Adding visual elements to your website design can often make the difference between a good and a great site. While illustrations can often take a lot of time and talent to produce, the result is often a stunning website design that can really make an impact with your readers. The following showcase includes 40 examples of brilliantly illustrated web designs to help inspire you for your next project.

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Want to improve your interface design skills? If so, then check out this group of Photoshop tutorials. There are loads of tuts here to get started with basic elements and work your way up to full interface designs, which integrate numerous custom elements. If you’re looking to get started with Photoshop UI design or build these skills, then jump into these tutorials right now!

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There are no shortage of great freelancing blogs and websites out there that teach you the ins and outs of freelancing. One of the more popular ones, of course, is the Envato Blog, Freelance Switch. While these blogs do a great job of educating the masses about typical freelance work, many of them fail to touch on the subject of Freelancing Abroad. Today, I would like to pick up where many of these sites stop on this topic.

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To round off our Photoshop Around the World series, we head to the Middle East and Africa – where the design skills are as hot as the weather! The artworks here represent a huge variety of styles and creative approaches. Enjoy the last leg of our trip around the world!

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Last time we honed in on some of the best Photoshop talent coming out of the USA and Canada. This week we turn to Asia – and since everything we learned about geography we learned from FIFA – Asia also includes Australia. Hit the jump for some sweet, sweet eye-candy!

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Last time we scoured South America (and, strangely, Mexico!) for the best Photoshop talent going around. This week we’re turning to the USA and Canada to uncover 20 of the top digital artists on the continent. Is your country or city represented?

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Last time we scoured Europe for the best Photoshop talent going around. This week we’re turning to beautiful South America to uncover 20 of the top digital artists on the continent. Is your country or city represented?

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Have you ever been seduced to buy or borrow a book, simply because the cover was so well designed? That’s why it’s worth getting cover design right. In this post, we’ve collected 53 excellent book covers in many different styles. These covers will inspire not only any book cover design you do, but your designs in other areas as well.

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Here at Tuts+ we regularly witness the talents of creative hobbyists and professionals from every corner of the globe. In this post, the first in a series, we want to shine light on the incredible Photoshop talent coming out of almost every continent. Today we start with Europe – next week, South America! Is your country or city represented?

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Though Photoshop has grown over time to become a many-armed beast of a program, it was first created with the modest aim of helping users to modify and improve their digital photography. In this post we return to Photoshop’s roots with a wonderful collection of digital photography and photo editing tutorials.

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