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Silverlight vs. Flash

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Web-based animation has been dominated by Adobe’s Flash software for as long as most internet users can remember. However, this has changed in recent years with the advent of Microsoft’s Silverlight, a competing animation suite. While Flash is still as prevalent as ever, its younger rival has been able to one-up it in some respects.

Sticker Mule v2 Prelaunch Giveaway: $200 in Custom Stickers!

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Sticker Mule is launching their redesign soon, and wants to kick off by giving 2 lucky readers $100 in free custom stickers. If you haven’t heard of Sticker Mule yet, it’s a good time to check them out. They make ordering custom stickers as simple as possible. They’ll make your artwork print ready for free, and provide a free online proof with every order. Check out some of their handy work:

$100 Giveaway with Custom Bags HQ

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We’ve got a great giveaway today from Custom Bags HQ. Custom Bags HQ wants to be every designer’s go-to for custom bag printing. They sell both custom bags and reusable bags, with a simple online ordering system. Just pick a bag style, upload your artwork and they’ll send you a free online proof.

If you’re a designer, chances are you have clients that need custom bags. Fortunately, Custom Bags HQ is has a lot of love for the design community So they want to give 3 winners $100 in store credit (enough to get a totally free order).

To enter: Just comment on this post. Three winners will be contacted at random by Custom Bags HQ to claim their prize. Contest ends June 22, 2011

Best of luck!

BONUS ROUND!!!! Tweet this post and Custom Bags HQ will pick one additional winner to receive $100 store credit.

40 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials

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In this roundup we have showcased some of the creative illustrator tutorials from 2011. These include typography, character design, poster design, logo design, portrait design and many more. Enjoy!!

Artistic Printing Inspiration in Illustrator and Photoshop

Create a Lava Island Scenario in Illustrator

Beautiful Typography in Web Design

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Typography is a very important part of web design. By using different types of typography like big headlines and bold fonts web designers are improving the look and feel of websites. So in this post we have compiled some beautiful typography for your inspiration.

Win 250 1/4 Page Club Flyers

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Next Day Flyers has offered to give one lucky SpyreStudios reader 250 1/4 page flyers.

Next Day Flyers is an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed marketing materials with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. They specialize in full color printing of custom business cards, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, as well as specialty die cuts and other marketing materials. They believe all businesses, no matter their size, deserve easy access to custom promotional and direct mail material.