Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Work of Vincent van Gogh

As we all know there are a lot of Blogs about design. This blog SD (Slovenian designer) is also about design. But there are a few things you need to know about me, I am not only very into modern design but I also love old Art. Especially work of Vincent van Gogh (Zundert, 30 maart 1853 – Auvers-sur-Oise, 29 juli 1890), so I thought it would be cool to dedicate some of my time to write a decent article about van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh was a dutch painer (just like me) whos work had a very big influence on 20th century art. Van Gogh now days seen as one of the biggest painters there ever lived, which is totally understandable when you ask me. A sad thing is that van Gogh never got credit for all of his work because his fame came after he died. He died at the age of 37 after committing suicide. Enough about mister Vincent van Gogh himself, let’s talk about his Art.

I would love to hear your opinion about Vincent van Gogh because I think its a good thing to talk about some of our old well appreciated painters. Please comment what you like the most about his style and maybe things you do not like. It also would be nice if you give me some names of other painters you like, and why you like them.

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20 Awsome Wallpapers

As a response of my previous topic about backgrounds I made a new one with better looks! All backgrounds are available with multiple pixel options and contains beautiful, high quality and high resolution wallpapers. Currently I have the elephant background for my computer, but I’m thinking of switching it to one of these cool wallpapers for a while!

By clicking at the picture you will be redirected to the original location of the wallpaper. Last but not least, I hope you will enjoy as much of these backgrounds as I do! But I am pretty sure you will love this wallpapers. And by the way, do not forget to leave your comment!
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Article about a few good looking Fonts.

Just a quick article about some good looking fonts. The last couple of years I gained allot of experience about design. Almost every “design thing” has a text, so almost every design thing has a Font! A lot of Fonts are just not nice and really bad looking so I started to look for some nice Fonts.

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Some pretty cool PhpBB themes.

We all know Forums are very popular, so I thought it would be cool to  dedicate some attention to it. PhpBB is the most popular forum platform so I start looking for some decent themes. Not just nice themes but themes with much potential. With potential I mean themes which are easy to adjust.The First theme I found called “1game” . It is a really cool theme with lots of potential. It Contains some very nice  structure already and the overall look is very clear! I hope you will enjoy this theme as much as I do.

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 The second Theme I found called “skyblue”. It is a really fresh theme which also contains lots of potential. Besides that it’s a really good scripted theme, what means that its a very light theme which results in a very fast forum!

 Skyblue

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Writershire.com Review

So I’m known as a provocative freelance designer but freelance writing is something I’ve only recently started doing. I mainly focus on blog post and article writing and when I started I had a tough time landing freelance jobs of any kind. Writing is not like design, I repeat, it is NOT like design. The writing industry is xxx times more populated and it’s not at all a level playing field, if you’re a new writer trying to squeeze into the game, then you’re pretty much tough out of luck.

(on a side note, Angel also wrote about her 1 year anniversary with writershire a while ago that you guys should check out!)

But I can’t say enough about Writershire.com who I found via a google search. You see, after looking high and low for people willing to hire someone like me (little to no experience, just a God given gift to write interesting articles I suppose) I decided to find a writing company, publishers, someone that hired freelancers and assigned them projects. I found www.writershire.com

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Interview With 3ncryptabl3_lick

A guy who needs no introduction through out the 3d and webmaster world, Jay, better known as 3ncryptabl3_lick or od1 has honored us all with an exclusive interview that can be found over at Toni Zova, labeled 3ncryptabl3 Madness for a reason!

Jay’s answers and contribution put a spin and a dash of entertainment value to the once usually boring, classic interviews you usually run into online. Though not for the faint of heart, and should be tagged 18+ it really is an interesting, light hearted fun read. You all should def go give it a read.

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RSS Feed Aggregator Template

A one of a kind, custom RSS feed aggregator that isn’t available for download anywhere else online! This was made specifically for SlovenianDesigner.com readers and contributors.

Some of the features include:
Multiple RSS feeds of any and all sites of your choice
Twitter feed for all @ replies
Auto update of new RSS listins
RSS feed category collapse
RSS feed auto load and view more option
On site page load for news/articles
and much much more…

This is Version1, if you need help with setting this up or getting a certain feature to work please let me know. I’ll be more than happy to help.

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The Ultimate Free Icon Set

This free web icon set is friggin awesome. It’s also insanely huge. Over 150mb (173mb) of free icons to use for all your web designs, blog posts, or whatever else you think you could use some free icons for. The free web icon set will take awhile to download though, so, be patient! Enjoy!

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BrandStack Fails: Shit Stack

Update: There has been dozens of recent articles from designers and clients protesting about Brandstacks appalling behavior. Not only are some designers on their ripping off designs and selling them, but Brandstack is knowingly selling plagiarized work, rendering the potential buyers vulnerable to law suits or worse. Below are some of the links:

Brandstack the Silent Killer
Brandstack: Unmoderated, unprofessional and unworthy
Why I pulled my logos from Brandstack today
Brandstack Ripping Off Designers
Why I Hate Brandstack

Again and again, when will they learn? The now newly designed, newly named site BrandStock, no sorry that’s BrandStack… has managed to suck more than it’s predecessor, IncSpring. It’s not only made up of images, 95% of it is anyway, it also lost the few points incsprings designed had managed to scrape. Then they name it BrandStack (yes i linked to them, because I care)…excuse me while I ram my face into a blender. What were they thinking? You think the worst is over? No, you see BrandStock, or wait, is it BrandStack? Whatever it is called now, they have a logo that the owner previously bought off Incspring, the same site, try to keep up. Well that logo is just, well go look at it, please.

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30 CSS Techniques for a Unique Navigation

CSS is a very important element of what we call a “structurally sound” web design. CSS turns strips of code and interactive features into a working design. This is especially true for CSS based menus. Giving your users a creative way to interact with pages, categories, and other aspects of your site is a great way to keep them coming back. Not only that, but your navigation will be easily accessible since it will stand-out. Your users won’t get lost, they’ll always know how to get to where they need.

If you want to find out the different CSS features you can incorporate into your navigation, it’s important that you view other menus as inspiration, and you know how they work. Below we’ve hand-selected 30 Best CSS Techniques for a Unique Navigation that are sure to bring creativity to your menu.

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Best Logos

Some of the Best Logos online are without a doubt, mine. I know how that sounds, but a little arrogance goes a long way in the design industry, trust me. So to many logo designers this post will be taken wrong, only a few may ever get it’s real purpose but this is why, I think my logos are among the best logos online today.

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These ones are also among my best logo designs that received the most appreciation from the clients. I guess I did so well a job in their opinion (the only opinion that really matters is your clients) that they both have decided to keep in touch with me since.

They’re unique, one of a kind and for the most part, logo designs no one could have thought of but me, then again most logo designs done by talented designers these days are very much the same way, except their stuff is no where near as funky or unique as my work, because I obviously make the best logos online, which in a way makes me one of the best logo designers out there. Hate me yet?

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Teen Logo Designer

I’m rarely impressed when it comes to graphic and logo design, but this time it’s different. Now i know what a lot of people have been saying about this young girl, they’re saying;

So what’s the deal, she’s 16years old, and into design, who cares?

The design community care, people who are still passionate about what they do care. This girl, at 16 years old is not only designing logos at a professional level, she’s also doing everything in her power to spread the word among other teenagers, that if they want, they can do it too. So she’s not only bettering herself in all this but trying to help others, at just 16.  That’s the deal.

The girl is obviously mature for her age, although at times she may act like she’s just 16, which is ok, because she is! Her designs speak for themselves, mastering such raw talent at such a young age, she has received praise from some of the top logo designers online, she’s starting to get feature slots on many sites and all this in the past couple days when she designed and developed her first site Julie Kapral and her Teen Design Blog.

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T-Shirt Design Contest

 What a fake contest. I was named the winner of the below fake contest and then not awarded anything, I send the contest starter a PM with my paypal ID and nothing. Some forum that is, they don’t have anyway of protecting us designers, I think it’s appalling. If they’re to hold a contest forum they should add the necessary software, take payment from end user, when winner is selected forward it to winner, take a slice of the pie, that’s how professionals do it. Not like this fake contest forum at V7N.

Recently I joined the V7N Forums. I got to know old friends and met a few new ones in a very short period of time, the community there is by far one of the friendliest I have ever been on. Although it lacks a professional presence and those with knowledge on there could probably be counted on one hand, it’s looking bright as mods and admins are gearing towards a change, a big change I have been told.

I have been reading up on some topics, although few in number some are rather informative, and then I ran into a new contest. It was a T-Shirt Design Contest and after reading the topic starters post, I decided to join and test peoples art abilities on these forums. My entry did not take time to finish and the concept pretty much hit me in the face, it was not at all hard or thought provoking, rather simple, it’s message too was direct and to the point.


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The contest is still open and I’m not sure if i’ll win, so far there has been 4 or 5 design entries including mine with a few people working on it still, so who knows. I do hope I win as the prize is $300, and even though to some that’s not a lot, for me it’s a good month worth of living.

Wish me luck.

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