Top 10 High Resolution Photos
Posted under: High resolution feature has nearly become a basic requirement for most of the gadgets available in the market, and you would be very well aware of the fact that there is increase in megapixels every time a new model comes out. We were quite surprised to learn what DSLR cameras are capable of capturing these days.
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.
Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No. 1 by NASA took this 121-megapixel single shot from the distance of 22,369 miles.
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.
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.
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.
The Inaugural Address of Barrak Obama was captured by David Bergman in the year 2009 with 1.47 gigapixel panoramic.
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.
This panoramic shot is of the world’s largest digital photo taken by Hong Kong Connection of about 0.15 Terapix.
This shot was taken from the 18th 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.
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.
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.
Top 10 Free Icon Fonts for Web Design
Every now and then we try to publish some of the top free resources available all over the internet related to your web design requirements. We make sure that you are able to garner ample benefits from our publications.
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:
Hutton Hotel Identity Designed by Tractorbeam®
Here is a preview of for Hutton Hotel’s stunning identity designed and created by Dallas, Texas based design firm Tractorbeam®, which is not about tractors or anything else, but only about creative designs.
Graphic designers at Tractorbeam® have gone an extra mile to design a good-looking identity for Hutton Hotel, a Nashville boutique hotel which accommodates exclusively to guests of Vanderbilt University and entertainment industry.
What do you think about the above designs? Let us know your thoughts below.
Interesting Travel Designs by Martin Haake
Here are some interesting travel designs and map illustrations for clients around the world created by Martin Haake, a German illustrator. His illustrations cover several countries like Cuba, Germany, Africa, Italy, Switzerland and India.
Martin has had the honor of working with firms like Vivai Magazine, Thomas Cook, Conde Nast Traveller etc.
Associated Press gets an Identity Design Lift
Objective Subject is a New York based consultancy that has designed a fresh identity structure for The Associated Press news agency.
The new identity structure combines all of Associated Press services, products and businesses under one brand name. The AP identity is black stencil style logo and underscored by a red line where flexible color scheme refers to diverse services and products.
The AP identity re-branding is being looked at as the first major overhaul in last 30 years after the master brand strategy implemented in the year 2010.
‘The new identity of Associated Press interprets emergent set of digital services and products, and characteristically conveys our responsibility as reliable news source’ says Tom Curley the CEO and President of Associated Press.
As per AP management, the new structure will be pushed through in steps, starting in March with a new AP.org website followed by enhanced image,, archive and video sites.
Top 10 Attractive Patio Design Tips
You’d be amazed to learn that there are unlimited styles of interior design available in the world and same is the case with patio designs keeping your preferences in mind. Patio designs are available from easy to complex styles along with really large landscape.
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.
5 Tips for Graphic Designers to Sketch Wonderful Icons
Summary: An effective guide on the process of wonderful icon designing.
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.
- Consider clear symbol – Make it a point to portray the exact web icon for better presentation of web content.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
5 Useful Business Tools for Graphic Designers
Graphic designers will find hundreds and thousands of useful design tutorials on how to work with different business related tools; however you will hardly get introduced to new and effective business constructing tools.
In this article, we have tried to introduce 5 useful business tools for graphic designers who want to freelance in the design industry.
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.
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.
Top 10 Fascinating Romance Illustrations
Do you think you can ever imagine love or chalk it out on a piece of paper? Here are the top 10, and best romance illustrations showcased in this article that you would ever come across. Portraying love is actually a tough job and a great deal because you would have to express everything about love on a piece of paper with your artistic graphic design skills.
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!
Top 10 Google Logo Designs in 2011
If you have ever used internet, you would most definitely be aware of the world’s largest and strongest online company, yes you are right, we are talking about Google! Interestingly, Google have a tendency to switch logos every now and then as a part of Doodle4Google program on various noteworthy occasions. This strategy is targeted on making Google’s web search a more fun and enjoyable experience on the internet.
Did you know that Google had already changed their logos about 231 times in the year 2011 on all or most of their web properties? Normally, you will see Google logos designed specifically to different countries as people from that particular region use their local Google search engine home page (us being in India will use www.Google.in). One of the most favorite and talked about logo design this year was a Doodle created on Giò Pomodoro’s 81st Birthday from Italy.
This sort of move by Google towards their corporate identity and logo design is distinctive and one of kind, along with fun and graphic designers get to learn quite a lot. Here in this article, we have taken some references from the DesignCrowd and made available about top 10 Google logo designs published in the year 2011.
#1 – Giò Pomodoro’s 81st Birthday (Italy)
Giò Pomodoro was an Italian sculptor and Google designers did an awesome job of creating out of the world logo published below.
#2 – Holi Festival (India)
A lovely and creative example of using negative space in logo design
#3 – Jim Henson’s 75th Birthday (Worldwide)
With this logo publishing, Google is celebrating the birthday of inventor of the Muppets, Jim Henson.
#4 – Mothers Day (Worldwide)
An awesomely elegant, detailed and beautiful logo design for mother’s day by Google!
#5 – Birthday of Constantin Brancusi (Selected Countries)
This logo was designed by Google from sculptures on the birthday of Constantin Brancusi who was a Romanian/French sculptor.
#6 – Tom Jobim’s Birthday (Brazil)
This logo was created by Google for Tom Jobim’s birthday, a Brazilian songwriter, on the theme of a Brazilian holiday and was only available to those in Brazil.
#7 – Spring Day (Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria)
Google logo designed for a one fine spring day, and was named as Martisor.
#8 – Panama Independence Day (Panama)
Google logo with the cute and weird national bird – ‘the harpy eagle’ for Panama’s Independence Day.
#9 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s 91st Birthday (Australia)
The Google logo below depicts an Australian poet and activist and the “first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse”. Logo was inspired by traditional Australian Aboriginal art.
#10 – Hideyo Noguchi’s 135th Birthday (Japan)
Google logo design for the birthday of Noguchi who was a Japanese scientist that discovered “the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease”
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