Eco web and logo design blog

As a graphic designer, the practice of prowling the web for the latest trends, tips and tricks is a common one. Here we have composed a list of common resources we use. The primary focus of this list is inspiration, it can come from a photograph, font, or a website. The secondary focus is improving your design skills, which can be done by keeping up to date with tutorials and reading other graphic design blogs.

Why choose eco-hosting?
Deforestation, global warming and polluted waterways are just a few of the myriad of environmental disasters hitting the headlines each day. As web professionals, there’s something substantial and economical we can do to help address the problem and to demonstrate to our clients our social conscious.

Once in a while we come across a fantastic website that we find very helpful in our daily reading. Deziner Folio is a blog full of fantastic design resources with an emphasis on tips, tricks, and downloads. The site is run by a talented photographer who understands composition and colour theory, and how to apply those elements to design. Check out the Flickr stream for examples of some amazing photography.

Here’s a brief list of some areas of interest that we found very useful for web and graphic design:

Simple Photographic Results in Photoshop

If you’re new to editing photos, or are just looking to expand your bag of Photoshop tricks, this post is for you. The focus here is on four different ways to enhance images: Overlay, Gradient Map, Levels, and Curves. Also, as an added bonus, all of the actions described are offered as a free download.

Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles Download

One of our absolute favourite resources on this site is the free download of a custom Web 2.0 Photoshop Layer Styles set. When doing web design, achieving the perfect Web 2.0 look is very important. These styles will speed up the design process by having this glossy look achieved in one click.

A Great Approach to CSS and XHTML Coding

For all of the coders out there, this post describes a great way to organize your CSS files. This is a major issue for a lot of companies when files are getting passed around because everyone needs to be able to find what they’re looking for in order to keep things moving forward in a timely manner.

Top 50 Super Cool Free Icon Sets

This post features 50 cool free icon sets. This is a great way to personalize your computer and avoid having to use the default icons. Another great use for these is to jazz up website navigation by representing each section with an icon beside the navigation text.

We hope you enjoy exploring this site. There are many useful posts that link out to other blogs of interest.