Are you looking for some design inspiration? CSS Beauty will knock your socks off. CSS Beauty showcases amazing CSS designs and offers tutorials and tips to make your site stand out. Examples like www.CottonseedOilTour.com make you stand back and say “Wow!”
VectorPortraits.com is an extensive tutorial that teaches you how to convert a photo into a slick web 2.0 portrait. It takes some patience but the effort is worth it to create this futuristic look.
If your preference is old fashioned hand-colored photos, the Colorizing B&W Photographs in PhotoShop tutorial shows you how.
Tired of creating button after button in your Photoshop files? Head over to the Buttonator and make your buttons with an easy drag-and-drop interface.
If you’re looking for pure CSS/List menu ideas, Listmatic has many samples to choose from. Select the menu that matches your site and customize the CSS to match your theme, or use one of the many menus on Listmatic to inspire you.
Looking for something a little more exciting than Verdana? Of course you are! UrbanFonts.com and FontEmpire.com are fantastic free font sites.
UrbanFonts.com has a neat preview feature that lets you scroll over a font sample to see how all of the characters will appear. Fun font to try: Gilligan’s Island.
FontEmpire.com has a search feature that lets you search by keyword for fonts. Fun font to try: Monster Party.
I’m a big fan of Roy Lichtenstein’s work and Melissa Clifton’s Pop Art Tutorial is one of the most comprehensive I’ve seen on how to create Lichtensten-like effects in Photoshop. Combined with Melissa’s line art tutorial, you can create some incredible images that look like they’re right from the comics.
ColorBlender.com is a handy tool to use when developing color palettes. Experiment with RGB values to create a pallet and the HEX and RGB values are listed for you. Not only does it work for websites, it definitely has potential for interior design assistance.
The Stripe Generator can keep you busy for hours as you play with colors, sizes and directions to create striped backgrounds for your website.
If your website needs to match your kilt, head on over the the Tartan Maker!