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Inspiring Character Drawing Skilled Tutorials

Labeeqa Ejaz — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:09:43 +0000

These tutorials we are listing for those who are interested in learning cartoon including character art, practice and analyzing the movement and the characters is best learning technique. These tutorials will help to draw lines, sketches, animation techniques and expressions. So read these tutorials follow techniques and become good cartoonist.

Anime Eyes

Reference: Men’s clothing

Lost art- Action poses

Manga References

Chibi Heads

hands

Chibi Faces

Hands and Feet

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Corel Draw Tutorials of Illustrations

Labeeqa Ejaz — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:28:21 +0000

Coreldraw is very popular vector base tool and using in print media. We are listing some very good material of Corel DRAW from graphics design, there is some professional tips in all of listed Tutorials hope you like these and leave your comments.

Creating Complex Shapes with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will show you how to create complex shapes in Corel DRAW! I used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows. Some things may be done differently with other versions.

It’s fairly easy to create simple shapes with a vector drawing program such as Corel DRAW!. There are built-in tools for creating circles, ellipses, squares, rectangles and polygons, etc… You may wonder, though, how to create more complex shapes. The tools to help with this are there, as well, they’re just not as obvious.

Creating Contoured Text with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will show you how to create Contoured Text in Corel DRAW! I used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows. Some things may be done differently with other versions.

I’ve had a number of people write and ask how the title on the Corel DRAW! box is done. You know the look. It has black text surrounded by a gold gradient. The process is quite simple and, using it, you can achieve some really cool effects.

Creating 3D Buttons with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will show you how to create 3D buttons in Corel DRAW! I used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows. Some things may be done differently with other versions.

The buttons you’ll draw during this tutorial were inspired by my stereo. I originally created these buttons for the first Earth Orbit Consulting web site. I subsequently went on to create the first GrafX Design online tutorial describing how I had created these buttons with Paint Shop Pro. To show you how some graphics can be created with a vector program as easily as they can be with a paint program, I’m re-creating that first tutorial here.

Creating Drop Shadows with Corel DRAW!

Creating 3D Textured Text with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will show you how to create 3D Textured Text in Corel DRAW! I used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows. Some things may be done differently with other versions.

I’m always exploring textures and materials effects in the various programs I use. I like creating gold, metal, wood, stone, etc… Normally I use all sorts of filters and tricks to get the look just right and I usually use a bitmap program such as Photoshop. I thought it might be fun, though, to try and see if something like this could be done with a vector program such as Corel DRAW! The following tutorial is the result. Let me know what you think.

Creating Animated Logos with Corel DRAW

This tutorial will demonstrate how you can create an Animated GIF logo. I used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows for this technique. Some things may be done differently with other versions.

Snap Art from Alien Skin Software

Snap Art is a Photoshop plug-in that enables you to create all kinds of artwork using your digital photographs. It features an easy-to-use interface that readily becomes intuitive within minutes of starting to use the software. But don’t let the ease-of-use fool you into thinking that Snap Art is not a powerful package.

Creating a Cracked Text Effect with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will demonstrate how you can create a Cracked Text effect. I used Corel DRAW! 8.0 for Windows for this technique. Some things may be done differently with other versions.
One of the things that’s so cool about vector drawing programs is that certain effects that would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to re-create in a paint program are so easy to accomplish with a drawing program.

This next effect, “cracked text”, is no exception. This wouldn’t be easy to do in a paint program but you can follow along and get this one done in just minutes with Corel DRAW!
To get started, open a new file and use the Text Tool to enter some text. I entered the word “Cracked” in 100 point using Arial Black (see figure 8.1).

Creating a Page Curl Effect with Corel DRAW!

Creating Yahoo! Style Buttons with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will show you how to create Yahoo! style buttons. Many people have written asking how these are done and I’ll be demonstrating the technique with all of the programs I write tutorials for. I used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows for this technique. Some things may be done differently with other versions.

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Papervision and Flash CS4 Tutorials of 3D Effects

Labeeqa Ejaz — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:32:04 +0000

Flash designers and developers are waiting 3D feature in Flash. This dream is motivating to flash community to make this dream comes true. Although Adobe has been started to add 3D features in both applications Flash and Photoshop. But the community out there is working on open source technologies to achieve their dreams. Today we are here with some examples of 3D flash hope this would be beneficial for flash users.

Papervision Programming Tutorial – SkyBox

n 3D games you fairly often need to fill the sky with the far-away view of the outside world, be it the sky, a city backdrop, a star field or a mountain range. The player in the 3D world is never predictable to actually reach what is depicted in this view, but without it the player would never get a sense that they are moving inside a world bigger than the rooms or tunnels that make up an actual 3D level.

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – Environment Mapping

Papervision application that displayed 3D text, which could then be rotated and interacted with as you would any other Papervision object. I mentioned that some of the stimulation for that app came from the Windows “3D Text” screensaver. There was one big dissimilarity though: the screensaver displays glossy, reflective letters, whereas my app only had a solid color.

Papervision programming tutorial – 3D Text

A good logo can be eye catching, and the dissimilarity between your product attracting a customer, or being unnoticed. And an animated logo certainly does catch the eye. This tutorial shows you how to create a moving 3D text logo with Papervision

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – BitmapViewport

In previous demos I have shown how you can add some of the normal Flash effects to individual Papervision 3D objects, allowing you to blur, modify colors and add a glow to a 3D object. In addition to adding effects to objects, you can also add effects to the whole view port thanks to the BitmapViewport3D class. The BitmapViewport3D has a bitmap Data Property, which you can then apply a filter to with the applyFilter function. You simply supply the same standard Flash effects classes, like Blur, to the applyFilter function after rendering the scene.

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – Quadtree Renderer

A ordinary problem with a software 3D rendering is deciding the order in which triangles are drawn. Why is this important? It’s significant because those triangles farthest from the camera need to be haggard first, so those closer to the camera can draw over the top of them.

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – Mesh Splitting

New to Papervision 2.0 is the aptitude to slice a mesh into two parts. If you have every watched the movie Cube then you’ll have an idea what I am talking about . Gravely though, this does have some neat uses. In fact the first time I became aware of this functionality was because of a Papervision demo that allowable you to smash up a pane of glass and then have it shatter and fall to the ground. Unluckily I can’t find the demo again (I’ll link to it here if I ever do find it), but it did interest my interest.

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – Mouse Selection

In the Photo Slide application I showed you how to add interactivity to a Papervision 3D application. Two classes were created to allow objects to react to mouse click proceedings: PickableObjectManager and PickableObject. PickableObjectManager was accountable for feeding the mouse coordinates into the Papervision View port hitTestPoint2D function, and then formative if any PickableObject had certainly been clicked on. The PickableObject class in turn simply conventional these events and depiction suitable functions to extending classes.

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – Texture Smoothing

Texture smoothing is something that PC gamers have come to expect ever since the very first Voodoo 3D cards came out on the market way back when. Even today the most basic of incorporated graphics chipsets will display smoothed textures. Unluckily before Flash Player 10 there was no hardware depiction available to Flash programs, and as a result 3D engines lie Papervision typically default back to rendering textures in the same old school blocky format that now days is associated with software renderers.

Papervision Programming Tutorial – Animations

When I was looking for documentation about displaying animations in Papervision the general agreement was to use the DAE class and load up an animated Collada mesh. That seemed easy enough, until I wanted to find a polite Collada animation to use as a expression. Having artistic skills that resemble the end result of 3 year old who wedged a crayon up his nose and then sneezed on a piece of paper I was dependent on grabbing a liberally available animation off the web. Not an easy task with a Collada file.

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Can Colour Theory be Used in Business?

Labeeqa Ejaz — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:47:31 +0000

Successful marketing of printed material relies a great deal on colour and design. Innovative companies will use colour to enhance marketing material and send subliminal messages to consumers

Colour theory is the use of colour to convey subliminal messages to consumers. It is particularly important in relation to printing services for marketing and advertising. For example, business card printing in a certain colour can convey a strong message about a brand.

1. Colours are Powerful

Psychologists posit that colour can have a powerful effect on the emotions. Careful use of colour can create positive or negative feelings in a consumer and therefore may be a powerful marketing tool.

2. Colour Use Should be Targeted

The colour of promotional material should be carefully considered before its production. It should be tailored to suit the targeted audience. The shade of colour will differ according to the intended consumer. For example, it is believed that darker colours such as navy blue or red are more attractive for male customers. Companies should consider this before ordering printing services.

In addition, different colours have been shown to produce various emotions. Designing advertising material in these colours will enhance profits.

3. Blue Shows Solidity and Reliability

Blue is a popular marketing colour because it conveys a sub conscious impression of calm and solidity. Blue is a good colour to use in printed material for banks and financial services because it creates a feeling of security in the consumer.

4. Yellow Creates Happy Emotions

Yellow is associated with sunlight and creates happy, light emotions in the consumer. It is suitable for use in an entertainment business targeted at young people. Yellow is also a good contrast colour. With green it can be used for companies that wish to highlight good health and natural ingredients.

5. Green has Various Associations

Dark green is associated with solidity, much like blue. However, its use has a cultural connotation. For example, in the United States, green is associated with money, but this relationship is irrelevant in other countries.

Light green is usually associated with nature, such as vegetables, and it may be suitable for natural food products.

6. Red

Red has many cultural connotations. In China it is a lucky colour and could be associated with gambling products. In western societies, red is considered a colour of energy and excitement. It is dynamic and useful for products that target a younger demographic. It can be used to great effect in printed flyers or other advertising material.

7. Pink

Pink is traditionally associated with women. However, many older women will not respond positively to pastel pink. It is, however, appealing to younger women and girls and is good for products aimed at that market.

8. Orange

Orange is a colour that is warm. It is a suitable colour for children’s products and is gender neutral. Toy shops and producers may use orange in material such as catalogues to attract the attention of children.

9. White

White is traditionally the symbol of purity in western cultures. However, in other cultures it has connotations of death. Therefore it is important to consider its use carefully. White is associated with hospitals and health care and is a good colour to use for products such as flyers or packaging in these industries.

10. Black

Black is a foreboding colour because of its association with death. However, black business card printing can be very successful as a statement about edginess or exclusivity. Black is often regarded as cool and trendy because of its death stigma.

Successful marketing of printed material relies a great deal on colour and design. Innovative companies will use colour to enhance marketing material and send subliminal messages to consumers. Advertising in the relevant colours will increase a company’s sales prospects.

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Best Collection of Joomla Themes and Joomla Tutorials

Labeeqa Ejaz — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:23:16 +0000

In this article we have prepared a collection of Joomla Themes and for learning some awesome tutorials for joomla developers. Some joomla templates are free and you can download absolutely free of cost. These template can be install easily on joomla web hosting and make your cms websites. Here are some joomla ecommerce templates .Also you can make your own theme if you read these tutorials. This stuff can be use for different purpose and can be best solution for joomla designer and joomla experts.

Joomla Tutorials

Why doesn’t my template look like the demo?

How do I install a Joomlashack Pro Template?

Usability, Accessibility, Web Standards and SEO

Creating a Blog Site With Joomla

Enhancing a Template for Joomla SEO

How to install Joomla 1.5 via Fantastico

Creating a Parent / Child Relationship in a Menu

How to remove the author / date posted from Joomla articles?

How to upgrade from Joomla 1.0.x to Joomla 1.5?

How to Remove ‘Welcome to the Frontpage’

Creating a website with Joomla 1.5

Resetting the Password for Any User in your Joomla site

How to put modules in Joomla articles

How to Use Google Web Optimizer in Joomla

Creating a Contact us Page Using Joomle

How to Create a Custom Module Graphic

Linking Articles to the Menu

Creating a Poll in Joomla 1.5

How to Set up JContact

How to Apply a Module Class Suffix in Joomla! 1.5

Creating sublevel menu items

Search Engine Optimization

Validating a Website’s HTML

Fresh Install – Template Messed Up?

Changing the default template of Joomla 1.5

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How To: Find Free Images For Your Blog

Cameron Albin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:40:42 +0000

WHEN YOU’RE working on a blog post, it’s tempting to Google image search the first keyword that comes to mind. However this isn’t always the best policy. First, this process can lead to a lot of similar content. If thousands of people on the internet need an image that demonstrates “communication” and they all choose within the first ten pictures that pop up, then there will be hundreds of people using the same images.

Also, this becomes a hazard for copyrighted images whose owners are trying to protect their image but see it posted all over the web. This becomes a hassle for the people who mistakenly use copyrighted content, and for the image owner who needs to clean it all up. We at A Small Orange have a few tips to help you find that perfect photo without getting in trouble.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

When using images on the internet, it’s important to know the particular restrictions for each classification. Protected images are the most exclusive; you’re essentially renting it from the original author. For a fee, you are the only one who can use the image for an arranged period of time. Royalty free images also require payment, but multiple users can buy the same one, meaning you can be purchasing duplicate content. Most likely you’re looking for public domain images which are free to use however you want. This composes a good amount of the photos out there and is most likely what smaller blogs are looking for.

OUR OLD PHOTOS

One option is morguefile.com. At morgueFile you can search through thousands of pictures that can be used for your own creative work, whether it is commercial or not. The site works as an image sharing hub, where users will take other’s images for free and then upload their own in return. A morgue file in the newspaper business is a place to keep post production materials for use of reference. Similarly, MorgueFile provides free image references for the entire web. We at A Small Orange have used a good number of these images in our articles.

PHOTO COMMUNITY

If you like the feeling of an online image sharing community, then Flickr.com may be for you. On Flickr you have the opportunity to store, search, and sort your images as well as upload them. You can set privacy settings on your photos or share them with the world and see what comments or tags people make. Your level of involvement is up to you. Flickr is one of the biggest sharing communities, but there are others like Photobucket.com or imgur.com. Many use Flickr due to its popularity, which means there are more pictures available and a stronger community.

PHOTOS ON DEMAND

If you’ve searched on morgueFile, Flickr and Photobucket and just can’t seem to find exactly what you’re looking for, there’s another option. On PhotoRogue.com you can browse through available pictures, but the main feature is a requesting option. A user will post what kind of photo they’re looking for (the most recent was a spider web covered in rain) and volunteer photographers will upload their pictures in response so that there are 6-8 options to pick from. Since this process does take some time, it may not work for the blogger/writer who is in a hurry. However, it does give you several good options for very specific material.

A FEW RULES

Most of these sites have a fairly open licensing agreement, but there are a few conditions. You are more than allowed to adapt and change the images to your project. Your project can be either personal or commercial work and you don’t have to give any attribution to the original author. However, you may not claim ownership of the image in its original state. Also you may not sell, license, sublicense, rent, or transfer this image in its original condition without alteration. For the most part, as long as you’re not claiming the image as your own or trying to directly make profit, you should be fine.

IN YOUR search for relevant images and material, you have multiple options at your disposal. You could join the masses and use Google image search, but that will most likely give you duplicate content, and put you at risk of copyright violation. If you’re hoping to use previously used content that is free domain then try morgueFile. If you want to participate in a bigger image sharing community, then try Flickr or Photobucket. Or try something new like PhotoRogue and get very specific content if you have the time. Ultimately, trying multiple options is the way to go but as long as you’re willing to work and have an open mind you’ll find something good.

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3D Max Video Tutorials Collection of Tutorials Palace

Labeeqa Ejaz — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:10:57 +0000

Today we are presenting a stunning collection of videos tutorials 3D Max. This collection we got from TutorialsPalace.com. This tutorials will be useful for 3D Max users which are working on animations and modeling. Must give your views about these tutorials.

Screw Driver Making Tutorial in 3D Max

In this tutorial you will learn that how to create a detailed and realistic looking screwdriver. We will use here loft technique for modeling both handle and petal part of this. So let’s start making this.

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How to Make Teapot in 3D Max

A greatly overlooked method in 3d modeling is displacement. Many newcomers to the wide world of 3d graphics attempt to model highly detailed geometry, either with standard poly-modeling techniques. Typically, in a sculpting software package, the artist is required firstly to model the object, and then manually sculpt enough detail into the object to make it believable. This method can become extremely tiresome, with copious amounts of effort required just to make it believable.

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Sparkling Stars Night Effect 3D Max Tutorial

This tutorial "Sparkling Star Night Effect" walks you through how to set up a procedural night sky with twinkling stars. We will be creating a opacity material with noise maps, and using an phase animated noise behind this to illuminate the stars. To edit the star size and brightness, you should play with the noise size and high/low settings on the individual noise map.

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How to make 3D Wheel and Rim in 3D Max

Tutorials Palace presents you pretty useful and free video tutorials for 3D Max readers and user. This tutorial is based on Wheel and rim making that how to make wheel in 3D Max. This tutorial explains the 3D model processing of Wheel in very detailed approach. This modeling is not difficult we are making this with very basic and common techniques. Hopefully you will like this and learn from this.

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Studio Light 3D Max Tutorial

You will learn from this tutorial the method of studio lighting in 3D Max. With the knowledge of this tutorial you will be able to present your modules in a more ambitious way than before and especially helpful for those guys which are working on 3D architectural modeling.

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How to Compare a Website to a Car

Daniel Pintilie — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:03:50 +0000

Buying a car isn’t a very common activity and, due to the big amount of money invested, a wise decision is required. A website might not be such a prohibitive investment but it may represent the online part of a company or a product, anyway it is very important because it is a decisive brick in building a brand. Definitely, any reader must agree with the previous statements but what is the connection with web design? Are we talking only about the importance of a website? Not at all!

People all around the world (especially men) are attracted by cars, no matter if these are sport, SUV or limousines. I believe that comparing a website to a car will be more facile for inexperienced folk to understand what is behind an online presence and what this entails. In a nutshell, the article is written especially for the amateurs who need a website but clearly, it may be enjoyed by everyone. It will be a great reward to me if readers will put their opinions in the comment form and share these with us.

1. Speed is very important but not decisive

Everyone loves speed but, as all the things in this world, excessive isn’t better than average. A fast car which speeds up quickly is super but in traffic we aren’t alone; we all know that driving presumes paying attention to all nearby drivers and passers-by. The risks to have an accident are increasing considerably when a car is accelerating (the experience of the driver is another very important factor in the equation of speed). The same problem is faced by any website: a quick launching time is amazing but it may be a compromise of quality of the information and this is not a smart decision. Clearly, speed is important but other factor should not be neglected in order to improve it.

2. The more accessible, the bigger profit

There are few countries were cars are created with the steering-wheel on the right and the great majority place it on the left; what do you think: a car which has the feature to adjust the steering wheel both on left or right side will be bought by more clients? I believe that it is very possible (mathematical states are my support; however, it makes sense that it is increasing the number of potential buyers). The same problem is applied to websites: a more accessible one has the potential to attract more visitors.
An accessible car and website means that the producers tried to do everything for the comfort of the clients and they are certainly content with the final results. A timeless success is still built on the attention to the details so pay attention to all the small elements when designing a website. The accessibility of a car/website might not seem that important but, in spite of that, there are many people having problems who are feeling humiliated when they can’t do something. Be happy that you aren’t one of them and please take into account any potential disabilities in creating a website.

3. The best car/website is the one that the client loves the most

We are almost 7 billion people and each one has its own system of reference and that means that is impossible to make everyone happy. The best car/website is the one that the buyer loves the most; this is a very important point. It could happen that a car seller or a designer to not like his products but once a man buys it that means he is right…the client is always right, isn’t it?

4. The design should be appealing but the interior is more important

The design of any car or website is the one which has the ability to attract the eyes of the visitors but nothing more. People are convinced by the quality only after a complete judgment and the interior, respectively the content is satisfying them. A car with an amazing design remains only a concept, nobody will buy one that looks great but has an average speed of 10mph and the capacity of 30l/100km. An amazing layout full of no information is the same, a nice design never bought by someone.

5. A very small price is never a real bargain

The cost of a very good car isn’t a small amount of money and, in the final decision of buying one, money plays an important role. A good discount, an impressive second hand car may be a solution but sometimes it may prove a wrong idea and the repercussions aren’t positive. It may sound crazy but I highly recommend avoiding all super great bargains.
The same principle must be applied when selecting a company/freelancer to create a website; there are a lot of opportunities to hire freelancers ready to accomplish a complicate project for few dollars but in fact they can realize almost nothing. The finality: the project isn’t finished, the client lose some money and a lot of time. Quality is always expensive!

6. Usually, it is best to let the specialists explain their point of view

The terminology of the designers & developers is sometimes accessible to a small number of people and can be a boring language. In spite of these, the effort of the client to understand the specialists is rewarded in the final layout which contains elements suggested by him. The best client is the one who tries to be flexible and understands that the standards of the web are unbreakable rules in design. As a conclusion, designers can’t always accomplish the wishes of the clients and it is wise to respect their pieces of advice.
When buying a car it is best to listen to the recommendations of the most experienced people or of the specialists else it could happen that, after few weeks, the recent bought car is inappropriate for your family. Avoid any “disaster” by listening to anyone who is more acknowledged than you.

7. Quality can be never replaced

All the promotional ads, the intrusive Flash banners on all websites can’t replace the quality of the final product. May it be a car or a website all that matters is their quality. What do you think, may it be replaced?

This article has been written by Daniel Pintilie a freelance writer working for for Go-Globe.com, a Shanghai web design company that provides web design solution in Hong Kong,Sharjah and Middle East.

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Tips for Cross-Cultural Web Design

Adriana Margineanu — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:33:41 +0000

The advent of internet marketing has made it easier than ever before for businesses, organisations and individuals to reach out and make connections across geographical borders. Anyone with access to the net can also theoretically access your website but in practise they’re unlikely to do so without a little effort on your part. Miles might not mean much to a modem but linguistic and cultural barriers remain.

English was the original language of the internet and, as in the business world, English is still to some extent the lingua franca or common language online. In 2010 English was the single most commonly used language online but it still represented only around a quarter of total Internet usage. With various studies also showing that multilingual internet users place more trust in websites written in their own native language, it’s clear that a multilingual, cross cultural approach is essential for anyone wishing to make the most of the opportunities afforded by the net.

Choose Localisation by Language or Country

The first decision you have to make is whether to target markets by language or by country. Some languages span more than one country and it is certainly both easier and cheaper to make a single site covering every territory with a common language than a dedicated localised site for each country. It should be remembered, however, that language and cultural nuances can vary from one region to the next. The Spanish spoken in Spain is different to that of Latin America, just as the French spoken in France is different from that used in Canada, Belgium or Switzerland.

Targeting by country will help ensure your content is pertinent and will allow the use of specific cultural references and even in-jokes that should otherwise be avoided.

Country Code Top Level Domains

As search engine algorithms also take location into account, targeting by country will allow you to boost your SEO by using separate country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs). Investing in a ccTLD (such as www.example.es for Spain or www.example.fr for France) will boost your rankings in local search engine results and local users will place more trust in a perceived ‘in-country’ site.

Subdomains and Subfolders

Even if you decide not to go for separate ccTLDs you should organise localised content in separate subdomains or subdirectories. You can then use Google’s Geographic Target tool to set geographic targets for each subdomain and subdirectory, which will also give a certain boost to rankings on Google’s local searches.

Use CSS and Unicode

Using the right tools during the design process can save a lot of time in the long run. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow the content to be kept separate from the design, meaning that content can be adapted for different markets without having to restart each page from scratch. The direction of text can also be easily switched for written languages such as Arabic, that read from right to left, by adding the dir="rtl" attribute to the necessary areas.

Unicode UTF-8 is an ideal character-encoding tool. It’s compatible with more than 90 written languages, meaning non-Latin scripts such as Japanese and Arabic can be easily catered for as well as non-standard Latin characters such those found in the Danish and Norwegian alphabet.

Take Cultural Considerations into Account

Anthropologist and cross cultural researcher Edward T. Hall developed a concept of high and low context cultures. High context cultures, including China, Japan and Arab countries, have a tendency to draw information from the cultural assumptions of a situation, whereas low context cultures (the USA, Scandinavia, Germanic speaking countries) prefer information to be set out clearly and explicitly.

High Context Cultures
Japan
Arab Countries
Greece
Spain
Italy
England
France
North America
Scandinavian Countries
German-speaking Countries

Low Context Cultures
Source: Hall, E. and M. Hall (1990)
Understanding Cultural Differences

In terms of website design, this could mean that a highly visual site with intuitive navigation may be better for high context cultures, while low context cultures might appreciate a more rigidly structured site with clearly set out factual information.

Choosing the Right Colours

Think twice before choosing the most appropriate colour for your website. From menus and background to banners, logos and smaller graphical elements, blue and grey are the safest and most common colours used in web design. Livelier colours such as red, orange and purple may have various inappropriate meanings in different cultures, varying from positive connotations such as love and good luck, to bleaker meanings such as death and misfortune.

Don’t Skimp on Translation

The easiest way to translate your content is to add a widget for translation engines such as Google Translate, Babelfish or Microsoft’s Windows Live Translator to your site. Machine translation can be effective but it can also be prone to contextual and cultural errors. Enlisting native speaking translators will help minimise factual errors and will also help preserve the context and nuances of your copy.

There are many things to consider when it comes to cross cultural web design, and localising your websites may seem like a daunting task. The potential benefits are huge however, and effective localisation can open up huge potential new markets with a little forward thinking.

About the author

Christian Arno is the founder of Lingo24, one of the world’s fastest growing translation agencies. Launched in 2001, Lingo24 now has over 150 employees spanning three continents and clients in over sixty countries. In the past twelve months, they have translated over sixty million words for businesses in every industry sector. Follow Christian (@l24ca) and Lingo24 (@Lingo24) on Twitter.

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40+ Typographic Photoshop Effects, Tutorials and Posters

Labeeqa Ejaz — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:19:45 +0000

Magic of typography is using everywhere in the web graphics and other medias. In most modern designs it is used to not only present information but also be read by the users. Today I am going to take a look at 40+ stunning typographic posters, along with step-by-step Photoshop tutorials which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your works.

Good Morning Stranger by Nicolas Alexander

Smoke + Type by Daniel Gordon

Drasik

Crowdsourcing

Avatar: 15 Minute In Calcutta

Rolling Stones Rolled Gold

STAY GREEN. GO RED.

Dolce & Gabbana

Beautiful Decay by Alex Trochut

Adobe by Stefan Lucut

BMW X3 by Sergio Cullell

What is Graphic Design

What is Graphic Design by Wearenotyou

D-Edge Awards by Rodrigo Braga

Folklove

3D typographic effects in Photoshop Nik Ainley of Shiny Binary shows you how to add the wow factor to 3D text using Photoshop’s art tools.

Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop This tutorial will show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. You’ll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image.

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop This tutorial will show you how to create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

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Labeeqa Ejaz — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:40:16 +0000

Digital painting is an amazing and beautiful art that requires too much experience, talent and discipline. Today designers are working on this art very much and sharing their tutorials on different sites. I have selected tutorials for beginners and advanced painters. Enjoy and practice!

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So You Think Im Fat Do You?

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50 CSS3 Tutorials for Web Development

Labeeqa Ejaz — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:39:29 +0000

In this article we are highlighting some latest tips and techniques which were not supporting before in older versions. But in this version of CSS you can use all of these techniques in your web design: text-shadow, rounded box, box sizing, opacity handlers, multiple backgrounds, border images and also supporting for multi column web layouts. These are really useful tutorials with many exciting features. Hope you all will appreciate these useful and helping list of best ever trainings about CSS3 and share your user experience for next version of CSS3.

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A Look at Some of the New Selectors Introduced in CSS3

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CSS Fundamentals: CSS 3 Transitions

Take Your Design To The Next Level With CSS3

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CSS3 & Flexible UI: Avoid Recutting UI Graphics for Mobile

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Coding a CSS3 & HTML5 One-Page Website Template

Making a Sleek Feed Widget With YQL, jQuery & CSS3

Making a Photoshoot Effect With jQuery & CSS

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35 Posters Tutorials of Photoshop

Labeeqa Ejaz — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:05:37 +0000

In these tutorials you’ll learn some new ways to enhance your Photoshop skills while creating posters for all kinds of purposes. Creating posters with Photoshop can be a lot of fun and there are unlimited opportunities. Hope you will learn and enjoy with these tutorials.

Big Typography Snowboarding Poster

Design a Sin City Style Poster

Creating an Old Collage Effect Poster

Gig Poster Design

Hot Chick on a Muscle Car

Stencil Poster Effect

Your Own Crazy Movie Poster

Create a 60’s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster

Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster

Quick Grungy Poster

Create a Constructivist Inspired Poster

Posterized Illustration Effects

B Movie Post Art

How to Design an Authentic Rock Poster

Grungy Poster Design Tutorial

Photoshop Indiana Jones Poster Tutorial

Create B-Movie Poster Art

Lord of the Rings Poster Photoshop Tutorial

Movie Ad Poster Tutorial

Design a Retro Summer Poster Illustration

Abstract Poster Effects

Political Poster Art in Photoshop

Inspirational Step-by-Step Photoshop Tutorial

Retro Wallpaper/Poster

Designing a War Movie Poster

Blending Images Like a Hollywood Movie Poster

Converting an Image into a Vintage Movie Poster

Spiderman Poster

Wanted Poster

Love Poster

The X Files Poster

Scarface Movie Poster

Dirty Grunge Poster

Awesome Photoshop Vector Style Poster Design

NoPattern “Jumper” Effect

Wonder Woman Movie Poster

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Mind-Blowing Digital Painting Tutorials

Labeeqa Ejaz — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:58:57 +0000

Digital painting is an beautiful , amazing, and most popular art. Every designer want to learn about its tips and techniques. Today, i have a collection of absolutely astounding digital painting tutorials. These tutorials will help you on your way to becoming a master digital artist, so if you’re looking to improve your skills.

Making of Spanish Girl

Mech Robotech Concept Environmental Scene [video]

Drawing and Painting Ballerina [video]

Demon Hunter [video]

Draw Manga

Digital Painting Steps

Advanced Digital Painting Techniques

Making Frodo

Making of Yuka

Drawn of the Dead

Fly Away Digital Painting

Equilibrium

Ashan Ray Digital Art

Pepper Breeze

Making of the Photographer

Making of Angel of War

Making of Lida

Tutorial on Digital Painting

Painting an Advanced Cutaway

Transformer 2 Meagan Fox portrait painting [video]

Paint a Dragon in Photoshop

The Making of Transformer

BioShock Videogame Digital Painting

The Making of Beauty on the Bed

Happy Like a Broken Doll

Human Skin

Painting an Old Man

Painting Human Lips

The Making of My World

Jim Zubkavich digital painting tutorial

Making of Hecate

Liberate Your Colors

Painting a faerie scene

Paint a Sexy Siren

Portrait Speedpainting

Draw and paint landscape water [video]

Photoshop Painting Tutorial

Making of Hecate

A Traditional Approach to Creating Digital Art

Spider Harp

Create the Assault Chick

Creating the virtual Character AYU

Making of Cold Sky

Painting Clouds

Paint a Dragon

The Making of Spanish Girl

Umbrella Sky

Making of Under The Root, My Kingdom

Making of Jealous Bodyguard

Making of Fire Energy

Bio Shock Digital Painting

Digital Painting Tutorial

Making of Under the Root

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Speedpainting tutorial

Draw face and paint portrait

Digital Painting Tutorial

How to Draw a Digital Portrait

Making of Transformers Death Blow

The Taming of Naas

Create Cool Comic Book Covers

How to Paint Feathers and Wings

New School Pinup Art

Children Book Illustration

Painting Realistic Looking Lips

Creating a Robot Concept

Making of Howling

Making of Superbad

Making of Funfair

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Making of Transformer – Death Blow

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Web Icons are Killer Tool of Social Bookmarking

Helga Weber — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:10:16 +0000

Social bookmarking tools have become an essential feature of every professional website today. They allow to attract more regular visitors from social networks. And the most powerful visible tool of social marketing is placing web icons into your website content.

Eye-popping social media icons are essential for bookmarking, sharing and promoting your websites content. The icons of this kind are especially popular in blogs today. They encourage your visitors to promote your content or services to social networks such as Twitter, Technorati, Delicious, Digg, Flickr, StumbleUpon and RSS. Reasonable usage of social media icons will definitely bring more traffic to your website. It doesn’t require special efforts, and the results come up pretty soon.

One of the best ways of enhancing interaction with social networks is using social bookmarking icons as buttons in your website content. You should consider design and topic of your project and select proper icons accordingly. In case you select the icons effectively you will add some jazz to your websites and improve interaction with website users.

The best way of attracting visitors to your website is keeping it clear and simple, getting rid of extra elements. The icon metaphor should be immediately understood. You may include some brief descriptions that pop out when you hover on. You make describe them in the following way:

Facebook – ask us questions instantly and enjoy communication with other facebook users interested in our project;
RSS – subscribe to web feeds to let our updates appear in iGoogle and other readers;
Twitter – receive our news immediately by following us on www.twitter.com

There are plenty of customers having no idea about all this stuff. So it would be really helpful to provide them with short explanations about each social channel and how it interacts with your website. The website content will look more informative and persuasive, and you will get more friends and followers in social networks. Monitoring the statistics of people clicking the icons will help you to track the dynamics and follow the right way to optimize your website.

In case you are under budget you may download free social icons sets from a variety of icons providers websites. But you risk to meet the similar icons on other websites. So it doesn’t seem to be the best option to make the project look unique. You may purchase unique icons sets from the websites of paid icons providers. You may ordering custom icon set from some web studio or freelance designer as well but it’s far more expensive. So downloading catching icons from web icons stocks is the cheapest and the quickest way of finding the needed icons quickly.

Speaking about the popular topics and styles we should follow up the recent trends in web icons design, such as:

heart-shaped and star-shaped icons, textured (wooden or steel) icons, vintage stamp icons, hand-drawn icons, beer cap icons, glowing neon icons, glass and jelly icons, 3d social bookmarking icons, grunge peeling and jeans icons etc. Retro, grunge and birds has been ruled for a last couple of years. In spite of their clean and simple appearance business icons are also in favor today.

Using proper social bookmarking icons would be of great service for promoting your website and attracting more visitors. Be careful about your choice and enhance the visual quality of your web pages!

The article is supported by IconDemon.com and written by Helga Weber, an expert columnist, keen as mustard about web design and development. IconDemon.com offers 5300+ high quality stock icons of various styles high quality stock icons. You will find cute web icons sets created specifically for the bookmarking purposes there. Feel free to choose the proper design for your social media icons and bring more audience to your websites.

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