Jewish Web Design

This is my first installment of free PSD’s that I plan to upload. I have decided that it’s time to actually give back to the world after all the taking I have been doing.

It’s amazing how many artists give away their hard work for free, and don’t get nothing back for it. So first of all I would like to give a shout out to my favorite 2 designers.

Aaron Ovadia – A very talented Graphic Designer who happens to be one of the first to offer web 2.0 buttons on his website/blog. Thank you dude!

Deziner Folio – Another talented designer with exceptional photoshop skills. I use his Web 2.0 Gradients and Web 2.0 Styles on a daily basis; In fact this PSD below is based on his web 2.0 styles. Thanks a lot!

Back to Buttons, This file has 42 individual PSD buttons that can be edited in Photoshop then used in Dreamweaver, Flash or Frontpage. Each button consists of 2 or 3 editable & re sizable layers that can be stretched to virtually any size and changed to any color style.

These buttons can be used with CSS to produce stunning and web-complient buttons. To see a quick tutorial on how to turn these PSD Buttons into Proper flexible CSS buttons see DynamicDrive’s Sliding Door CSS. You can also try using a Mouseover/Hover Effect.

PSD: Free Direct Download

File Includes: 6 Orange PSD Buttons, 6 Green PSD Buttons, 6 Blue PSD Buttons, 6 Gray PSD Buttons, 6 Yellow PSD Buttons, 6 Purple PSD Buttons, 6 Red PSD Buttons - All of them are based on a black glossy theme. Each color has Rounded and square buttons that can be used as submit buttons, go buttons, search buttons and virtually anything else!

I will post more buttons in a few days.

Comments & Critique welcome.

Free PSD Buttons by Yakov Vershubsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.

I have compiled a short list of the best free graphic design resources on the web with a short description for each.

DeviantArt

Deviantart is a very popular website among Graphic Designers, Photographers, Poets, Artists and more…You can make a portfolio, ask for critique, browse submitted art, comment on other peoples work and download lots of free things like Desktop Wallpapers, Fonts, Icons, Skins, and various other bits of useful resources. There are many talented artists there and they are very friendly too.

PSDtuts

PSD Tutorials is generally regarded as one of the leaders in photoshop tutorials, i personally visit the site at least once a week and usually learn something new. They have tutorials on how to make Vista looking menus, gold text, 3d art, and much much more. Check it out.

DaFont

DaFont is basically a free font database, they have 1000’s of free fonts for all kinds of work especialy Famous Fonts like Harry Potter, Coca Cola etc… I suggest you bookmark it.

Click below, Theres much more.

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Free Jewish Wallpapers, way better then last time. These Jewish Wallpapers are actually worth downloading!

I created a few cool concepts that I think you guys would like to see on your desktop. Inspirational Quotes as Well as psukim like “Mitzvah Gedolah Liyos Besimcha Tamid” and more.

These Jewish Desktop Wallpapers aren’t just backgrounds for your desktop, It’s actually Art!

Feel free to post these on your Jewish Blogs and Websites but don’t forget to link back to me please.

These wallpapers are mostly 1024×768 with the exception of two being 1280×1024 due to special requests.

If you have any concepts or ideas for Jewish Wallpapers feel free to leave a comment below.

Free Jewish Wallpapers - Every Jew should have a Jewish wallpaper on his computer, It’s the 614th Mitzvah.

I have created a few abstract jewish wallpapers for you to download for free. You will also find some Jewish backgrounds based on different color themes like Black, Orange, Blue, Pink and more. The wallpapers are all 1600×1200 which will fit almost any size monitor. If you want another size jewish wallpaper feel free to request one by posting a comment.

If you choose to feature these wallpapers on your website, Kindly credit me by Linking to www.jewlab.com

I can make custom wallpapers for anyone - all you have to do is ask.

I am a very big fan of Mozilla Firefox. I love it for many reasons but the thing I love most about Firefox is the ability to add Plugins, Addons, and Extensions. Most of the addons are user contributed - Yes there are people out there who dedicate their time to making the web a better place & making it easier for guys like me to go about their daily lives.

I have compiled a list of the Top 8 Firefox Addons for Web Designers.

I hope you find it useful

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For Jewish Web Designers & Jewish Graphic Designers everywhere - Hebrew Fonts have always been an issue, especially when using Photoshop. So, I have uploaded the fonts I currently have on my system. From Alef to Taf you will find every Jewish Font & Hebrew Font I Currently have. I hope I’m not infringing on any copyright laws, (I got these fonts legally off a public domain - I don’t remember where)

Some of the hebrew fonts included in the zips are:

• H_Hameiri [ttf]
• H_Hadasa[ttf]
• H_Hazvi [ttf]
• H_Hebrew[ttf]
• H_Jerusalem[ttf]
• H_Narkisim[ttf]
• BN Pinky
• BN Cloud
• BN Anna

And hundredes of other hebrew fonts & jewish fonts!

I have 2 Different folders attached to this post, Hebrew Flip Fonts & Hebrew Fonts.

Hebrew Flip Fonts

Hebrew Fonts

I have made a small compilation of Jewish Feeds, Jewish calenders and other Jewish web accessories.

Lets start with OnlySimchas’s Mazel Tov Anouncment feed

There are a few options on the page, but I like this one the most:

You can customize it by changing the colors, dimensions, url etc.. You can share it Via Igoogle™, Myspace­™, Blogger™ and other social sites. »Grab it here

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Download Free Jewish Stock Photos. I have several thousand jewish themed images sitting on my harddrives from my days as a Studio Manager. I decided, it will do more good in your hands then in mine. Feel free to use them as you wish for commercial or non-commercial use - all i ask is that you include a linkback and/or a simple photo credit.

Credits can look like this:
[Photo Credit: Yakov Vershubsky] [Photo Credit: www.jewlab.com]

This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

For high resolution versions of the above images (2.5mb - 5mb), feel free to contact me at yakov[at]jewlab.com

For More Jewish Stock Photos Click Here

The list below represents some amazing work by various artists who have made their work available to the general public for a variety of uses. If you use any of the free icons make sure you give proper credit to the creator of the icons.

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Several people have asked me to come with ideas to Identify Jewish websites, to make them stand out as a Jewish Website. So.. I have created several BS”D Banners [ Look at the top right corner of this page ] that you may all take for free! Please remember to link back to me if you use any of these images.