Using and editing a simple plugin you can highlight your current category even when on the single post page. also learn how to highlight your pages and add a home link to your navigation.

Tips that should be taken in to consideration before presenting your files to the printer for printing.

While making my re-design for my site i was also working on an entry for smashing magazines october calendars article.

Well I finally redesigned design shard from using a free theme, i tried to keep the structure of the site the same as I didn’t want to confuse my self and any frequent readers on the blog. Hopefully this is an improvement on the last theme and makes the blog more enjoyable to read and visit.

Media Slap sent me an email to giveaway some of there finest brushes, I ve compiled some pictures of the brushes that are included in the download.

Print design isn’t talked about enough in the web design community and id like to learn more about it as I’m from an intense web based background and hopefully others do too, this should be a nice start to a series of posts about print design in the coming weeks.

So i just posted a guest post on myinkblog while hes away you can check it out Now. Enhancing your web designs with with javascript theres lots of useful plugins that i hope you will agree will help produce some great aspects in design.

Design shard is getting to have quite a few subscribers and visitors which is great it makes me really excited and happy that people can benefit from the posts, Ive got a poll to see what interests you as readers that you may want to see more of on the blog, so cast you vote now.

A collection of illustration artists and example work, also a resource for interesting reading material on illustration as well as tutorials to brush up you skills.

Blog Action day fundraiser and massive prizes if you donate at least $1

The aim of this post is to gain design inspiration and ideas from what others have already done, some times its best not to reinvent the wheel and see what others are doing to make there designs work. This post explores colours involving brown

6 more interviews from Rock Sound magazine showing what makes these designers tick within the music industry, what influences them and how they got in to the music design industry.

6 interviews from Rock Sound magazine What makes designers tick, where do they get there inspiration, tips for budding designers plus more.

Im a big fan of grunge and creating grunge designs is one of the most interesting things to do in my opinion whether it be a web design or a piece of grunge art. This post covers where you can find grunge resources such as brushes, textures, tutorials, wordpress themes, fonts and interesting reading articles.

More typography and design inspiration from music magazine adverts, this post follows on from the first part Awesome artistic inspiration from music magazine adverts.