We have researched all over the internet to gather top 10 most creative and high resolution photos taken by experts around the world. Our efforts might not display the exact same picture size taken by its actual photographer; however the Right of ownership of all such photos published here will remain with the actual owner.

Some of the photos get so dangerously close that you may be able to just about everything in there.

• Earth – Blue Marble

Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No. 1 by NASA took this 121-megapixel single shot from the distance of 22,369 miles.

• Machu Pichu – The Lost City of the Incas

Kyle Porter took a striking view of Machu Pichu – The Lost City of the Incas, one of the seven wonders of the modern era with his camera. Shot was a 4 gigapixel view from just below the Guardhouse.

• Bryce Point – Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah

This shot was made up of 196 photos taken by Max Lyons using 6-megapixel digital camera with 40,784 x 26,800 pixels in size. The final digital photo contains about 1.09 billion pixels, which is bit more than 1 gigapixel.

• Galapagos Bait Ball of Salema Fish

With the half a gigapixel photo, Jason Buchheim has tried to capture striking view of a bait ball of Salema fish. He is also a director of Odyssey Expeditions, where he offers summer educational adventure voyages.

• Inaugural Address of Barack Obama – Washington D.C.

The Inaugural Address of Barrak Obama was captured by David Bergman in the year 2009 with 1.47 gigapixel panoramic.

• Prague TV Tower

The high resolution photo taken by Jeffrey Martin is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall taken from the largest spherical panorama in the world totaling to 18.4 gigapixels.

• The Rio de Janeiro

This panoramic shot is of the world’s largest digital photo taken by Hong Kong Connection of about 0.15 Terapix.

• Shanghai Skyline
  

This shot was taken from the 18^th floor of Chinese Academy of Science building. It is located in the central area of Shanghai downtown from where  you can see a lot of famous high-rises including: Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai Pearl Tower.

• Olympic Games Vancouver

This photo was shot in Vancouver at the Olympic Games and as a master of high resolution photos; Eric Deis has captured a variety of panoramic views in his camera.

• Space Shuttle Discovery

This high resolution image of 2.74 gigapixels, is one of many amazing Space Shuttle – Discovery photos taken by National Geographic.

Weren’t you amazed with massive resolution, photo quality and camera technology? What were the thoughts running around in your mind? Let us know in the comments section below.

Today we were able to gather top ten awe-inspiring free fonts along with icon sets that will tip you in creating out of the box design. We know that designers have to pay heaps for icon fonts; however you should be able to snatch all of these listed below without spending any moolah

We are sure that they can help pep up the look and feel of your website. Here are the top 10 icon fonts available for free:

1. IcoMoon
   
2. Heydings
   
3. Iconic Icon Set
   
4. Signify Lite
   
5. Entypo
   
6. Social Media Icons
   
7. Social Logos Font
   
8. Web Symbols Typeface
   
9. Heydings Common
   
10. Modern Pictograms
    

We are certain of the belief that there is at least one patio decorating idea available out there for everyone. In this article you will find some of the best, top 10 appealing patio design tips that will motivate you to do something extraordinary for your domicile.

1. Sail Awnings Patio Design Tips by Corradi

2. Patio Design Tips by S Russell Groves

3. White Patio Gazebo Design Tips by Bysteel Domitto

4. Vondom Pillow Patio Furniture Design Tips

5. Stone Patio Furniture Design Tips

6. Patio Design Tips from Paola Lenti

7. Simple Wooden Patio Furniture Design Tips by Free Lines

8. Transforming Vertical Patio Design Tips by Pique Architecture

9. Patio Design Idea by Patricia Urquiola

10. Modern Patio Design Tips with Open Roof Concept

Please feel free to browse our sister site for tips on patio fencing.

Icons help us in navigating and emphasizing on some of the key aspects of web content as they are more of general separators and indicators. Icons work similarly like road signage’s and you would know that very well if you have ever been on the road, driving.

Icons help you in guiding through web application or a website to locate necessary information and resources in a timely manner.

Web icons should be clear in first few seconds of scanning, and express the apparent meaning of the web content. They do not distract from general web content while making navigational process simpler outlining important features of the website.

Image Courtesy: Charles Chan

The main values of icons usefulness are general project draft, steady lightning, outlook, considering the market, symbol, etc. Here are some of the important design tips for creative icon designing.

1. Consider clear symbol – Make it a point to portray the exact web icon for better presentation of web content.
2. Widen your potential market – You should be able to display supple and precise images as icons in place of comprehensive clip arts. Icons published on the page should be identifiable and fit the exact business areas. Simple and recognizable icons should go well with your web projects.
3. Use remarkable color blend – You should consider testing different colors and shades. Attention grabbing colors with the unusual images will fetch your visitor’s interest with the desire to click on those icons. Design and create outstanding icons. Keep in mind that flash colors are annoying for the plain interface.
4. Always think about prospective clients – Think about using common images that are standard and easily acknowledged by website visitors from any part of the world. You web icons are considered universal regardless of traditions, religions, boundaries and groups.
5. Follow a streamlined process – Work on a basic concept and draw a sketch with the help of effective colors and forms. Seek help of a neighbor or a friend in order to find out if you were successful in designing a great web icon concept by grasping their attention within initial 1 or 2 seconds.

You can add some wonderful icons to your website and instigate visitors by being creative and artistic, in our opinion.

In this article, we have tried to introduce 5 useful business tools for graphic designers who want to freelance in the design industry.

1. RememberTheMilk.com

Busy graphic designers get beleaguered quickly when there is no task manager available to keep track of different projects. Remember the Milk is an incredible online task manager, which means you can browse it from any part of the world. At times, you have so much to do that you tend to miss on important deadlines while working on numerous design projects.

2. EchoSign.com

Ever tried EchoSign.com to get contracts signed online? It is presumably the easiest and most convenient option available over the internet to get job contracts signed over the web. You wouldn’t need to print or sign a contract over and again every time a new project is started by you.

3. Skype.com

Skype is a great instant messaging service along with a feature of making free video calls to other subscribers. It’s an incredible voice over internet protocol app which can be used to make cheap international calls using your own professional number assigned by the company.

4. MailChimp.com

You should definitely consider using email marketing as it is the most effective way to engage web traffic. Mailchimp is one of the best email marketing options offering the tools you might require in creating a mailing list where you can send appealing newsletters and can also analyze traffic right after every newsletter campaign.

5. TextMate at MacroMates.com

Used by almost every Mac developer, TextMate is perhaps one of the best text editors available online these days. And keep in mind that if you work online, you should be aware of how to use a text editor.

We would love to hear from you about any of the business tools you might have used out of the ones mentioned here or any alternatives. Please feel free to leave your thoughts below in comment section.

You would be amazed to notice all sorts of sentiments and vibrations that surround our daily lives. There are numerous occurrences in our day to day life that may act as visual illustration or depiction of love. Take a closer look to figure out all such romance illustrations scattered around you.

Please note that you can use Adobe Illustrator to design some of your creative illustrations while we are only going to publish what we think are the best pictures from some renowned graphic designers that depict “love”. You might have seen “N” number of love pictures over the internet; however we have put together a list of top 10 fascinating romance illustrations for our readers to view and enjoy!

1. This photo was taken by Ruy Barbosa Pinto on June 6, 2004 in Salvador, Bahia, BR, using a Konica Minolta DiMAGE.

2. This illustration was taken by Aleci and titled “the kiss”.

3. This image was taken by Linda Palm van Meel and titled as “Kiss from a tree”.

4. This photo was taken by ajpscs on September 7, 2008 in Yurakucho 2 Chome, Tokyo, using a Nikon D300.

5. This photo was taken by Ivan Tonev and titled as “Love is everywhere”.

6. This photo was taken by Josh Libatique on July 22, 2010 in Dumbo, New York, US, using a Nikon D90.

7. This image is taken by Bogomolov Denis and titled as “love-story”.

8. This image is taken by Dmitry Laudin and titled as “gangster wedding”.

9. This image is taken by Ahmed Habis and titled as “Emotions between the two lovers in the street, but there is always someone watching!”.

10. This photo was taken by John B. Mueller on July 30, 2010 in Santa Monica, California, US, using a Nikon D700.

We would love to hear from you in the comments section below and expect that you would appreciate our effort and expression of love!

Here are the resources you need:

FONTSHOP

If you’re looking to find new fonts, this is a great tool to use. It’s a great resource for designers chock full of amazing fonts – some for purchase and some great ones for free.

Not only can you search fonts by type or designer but they have a whole host of resources to help you learn how to use type well: a glossary, a blog, even a newsletter.

FONTSTRUCT

But if you really want to step it up to the next level, start creating your own fonts.

Brought to you by the people at Fontshop, with this program you don’ t have to depend on other people’s fonts, you can invent them yourself.

Fontstruct provides you with a grid and lets you create your own fonts with a series of geometric shapes – the options are almost infinite. Then download your font straight onto your computer!

It’s easy, creative and ups your design to the next level. Best of all – it’s free.

Chow has had the chance of working with some of the major brand names today such as Lotus F1, AirAsia, Nike, KLUE, Martell VSOP, Dave Mathews band etc.. He hopes to put a smile on your face with his incredible graphic design skills with Adobe Illustrator. Here are some of his prominent illustrations published below:

Let us know your thoughts on Chow’s lovely graphic design illustrations in comment section below.

In the collection gathered below, we have tried to focus on some of the top beer label designs. Hope you like them!

1. Minister

3. Work beer

4. Shepherd Neame

5. Sailor beer

6. Sigtuna Ace Of Spades

7. Kürzer Alt

8. Water Malt Hops Yeast

9. Spooks Ale

10. Northwestern Style Pale Ale

• Windows XP Style Monitor Icon: This tutorial will help you in creating a simple monitor icon in the XP style.
• Design a Glossy Download Icon: This tutorial will teach you how to create an eye-catching glossy graphic of download icon.
• Apple iTunes Icon: Effectively design the iTunes icon with this tutorial that is found on all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.
• Draw Magnifying Glass: Learn how to design magnifying glass with this tutorial, which you can use as an icon or a button on your web-page.
• Vista Aero Thumbnail Icon: With this tutorial design a glossy border around Vista icons.
• World Icon Tutorial: This tutorial will help in creating world icon in Adobe Photoshop.
• Glossy RSS Icon: In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create a colorful RSS icon for your website.
• Glowing Orb with Dial: Trying out styles and layers to design a dial effect and cool glowing orb.
• Home Icon: Use this tutorial to learn how to design a home icon.
• How to Make a Folder Icon: Learn how to make a nice folder for your web-page or desktop.

This is a second part of Icon Design Photoshop Tutorials series and there are still 2 more parts remaining to follow. Stay tuned for some more icon design tutorials.