25 Beautiful Examples of Textures in Web Design
Don’t we all love textures in web-design? I know I do. In fact I think we all do here at MediaLoot HQ. So we’ve collected 25 sites that make great use of textures. Some make use of them in a very obvious way and textures play a very important role in the site design, while others and use textures really subtly.
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How To Create a Stylish Navigation Bar In Adobe Fireworks
I love Photoshop. I guess we all do. But there are some times when I like to design using Adobe Fireworks instead. After all Fireworks was created with web-designers in mind and it allows us to quickly prototype and design for the web, so let’s see what it can do.
I’ve created this simple yet modern navigation bar in Fireworks, and I’ll walk you through the steps necessary to create something like that. In the event there are some windows and panels you don’t see opened on your computer, simply go to the ‘Windows’ menu and open them.
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25 Free Minimalist Vector Symbols And Icons
I love minimalism. I’m sure many of you do too.
We’ve designed over 100 monochrome vector symbols and icons and today we’re giving a set of 25 away for free. The first 3 sets are for members only but part IV is available as a free download.
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Tutorial: How To Create Stunning Smoke Brushes in Photoshop
We’ve been working on a new set of smoke brushes and textures over here at MediaLoot HQ (they should be out in a few days) and since we’ve been spending so much time with them I thought it might be fun to do a tutorial on how to create your very own smoke brushes. All it takes is a camera, a few matches, Photoshop (obviously), and maybe a little bit of patience — and I promise the result will be totally worthwhile.
There’s certainly no shortage of smoke brushes out there, but by creating them yourself you’ll learn a lot and be able to ensure a really high quality result. Plus, there’s the satisfaction of using your own work over and over again in your other designs.
Let’s get started.
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7 Steps To A More Effective And Productive Web-Design Process
Designing for the web is fun and we as web-designers are constantly learning new techniques and improving our skills. But to be honest, kicking-### at Photoshop doesn’t mean your new website will be a success. It sure will be pretty, but there are many things you should do before you actually sit at the computer and start designing. I’ve touched on the topic before but this time I figured we could go more in depth. :)
The tips and tricks below are my personal experience. It has worked for me and I’ve learned many of them from working with other designers, too. They’re little insights into my own design process. I hope you find it useful.
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MediaLoot Ultimate Bokeh Set: 30+ High-Resolution Bokeh Backgrounds
We’ve got yet another awesome freebie for you at MediaLoot. This time, we have one of the largest collection of bokeh-style backgrounds on the web. This set contains 7 different bokeh styles, each with a variety of colors, for a grand total of over 30 high-res backgrounds.
Medialoot members will of course get a few extra goodies, such as the complete PSD file and a set of 8 different Bokeh brushes that were used to create this set.
Read more for the full preview images and download.
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Freebie! 30+ New Social Media Icons
In honor of launching MediaLoot yesterday (you have taken the tour, haven’t you?) we’re releasing another free icon set. This time we wanted to cover one of the most common needs that every web designer has: social media icons.
This set was designed by MediaLoot founder Jon Phillips with a unique new style. Each icon has a metallic looking frame around it, and they work really well on almost any color background. Read more for the full preview images and download link.
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MediaLoot Is Now Open!
As you may already know, MediaLoot is going live today! ;)
We’re really excited to let you in to the site, we’ve worked very hard over the past couple months to build the site, design resources and get everything ready for today.
I’d like to invite you to browse around the site and check out the resources we have already. Make sure you have a look at the tour page too!
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Official MediaLoot Launch Date (and another quick sneak peek)
We recently gave you guys a quick sneak peek of the MediaLoot website design and since then, we’ve been working very hard (and pulling a couple of all-nighters) on getting the site and all the features ready for the launch. In fact MediaLoot will open its doors very soon!
Drum roll…
Our official launch date is March 9th! The count down has started!
If you haven’t already, you might want to sign-up to our newsletter so you’ll be the first to know when we go live.
If you can’t tell, we’re really excited about the upcoming launch. I know a lot of you are too. Since we’re officially launching next week, we thought we could give you another sneak peek and show you some pages you haven’t seen yet.
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