Noupe has a list of 14 styles of website backgrounds that are the current trend today. They back each style up with a couple of tutorials to help make your own versions.
The blog - Design Your Way - has a new collection of…everything. Photoshop and Illustrator Brushes, Textures, Patterns, Icons, PSD Files, Fonts, Wordpress Themes, and Wallpapers. Phew, that was a long list.
Here’s the link.
More free resources for designers to download
Seeing as today’s a slow news day, I’ve been digging through my bookmarks in order to find something good for you today. I found a good post on Noupe for you with loads of tutorials, brushes and much more.
80 Best-Of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials, Brushes, .EPSs and Resources
Smashing Magazine has a list of some great looking, user-friendly and inspirational navigation menus.
Take the jump below to read more.
50 Beautiful And User-Friendly Navigation Menus
PSDTUTS has a new tutorial up. This time they’ll show you how to create a Magic Themed web site layout using stock photography, images, custom brushes and some cool lighting effects. Follow the below link to read the Photoshop tutorial.
Create a Magic Night Themed Web Design from Scratch in Photoshop
Web Design Ledger has an impressive list of free downloadable patterns for Photoshop. Whether you use them on your websites or in you digital art, there’s a lot to choose from with over 200 different colors / patterns. Click the links to start downloading.
200+ Beautiful Seamless Patterns Perfect for Web Design
Six Revisions has a line-up of 40 tutorials showing you how to layout a website in Photoshop. Check it out by following the below link.
40 Useful Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials
Another list of Photoshop tutorials for your reading pleasure. I noticed a few repeats from some of the other lists I’ve linked previously, but there are still some gems in here. Follow the below link to The Theme Blog for some free Photoshop tutorials.
Ultimate List Of 50 Quality Photoshop Tutorials For Your Inner Designer
DesignM.ag says:
With the current economic conditions many people in just about every industry are looking for jobs. Web designers and web developers have the advantage of having some great resources to help them find work. Last week the DesignM.ag job board was launched to give employers a free place to post jobs, and to help designers and developers find the right opportunities.
In addition to our job board, there are a number of other niche specific places to look for work. In this post we’ll take a look at 27 of the options for designers and developers. Whether you’re looking for full-time work, freelance gigs, or just part-time work, there are opportunities out there.
So head on over there if you’re looking for work, there’s plenty of places to look!
27 Places to Find Web Design Jobs
If you’re looking for tutorials on Photoshop, Photoshop Lady is the place to go. From photo retouching of glamour shots, to making cool text or light effects, Photoshop Lady has a huge selection of tutorials to look at. And now there’s a compilation of the best tutorials of 2008.
Go check it out at the below link.










