A list of the best graphic design articles from March 2008. They are sorted by category.
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- Graphic Design
- Typography
- Freelancing
- Web Design
- Tutorials
- Photography
- Blogging
- Social Media
- More Best Of Links
- Other
You can check out January’s Best Graphic Design Articles or February’s Best Graphic Design Articles if you missed them.
Graphic Design
- 24 Graphic Design Articles from our $5000 Prize Giveaway Group Writing Project – from Just Creative Design
- Must Know Shortcut Keys for Designers – written by myself for You The Designer
- 10 Excellent Web & Graphic Designer’s Get Interviewed – from Vandelay Design
- The Secrets of Grunge Design – from Smashing Magazine
- International Poster Design Competition – from You The Designer
- What To Do With Dirty Money – from Freelance Folder
- Creating A Successful Online Portfolio – from Smashing Magazine
- Top 10 Places to Work as a Graphic Designer in the USA – written by myself for Outlaw Design Blog
- How and Where to get Paid Freelance Work While You’re Still A Design Student – from Just Creative Design
- 9 Insane Portfolio Designs to Make You Drool – from Freelance Switch
- The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black – from Blog.Spoon Graphics
- The Ultimate List of 45+ Adobe Photoshop Forums – from All Graphic Design
- How to Combine Colors & Choose Color Schemes – Part III – from All Graphic Design
Typography
- 60 Brilliant Typefaces For Corporate Design – from Smashing Magazine
- 101 Typography Resources for Web Designers – from Vandelay Design
- 30 Fonts that All Designer Must Own – from us here at Just Creative Design.
- What is a Font Flag? What is a Font Specimen Sheet? – from us here at Just Creative Design.
- Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography – from Inspiration Bit
- Showcase: Superb Examples of Slick sIFR Typography – from Alpha Blog Designs
Freelancing
- 28+ Freelance Job Sites – from Outlaw Design Blog
- Client Communication: The Most Important Part of Freelancing – from Wake Up Later
- 5 Reasons You Didn’t Get That Freelance Graphic Design Job – from You The Designer
- Trading the Hourly Rate for Task-Based Pay: Should You Do It? – from Freelance Switch
- Designers and Communication Skills: Why and How to Improve – from Vandelay Design
- How to Instantly Bump Your Income 25-50% With Cross-sells – From Freelance Switch
- 10 things you can learn from Gordon Ramsay about running a business – from Creative Briefing
- A Collection of Articles for How to Outline and Write a Business Plan for Freelancers Starting a Small Business – from All Freelance
Web Design
- The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (And Have Not) Changed – from Wake Up Later
- 30 Ways to Increase Website Traffic – from You The Designer
- 50 of the Best Church Website Designs – from Vandelay Design
- How to Completely Test Your Website – from Digital Inspiration
- Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques – from Smashing Magazine
Tutorials
- Tutorial: Using the Pathfinder and Align tool in Illustrator – from Veerles Blog
- Adobe Photoshop Video Tutorials – Best Of – from Smashing Magazine
- Create Spectacular Concept Art in Photoshop – from PSDTuts
- 45 Photoshop Tutorials for Better Navigation – from Vandelay Design
- Top GIMP Tutorial Sites – from Kristarella
- How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop – from Blog.Spoon Graphics
Photography
- 35 Fantastic HDR Pictures – from Smashing Magazine
- 56 Awe Inspiring Must See Creative Photographs – from Just Creative Design
- How to create HDR Photos – HDR/Photomatix tutorial – from Abduzeedo
Blogging
- How to Install DomTABs on WordPress – from Pro Blog Design
- Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques – from Noupe
- Group Interview: What do Online Advertisers Look for in a Website? – from Daily Blog Tips
- 20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider – from ProBlogger
- 45+ Must See WordPRess Themes – from Noupe.
- 20 More Free First-Class WordPress Themes – from Smashing Magazine
Social Media
- What is the best social media website and why? Stumble Upon, Digg, Reddit … or? – from Just Creative Design
- Across The Universe With Social Media – from Inspiration Bit
- Social Media As A New Way Of Doing Business – from Inspiration Bit
- Redditers What They Tend to Do? – from Graphic Identity
More Best Of March Links
( Just incase you needed more links )
- March’s Best Links – from Vandelay Design
- Best Of March 2008 – from Smashing Magazine
Other
- Group Writing Project based on Advertising Slogans – from Randa Clay Design
- 26 Free Icon Sets We Love – from Outlaw Design Blog
- Design and Photography Logo Design Love Awards – from Logo Design Love
- The Best Mouse for Designers and Web Additcts – from Just Creative Design
- 13 Ways to Move Big Files on the Web – from Essential Key Strokes
A Must See Video
Design Coding Rap by the Poetic Prophet
Have I missed any other great graphic design articles?
Ta very much for the link!
I might need to put this in my “come back to” folder 🙂
kristarella’s last blog post..Wallpaper feature on Smashing Magazine
Nice list…
Hi Jacob. Thank you so much for linking to some of the articles from my blog. 🙂
Rachel
Wow, that’s a great collection! Thanks for the links to my blog.
Steven Snell’s last blog post..Blog Design Madness – Round Two
nice list Jacob. bookmarked
Thanks for the link! I am in great company on this list.
Char’s last blog post..Google Turns Out the Lights
Kristarella, Laura, Ivan, Char, Rachael, Verne, Steven
You are welcome 🙂
Modemlooper
Well it was the end of March so maybe you were just a bit behind 😛 What is stopping you from doing one… I am sure we are not subscribed to all the same blogs.
Vivien,
I think I like Comic Sans actually, it’s so pretty and easy to read and it has that comic feel to it. Don’t you agree 🙂
I wish I could thumbs up that rap on youtube more than once lol. Great article, great collection.
It’s a bit scary, but the comic sans doesn’t look too awful in some places. 😛 At a normal size and weight it’s kinda ok, when it gets bold or large it’s a bit much.
kristarella’s last blog post..Google’s new G’day MATE
Thanks for the extensive list and for the mention!
Verne’s last blog post..Free customer insights: fancy chocolates and one-dollar service
damn it janet! I was working on this same type of list. LOL
oh well great minds think alike.
modemlooper’s last blog post..Poll: Do You Think Photoshop Is Overpriced?
thanks for so many links, Jacob.
I do hope you change your blog’s comic font back to the “normal” one after April 1st, will you? 😉
inspirationbit’s last blog post..Across The Universe With Social Media
I do agree with the comic feel part 😉
inspirationbit’s last blog post..Across The Universe With Social Media
This is what i was looking for Jacob!