Scaling, skewing and rotating any element is possible with the CSS3 transform property. It’s supported in all modern browsers (with vendor prefixes) and degrades gracefully, e.g.

Great stuff. However, this rotates the whole element — it’s content, border and background image. What if you only want to rotate the background image? Or what if you want the background to remain fixed while the element is rotated?

Currently, there’s no W3C proposal for background-image transformations. It would be incredibly useful so I suspect one will appear eventually, but that doesn’t help developers who want to use similar effects today.

Fortunately, there is a solution. In essence, it’s a hack which applies the background image to a before or after pseudo element rather than the parent container. The pseudo element can then be transformed independently…

Illustrator Brushes are very useful for designers. With the popularity Adobe has built over the years they are certainly a very popular development company. Adobe Illustrator in particular is a fantastic tool for icon and logo designers. And when you incorporate the many brush sets to be found around the web, the possibilities are limitless! Our 29 examples of brush sets here should be perfect for every graphics designer…

A web form is an entrance, a phase transition from sheer interest to turning into an actual customer. Therefore, it is reasonable to make the form design inviting and user-friendly. The process of filling out a form should be as easy as putting two and two together, since people to who face some issues and get failures more likely associate it with your brand. And your reputation instantly looses its balance. So believe it or not, but one tiny form can mess up your brand reputation. You don’t want that, do you?

How to avoid such a fail? First of all you are to remember that any form is a business card of your brand, a face of your company. It is the very first step in your interaction with your potential clients, and it should look easy, warm and inviting…

Freelancers enjoy a certain freedom from being told what to work on and when from an outside party, such as a manager or boss. It is important, however, that you create that structure for accountability for yourselves in your freelance endeavor. Effectively managing your work flow enables you to complete your work, make sure you are on time and on budget and easily communicate with your clients.

That’s where project management comes in. Project management is your own customized system which defines, regulates and streamlines your overall work flow. Effective project management helps you work more efficiently, which corresponds directly to getting more work done, earning more money and enjoying a more profitable freelancing career. Here are seven tips for developing and implementing your individual project management system to optimize your time and profits…

If you are looking to add some creative photos and artwork for inspiration, you probably check my this post base on creative photos that inspires you to create something creative and original.In this post you can find 45 creative photos and artworks collected from around the Web.

So you have a great Facebook page, your Twitter account is always exciting, and the content and graphics on your webpage rock. You can only assume that tons of people are checking out all of this hard work and loving it as much as you do…

Every street is filled with its own story or people who make the place more lively and memorable. Even when you are just a passerby, you can already tell what happened in that area by just looking around. You may also notice how art can be found on its walls through what they call as street art stickers.

Most of the time, people who create these personalized stickers would just want to express themselves in a creative way. You can usually find them stuck on walls or public properties such as posts and benches.

Some find this type of decals fun while others do not spend time to gaze at them. It would really depend on how you see these as an art and a design to the place where the stickers have been placed. Not everyone would have the same opinion as to the meaning and what message the artist wants to convey…