-basic-design-principles-part-one/ Woothemes has released a new premium wordpress theme called Papercut. The new theme is a great addition to a list of high quality themes. Papercut is a grungy news theme with beautiful alternating stylesheets, built-in widgets, and layout control via a hand crafted theme options page. It’s the perfect out-of-the-box solution ... http://observin.com/2008/08/new-premium-wordpress-theme-by-woothemes/ There are lots of ways to improve your site's web design but sometimes you need help thinking of new ideas. So we have collected a list of creative techniques to help you come up with ideas for your designs. This will be part one of a series we hope to be ... http://observin.com/2008/08/web-design-ideas-12-ways-to-improve-your-websites-design/ I have collected a list of 32 great movie posters that you might find useful for design inspiration. A good poster does not necessarily make a good movie, nor does a good movie make a good posters. We don't necessarily like these movies but we do like their posters. 1. Sex ... http://observin.com/2008/08/31-great-movie-posters-for-design-inspiration/ Download our new free wordpress theme, Old News. This hopes to be one of many free unique wordpress themes that we will be offering on our site. [caption id="attachment_126" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Old News Wordpress Theme"][/caption] View Demo | Click to view a working demo of the theme The design is simple 3 column ... http://observin.com/2008/07/free-theme-old-news/