Kb's portfolio

The zero bundle

A quick post to let you know that my Cloudy UI kit and my
Kb’s designer pack #2 are part of a great bundle called the Zero Bundle.

You might have already download it if you’re following designerdepot.com.
Available to download for free, you’ll find some really nice .psd resources in it created by talented designers. Really worth a download
(22 days left from now to grab it).

I also wanted to introduce a new blog section in this post, the “design stuff” category. Basically, I’ll talk about design… and stuff… I’ll also put various links
I like… pretty straight forward isn’t it.

Finally, I’m preparing some big and nice (I hope) freebies. The reason why I didn’t release it yet is because the copyright and the license are currently being changed.
No worries, you’ll still be allowed to use it for free.

Cheers.

January 25, 2012 · No Comments Continue Reading →

Two Dribbble invites giveaway

Time for a little late christmas/new year gift, two Dribbble invites at once.

Dribbble gave me more than I would have ever expected, I didn’t realize that being on this site would be so life changing, it sounds kinda weird saying that but it’s true. If you look back on one of my previous post, you know why I’m saying this.

Anyway, time for 2 of you to get in and hopefully make Dribbble even awesomer.

If it’s not the first time you see this blog, you might be familiar with the way I proceed for Dribble invites. This time it’s just a little different, here’s how to proceed.

1. Leave a comment on this blog with a link to your portfolio, you twitter username and your dribbble prospect account if you have one.
Tell me a little about you, what you’re doing, what you are working on or whatever you’d like to share on the blog.

2. Post something on twitter mentioning the dribbble invites giveaway, me (@kounterb) and this link http://bit.ly/A1inBH This is not mandatory, I’m not going to control if everyone is doing it but be cool, play the game ;)

3. That’s it! I’ll announce the 2 winners both on Twitter and Dribbble in a week or two depending on the amount of comments received.

Edit —

The contest is now over. I had a lot of pleasure getting to know everyone of you who posted your work.
It was hard to choose but I finally got two winners.
The two invites are going to Sofia Moya for her sweet illustrations and Marc Kuiper for his great work on designer’s list.
Congratulations to you both and keep up the good work.

Edit —

January 17, 2012 · 72 Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Little selector

Today’s little freebie is kind of a selector or sliding thing with numbers and scrollbar…
I don’t really know what it is but I figured it was worth sharing as a little interface element when I withdrew it from a bigger project I was working on.

Initially created for an iPad app, I added side arrows and clickable scrollbar at the bottom to make it more web-compliant.

Download this freebie

December 20, 2011 · No Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Big player buttons

Today’s freebie is a little one: some big player buttons.
Big with a little 3D effect, I think it might fit pretty well in your futur projects.

Maybe I’ll add them in a more complete music player later.

On a not related subject, I’ve recently been added to the designerslist website.
I was following this site for quite long and that’s great to be on it. Make sure to check it out, every blogs and sites listed really worth a click.

[Edit] Since the color scheme of this freebie kept bugging me out I decided to change it for a more lighter one, I think I made a little contrast mistake on the V1. So now while downloading the .zip you’ll get the V1 and the v2. [Edit]

Download this freebie (both v1 and v2)

December 6, 2011 · 2 Comments Continue Reading →

Photoshop Tutorial The upload panel Part.2

And here comes the second part of my tutorial on the upload panel.
If you missed the first part you can see it here.
Let’s go back to work! Open your .psd or download the .psd from the first part and let’s shake that mouse of yours.

December 1, 2011 · 7 Comments Continue Reading →

New life, new blog.

As I announced on Dribbble, I’ll be joining google very soon. But I’m not writing this post to talk about that but to talk about the reasons I changed my site and what will happen next about the freebies I’m giving away.

First of all, my old blog and portfolio, sebastiengabriel.com was hosted in France and I’ll no longer have this host by leaving the country so I switched to an American host. It seems quite normal considering I’ll be working in California very soon and also considering that half of my audience is American.

I also decided to change the URL, because I wanted to take my alias “Kb” instead of my real name and, again, for hosting reasons.

Regarding the freebies, I won’t stop working on them, I love sharing free stuff and work on different things just for fun.

So here is my new blog/portfolio. More straight to the point and simpler. Some part of it are still being polished but I have a really tight schedule.

Thank you for reading and see you soon for more freebies.

PS : My apologies for my Rss subscribers, here is the new link.
PS2 : My download counter has reached 60 000+ only for the blog, without counting direct downloads from other websites. Many thanks!
PS3 : If you’re looking for me old freebies, they are available in the Designer pack #2.

November 24, 2011 · 8 Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer iPad app

Big Freebie coming today, an iPad app design! I might be a little late in the game but I bought a magnificent iPad recently so I wanted to play with it since I don’t have the chance to work on a real project for now. Designing for this device is not only challenging but really interesting since it’s quite different than on the web or even than an iPhone app. You can explore new path in interaction or elements design. Also everything you design looks better on a tablet (maybe because we’re used to our regular computer screens since long years or maybe because this device is just cool, don’t know…) and that’s kind of a bonus.

November 23, 2011 · 8 Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer iPhone app retina

Hey there,

Today’s freebie is directly related to my previous freebie, the iPhone app that I published months ago.
In this freebie, I mentioned that I was planning to release a retina version of this « fake » app. Here it is!

October 17, 2011 · No Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Designer pack #2

On my 10th freebie, I released the first designer pack. Now that I reached my 19th freebie, here’s the second designer pack. All my freebies wrapped into the 230mo pack. Thanks for all your downloads and great feedback I had since the beginning.

October 16, 2011 · 18 Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Black & white menus

Today’s freebie is the 20th and that’s awesome!
We’re close to 50 000 downloads and that’s awesomer!

So here is « black & white menus ». A freebie with menus…in black… and white.
In addition, you’ll get a vertical menu!

October 16, 2011 · No Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Waiting page

Today is a little resource I just made. I was wanted to try something around a waiting page design. Probably not the best of my freebies but you might find it interesting if you spend too much time on your project to make a waiting page for it.

October 16, 2011 · No Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Cloudy Ui kit

I don’t know why but lately I’m in the mood for creating some buttons and stuff. When I think of it sometimes, isn’t it weird that some people (like me) found pleasure in designing some little squares for the user to click on it? I mean, seeing a button and say « oh my god this button is so damn sexy » must hide some kind of deeper problems ^^.

October 16, 2011 · 9 Comments Continue Reading →

Photoshop Tutorial The upload panel Part.1

Hi everyone!

A little change this week, instead of a resource, here comes my first online tutorial. I really hope you’ll enjoy it and that it will be useful for you.
I chose my previous resource, the upload panel, as a base for this tutorial. This freebie is simple and has a lot of interesting stuff in it.

October 16, 2011 · 4 Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Audio player

Hey everyone. It seems like the internet don’t want me lately. One week without it… and I don’t know if this short time of connection will last…

Anyway you’re not here to listen to me whining about my (web)life but for freebies right ?! So here it is, since I was bored at home I passed a little more time than the usual to make this freebie : An audio player (and my first one, lots of first lately…)!

October 13, 2011 · No Comments Continue Reading →

Resource for designer Black ui kit

It’s been two weeks since I haven’t posted a new freebie, I was pretty busy. Anyway here comes the 16th freebie and it’s a pretty big one. In Partnership with the blogInspirationfeed.com, I made the first step of an UI kit.