5 Great Tips for Maximizing the Use of Images

Beyond Megapixel has put together an excellent article that should be read by every designer. It contains a great guide on how to effectively use pictures in various web applications. The five points that they emphasize in their article are:

1. Vignette
2. Shoot through a Frame
3. Leading Lines
4. Fill the Frame
5. Break a Pattern

Please visit Beyond Megapixel and read the entire article where they explore each point in-depth.

How about some Flash “Eye Candy”?

For some eye candy on this Friday, I found this Flash based site that just blew me away. At first glance, it seemed kind of plain, borring, and then I moused over the graphic and got an eye full of, exactly what the site is called, fireworks.

Visit the site at: http://www.fireworkdesignstudio.com/

I say “Table of Contents” and You say “Boring”

Smashing Magazine put together an interesting article regarding website table of contents that I think is well worth mentioning. While it has been dugg many, many times recently, I wanted to post it here for future reference. As the article referenced accurately, most of the time website table of contents pages are extremely boring and dull. Why not create a ‘revolution’ of sorts and apply some creativity to this page! Most of the examples they show are derived from books, however as several of the commenters there mentioned, “inspiration for creativity can be found in a multitude of places.”

Interested in Typography??

If you enjoy a good font, then you will truly enjoy I Love Typography. This site is a humongous resource for all things typography related. It contains some excellent articles related to typography. It is also full of great font resources too (which is usually helpful to designers looking for an eye-catching font to incorporate in to a new design).

Flash Tutorial: How to Build an Interactive Stack of Photos

I found what I think is a great, easy to follow 9 step tutorial for building an interactive stack of photographs. This is a great design technique when you are very limited on page space, but wish to display multiple images. Check out the tutorial at Design Reviver and let me know what you think of it.