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While designing We Are not Freelancers we had one goal in mind. Our goal was to get featured on as many web galleries as possible. We knew that by putting as much effort as we could into our design, the benefits of increased traffic would be awesome.

This tutorial will show you how to use batch processing with Photoshop actions and more specifically how to create an action to crop and resize images using batch processing in Photoshop.

Whether you are a freelancer or you work for a design agency, getting your name spread in the design community should be a top priority. A lot of doors can be opened with a just a little networking when using the right strategy to contact the top design bloggers.

This video tutorial will show you how to create photoshop actions and more specifically how to create an action to create a folder structure for your web design layouts

A mixed collection of illustration artists some using 3D programs, oil paints, Illustrator and Photoshop to produce there creations, I have place a piece of text about each illustrator where possible as well as slightly explaining what they incorporate in to there work.

We made it to the short list of top 20 coolest blogs for the wpwebhost contest, but its not over yet we need your vote.

I have just started my own flickr group here on design shard to showcase work and peoples inspirations. come and join it.

Free Hi-Resolution fire and flame texture pack (1600 x 1064) Some look pretty cool, use them for desktop wallpapers, use parts of them, use them as overlay textures use them for whatever your brain can muster.

From my perspective working at a printing house, I see more and more web-based companies beginning to invest in print collateral. The challenge for those with a background in web business is to figure out how to create compelling, effective print design to advertise their online presence.

With the abundance of t-shirt design sites such as Threadless and Design By Humans, it's easy to trendspot themes that are popular. Each site and its community has their own taste and it makes gaming the vote a lot easier. Here is a list of our top 5 design trends that are sure to give you a few extra votes in t-shirt competitions.