http://inkscape.teekoo.com/index.php?select=bar
Although i have never used inkscape (Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.), this tutorial on tile cloning is quick and easy to follow producing some nice effects with the tool.

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http://ilovetypography.com/
New blog from, actually don’t know the blog writers full name apart from johno, but very interesting articles on all things Typography. Definitly a must read if your interested in design and keen to learn more about typography.

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The video below presents “Seam carving”by Ariel Shamir and Shai Avidan which allows an image to be resized to ratio without cropping or distorting important features within the image.
This technology should help save time and effort building sites that can easily be ported to various devices without having to build multi-level content structure and pages. […]

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This handy bookmarklet lets you see the box model for any element on page. All you have do is drag the bookmark to your bookmarks bar, load up a page and click the xray bookmark to get it going. Quite a nifty trick i must say…
http://westciv.com/xray/
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Splice is an online community based app, where you can apparently remix and colloborate on various project with users around the world.  It seems to use a sequencer similar to Sony Acid which allows the user to take loops and elements available to the project and mix/arrange them to how ever you want it.
Haven’t had […]

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Whitney Artport: Commisions > IDEA LINE by Martin Wattenberg
The Idea Line displays a timeline of net artworks, arranged in a fan of luminous threads. Each […]

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A brilliant brake down of some of the most common visualization methods available in the form a periodic table. I think is a great way to learn what methods are out there and help determine an appropriate approach to visualize data.
Often from my experience within the corporate world, not a lot of thought goes into […]

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Finding it harder than i thought to find time to contribute and experiment with these themes for Illustration Friday. This was illustrated through painter and textures/splatters in photoshop.

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A plugin for Firefox i will be definitely installing soon is PostWisdon by Cogniview. This plugin helps by providing the user with a list of the best writing advice depending on the type of post that is being created.
http://www.cogniview.com/post-wisdom/
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This article contains a massive list of applications that will help freelancers get on top of their game.
The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need
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Hunt for color palettes created from images. http://www.colorhunter.com
This also does the same thing: http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/
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