Here is a really good collection that every web designer MUST have. There are 11 icon sets listed with more than 3000+ icons in total, as you can see is pretty big, and bea-uti-ful I must add

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Pixelpick is a really handy tool that captures all the colors you want. It’s an .exe file that you don’t need to install but just open it everytime you want it and it will be ready to be used.
I gives you the colors values in RGB, HEX, CMYK, HSB, and Pixel.
And the best of all… it’s FREE! so go ahead and download it and let me know how you liked it.

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So I thought I would share with you one of my good findings out navigating on the internet, this is a set of 170 Dock Icons.

Who doesn’t love gradients? Gradients help us to make more realistic designs, using different colors givin the sense of volume and avoid monotony. Gradient Sets make a designer’s life so much easier, and fortunately for us there are great people who are willing to share their gradient sets and people like me who are willing to make a collection of various sets just for you!
Here is a collection of 20 useful gradient sets. All this gradients are free, but make sure you read the license terms before using them.
If you find this post useful, fell free to leave a comment
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Quien no ama gradients? los gradients nos ayudan a crear diseños mas realista, usando diferentes colores, dando la impresion de volumen y evitar asi la monotonia. Los set de gradients hace mas facil la vida del diseñador, y afortunadamente para nosotros hay buenas personas que comparten sus sets con nosotros y personas maravillosas como yo quienes crean una gran coleccion de sets solo para ti!
Aqui les dejo una collection de utiles 20 gradient sets. Todos estos gradients son gratuitos, pero asegurate de leer la licencia antes de usarlo.
Si este post te fue util, asegurate de dejarme un comentario =]

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For the past month, I’ve been trying to improve the blog. There are a few changes in the layout and distribution of the site, and I’ve started using a the services of Google Analytics and Feedburner in order to keep a better track of the site.

By the way, If you are interested in learning how to set up Google Analytics for your site, make sure to check the post Track Your WebSite Stats With Google Analytics.

Back to the purpose of this post… Sherina’s blog is in Technorati now. Feel free to stop by our Technorati Profile.

Soon I will be adding many more features so you can have a better experience navigating the site. If you have any suggestions/comments about the site and how to improve it, make sure to let me know by leaving me a comment in the box below!

So, I decided to add to the blog a section called “Fonts Of The Month”. Every month I’ll be posting a collection of the best fonts available on the net just for you!

Here is the first collection of the 15 best fonts chosen for this month, in the categories of Rounded, Adventure, and Handwriting. Hurry up to download them all, they are FREE

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I love retro designs and as web designers we know that it’s good to get some inspiration and refreshing ideas before starting a project, so here I put together a compilation of different retro designs, and resources like fonts, patterns, wallpapers, etc. that will come in handy in every project.

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A lightweight script entitled BarackSlideshow inspired in the slideshow showed in the presidential candidate Barack Obama’s website.

Even though I haven’t been so much into the political campaigns that have been going on lately, I have noticed the interest that some politicians have taken in making a website presentable and attractive to the eyes of the reader, and make it so we as web designers appreciate the effort of their web design team.

I’m sure that by now many of you have seen the web site of the political candidate Barack Obama just to make it clear I’m not trying to endorse any political party. I’m just pointing out the obvious and recognizing the good work of this particular web designing team.

My favorite banner designs in the website:

And some stylish button designs:

Even christmas designs:

All these are some inspirational designs proving that design techniques can be apply in anything including politics

Here is a set of 10 brushes that I made, hope you like them!

You can use this brushes for anything you’d like personal or commercial use, a link back to my blog would be really appreciated. If you plan on using them for commercial purposes contact me first, I’d like to see the end result and how they were apply.

If you found this useful leave me a comment.

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