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Article: Get Inspired – 20 Great Websites to get your Creative Juices Flowing

- BY Eric/Steel Frog, December 30 2008 -

Article: Get Inspired

Designing a website isn’t always as straight-forward as we’d like it to be. Thankfully, there are a ton of websites you can check out for inspiration. Presented below are my top 10 resources for logo and website designs, in no particular order.

If I missed anything you feel should be tacked on to the list, drop a comment below and let me know.

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Tutorial: Dirty Dog Tags

- BY Eric/Steel Frog, October 10 2008 -

Tutorial: Dirty Dog Tags

This tutorial will show you how to create stylized dog tags from scratch, including the chain, using nothing more than a couple of marquees, layer styles and a few nifty tricks.

While intended for beginners, you’ll need to know your way around the basic tools before attempting this. It should take around half an hour or so to do.

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Tutorial: Girly Web 2.0 Header

- BY Eric/Steel Frog, October 9 2008 -

Tutorial: Girly Web 2.0 Header

With this tutorial, we’ll go through the process of creating a very trendy header design that is all the rage in Web 2.0 styled websites.

We’ll cover creating trendy clouds, texturing, layer styles, glowing sparkles, trendy drips and even how to create a city and using funky fonts.

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Article: 5 CSS Tips for Beginners

- BY Eric/Steel Frog, August 19 2008 -

Article: 5 CSS Tips for Beginners

I’ve been writing CSS for several years already, and I can honestly say that I’m still not totally comfortable with it.

CSS by itself is not a complicated pseudo-language, but it does have some intricacies that come with experience. Here are five quick-and-dirty tips to give you a hand and to get you started on the right track.

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Tutorial: Good and Evil Photo Manipulation

- BY Eric/Steel Frog, July 7 2008 -

Tutorial: Good and Evil Photo ManipulationThis tutorial will show you how to take an image and split it into two personalities. One side will be dark and evil, the other light and sparkly.

The tutorial should take about 20 to 45 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, drop a comment and I’ll do my best to help you out.

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