Fonts. As designers, they are unavoidable to us. Often times we are using super readable fonts on client sites just for clarity’s sake and to follow web standards and all that jazz. One thing bothers me about that though, there are some many awesome fonts out there that are less than readable or require you to use your imagination a bit.
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I have a new deck of cards for you today, similar only in the type of project to Felix Blommestijn. This artist is not playing with a full deck… I kid. He seems cool. HIs name is Emmanuel Jose and the deck he is working on is pretty cool. No overall theme but the cards are ginormous about 2 feet tall!. As you can see, the detailing given to each design is certainly impressive. Anyone playing Solitaire or Partypoker with cards this intricately crafted would more than likely be distracted by the beautiful designs. They really are quite unlike the average deck which you would usually play with.

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Art is Cool. Skateboarding is Cool. Woodsculpting and carving is Cool! What happens when we put them all together? I know some of you probably have a really funny picture in your head of someone skateboarding will carving wood, or doing some sort of 720 dremel move. In actuality it is just wood carvings made from old and broken skateboard decks. More after the break.

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The other day I was looking for some cool ways to make some interesting drop shadows. Drop shadow is sometimes made fun of as “The noob effect” meaning that, usually, people new to photoshop go way overboard with this effect and it often holds a less important place in your repertoire as you progress. Lately I have been noticing a resurgence in drop shadow, not just in its use but in its shape as well. People are getting creative with the shapes of drop shadow and I am going to share with you 50 Curved Drop Shadow Effects…

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