Free Clipart - Mouse

Sometimes a nuisance, sometimes cute.

Here is a free clipart giveaway of a mouse.

Mouse Banner

I have provided them in three different sizes that should suit your needs.

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11 Step Tutorial To Create Eyeball Vector Art

Eyeball Vector Art Tutorial FinalHere is a step by step tutorial to create a vector art eyeball. A while back, I had put up a tutorial, 10 step tutorial to create shiny ball vector art, that seemed to have been taken well by the readers. It has got a 21% of page-views in the past two months. On the blog and at other places, people have asked for more of such tutorials and hence I thought I would make one more.

This tutorial is a little advanced than the one to create a shiny ball, but is along similar lines. I have created the above image using Inkscape, but I believe it can be reproduced using Illustrator or Corel Draw.

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Free Clipart - Twig

Here is a clipart that would give your the feel of nature to your images, emails, documents and banners.

Twig Banner

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CRAP Design: Part 3 - Alignment

This is the the third post in the CRAP Design series. In the last post we looked at the Proximity principle. In this post, we will look at the ‘A’ in the CRAP - the Alignment Principle.

The Alignment design principle states that no element in a design/layout must be placed arbitrarily. All the elements should be aligned with one of the elements in a page. This principle applies to both the actual placement of each element, and also the property of the elements like justification in terms of text or paragraph.

A geese formation, with each goose aligned to another.
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Free Clipart - Blaze set

Here is a clipart set inspired by the decals that we find adorned on bikes and cars - the ones that depict the blaze of fire or paranormal fire.

Blaze Vector Art Set

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CRAP Design: Part 2 - Proximity

This is the second part in the CRAP Design series. In the last post we looked at the four different principles to be used while designing a document or web page. In this post, we will look at one of them in depth.

Proximity in terms of design principles is about the relationship different elements get when they are placed together. It also states that if the groups of elements are separated then those elements are dissimilar. We will look at some examples and understand as to how we may apply it to make the documents and web pages better organized as well as look better than an average page.

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