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Today I want to share a review with you guys about what I predict as the next big application in web design, Get Polka. A few weeks back I was contacted by the creators of Get Polka asking if I had heard of the application and if I had wanted to do a review of the application. I am always looking to review and beta test multiple applications to see what is happening in the design world, so naturally I jumped at the chance to review another application. When I started the beta version of Get Polka it immediately grabbed my attention
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I was given the chance by Vectorpack.net to download and review the amazing bundle they have available. For the small price tag on the bundle you get some amazing vector works and an awesome WordPress theme. If you have the extra $37 and want to grab a great bundle be sure to check out the review, what comes in the pack, and then pick it up!
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Lately I have been working with a lot of smaller businesses, and I have noticed one simple trend with them. As a professional designer I take very few brand new businesses as clients, by personal preference, but I do deal with a lot of re-designs. The main thing that I have noticed with my latest few clients is that their designer did not stress the importance of Social Media in today’s world. Real life experience is the root of ninety percent of my articles/tutorials.
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The results of our hosting giveaway are in! I want to first thank all the entrants for their participation and we will be setting up more giveaways to thank you guys for your support! So, now to what you really care about, the WINNER!
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Zyma.com one of the fastest growing hosting companies in the UK have partnered with hv-?designs.co.uk to give-?away 5 lucky winners a web hosting account completely FREE for one whole year!
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Alright guys, I know that you would love to see another tutorial, and believe me we have plenty for you, but I wanted to take some time out to discuss something very important in the design industry that seems to be lacking lately. I know that part of this is our fault as we have not released a tutorial to date stressing the importance of not using too many effects.
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Today we usher in a new year, the start of 2012! This year is filled with superstitions of world ending tragedies and new beginnings. For us, at least, we are focusing on the new beginnings portion of this year. This year we have so many plans for you guys and have a new tutorial set up, a new shop, a new design, and plenty more to come this year.
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I am proud to bring you a little more information on yet another Web Designer in our community. This man has brought freebies to the design community every day since the inception of his website, and continues to amaze us with his free work. Along with sharing his amazing talents with the rest of the design community he also has released a few Premium WordPress Themes (which can be found below) and they have been a great success.
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I recently started using Adobe Illustrator in addition to my main program Adobe Photoshop. This has gotten me thinking of an age old debate, Photoshop or Illustrator? Now, you can never do all the things in illustrator that you can in Photoshop and likewise in Illustrator, but what about for the every day things that you work on like icons or characters?
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This isn’t going to be your typical tutorial in the sense that it’s not so much about technology as it is about design itself. It really doesn’t matter if you know how to use Photoshop or Illustrator if you are doing the wrong things with them. Tools are just tools, and they only ever obey their master’s bidding.
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Today I am proud to introduce another full time member of the HV-Team, Justin Lowery, who will be writing photoshop and illustrator tutorials for us. Justin has a new tutorial for us coming this next week but I wanted to start off letting our readers get to know him a little bit with this interview. Read on, ask questions, and enjoy!
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Hey guys, we are finally back up and running. After almost a month of being down and having issues with our database/plugins we are finally back and ready to start running full speed again! I had this puppy ready for Friday Freebies (which was also down) but decided that I was going to release this as our back online surprise to celebrate coming back.
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