We have all started in this wonderful industry as a newbie, with no experience
and little knowledge in the field, but hey, we are here, doing what we love so
there must be a way in.

In this article I am going to tell you what you should do before you start looking
for your first job as a web designer. You might not have any knowledge about
developing for the web but do not worry; I will tell you what I did that got me into
this industry a couple years ago.

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We’re pleased to offer a free coded template with master photoshop design file. This template was provided by a loyal smashingshare reader. Don’t forget to subscribe for our updates on the right side of your screen.

The free template package includes a homepage, two content pages, portfolio page, styles sheet and master photoshop design file.

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Part of being a freelancer means being your own business development department, and going out and pursuing fresh clients. This is true for freelancers just getting started and for those who have been freelancing for a couple of years. There’s always a need to secure new business because, you never know when a steady client is going to pull the plug on your services.

To stay “in the black” here are four tips for generating more freelance work

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If branding is about creating stories, then brochures are the fashion industry’s storybooks. Every page a reader turns in a fashion brochure should enrich the brand’s latest story in her mind. That brand story must be embodied not just in the elegance of the clothes, but also in the tastefulness of the brochure design. When done right, fashion brochures can expose the beauty and fierceness in the couture collections they advertise.

The following images are 50 examples of stunning fashion brochure design, made to be fresh and fabulous eye candy for their season. I hope you appreciate not just every cut and swatch of fabric they were made to advertise, but also their stylish and harmonious layout and design.

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Gears of War 3 – Ashes to Ashes is being hyped to be the best thing since sliced bread… but you will have to wait as it is not due for release until April 2011.

The Gears of War games are third-person shooter video games developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

Gears of War 3 will initially be produced exclusively for the Xbox 360, with new characters, including a playable female character – Anya.

Here we are showcasing Gears of War 3 wallpapers and screenshots. After the showcase are a few videos, websites and forums dedicated to Gears of War 3. You should be able to find everything you need to know about the game, and many resources from this article – enjoy!

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Creating funny caricature is an art where an artist illustrate it in a way that overstate or distorts the spirit of a person. You must have seen a lot these artworks in editorial cartoons and other media. In this post we are presenting some funny caricatures of famous people for your inspiration. I personally like the last caricature of Steve jobs. You can write which inspired you in the comment section below.

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Wix, a free website builder, where anybody can easily create professional looking Flash websites and widgets in minutes. No designing and programming knowledge or experience is required to do this. It has online drag and drop editor where one can create a website from scratch or grab any premade templates available and edit them. All websites created with Wix are search engine optimized and can be crawled by all search engines.

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Here’s another series of web design inspiration 2010 collection for this week. We work hard to collect these websites to showcase them for design community inspiration. If you have any website(s) you would like to submit for our next week roundup, use the Contact page or comments section below. We respect all website recommendations and list them only after review.

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Regardless of personal opinion surrounding logos and branding the fact is a good solid logo will only help you business succeed.

Whether it’s the typeface or the mascot, people will remember your brand through the logo so it pays to have something memorable and creative.

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Photo manipulation is an art that require a lot of accuracy and patience. Its always great to see different designers work and how they use their skills to make their work look apart from the rest of the world. This presentation shows some unbelievable and mind blowing pictures. Hope everybody will find this interesting to fire up their creativity.

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