Link Roundup: Week 12/22 - 12/28
Last week's websites that I stumble upon. Some design related, development and completely off beat topic. If you have a link that you'd like me to share with others feel free to send it me.
Inspiration
Portfolio of Jessica Hische a fantastic illustrator and designer, don't forget to visit her blog.
Make A Steampunk Gear
Very cool tutorial by Buz. Make A Steampunk Gear Using Photoshop Patterns and Effects.
Illustrator Tip: Select by Fill Color
A lot of times I end up with a bunch of objects all over in the same layer and it becomes very difficult to select them. That's when “Select by Fill Color” comes in handy.
Choose Unused Color
Choose an unused color and draw your objects.
Link Roundup: Week 12/14 - 12/20
Last week's websites that I stumble upon. Some design related, development and completely off beat topic. If you have a link that you'd like me to share with others feel free to send it me.
Inspiration
Black Estate Vineyard is a website for a wine company, it's beautifully designed in back and white and very nice typography. The docked navigation is a nice touch too.
As the name suggests, Logo Design Love is a website devoted to logos where you can find lots of inspiration and tips on how to design them. Don't forget to check out the website owner's portfolio
If you are a fan of cartoon like me, you will love Cartoon Brew. Lots of news and animations everyday.
CSS Tip: Drop Caps
Drop caps are usually used in desktop publishing, the first letter of a paragraph is enlarged to drop down 2 or more lines. Update: To make it work in IE6, the first letter needs to be wrapped in a span. IE6 Example
Markup
CSS
Browser Support
- Firefox
- Safari
- Chrome
- Opera
- Internet Explore 7














