#WDNDL For 7/10/2009 – Design Resources, Freebies(fonts!), & Tattoo/Web Inspirations!

TGIF! Its Friday! My Father is improving everyday and it is such a blessing, Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers! I Will probably be spending a good part of the weekend in the hospital again visiting and helping him. Todays post is full of awesome Inspirations and some sweet tutorials! There are a lot of Good PHP Links in here today as well, so Hope you enjoy today’s post and pass it to a friend! Thanks everyone for all the love and support, I appreciate you all! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• 85 Great Tattoos as Art and Inspiration #2 | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  CRAZY Tattoo inspirations
  (tags: inspiration art images WoW referencia)
• 60 Interesting Lomo Fisheye Shots | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  Cool Fisheye Shots! – Photography Inspiration
  (tags: photography photos)
• Eight Major Failures of the Tropicana Redesign — Astuteo™
  Poor Tropicana – Fun read
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration marketing graphicdesign graphic_design packaging brand ux branding logo usability redesign orange ppt)
• SlickMap CSS — A Visual Sitemapping Tool for Web Developers
  This is a pretty fantastic Sitemap 😀 CSS-ified!
  (tags: design webdesign web resources development webdev tools tool website code cool free web2.0 css map framework generator programming visualization library sitemaps)
• FFFFOUND!
  some awesome stuff here – Inspirations – Random
  (tags: webdesign typography images inspiration resources blog wordpress art profile tipografia media photography)
• 11 Great Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials | Design Shard
  Freaking awesome Photo Manipulation tutorials!
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration tutorials photography creative)
• Aquaticus.Social by ~jwloh on deviantART
  Nice and simple Social Network/Bookmarking Icon pack
  (tags: design webdesign web resources twitter web2.0 graphics icons blogdesign button 2.0 icon)
• 21 Popular Brands That Are Using WordPress
  Everyone is using WP!
• Pure CSS Timeline – Notebook | MattBango.com
  Very interesting! – CSS Timeline tutorial
  (tags: design webdesign html projectmanagement)
• Elliot Jay Stocks » Tutorial: Multiple single.php templates in WordPress
  This is a pretty random but cool WordPress Tutorial
  (tags: resources tips wordpress php)
• 40 Free Premium-Quality WordPress Themes | Pro Blog Design
  Awesome FREE Premium quality WP Themes!
  (tags: wordpress-themes resources list free wordpress showcase themes)
• WordPress: Combine CSS stylesheets for fewer HTTP requests « Falcon1986-Online
  Interesting Concept
• Create a Stylized GPS Icon in Illustrator | Vectips
  Thats a pretty cool little Icon tutorial!
• “Self-Trained” Website That Can Help You Make Smart Decisions @ SmashingApps
  Awesome Self Trained website – interesting!
• Matchbox: Young warriors, Jet | Ads of the World: Creative Advertising Archive & Community
  Matchbox is getting creative! I remember playing with those as a kid
• Web Design Tutorials: The Ultimate Roundup | Graphics
  Ultimate web design resource – Fantastic!
  (tags: design webdesign web inspiration resources tutorials tutorial)
• Collective Thanks To 80 Companies Supporting Design Community | Graphic and Web Design Blog – Inspiration, Resources and Tools
  Another great list – Thanks Companies!!
• Colorburned | 63 Extraordinary Companies that Support the Design Community
  fantastic companies that keep our blogs moving in the design community
  (tags: design resources colorburned)
• Pixelmatrix Design – How to work with a professional designer
  fantastic read – All clients should read this
  (tags: interesting)
• 13 Steps to a Successful Website Launch
  Good checklist for launching a site
  (tags: design webdesign webdev tips howto article business)
• 20+ Ready to Use Auto Completion Scripts | Dzine Blog
  Awesome Auto Complete scripts that are ready to go!
  (tags: design webdesign web resources development webdev css)
• 12 Navigation Options That Help Users Navigate Through Your Website Effectively | Onextrapixel – Showcasing Web Treats Without Hitch
  Good read on Navigation
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration development webdev)
• 43 Ways to Optimize your PHP Code | OpenJason
  good read on optimizing your PHP Code
  (tags: development webdev tips howto programming code php speed optimisation performance optimization coding advice optimize methods)
• Creative Photoshop Animal King Photo Manipulation Tutorial – Tutorial9
  This is an awesome effect tutorial – image manipulation
  (tags: inspiration design tutorial tutorials art graphic photoshop)
• Mastering Illustrator Effects
  Awesome Illustrator Effect Mastering – Good Read
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration tutorial tutorials tips howto)
• How to Create a Spray Grunge Splatter – Vectortuts+
  Nice Grugy Splatter tutorial!
  (tags: design tutorial tutorials photoshop illustrator vector)
• Handy Techniques for Cutting Out Hair in Photoshop
  Fantastic Technique for cutting out hair in PS
  (tags: design resources tutorial photoshop masking select cut photoshop-tutorials in technique fotografia hair cutting extract handy cutout out)
• 17 Remarkably Professional Looking Free Fonts | Web Design Ledger
  Freaking awesome Fonts! They are FREE!
  (tags: webdesign design web inspiration resources webdev lists fuentes graphicdesign resource free graphics recursos tipografia download fonts blogging typography professional freefonts diseño showcase)
• Inspiration Across the Design Spectrum | Fuel Your Creativity
  Awesome Inspiration from all over
  (tags: inspiration portfolio)
• Unreality – The 20 Most Badass Video Game Cosplay Costumes Ever |
  These are fantastic costumes – I want!!!
  (tags: photos new characters videogames costumes)
• 60+ Practical Cheat Sheets For Web Developers
  Awesome Cheat Sheets for Devs!
  (tags: reference webdesign web tutorial webdev resources programming webdevelopment php tutorials css xhtml adobe stylesheet cheatsheets apache shortcuts cheatsheet)
• 85 Resources providing NEED to HAVE Photoshop Brushes | tripwire magazine
  Fantastic Brushes!! Photoshop
  (tags: design webdesign photoshop brushes)
• 30+ WordPress Theme Releases for May 2009 – WPZOOM
  Awesome WordPress Themes from May 2009
  (tags: design webdesign blogs template 2009 theme themes)
• Free Typographic XHTML/CSS-Layouts For Your Designs | CSS, Freebies | Smashing Magazine
  Freaking awesome FREE Typography Layouts
  (tags: design webdesign resources wordpress showcase css blog)
• 100 Amazing Design Blogs To Subscribe To – Web Design – Miralize Design
  Lots of Great Design Blogs here!
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration tools blog)
• 34 Web Rockstars 1 Question: What do you listen to? | Gavin Elliott |
  Fantastic Designers – Interesting Answers!
  (tags: music developers)
• 50 Best-Of Designer’s (NEW) Download Picks and Resources | Noupe
  Freaking Awesome Designer's Download Resources
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration resources resource diseño graphicdesign photoshop reference)
• YouTube – BooneOakley.com – Home Page
  Freaking awesome Web Agency Video – funny and creative
• Using Wireframes to Streamline Your Development Process | Webdesigner Depot
  Great read on Wireframing
  (tags: tools design webdesign inspiration webdev tips interface usability wireframes)
• Win 10 Amazing WordPress Themes from Obox Design | Webdesigner Depot
  Win some sweet WP Themes from Obox Design!
  (tags: webdesign inspiration webdev wordpress templates)
• 20 Amazing Examples of HDR Portraits | Webdesigner Depot
  Awesome HDR Portraits!
  (tags: inspiration compilation gallery hdr 20 photography amazing)
• Twitter Hash Tags for Designers and Developers | Design Shard
  Awesome Hash Tags for Designers and Devs!
  (tags: webdesign resources webdev twitter webdevelopment)