In the modern world company start-ups are increasing by the thousands every year - this means more names, more logos, and less unique ideas. However, with the digital design technology growing faster than ever, we have the opportunity to explore new areas, learn new tools and ultimately have new ideas which we know are actually possible within a reasonable amount of time (and cost for the client).

This tea and coffee stained texture pack contains eight high-resolution grungy and dirty textures. They are prefect to use in web, graphic and illustration design, whether you’re looking to add some subtle dirt to your designs, or some full on grunge goodness! The sizes of the textures vary, from about 2955?x4072 to a whopping 3910×5438 pixels!

With the release of Apple iPad, we all knew it wouldn't take long for the first tutorial on how to recreate it wouldn't take long to appear on the net. In this tutorial, you'll be learning how to design the Apple iPad in Adobe Photoshop.

With the release of Apple iPad, we all knew it wouldn't take long for the first tutorial on how to recreate it wouldn't take long to appear on the net. In this tutorial, you'll be learning how to design the Apple iPad in Adobe Photoshop.

There will never ever be enough social icon packs even though there are literally thousands laying around the world wide web. This is actually (believe it or not) my first ever set of social icons, titled 'The Little (Free) Sketchy Monster Social Icon Pack'. The set consists of seven icons in total, including: RSS, Twitter, Delicious, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon and Reddit.

A lot of you may have noticed the presence of a counting (and very stylish) button at the bottom of the articles here at Circlebox Blog - it allows you to bump the articles on a pretty awesome website called DesignBump. For those that haven't yet used DesignBump I recommend heading on over, registering and finding thousands of great articles that you've never seen before!

If you're a frequent blogger/writer you'll know how valuable in terms of time and effort your articles are, especially if you're writing isn't earning you a living. What protection do you have though for your long coffee drinking sessions of inspiration? Well, you have this somewhat illusive process called backing up. Unfortunately this relatively pain-free process is often overlooked. In this article I'll show you how you can keep piece of mind by backing up your WordPress (WP) blog - saving y

If you're a frequent blogger/writer you'll know how valuable in terms of time and effort your articles are, especially if you're writing isn't earning you a living. What protection do you have though for your long coffee drinking sessions of inspiration? Well, you have this somewhat illusive process called backing up. Unfortunately this relatively pain-free process is often overlooked. In this article I'll show you how you can keep piece of mind by backing up your WordPress (WP) blog - saving y

These six tips can help you grow your design business from a five-client operation to a highly profitable company. While success doesn’t always come with size – some of the most profitable businesses are also the smallest – it can certainly contribute to it. If you’re beginning to see your client total flatten out slightly, put these tips into practice and expand your client base, bring in new business, and maintain long-term low-maintenance client relationships.

Covered in this InDesign article/tutorial are some superb tips on how to set-up your Workspace for the fastest possible workflow, and how to work with Master Pages.

After receiving a Wacom Bamboo tablet from my gorgeous Fiancée as a Christmas gift, I decided to give it's first real use (other than general using) to produce a vector pack. At first, I just wanted to do something simple but useful at the same time. That's where a vector typeface came to mind! Read on and download the font!

You may have noticed the change of name of the debate series - the debates were more fun questions then they were debates, which spills the short and simple explanation behind why I changed it.

I've been buying Computer Arts for a year now, and recently received a subscription for the next twelve months as a gift for Christmas. I now have 12 issues and every single cover is pretty incredible. I dug out the camera and shot the covers for those that don't or can't pick the magazine up every month.

Character design plays a huge part in the design world. It's a great way to draw in customers of all ages, from Toddlers to Grannies! In this post I have rounded up 12 wonderful (and fresh) character design Illustrator tutorials.

There are three rules that I try to follow when designing typography layouts for the web: (a) it must be clear and easy-to-read, (b) it must user-friendly and easy to scan, (c) it must look great. This post showcases ten stunning examples of typography in flash web design, all of which, in my opinion, follow these rules.