A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes to selection of right resources you need to be very careful and specific about needs.
In this round-up, you’ll find number of top resources, tutorials, freebies which left deep impression on web design community, as the month of January had a lot of interesting articles produces by different sources.
The more time and effort you dedicate for useful and creative resources, the higher are your chances for getting better results.
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Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In January’10
Throughout history, great designers always found new ways to show their creativity to express themselves and create new trends and techniques to remark their work apart from the rest of the crowd. The Definition of design is more critical in modern terms as now design is a way of communication; and, more specifically, Web design is a well define platform for content. There is no "Good" and "Bad" in design. It always define as a "Different".
So how can you make sure your design is better than the designs of your competitors? How can you point employer’s attention to your product? Here we might be able to help you by showcasing following list of best resources available on web in the month of January.
Design Showcase, Feature Collection
Drop-Shadows and Gradients: Be Consistent in Your Visual Metaphors

40 Inspiring Single Page Websites

Showcase Of Modern Navigation Design Trends

55 Trendy Web Design Interfaces From Deviantart

40+ Examples of Typography Inspired in Web Design

40 Apple Inspired Website Designs for Design Inspiration

Newsletter Design: 50+ Great Examples

Photography, Digital Showcase and Art inspiration
25 Breathtaking Examples of Nature Photography

Stunning Under Water Photography

At work, part II

35 Truly Dramatic Examples of Animal Photography

30+ Captivating Fire Dancing Photos

Dakar Rally 2010

99 Brilliant Examples of Infrared Photography

30 Best Movie Posters of 2009

Freebies Resources (Themes, Wallpapers, PSDs, Icons, Vectors, Fonts etc.)
45 High Quality And Inspiring 3D Desktop Wallpapers

40 Striking High Resolution Photography Wallpapers From National Geographic

29 Resources for Freelance Designers Operating on a Tight Budget

35 Stunning Free Fonts To Enhance Your Designs

25 Fresh, Clean and Unique WordPress Themes

35 High Quality Apple Inspired Icons

50 Really Fantastic Desktop Wallpapers For Designers

Calendars for 2010: Printable Calendars and Wallpapers

Tutorials, Tips, Tricks & Hacks Resources
15 Invoicing Tips for Designers and Freelancers

Illustrator Tutorial: Vector Handphone

Create James Cameron’s AVATAR Movie Poster in Photoshop Tutorial

How to Create a Fun, Red-Haired Boy Character

Create a Fantastic Abstract Fan Poster

HOW TO: Build a More Beautiful Blog

Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers

Create a Jelly-like Text Animation in Cinema 4D and After Effects

Create a Slick and Minimalist Web Layout in Photoshop

How to Create a Theme-Switcher in 200 Seconds

Create a Grungy, Translucent Web Portfolio Design

How To Create Depth And Nice 3D Ribbons Only Using CSS3

CSS, xHTML, PHP, Javascript and Ajax Resources
jQuery Animations: A 7-Step Program

Tips for Coding and Designing Usable Web Forms

The Easiest Way to Build your First iPhone App

45 Powerful CSS/JavaScript-Techniques

How to speed up your blog loading time

Curating Comments Threads

Appz, Tools and Development Resources
10 interesting projects from Google Code

Are You Ready To Transfer To Chrome? – 30 Irreplaceable Chrome Extensions

18 Unique Uses of WordPress and the Plugin or Theme Used

Freelancing Resources
12 Reasons You Shouldn’t Freelance

5 Branding Basics Every Logo Designer Should Know

How to Increase the Value of Your Design Services for Clients

Email Marketing for Freelancers

How to effectively organize, manage and maintain your freelance design business

Don’t Forget The Small Stuff This Year

20 Writing Mistakes that Make Any Freelancer Look Bad

What’s In A Price: The Guidelines For Pricing Web Designs

7 Tips for Negotiating a Freelance Contract

Five Ways to Guarantee Your Failure as a Web Professional

Should You “Fake It” If a Client Asks for Something You Can’t Do?

How to Become an A-List Blogger

Miscellaneous Resources
The Complete Guide to Getting the Most Out of Twitter

14 Traits of Successful Blogs

Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color

Networking Tips for the Busy Designer

Self Taught vs. Formal Education with Showcase of Design Schools

Design Trends (Predictions) in 2010

A Brief History of Eye Tracking

An In-Depth Look at the Apple iPad

How to Do 500 Times Better than AdSense

Thanks for great stuff all at one place,
now going to check some article in this post which I missed earlier.
:)
this post is the really amazing it is result of al ot of time and dedication…
great compilation!!!!!!!
A great list of resources. Thanks for sharing them
wow, how did you miss sliding labels? http://www.csskarma.com/blog/sliding-labels/
Great compilation…Thanks for including Designrfix.
Keep up the good work.
That’s ( REALLY ) BIG List, Tweeted.
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thakns
good
Great Inpiration
Very useful collection of articles
Thanks very much for these. I gone through some of these, detailed and informative.
Beautiful…
Really very good idear which provide new look to Website.
I’m impressed! You’ve maagnde the almost impossible.
I gone through some of these, detailed and informative.
Very nice post. I simply stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I’ve truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. After all I’ll be subscribing in your rss feed and I hope you write once more very soon!
At this time it seems like BlogEngine is the preferred blogging platform out there right now. (from what I’ve read) Is that what you are using on your blog?