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Using Paper Clips in a Web Design: Examples for Inspiration
For inspiration, I explore the trend of utilizing paper clips by providing excellent examples to showcase how designers make use of them.
These People Comedy.com
Realistic paper clip used as a design ornament.
A paper clip is used to hold up a piece of cardboard material, pinning up the RSS feed button.
Home Design Find
Here, multiple paperclips are used as ornaments to the design.
Viget Labs (teamviget.com)
A paper clip is used to hold up a strip of paper, with an important message that summarizes the purpose of the web page.
Point of Entry Consulting, Inc.
A paper clip is incorporated in the logo of the design.
Jeremy Thomas
Another use of a paper clip to hold up the name/logo of the website as well as the polaroid picture of the owner.
Robert Kwiatkowski
Robert Kwiatkowski holds up his logo with a paper clip.
Chemistry Recruitment
Paper clips are used to hold up a piece of paper with a testimonial of the service offered, and well as holding up a message that summarizes the intent of the web page.
Sabalan
A paper clip is used to hold together a stack of paper.
Leeds Web Design
Another example of a paper clip used as a design ornament.
If you’ve gotten inspired to incorporate them into your design, you can simply take a picture of a paper clip lying around the house or office, and then importing the image into your favorite digital image editting application. You can also create it yourself using a vector creation tool such as Adobe Illustrator.
What are your thoughts on using common objects such as office supplies (paper clips, post-it notes, stacks of paper, tape, etc.) as design elements of a web design? What are some cool ways of using them in a web design? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section.
12 Websites To Help You Learn Flash/ActionScript
In this article, you’ll find 12 wonderful websites that’s worth a bookmark if you’re looking into sharpening your Flash development skills. For each entry, you’ll find three tutorials from the website so that you can see what’s in store for you.
1. kirupa.com
kirupa.com is a site that features excellent Flash tutorials (as well as Silverlight, ASP.net, PHP, and Photoshop). There are plenty of well-written, detailed tutorials and articles pertaining to Flash sectioned into seven categories including Basic Drawing, Special Effects, Server-side Flash, and Game Development.
Tutorial examples:
Some people learn best by visualization and following along with the instructor step-by-step in real-time. If you’re the type that prefers to learn by watching instructional videos, check out gotoandlearn.com – a website by Lee Brimelow that offers free Flash video tutorials.
Tutorial examples:
gotoAndPlay() is dedicated to providing resources for Flash game developers. It’s a community that has a forum, interviews from professional developers, and reviews of books and resources. It also has tutorials and articles about Flash game development that can be filtered by topic, expertise, and type.
Tutorial examples:
4. Adobe – Flash Developer Center
Adobe’s Flash Developer Center is a community for Flash developers. Here, you’ll find tutorials, articles, and related resources about Flash. You should also check out the ActionScript Technology Center for articles on specifically about ActionScript.
Tutorial examples:
- Using ActionScript to pause and loop the timeline in Flash
- Drawing with the Pen tool
- Creating a 3D button animation for Flash
5. Flash Kit
Flash Kit is one of the biggest and oldest community dedicated to Flash development. With over 600,000 members, you won’t have a hard time finding people with a similar interest in Flash. There’s a forums section, free resources that you can download and use in your Flash projects, and a large tutorials section that includes 18 categories.
Tutorial examples:
- Making movieclips point at the mouse
- Move a sprite with the keyboard
- How to use hitTest in a simple game
ActionScript.org is a site that provides resources and information pertaining to Flash, Flex, and ActionScript. They have a fairly active Forums section as well as an ActionScript Library that currently has over 700 objects you can download.
Tutorial examples:
7. Flash and Math ActionScript 3 Tutorials
Flash and Math has a great collection of tutorials on AS3. They cover basic to advanced topics so that Flash developers of any level can find something they can read and learn from. Many of the tutorials include the source files for download.
Tutorial examples:
- Drag-and-Drop in Flash CS3
- Tween Tricks in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3
- Simple 3D Drawing in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3
8. Flash Tutorials on Pixel2Life
Pixel2Life, according to the site, is the “largest tutorial index catering to graphic designers, webmasters and programmers”. With over 40,000 indexed tutorials, you’ll find many links to tutorials in their Flash Tutorials section.
Indexed tutorial examples:
- Creating a Basic Flash Website (AS3 Version)
- Actionscript 3 Timer Class
- Stars animation above the city
Flash Perfection is a website with a large collection of Flash tutorials, tips, and tricks from various websites. Flash Perfection has 23 categories to help you find information more quickly.
Indexed tutorial examples:
10. metah.ch
metah.ch has some awesome video tutorials on Flash, ActionScript, Flex, and AIR. Files associated with the tutorials can be downloaded and used in your own projects.
Tutorial examples:
- Introduction to Loop and Event in AS3
- Connecting AS3 with a Database
- Interaction between AS3 and JavaScript
11. LukaMaras.com
LukaMaras.com offers detailed Flash tutorials and resources designed to help you learn Flash. There’s also a small forums section with over 3,000 registered users where you can discuss anything related to Flash.
Tutorial examples:
- ActionScript drop-down menus
- How to make pixel buttons in Flash the easy way.
- How to make an amazing dynamic image gallery in Flash 8
12. Flashmagazine
Flashmagazine is an online magazine dedicated to Flash news, reviews, information, and resources. The Tutorials section has some excellent tutorials for Flash developers.
Tutorial examples:
I hope you found this article useful! Since there’s so many websites out there dedicated to Flash development, I can’t include them all, so if you didn’t see your favorite – please share it with all of us in the comments.
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