A close look at the Creativity of Illustrator Pasquale D’Silva

The fantastic work of Pasquale with a Showcase, Interview and a Give-away

Every now and then we all come across a designer who takes us by surprise, and reminds us what it means to truly be a creative person. This is exactly how I felt when nearly 2 years ago I came across the work of Pasquale D’Silva.  

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Revisited: Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress

Custom Write Panels a year later. More efficient and expandable.

Almost a year ago (wow, time flies!) I wrote a little tutorial explaining the nuances of add_meta_box in WordPress, and how it can be used to create some nifty Custom Write Panels. It was a nice little script, and still functioned great. I use it on almost all of the projects Liam and I have, and up to this point, it has been great. However, for an upcoming project, I foresaw some problems.  

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Beautiful Post Thumbnails: Top Examples & Best Practices

Advantages of creating a beautiful thumbnail to compliment your blog post

Your blog post thumbnail will play a big part in how your users see your website, and how they navigate it. A well designed post thumbnail can really engage your visitors and help encourage them to explore your website.  

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The Envato Marketplaces Re-Design: Our Involvement

We Run Through our Involvement in the Project and show some early drafts

We’ve recently had the pleasure once again of working with Collis Ta’eed and the team at Envato, a company we admire - and one full of creative & down to earth guys - running a very successful network of sites. Having them use your icons on their site(s) is one thing, but working with them is a true honor.  

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178 Free Icons: WooFunction Free Icon Set goes Live

You love icons. We know - So here is a new free set of 178 fabulous icons

WooFunction Icon Set: 178 Free Icons

A really great set of icons for free. Something that you’ve seen before on this blog, but I think this most recent free set shows just how far I’ve come since the first set, just over a year ago now. This new set of icons was made exclusively for WooThemes & with their help we’ve proud to offer you this fantastic set of icons for absolutely nothing!  

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Daily Edition: Re-Inventing a WooThemes Classic

Daily Edition WP Theme - Introducing A modern twist on a Woothemes Classic

Any WooThemes fan will be familiar with their popular Gazette Edition theme, but for 2009 they wanted something that would push the Gazette Edition theme forward with a more modern, stylish and minimal design. They contacted us about the fantastic project and we gladly accepted.  

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226 Brilliant Freelance & Work Related Icons Available Now

Invoices, Money, Projects, Gallery, Contracts, Shopping Basket & Many more

For this icon set we’ve focused on icons based around freelance and office work, this set contains everything from invoices & contracts, to noticeboards and project folders. For a full understanding of the variety of icons on offer make sure to check the full preview image.  

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40 Cute Free Twitter Graphics: Badges, Icons & Buttons…

Free pack of twitter badges, buttons, icons and banners free for any use

We’ve put together this free set of unique twitter graphics. Simply drag and drop the various graphics, icons, badges and buttons into your work free of charge. There really is no limit to what you can do with this brilliant set, lovingly designed by Pasquale D’Silva  

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Free Social Media Icons & 275 New Premium App Icons

A beautiful Free set of unique social media icons & a new premium icon set

To promote our new application icon set with 275 fantastic icons we’re giving away this free unique set of social media icons. The free Social media icons are available to everyone, and a nice little bonus for anyone buying the full set.  

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Exclusive look at the New Outlaw Design Blog Re-Design

One of our favourite sites gets a fresh new look and we get the first look

Danny Outlaw has given us an advanced preview of his re-designed Outlaw Design Blog. And I’ve got to say it looks fantastic, Danny talks us through the process & reasons behind it, and what we can expect from the new design, and in fact the new Blog, as his re-vamp goes further than just a fresh new look.  

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How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips

Some great examples and tips on what makes a quality web or blog design

Quality is a word that a lot of people like to use when describing their web design services. But what is quality, how do you know if a design is quality or not. Well, I think that there’s quite a few ways to spot quality within web designs. Once you can see just what goes into making a quality web design, you can use the techniques to perfect your own style.  

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Danny Outlaw Talks Personal Branding & Promotion: Tips on How to Get Yourself Out There

Tips on Building your own personal brand and getting a name for yourself

Starting out as a designer, or blogger isn’t always easy. The hardest part is promoting yourself & your blog. Danny Outlaw, from Outlaw Design Blog talks us through how he tackled the problem, and gives us some seriously useful and true tips to help you build your own personal brand. Danny is re-launching his blog soon, and talks us through his strategy of building his brand.  

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Portfolio: 3 Application Icons for MacRumors New Software Bundle (BunnyBundle)

We worked with Macrumors to create some icons for their apps release

We’re excited to announce that we’ve worked with the biggest mac website & forum around, MacRumors, designing some icons for a new Mac Software Bundle they have released recently. Take a look at the software bundle and see their range of innovative new products for Mac users.  

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Icon Set Giveaway Results & Some Graphic River News

WE ANNOUNCE THE LUCKY WINNERS & SHARE SOME OF OUR TOP Graphic River PICKS

Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback on the icons, and ideas for future sets. We’re very happy with how things went. Right now we have the Highest Rated, and the Most Downloaded icon set on Graphic River, and the 3rd most popular file overall.  

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Function Premium Icon Set: A Set of 148 Great New Icons & GraphicRiver Giveaway

Our new icon set is now available and we are giving away 10 sets free

We’ve been working hard to create these beautiful icons exclusively for GraphicRiver. They are a great addition if you already have our free icon set, they are done in a similar style and could be used together. The new icons are a lot more refined and clean, with a lot more new icons that may have been missing from the first set. Check them out and let us know what you think.  

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