Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
When it is cold outside and the sky is covered with heavy gray clouds we often feel sad and frustrated. So inevitably there appears a wish to cheer up ourselves and people we care of with some sweet chocolate treats. It is proved that chocolate is plentiful with different feromones that make it the perfect antidepressant. In general, chocolate is a good helper in millions of life situations and today we are glad to demonstrate you a tempting selection of sweetest websites which have been ever made. We hope that minutes which you’ll spend on our round up reviewing (or maybe hours, who knows?) will not be in vain and it will inspire you.
Moreover, scientists think that one bar of chocolate per week and a cup of hot chocolate drink can extend our life term nearly at a year and at the same time it can rejuvenate human organism. So what are you waiting for? Get your hidden sweets and start learning the world famous tasty food over the list of 20 Sweetest Websites of 2010.
paulettemacarons.com
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cadbury.co.uk
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Photoshop is a rather studied graphic editor and we know very well what should be done for the best image presentation. But sometimes our creative ideas run away from us and we can not express our thoughts well (it even would be right to say that our head is empty). But the work will not wait till we deign to start thinking. Web designers and developers would always be ready to amaze surroundings with new exciting ideas. And today to help you not to lose your face at the wrong moment we offer you fresh ideas how to enliven your creativity.
From the earliest times people held in high respect 4 classic nature elements – Earth, Water, Fire and Air. So why not use this good old idea for inspiration?! Today we offer you excellent examples of Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials which are feature-packed for 4 Classic elements. With these effects you may burn you design elements, drown them, disperse and bury in the ground. Do whatever you want and feel like you’re a the master of your personal digital world.
Earth
Ancient Typography with Dry Soil Texture and Floral Brushset in Photoshop
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3D Text Scene
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“Sex sells. Every night and day it will be this way…” the good old Benefit sang. And really, look around! What the hell is going on with this world?! Almost every trademark or brand feels it their duty to use a sex appeal in their advertising. It’s widely considered that there’s enough to show some skin for selling products better. But is this view true or not? That is a good question…
If you use the outright sex in your ad messages then it can bring you great losses due to bad perception and even strong rejection by the audience. But if you are a wizard of gentle hints and know where to stop then all marketing doors and customers’ harts are open to you.
And right now we’ll show you some marvelous examples of how sex can sell mostly everything. Real masters can tempt easily and non-appreciably.
youarethetechnology.com
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eliesaab.com
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When we are browsing through the web in a search for something definite and specific we don’t pay much attention to small ordinary things such as website buttons. They always look the same and there can be nothing uncommon. But if you stop for a while you’ll see the variety of extraordinary buttons at the Menu bar. Some of these simple elements can be absolutely amazing and joyful for true designers. So you shouldn’t miss such a marvelous inspirational chance.
The Internet is boundless and the number of its residents grows exponentially every day. So let our today’s little round-up be the start of your future pleasant discoveries. In the comments section right here we’d be glad to know you thoughts about the use of such creative buttons (how do you find this web design solutions, whether you like them or not and so on).
gnosyanimation.com
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danielmarques.me
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Facebook is a world’s famous social utility where you can communicate with friends, colleagues and relatives, find new interesting outstanding people and track down their lives and social activity. The growth rate of the audience of Facebook comes to 1 million users per 5 months and last summer this community contained 500 million followers.
It is natural that in conditions of such a rapid and constant popularity most worlds’ well-known companies are bent on conquering Facebook’s users in ranks of their fans (Facebook is rather young. It was founded in the year 2004). So nowadays thousands of web designers work towards the creation of new cool and stunning Facebook Brand Pages which would attract the attention of new and new followers.
And today we have decided not to stand aside from this process and collected 23 eye-catchy Facebook Brand Pages for you pleasure amusement. If some of them inspire you to create the next cool facebook masterpiece we’ll be pleased greatly. And now have a good time with our collection!
Coca-Cola
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Red Bull
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Black is one of the most universal colors but at the same time any thing in black tones looks particularly elegant and presentable. Dark suits are especially popular in the business world, a little black dress is a required element of clothing of every fashion-monger and the black color compounded with chocolate glossy shine gives a unique effect of a stylish luxury. No wonder that many celebrities choose this miracle color when creating their websites (and our today’s round up will prove it to you).
Moreover by countries all over the world this color is considered to be one of the most winning tones for a self presentation on the web. Our today’s selection of 24 Black Website Designs contains web addresses registered from six different parts of the world. So you may review our little list of luxury black websites for your greater inspiration.
kramgo.com
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thetoke.com
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If you decide to show your head to the people, this is a great time for it. A lot of web designers show their heads to their visitors and therefore make their websites more personal. Also, adding a head image is a good way to build an emotional connection with site visitors.
As we are trying to be your guide to the latest web design trends, we believe it’s important to feature the websites that follow the head trend; especially, when there are so many of them now. As you’ll see it, most websites that come with head images, head illustrations and head collages are web designers’ portfolios. Still, many other sites use head graphics as the main design element.
We can only guess why head images are so widely used by designers from all over the world, but we can’t ignore it. That’s why we encourage you to visit 20 head inspired websites that are listed below. Each website offers a unique experience and serves as an online monument to the power of personality.
adhamdannaway.com
Don’t you agree that each and every website needs a great error page? A funny 404 page is a way to say to your site visitors, “Hey, cheer up! Try other pages if this one didn’t work for you”.
Unfortunately most error pages look boring and therefore become an extra trouble for the visitors. Not only visitors fail to find the information they’ve been looking for, but they have to see the same design they’ve seen at least thousand of times.
Would you like your website be totally inviting? Why not create a custom 404 error page and make a pleasant surprise for your website visitors?
Here are a few samples of great error pages:
amitkhera.com
Facts about eCommerce – Infographic
Do you know what amount of money people spend on the Internet? In 2009 Americans spent $155.2 billion dollars in on-line transactions – that’s a hell lot of money. We bet that you have never heard about it before. There are many such facts about which people never think but still they’re interesting for them. And now TemplateMonster.com offers you to know some amazing facts about eCommerce industry. An awesome eCommerce infographic was exclusively created for TemplateMonster blog by their friends.
There is no secret that eCommerce gains more and more fans every month and probably it’ll be better to say every day. We guess nobody will argue that it has a great influence even on global economy. Naturally the participants of online market seek new ways to differ from their competitors. And not so long ago (something about 1 year) merchants actively started to demonstrate the information they want you to see with the help of two means: text and graphics. A combination of such common things caused a storm of delight on the Internet community. It was called infographic. And now you can see a nice eCommerce Infografic from TemplateMonster blog.
You are welcome to learn some interesting facts about the thing you like! It is absolutely unique so don’t pass by and pay a little attention to the awesome eCommerce infographic.
It is proved long ago that the water is the beginning of the life on Earth. And every creature is based on the water. By the way it is said that the Internet gets to be more and more similar to a living creature. So it is possible to suggest that there are a lot of underwater elements inside the web. Of course this sort of a wet stream will not get you wet once you enter the Internet. But upon a closer look you’ll find many awesome water tones in designs of websites of different subjects. It is especially seasonable since the summer fries us on city streets.
Today we offer you to overlook a selection of 40 water web design ideas which are embodied in different spheres. We’ll be proud if some of the element of our selection helps you or maybe makes you smile. So relax and enjoy yourself!
Water Elements in Resort Website
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