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Here are 24 beautiful examples of web designs that feature a specific color across the color spectrum. If you’re in a color rut, take this opportunity to expand your horizon and be inspired by a color that may be out of your comfort zone.

Determining a website’s popularity can be beneficial when you’re looking for areas of growth or sizing up the competition. Use these 10+ tools to help determine a website’s popularity and figure out if your site has a Rockstar status that you can show off to your friends.

Watercolor art is no longer exclusively for the canvas. More and more sites are taking the brush to the screen and incorporating some beautiful hand-painted creations. Intersecting mediums provides a fresh approach to a web design and the look achieved with water color for the web is fantastic. As you browse this selection, notice the effect that brush strokes have and allow these 25 watercolor web designs to inspire you.

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Globalization is one of the biggest business buzzwords of the 21st century. Companies of all sizes can operate internationally, thanks to the advent of the Internet era and affordable methods of online marketing, communications and networking. With this in mind, there are several points worth observing when building a website for an international audience.

In this photoshop text effect tutorial we’ll be creating a grungy, burnt wood text treatment. We’ll go over some basic blending modes and use some filters and layer styles to create a look that would be perfect for a Hollywood movie poster.

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the third installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. March’s calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney. Keep reading for a little insight from Emma about this month’s design.

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Just getting started in design? Tempted to try out crowdsourcing or spec work? Before you head down that path check out these 99 alternatives to build your portfolio, expand your skill set, and make a few bucks.