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Sunday Illustration Inspiration #23

Jacques van Heerden — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:03:55 +0000

The purpose of this series is to inspire you creatives out there for a fresh inspirational start on Monday. Mondays are usually the worst days of the week as you have to get out of your weekend routine, however with some inspiration things could be different. This is the Sunday Illustration Inspiration series, bringing you inspiring illustrations every Sunday. Enjoy the inspiration.

14 Beautifully Designed Church Websites

Jacques van Heerden — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:50:09 +0000

Web design has come a long way, especially for churches and non-profit organizations. They initially started off with simple, ugly websites due to the lack of funding, but have been catching up ever since. Churches initially started promoting through flyer printing or other printed material, but have moved up to securing a beautiful website and strong social media presences. Today I have rounded up a few beautifully designed church websites for your inspiration.

Let’s see what there is in store for you.

Brainnerd Baptist Church

City Central

City Church Riverside

City of Grace

The Community Church

Grace Church of Alexandria

Highpoint Memphis

Kingsfield Church

Life Connection

Mars Hill Church

One Spokane

Victory Christian Church

Westside Family Church

Wp Church

Winners Announced: 3 Stock Photo Accounts courtesy of 123RF.COM

Jacques van Heerden — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:12:29 +0000

We have come to yet another close of a great giveaway here on Creativeoverflow. We teamed up with 123RF.com to bring 3 lucky readers a stock photo account each. So now that we have the entries in, it’s time to see who the winners are. Let’s first get acquainted with the company sponsoring the prizes.

About 123RF

123RF.com is your one-stop royalty-free photo library offering stunning, practical stock photos at the most affordable price! We’ve got the latest photos right here – refreshing, intriguing images for your creative projects. For a single subscription fee, you can get access to a wealth of high-resolution images. Alternatively, you may purchase credits and download images, all for a very low rate.

If that’s not enough, check out our daily dose of FREE images! Take your pick. Download. Absolutely on the house.
Source: 123RF About Page

The Winners Are!

DoinDigital
JmeReddish
Akshay Sawant

Congratulations to the winners. You will be contacted via email by a representative from 123RF. Have a great weekend and be on the lookout for future giveaways on Creativeoverflow.

An Inspiring Collection of 39 LogoType Pieces

Jacques van Heerden — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:23:59 +0000

We can never have enough inspiration when it comes to logos. Today we are featuring 39 logotypes designed by Toormix. Toormix has come up with some really beautiful designs that could used in a wide variety of mediums measuring from postcard printing to car branding. These logotypes are simple yet elegant enough to make an impact. Check them out below.

Check out the collection on Behance as well.

Desktopography 2011 – 44 Amazing Digital Wallpapers

Jacques van Heerden — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:29:48 +0000

We are always scouring the internet looking for pixel perfect, beautiful wallpapers to caress our screens and even though there are thousands of wallpapers out there. Desktopography always steps up to the plate. Started in 2005 by Pete Harrison, Desktopography has come a long way with hundreds of beautiful wallpaper entries from artists right around the world. This years exhibition does have some pretty unique and tasteful pieces that would actually be suitable for calendar printing. They should perhaps look into getting some calendars made in the future, would definitely be a nice seller. Anyway, let’s get down to business and see what Desktopography 2011 has in-store for us.

If you like what you see here, do visit the full site where there is 44 digital pieces available in this years exhibition and countless more in the previous years.

Giveaway: Win 3 Stock Photo Accounts From 123RF.COM

Jacques van Heerden — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:16:09 +0000

Today we have teamed up with 123RF.com to bring you yet another awesome giveaway. 3 lucky winners will be receiving a 1 month basic subscription package that enables them to download 5 High quality photos or illustrations from the 123RF website per day for 30 days. These packages are valued at $89 each. If you are looking to win a high quality stock photo subscription valid for 30 days, then this giveaway is for you. Let’s see what it takes to enter.

About 123RF

If that’s not enough, check out our daily dose of FREE images! Take your pick. Download. Absolutely on the house.
Source: 123RF About Page

How to win?

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is complete the steps below.

1. Follow 123RF and Creativeoverflow on twitter: @123RF & @Creativeofblog
2. Leave a comment below so that we can get hold of you if you have won.

That is all there is to it. The winners will be announced on Friday 2nd December 2011 and will be contacted via email or twitter.
Good luck to everyone that is taking part in the giveaway.

Let’s get entering.

10 Enticing Company Brochure Designs

Jacques van Heerden — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:13:37 +0000

Once a company launches the marketing side experiments with a lot of different approaches towards getting the word out and obtaining new clients. Something that a lot of companies still make use of is brochures. Brochure printing is old fashioned, but still a key player in the information sector. A well designed and creative brochure will be able to convince a new client that their money is safe with you and that they are valuable to you.

This will mean that you obtained a new client and their trust. Which is definitely one of the most important things out there. Let’s have a look at 10 company brochures that manage to do this.

21 Beautiful Party Flyer Designs

Jacques van Heerden — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:51:46 +0000

When there is something big happening in the city there are always flyers being handed out all over the show. The company hosting the party will have some flyer printing done weeks before the event and slowly speed up their promotion processes. Flyers can make or break events and that is why it’s always important to have it done professionally and on key to the actual events theme and structure. Check out some beautiful inspiration below.

Creative Sticker Inspiration Roundup

Jacques van Heerden — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:35:14 +0000

When branding your company or business it’s always a good idea to have some sticker printing done. Not only does it give clients the ability to spread the word about your business, but it gives you the ability to give people things for free. People loves stickers and they are always looking for more creative and inspiring designs. I have rounded up some creative stickers for your to be inspired by.

123RF.com – A Royalty Free Photo Library

Jacques van Heerden — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:19:16 +0000

Being a designer or artist you can’t ever have enough stock photos in your resource library. You feed on the thought of collecting thousands of stock photos that are royalty free, however you don’t always succeed in finding what you’re looking for. You get cut off by low-quality, mindless photos that you couldn’t even use in the 1800′s not even speaking about 2011. This is where 123RF.com steps up to the plate. 123RF.com is your one-stop royalty-free photo library offering stunning, practical stock photos at the most affordable prices.

They currently have more than 11 Million royalty free stock photos in their gallery and they aren’t stopping there. Each day you will find thousands(20,000+) of new stock photos online submitted by professional photographers from all over the world and the best part is that they are all royalty free. 123RF offers you the best of both worlds with amazing stock photos and high quality customer service. Let’s have a look at some of the features that they offer.

Stunning Easy To Use Website

The problem that presents itself with some stock photo libraries is the complexity in finding the images that you are actually looking for. This isn’t the case with 123RF though, their website is beautiful and really easy to use and navigate through. Their search engine for the library of 11 Million+ stock photos is also spot on with accurate and quick search results.

Very Affordable Royalty Free Subscription Packages

When it comes to professional high quality stock photos prices can vary from a few cents to hundreds of dollars per photo. You pay for quality and in the end it’s not always affordable to everyone out there. However, 123RF has made it possible for everyone to afford a stock photo subscription package starting of on $89 for 150 XXL stock photos per month, that’s quite a bargain isn’t it? If you haven’t checked out their subscription pricing yet, you should do so right now.

If you aren’t able to afford a subscription there is another option though, it’s buying credits starting at $0.68/image. A single credit on 123RF will buy you a small high quality stock photo. Not bad at all huh?

Available in 13 Different Languages

Yes, 123RF makes sure everyone is able to access their site with ease by providing the site in 13 different languages. They are focused on their customers and make sure that all of them are happy, nowadays it’s essential to have your site translated into different languages, especially if you work on a International level.

Enhanced People Filter

Now this is a feature that makes searching for people stock photos a breeze and definitely something you don’t see everyday. With 123RF’s Enhanced People Filter you are able to narrow down your search to the Model Preference, Gender, Number of People and the age. This makes it so much easier finding those 3 female models aged 20+.

These are only four features of countless others offered by 123RF, if you are looking for a premium high quality royalty free stock photo subscription service, then 123RF.com is definitely for you. As you’ve seen they have tons of great stock photos and vector illustrations and really affordable prices, so what are you waiting for? Have you signed up for a premium account yet?