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I’m just writing today to tell you about this new FREE vectors site I found. The name is Qvectors, the Q standing for quality.

I think the site is pretty new, because I’ve never seen it before, and the site wasn’t extremely full of content. They only have seven categories, and each has 1 - 3 pages. I can’t wait to see this site expand, and plan on checking back frequently.

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I have finally been able to create a relatively seamless bulletin board pattern to use with Photoshop, so I wanted to share it with everyone. I will have a website coming out soon that uses it, so I’ll let you know when its up. But for now, enjoy this free pattern.

To use this pattern in Photoshop, open the image up in Photoshop and go to Edit > Define Pattern. From there, it will be available in your patterns palette.

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I have just recently discovered the fantastic world of Coda. If you frequently check the CSS galleries then you will be familiar with the Panic Coda website. It is amazingly well-designed, and has been featured on almost all of the galleries out there.

The program Coda, that Panic has developed is an amazing all-in-one web development tool. You only need one program open to do everything.

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I have recently come across an amazing FREE icon set courtesy of Min Tran. The set is titled “Milky” and there are currently eight parts available. About twice a month, she releases a new set.

They all reflect the high quality of istockphoto icons, yet they are 100% free. As a designer, the growing icon trend becomes difficult to keep up with and creating detailed icons from scratch can be a laborious process.

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I am really excited because today I came across this fantastic FREE download of Web 2.0 gradients for Photoshop. As a web designer, these are a huge time saver and very useful.

Gradients are one of the most important aspects to be considered while designing a Web 2.0 Site. Even if a simple button is of a gradient. So here is a cool set of Gradients put together in an Adobe Photoshop Gradient file (.grd).

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you may have noticed an excess of CSS Showcases on the web. (If this is the first you’ve heard of this phenomenon, google it). What I have for you today is a list of the lesser known, international CSS Showcases.

These are a great way to see what the rest of the world is up to when it comes to web design. I tried to include a well-rounded list, so enjoy.

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