Awesome animation, captivating graphic effects, pleasant sound accompaniment – Flash Templates have all that. Due to the mentioned above benefits these templates are in good demand among a number of web designers. It is really hard to imagine what can present your business idea better than Flash Templates. Their vibrant and vivid design arouses unimitated interest to your project and leaves a lasting impression. You have seen a lot of examples of bold and stunning flash animated sites and they have stuck definitely in your memory for a long time. The same effect you can get from your own site and you know how to achieve it. Flash Templates are powerful decision that will add the desired dynamics and energy to your site .

In this post we offer you something special – Flash Templates based on 3D models. All the presented here items combine the impressiveness of flash animation and great examples of 3d modeling. All these Flash Templates as well as 3D Models you can find at Templates.com. Created by our designers they can become a shtick solution for your project.

Browse this collection of Flash templates and bring flash power to your site!

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Concept Design Flash Template

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Metallic 3D Model

Simplicity and purity are the main features of the design of this template. Its color scheme is presented in white, blue and grey colors. The impressive flash animation is the key point of this theme. This flash template is based on 3D model of a shining metallic robot with blue lights.

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Design Studio Flash Template

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Futuristic 3D Model

The futuristic innovative style of this flash template deserves your attention. Thought-out color palette brings in the focus of the attention 3D model of futuristic flying objects placed against the green background. The content is divided into blocks that makes it readable and comprehensive.

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You were looking for it for the whole week and now you get it! The new Communications – Free Website Template is launched.

What is the first step to the popularity of your online project? You are right, it’s the greatest design ever and you can get it with this Communications – Free Website Template. Your online presence based on this template will gain fresh and strong look. Say “no” to dull designs, welcome originality and style!

This template consists of 6 pages: Home, About us, Services, Support, Contact us, Site Map. It corresponds all contemporary web design standards: it is XHTML 1.0 Strict Validated and its resolution is 1024 x 768. This one and larger resolutions are statistically in great demand among users.

You can download this free website template with all of the source files available (including the PSD graphic sources) after registration at Templates.com. The registration is completely free.

Here it is! Communications – Free Website Template:

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This template is available for free only for your personal use, but not for the commercial purposes. By way of gratuity we ask you to keep the footer link. Thanks.

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Hello guys, we continue producing freebies for you. And now, welcome our new Computers – Free Website Template!

Today we present you Computers – Free Website Template that is designed exclusively for IT companies. Its official stylish look will create the desired tone for your online project. You will make your web presence noticeable and highlight its key idea. That’s a great opportunity, isn’t it?

This template corresponds all contemporary web design standards: it is XHTML 1.0 Strict Validated and its resolution is 1024 x 768. This one and larger resolutions are statistically in great demand among users. The presented here template consists of 6 pages: Home, About us, Articles (with Article page), Contact us, Site Map.
If you need to customize this template, register at Templates.com and download free website template with all of the source files available (including the PSD graphic sources).

Check out the new Computers – Free Website Template:

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You are free to use it for your personal needs, not for commercial purposes. By way of gratuity we ask you to keep the footer link. Thanks.

Don’t hesitate and renovate successfully your online presence! Download this free website template just now!

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Web design and creative ideas are our scope. That’s why we are always trying to be in touch with the latest events in this sphere. The Internet is saturated with a number of design showcases today. Some of them are authentic, the others are just doing the same job. This post is dedicated to the top-notch examples of flash designs that are worth your attention. The starting point of this post was Zeroix.com, the site that inspired us for reviewing this very theme. Its innovative design presents original solution of high-grade flash animation. This post gives you a spacious approach to the most exciting online projects of web design groups and designers. Our intention is to show you the sites with premium flash animation that can become the sources for your inspiration.

This very post praises the creative ideas in flash design and you are welcome to check them out. So, enjoy this collection of top-notch flash sites.

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Zeroix.com

This top-notch design of the site is the biggest success of its designers’ team. These guys have done a great job. Each single element of this site (including the background and small insects) is done upon 3D model of the premium quality. This team of designers and flash animators is known for a number of award-winning designs.

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Unouplus.com

Unouplus is a design studio that is based in Tokyo, Japan. This flash design creates the stylish impression due to its color scheme that combines two contrasting colors. Besides, this site offers you the captivating game that is so interesting to play.

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How many unusual things have you seen in your life? At least, several of them. Such moments when you run into these astonishing things are always memorable because they stir the normal way of your life. Once you see them, they will stick in your memory for a long time and you will never forget them. In this collection you will find the most unusual and a little bit strange things. This collection features the creative imagination of digital artists that is presented in their works. I’m sure that most things that you will see here will be of a novelty to you. It is not easy to define them at a first sight, but I hope you will guess who these charming and cute creatures are.
So, let’s start our journey to the imaginary land of marvelous CG creatures.

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Title: Light Bug
Author: Bobby Chiu
Software: Photoshop, Sketchbook Pro
Portfolio here

This work is created by one of my favorite artists Bobby Chiu. All his works are creative, expressive and emotional. He creates his marvelous characters in such a way: he uses different elements of various things together and this mix turns out to be a new stunning creature, like this one.

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Title: Weird Little Creature
Author: Bobby Chiu
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

You will never guess who this little weird creature is and so do I. It reminds me the little tiger that is pictured in the shape of a bunny without long hears. The least elements of this painting are great. This little nose, so sweet look of the eyes, soft and fluffy hears make the mug of this creature charming.

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My long-cherished dream is one about the horse. The imagination paints with brushes the early morning when the sun appears on the horizon and lights up the sky with the gentle amber sparkling, on the vast field covered with grass and flowers rushes the herd of horses. Magnificent silence and clearness are exploded in a minute with the tramping of the hoofs. In rapid space beautiful horses fly across the valley to the far mountains. They gallop, fly, trot and call pure rapture. When the air becomes saturated with the beams of the sun and the first hints of the day, you can see quit well this awesome scene. You can admire for hours their grace, the breathtaking speed of their race, wonderful eyes where you can find kindness and beams of sun. Untamed, full of energy of the north wind, they are striving for freedom and for the vast spaces of the fascinating lands. Never-ending valleys are their realm. Their spirit is the wild one, full of beauty and strength.

While looking through this collection you will deep oneself in the wonderful dream about whispering wind and the untamed spirit of beautiful horses.

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Title: Horse
Author: Duri Son
Software: Maya, Renderman, ZBrush
Portfolio here

This fresh and unique image renders the horse using the awesome technique. Emotions and expressions are captured brilliantly in this illustration. It is made as close as it is possible to the reality. Even the minor details are brought in the focus of the attention. This work is worth studying!

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Title: Horse Jumping
Author: Kieran Belshaw
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

This illustration captures the dynamics of the jumping horse. In order to frame the horse and emphasize it, the creator uses randomized lines on the background. This strong piece glues attention due to its great execution and the realistic feeling.

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The idea and the primary objective of website design is to draw everybody’s attention to your online project. If you know the key secrets of the great design you will certainly make your website successful and most in-demand. The secret is a simple one. It is a notorious fact that beautiful women illustrations in the website design call positive impressions and arouse unimitated interest to your site. Naturally, pretty, stylish, gorgeous and breathtaking women illustrations can make website eye-candy. These images are evidently effective for sites with women as the targeted audience, for example for women blogs, lingerie stores and forums. Nevertheless, such kind of illustrations can brighten up not only women-oriented sites. Bold and stunning, they are also in place for hundreds of men sites. As you have noticed, there are millions of sites with women illustrations and these sites are, without a doubt, impressive and memorable. The idea of the following collection of sites with female themes is simple – to clarify the positive effect from women images in website design.

The sites that you will find here are the clear examples of the successful and creative usage of women illustrations in website design. Among them you will find great concepts and original design ideas.

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Shoonya Design

This is the online portfolio of Varshesh Joshi who specializes in creating unique design solutions for web. His creativity, artistic skills and great technical experience find way out in his hobby – creating high-grade illustrations. Beautiful woman illustration from this site is the example of his maturity.This black and white image catches attention and sends you immediately to this site.

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The Brayant Park Hotel
Design by 6fd.com

Even in the design of sites that are oriented at the general public, women illustrations can bring in positive tone and emotional note. This site is such an example. The stylish and gorgeous image of the girl creates the pleasant impression and fleshes out the whole tone of the site.

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Here we continue elaborating the theme about the opposition of striking androids and people.

This post will give you a kind of future perspective of the technical progress on earth. These awesome images develop the theme of innovative creatures that possess the human appearance, but at the same time they are highest qualitative ranking androids. The mentioned above spitting illustrations of people and robots create a strong and ambiguous impression: on one side they are similar to people (in their appearance) and on the other they represent eye-catching metal surfaces and intricate schemes. Being the emanation of the human fantasy and the result of progressive technologies these robots bring to life the long-cherished idea of humanity about the artificial integrity. Humanlike machines have always been of a vast interest for all people and this post will nourish such an interest.

Here you will find the great mix of imagination and reality, the desired things and the existing entity. Turn on your imagination and admire this incredible collection.

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Title: Selfportrait as Merchant
Author: Peter Aversten
Software: Maya, Photoshop
Portfolio here

What makes this image interesting for me is its original and wonderful execution. The author’s technique is great and it creates a real masterpiece, not just a simple CG work. The main idea and the execution are impressive!

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Title: Boddyshopping
Author: Franz Steiner
Software: Maya
Portfolio here

Here is one more variation on the theme of body shopping. This girl is trying on the parts of the legs in order to find the right size and the desired shape. According to the author’s idea such a strange shopping is a kind of future perspective.

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The popularity of Magento picks up steam. This eCommerce software application is of the premium space among a number of web designers, thought it was launched not long ago. Among the existing eCommerce platforms Magento possess a great value due to its excellent distinctive features. It is a notorious fact, that Magento is perfectly designed, functional and flexible. Due to these characteristics Magento is in great requisition.
With Magento it is possible to customize the product in minutes, it provides you with plenty of unique designs and you always can get qualified help from Magento community.
Because of this brisk demand for Magento, we have decided to continue the topic “Magento Themes” on our blog. Here is a collection of Premium Magento Themes

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Online Store/Shop Magento Theme
Magento 1.1.8

The most peculiar feature of this Magento theme is its fascinating style. The whole image is perfectly worked out in the least details. Certainly, positively, definitely, it is impossible to ignore the project that has such a catchy look due to Magento Templates.

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Beach Theme

This Magento beach theme takes your thoughts away to the days of beautiful summer full of sun and joy. The eye-candy header in restful colors and easy navigation of this Magento theme will freshen your project. Enjoy it!

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The right time to try your creativity has come! Templates.com starts St.Valentine’s Wallpapers Contest and you are welcome to take part in it. The theme of the contest – «Love Will Save the World».
Make this St.Valentine’s day memorable — create an astonishing wallpaper to St.Valentine’s day and send it to info@templates.com. You can send as many wallpapers as you want (with Templates.com logo on them), but remember that the last day of the contest is February 14th 2009. All wallpapers will be displayed on the site Templates.com (and other associated websites) and will be available for free download. Send the wallpapers from your e-mail that is noted in your member’s account on Templates.com. For registration on Templates.com use register here.

Wallpapers requirements:
* Accepted format: JPEG (.jpg)
* 4 resolutions of each wallpaper:
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200
* The presence of Templates.com logo on the wallpaper here.

Prize: $150 in Cash.

Note: The winner will be determined on February 16th 2009 on the basis of votes from Templates.com team and the contest jury. The jury consists of 2 well-known artists: Feebee – an artist and an Adobe Illustrator lecturer from Japan. Get more details here;
and Philip Straub – studio art director, illustrator, concept art teacher and writer. Find more about this artist here. The selection will be based on quality, creativity and technical execution.
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Hurry up – the contest lasts till February 14th 2009. We are waiting for your great ideas!