Review: DesignContest.com Not Your Typical Crowdsourcing Site

Economic downfalls in the last decade saw a huge increase in the need for high quality graphic design at affordable prices. Crowdsourcing and spec design has quickly become the design industry’s answer to clients’ need for creative design coupled with a fear of unnecessary spending. With crowdsourcing, a client will describe his needs, hundreds of designers will provide concepts, and the client chooses, and only pays for, the one he likes best.

40 Beautiful Examples of Black & White Photography

Sometimes a picture can look way better without its vivid colors. Black and White photography brings out a different kind of vibe and mood in a picture. This concept is hard to explain but very easy to see. If you were to compare the original picture to a black & white version, the results would be stunning. Now of course some pictures are better kept in color, for examples a field of colorful flowers.

30 Creative Free Hand-Drawn Icon Sets

Forget about the regular web 2.0 shiny, glossy, and gradients like icons. You gotta stay unique, and these icons will help you achieve that goal! Hand drawn icons are a great way to spice up your web design, and showcase a playful side. By using these types of icons the visitor/user fells a creative and unusual type of approach. Today we have collected some of the best hand drawn icons, that must be added to your collection. Look around and find what you like, you never know what will catch your eye.