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Once upon a time, I posted

Son — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:35:21 +0000

I know it has been ages since my last update. Over a year? I keep meaning to get it together and post more stuff. But between the freelance, wife and Game of Thrones there is no time. I do not know how other bloggers juggle their time.

Anyway, here is a bunch of inspiration for you. I hope you enjoy it.

www.carlwein.com/

portfolio.tofslie.com/

30 clean websites

jQuery powered webites

35 amazing red websites

line 25 sites of the week

water themed sites

travel and tourism inspiration

Joomla inspiration

mobile prototyping

more mobile goodies

This is how design works

and finally, go here to rest your mind and waste time.

Feb web design links

Son — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:34:26 +0000

Its taking some time to get back into the swing of things. Its been busy time of the year. But as things settle, I will return to what made DFX DFX. Again, this is not a regular post. That’s why i created the Inspirational category and the blog category. These types of posts will become less frequent, but i think they are very important. I hope you like the list below. They are additional links to help bloggers and designers.

First up is Noupe.com.

CS5 PS tuts

Photoshop retouching

Photo manipulation

Cool videos from around the web

Son — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:51:13 +0000

I love CGI in films. I cannot wait for the movie Sucker Punch to come out. Here are a few other cool CGI videos worth sneaking a peak.

The first one is from Blur Studios. Amazing CG animation. If they would only make full length movies that are as good as these short, I would be in heaven. Be sure to check out the Star Wars reels, and Transformers. Click here.

This second video is a cool youtube video. Ninja’s Unboxing. Its cool to watch. Just be sure its full screen.

Here is an amazing video on Vimeo for Boardwalk Empire. HBO’s new hit has some serious CGI work going into it. It’s completely worth the watch.

Awesome WordPress links

Son — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:53:31 +0000

It is 2011, a new year full of new promises. DFXblog is getting started. The major hurdles of getting the site up and running are now behind me. During the process of getting the site to where it is now, I have a mountain of freebies and tips for WordPress. Which in turn made me look up tutorials for other programs, like flash, photoshop, illustrator, etc. So instead of compiling news, links, and images for the next update, I spent my time organizing these links.

Below is my list of goodies. Hope you like them!

WORDPRESS Themes
Basic and free templates
www.themeszoo.com/
Not free but nice looking themes
http://www.organicthemes.com/themes/
118 free themes
http://www.themelab.com/free-wordpress-themes/
10 free portfolio/gallery themes
www.webdesignledger.com
Nice and clean themes, not full customizable.
http://wpcrunchy.com/our-themes/
More clean and customizable themes.
http://www.web2feel.com
HTML5 wordpress theme
http://www.smashingmagazine.com…..

WP Plug-ins
8 cool photo gallery plugins
http://chasesagum.com/
Word cloud
http://www.roytanck.com/
jQuery Lightbox
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jquery-lightbox-balupton-edition/

jQuery
Including jQuery into wordpress correctly
http://digwp.com
35 Stylish and modern plugins using jQuery
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com
25+ jQuery plug-ins
www.noupe.com
the motherload. 50 new jQuery techniques
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
Random
http://www.ilovecolors.com.ar

HTML email templates
mail chimp
www.mailchimp.com/
100 free templates
www.campaignmonitor.com/
beautiful emails
http://beautifulemails.com/
Not free, but worth checking out
http://visionwidget.com
best of
http://www.hongkiat.com/
I like these.
http://www.carbongraffiti.com
Inspiration
http://speckyboy.com/

Flash sites
not free but awesome inspiration
http://www.templatemonster.com/
again, not free. but awesome
http://www.flashmint.com/
Flash menu items from flash components
http://visionwidget.com/

Photoshop tuts
50 photoshop tutorials
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
best of… (smashing magazine)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com

Illustrator
Illustrator tuts
http://visionwidget.com
Polished and raised type
http://vectips.com/
I like tutcandy
http://tutcandy.com/

Honestly, the best site to look around for stuff is on Smashingmagazine.com. I could spend a whole day on there and never get bored.