The Best Design Articles From 2010

• December 27th, 2010
• Articles

Our 2010 edition of the best articles which have been featured on Creative Nerds through out 2010. A collection of good articles which may not of got the most traffic but where just considered by us as a good  post worth checking out. Let us know which is your favourite blog post on Creative Nerds you’ve read in 210.

Articles

The 5 Golden Rules for Increasing productivity as a Designer

These are five very useful tips which I use and follow as designer in order to increase productivity while working on a design project.

Why I hate Freelance Designing

A lot of people believe that freelance designing is a life of luxury with late starts and early finishes while drinking several cups of coffee in between, If you really believe this is the life style of freelancer then you’re about to be enlightened.

How To Become One Of The World’s Best Designers

This article is several essential tips which can help you to grow as designer and overall just become a better all round designer.

Logo Design Mistakes Which You Should Never Make

8 logo design mistakes which as a professional logo designer you should not be making as well, as a useful check list for aspects of which a good logo design should consist of.

Freebies

Simple Clean Social Media Vector Icon Set

A great clean icon set  perfect to be used within minimalism web design projects or any other type of minimalism design project, because of the simple fact that it has been well designed and simplicity of the icon set is next to perfect.

50 Free Wood Textured Social Media Icons

This is a high quality freebie of a wood textured icon set which includes over 50 social media icons which can each be used within commercial and non commercial design projects. The icon set produced is exclusive to Creative Nerds.

Simple But Sophisticated App Icon Set

This is a high quality freebie of a wood textured icon set which includes over 50 social media icons which can each be used within commercial and non commercial design projects. The icon set produced is exclusive to Creative Nerds.

High Quality Free Photoshop Milk Brush

This is a high quality brush, which can be used to add a realistic milk affect to your designs this is unique Photoshop brush and there is not many brushes of this quality and type available on the internet so enjoy the set.

99 Icon Sets To Use In Commercial Design Projects

Today’s blog post we have decided  to do a massive collection of 99 icon sets which can each be used within commercial design projects. This compilation was put together simply because  of the lack of free icon sets which are available to be used in commercial design projects, what’s the point creating an icon set if its not free to use ?

Tutorials

100 Best Photoshop Design Tutorials From 2010

This is Creative Nerds outlook upon the best Photoshop design tutorials which where created in 2010. A great source to high quality design tutorials for newbie’s or experts to skills and tips form fresh design tutorials which will enhance your Photoshop knowledge.

Learn How To Create A Photoshop Smoke brush Within Minutes

Something which is ever so popular is Photoshop brushes. Photoshop smoke brushes are widely used by a lot Photoshop designers. This is a quick tip which is super easy to follow which shows you how you can create a Photoshop brush in less than a couple of minuet.

100 Photoshop Tutorials For Learning Photo Manipulation

A large collection of only the best top quality 100 design tutorials which will teach you how to use Photoshop in order to manipulate photography, this large reference point showcases every aspect which is essential for creating good photo manipulation with each tutorial having an awesome outcome.

How to Create a Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie In Illustrator

Cookies, also known as biscuits, are probably the most popular bakery product around the world, and due to the variety of their flavours and aromas, it is extremely hard to resist the temptation of trying them. In this simple tutorial, I will show you how to create a super detailed cookie illustration inside Adobe Illustrator.

Inspiration

100 Most Funny and Creative Advertisement Designs

An amazing inspirational post which features over 100 print based creative advertisement designs for you to enjoy, which will get your creativity flowing.

20 Photo realistic vector illustration portraits

This is a great creative inspirational blog post which showcases realistic vector illustration which portray a realistic photo portrait. This is a great post and it amazing to see how close vector illustrators can get to a photography.

The Evolution Of The World Cup Logo From 1930 To 2010

The evolution of the world cup logo from 1930 to 2010. Its pretty much football fever all around the world so over on Creative Nerds we decided to take a look back from 1930 to 2010 at some historic world cup football logos to see how over time the world cup changed and evolved over time.