The week in links 02/11/09

Graphic Design, Typography & Photography

Warning: Avoid These Creativity Crushers (freelancereview​.net)

88 Examples Of Incredible Aerial Photography (instantshift​.com)

40+ Black Business Card Designs (creativerepository​.com)

8 Trendy Colour Palettes With Free Adobe Swatch Exchange Files (graphicleftovers​.com)

1960’s Illustration: Freedom, Peace And Flower Power (fuelyourillustration​.com)

Serif Vs. Sans-​​Serif Legibility (vcarrer​.com)

10 Things To Help Students Become Better Designers (deltadesignz​.com)

Same Ol’ G? Think Again: A Visual Study Of The Lowercase G (thedesigncubicle​.com)

Do’s And Don’ts Of Photoshop Retouching (webdesignerdepot​.com)

To School Or Not To School (webdesignerdepot​.com)

Web Design & WordPress

We All Dislike IE6 But Let’s Not Be Childish (kamikazemusic​.com)

5 Online Background Generator Tools (aceinfowayindia​.com)

40 Amazing Female Role Models For Web Designers (line25​.com)

111 CSS Galleries To Submit Your Designs To (listelog​.com)

9 Cost Cutting Tups For Designers And Developers (reencoded​.com)

20 Do’s And Don’ts Of Effective Web Design (webdesignledger​.com)

15 Great Looking Free Portfolio Themes For WordPress (wpbeginner​.com)

Is Your Web Design Balanced? (vanseodesign​.com)

jQuery And AJAX Best Demos Part 3 (9lessons​.blogspot​.com)

50 Creative Web Agencies (indeziner​.com)

Inspiration

30+ Enticing Blog And Archived News Website Designs (thedesigncubicle​.com)

Colourful Creative Artwork By Archan Nair (iniwoo​.net)

Amazing Colourful Sunset Photography (abduzeedo​.com)

40 Killer Minimalist Blog Designs (spyrestudios​.com)

26 Eye-​​Catching Long Exposure Photographs (pelfusion​.com)

100+ Clean, Simple And Minimalist Website Designs (hongkiat​.com)

50 Mind-​​Blowing Examples Of Macro Photography (thephotoargus​.com)

Tutorials & Resources

Solar System Icons (blog​.guifx​.com)

5 Useful Little Photoshop Tricks To Add Extra Elegance For Your Design (psdvault​.com)

Design A Realistic 3D Baseball Cap In Photoshop (tutorial9​.net)

Create A Windows 7 Effect Aero Effect (berndartmueller​.at)

21 Extremely Useful Icon Sets For Designers (littleboxofideas​.com)

5 Highly Applicable, Yet Easily Overlooked Features In Photoshop (psdvault​.com)

40 Quality Photoshop UI Design Tutorials (psd​.tutsplus​.com)

20 Scrumptious Typography Tutorials For Adobe Photoshop (blog​.uprinting​.com)

Other & Apps

The Best Adobe AIR Apps To Increase Productivity (fuelyourcreativity​.com)

12+ Graphic Design And Useful Apps For iPhone & iPod Touch (rainiazahmad​.com)

When Publicity Stunts Backfire… (taylorherring​.com)

4 Great Helvetica Apps For Google & Twitter (paper​-leaf​.com)

The World In 2015 According To Google (nevillehobson​.com)

Smashing Magazine’s Redesign And Smashing Network (smashingmagazine​.com)