http://designerfied.com Taking a unique approach to web design. Offering free custom website/wordpress themes, photography and other goodies. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:43:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I whipped up some skull brushes for you all. This is my first try at photoshop brushes so I hope they are ok. I have tons of cool stuff that I am going to make brushes out of so keep checking back. Right click and save as Skulls By Designerfied http://designerfied.com/free-skull-brushes-for-photoshop.html Yesterday I added Dynamic Drive's Featured Content Slider v2.4 to one of our sites. This script was very easy to install and customize so I decided to share with you how I did it. Basically I made it transparent with PNG images. Fist off you need to head over to Dynamic ... http://designerfied.com/how-to-customize-dynamic-drives-featured-content-slider.html Every time I step out my front door I see this very live mountain, when its not raining of course. Its weird to think that that thing could blow any time. Every time I look at it I have fond memory's of when I was a kid hunting and fishing ... http://designerfied.com/mount-saint-helens-desktop-wallpaper.html Tool tips with Mootools just got even more cooler! Check it out, its called Smart Hover Box. You can add a hover html elements to any other element by adding a single id. Smart Hover Box Features: create a hover box out of any html element smart positioning will always show hover box ... http://designerfied.com/smart-mootools-tool-tips.html This picture was taken at one of PIR's track days last year. I was messing around today and decided to make a wallpaper out of it. I figured someone might want to use it, so enjoy!  http://designerfied.com/motorcycle-rider-wallpaper.html This is a bridge I visited last spring in the Dalles OR. This picture was edited with Photoshop to bring out some of the colors. If you are new to Photoshop I highly recomend the LucisArt plugin! http://designerfied.com/the-drawbridge.html Emily the woman in the animation is one of the most realistic animation characters I have ever seen! The future for games and movies is going to be amazing. Just watch this and see for your self. Full story here: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4557935.ece http://designerfied.com/image-metrics-set-a-new-precedent-for-photo-realistic-characters.html I am always looking around for cool ways to spice up my desktop so I thought I would share some of my favorite wallpapers that I have found, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.  FYI, I am working on a few to share with you all ... http://designerfied.com/10-brilliant-custom-wallpapers-for-your-desktop.html Read what Dane has to say about.  Maybe I will post up a Top 5 Crappiest Movie Posters Ever. Dane Cook: Here are a few things that truly blow about my upcoming movie poster to promote the release of the film opening on September 19th: 1. Graphics: Whoever photoshopped our poster must have ... http://designerfied.com/dane-cook-doesnt-like-his-movie-poster-design.html That's right, this is probably the easiest way to add tooltips to your site. What I really like about this is that you can add a tooltip a link and when you hover over it you will see a screenshot of that link. Link: http://cssglobe.com/post/1695/easiest-tooltip-and-image-preview-using-jquery Demo1: http://cssglobe.com/lab/tooltip/01/ Demo2: http://cssglobe.com/lab/tooltip/02/ Demo3: http://cssglobe.com/lab/tooltip/03/ http://designerfied.com/could-be-the-simplest-jquery-tooltip-ever.html