This week we have inspirational quotes, inspirational advertisements, inspirational photography, as well as some talented illustrators and some famous logo redesigns. .

If you have something that you have created, be it a design piece or article that you would like me to take a look at, let me know (email me at info@denisdesigns.com) and it could make into one of the roundups.

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Next Day Flyers is an online printing company who specializes in all kinds of online printing services from business cards printing online to full color brochure printing, as well as many other products.

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This week we have a collection of design articles that will help you be a better designer. We feature some articles about color theory, how to be a successful designer, a chrome text tutorial, as well as growing a community. We also have some inspiration to keep you motivated, such as blogs with unique articles, musical logos, and some text-based websites.

If you have something that you have created, be it a design piece or article that you would like me to take a look at, let me know (email me at info@denisdesigns.com) and it could make into one of the roundups.

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1. The importance of the sketch

Any professional logo designer starts their work firstly by interviewing the client(s) and secondly by searching the Internet for similar works as their project. After completing the ladder they will continue with the most important step, namely: sketching. Most of the amateurs skip this step leading to a grave error. Sketching supposes that the creator takes a pencil and draws on paper lots of possibilities ignoring totally the PC for now. To draw only in pencil is very important. Colors shouldn’t be utilized; the concept is the only thing that matters in this step. Conceptualization on a computer with the help of appropriate software is the next step and only after that we can handle the potential colors of it. In this manner of thinking a black and white logo should be an incomplete work but do not worry, it isn’t true!

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We have a nice collections this week of reflection photography, some CG work of Buzz Light year from Toy Story, some obsolete technology, science fiction wallpaper, and more!

If you have something that you have created, be it a design piece or article that you would like me to take a look at, let me know (email me at info@denisdesigns.com) and it could make into one of the roundups.

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Check out my latest tutorial from The Web Squeeze, where I show how I created this bright colorful 3D text in the sky. The neat thing about this tutorial is that you can edit the shadows so you can darken, lighten, or add a blend mode to them, perfect for changing the look of the design easily.

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Next Day Flyers is an online printing company who specializes in all kinds of online printing services from business cards printing online to full color brochure printing, as well as many other products.

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Check out my latest article on Six Revision, as we take a look at some really very inspiring web designs that use photos as their main focus.
Using photos as a design element and central piece in a web design is a great way to get a point across to the viewers or to just add more depth into the design. We are going to look at some examples of two popular ways of using photos in a web layout: using a large photo as your background and using a photo as the central focus in the header.(Link)

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This week we have some crazy fonts on Behance, an awesome realistic bamboo tutorial from Tutorial 9, an easy to do monster illustration from Spoon Graphics, Letterpress business cards from Visual Swirl, Velvet Ant has some poster from the 1980′s, and I wrote an Zombie article for PSD tuts+.

If you have something that you have created, be it a design piece or article that you would like me to take a look at, let me know (email me at info@denisdesigns.com) and it could make into one of the roundups.

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Vintage posters are a great way to use new technology, along with some creative skills to create something that looks old. With programs like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, many talented artists are creating some really inspiring retro styled, colored and textured posters designs. Here is a list of some of those talented designers.

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