Month: July 2013

Top 20 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating Multimedia Content

Adobe Photoshop has been one of the most widely used tools for creating banners, logos, website templates and other forms of graphics. However, anyone who has used Photoshop knows that it’s an advanced software that a normal user cannot use very easily.   This is why we have created this list of 20 extremely user… Continue reading Top 20 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating Multimedia Content

An Interactive Timeline of Revolutions in Print Technology

Can design change the world? Can it define an era? The answer to both those questions is… maybe. Over the years, colours, shapes and forms have become deeply associated with certain times and places; with a certain atmosphere that seemed to encapsulate the culture at any given moment. That’s not exactly a controversial idea, but… Continue reading An Interactive Timeline of Revolutions in Print Technology

Speed Up HTML Coding With Emmet

Web Developers are always looking for new ways to speed up our development process, one the best ways to speed up your development and becoming more productive is to choose the right IDE for the way you code. I’ve tried a lot of IDE’s but he one that I find myself most productive with is… Continue reading Speed Up HTML Coding With Emmet

12 Signs That You Are a Writer At Heart (And 3 Signs You Are Not)

If you have ever wondered if you would have made a great writer, there are a few signs that you may have missed that would indicate something towards the truth. Even if you are only suspecting it now, after a stable career, a second degree or starting a family, it is never too late to… Continue reading 12 Signs That You Are a Writer At Heart (And 3 Signs You Are Not)

30 Movie fonts you can download for Free

Fonts are one of the main elements in creating a good web design. Creative, clear and bold fonts are required for capturing the attention of the viewers and engage the clients with it. Fonts play a vital role in conveying different messages. The font styles that have become extremely popular among the designers are the… Continue reading 30 Movie fonts you can download for Free

FreshBooks’ First Book Helps Designers Price Their Work Effectively

One of the biggest challenges most freelance designers face is setting their prices. How do you charge for your work in a way that’s fair to both you and your clients? A lot of folks assume they should charge by the hour. However, in doing so, they immediately limit their earning potential. You can only… Continue reading FreshBooks’ First Book Helps Designers Price Their Work Effectively

Top 30 Recent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Have you ever used the Illustrator tool by Adobe? If yes, there is some real great news on for you. Adobe Illustrator has come up with some real amazing tutorials that you must go through this year. They are specially meant for the new version of Adobe and, gauging some new Illustrator talent on board.… Continue reading Top 30 Recent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

How to Design a Website for Worldwide Users

Want to take full advantage of the worldwide aspect of the web? It all begins with web design. The choices you make here can make or break your efforts to reach global markets. Aim to build in internationalization right from the get-go. It will save many a battle with multilingual content further down the line. Keep the… Continue reading How to Design a Website for Worldwide Users

30 Outstanding Full-screen Websites

I think full-screen websites provide a vivid experience for the user. Seeing the entire picture, rather that a boxed layout, is very pleasing and makes me feel like I’m virtually visiting a new real estate. I know that might sounds a bit out there, but it’s the way I feel. If you technically think about… Continue reading 30 Outstanding Full-screen Websites

Subtle Dark Patterns Vol1

Subtle Dark Patterns Vol1 Volume 1 of our subtle dark texture patterns background with 4 dark tile patterns ideal to create a subtle and original dark texture for your next project. Details Number of Items in Set: 8 files File Format(s): PNG, PAT File Size: 1.3 MB Free for personal and commercial use.

Long Shadow Flat Icon Set by Simon Rahm

Time for another freebie! We recently published a post about the emergence of a new trend called Long Shadow Design. As a follow up to that, this freebie contains a long shadow flat icon set as designed by one of our readers Simon Rahm. Simon, a 16-year old student from Austria, emailed us that he… Continue reading Long Shadow Flat Icon Set by Simon Rahm

45 High Quality And Best Ecommerce Icons

If you are searching for some high quality and best ecommerce related icons then you have come to the right place. Ecommerce market these days are expanding quite extensively owing to the flexibility involved in this process of shopping. To make your ecommerce website look trendy and appealing, relevant ecommerce icons can play a vital… Continue reading 45 High Quality And Best Ecommerce Icons

45+ Retro and Vintage Textures For Your Collection

Having a good collection of vintage textures you can readily use for your retro style design projects and artwork is vital. The use of vintage texture designs that look authentic will help in creating the right retro look and feel. With the increasing popularity of retro inspired designs, logos and typography, vintage textures and effects have… Continue reading 45+ Retro and Vintage Textures For Your Collection

Cardinal: A Small & Mobile First CSS Framework

Cardinal is a small, “mobile first” CSS framework with some useful default styles, scalable typography, reusable modules, and a simple responsive grid system. Cardinal provides a new approach to scaling web typography and layout across multiple devices. It places little emphasis on pixel-precision, but does not restrict its usage. Instead, Cardinal leverages modular scale, unit-less… Continue reading Cardinal: A Small & Mobile First CSS Framework

20 Free Open Source CSS3 User Interface Kits

  The power of CSS3 design offers unique trends for building custom website interfaces. And with the help of the open source movement, it is now easier than ever to make your own customized layout design. CSS3 user interface kits have become more common and you can find these published within various websites and blog.… Continue reading 20 Free Open Source CSS3 User Interface Kits

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #124

There is no limit for inspiration and when it comes to webdesign this is much more unlimited. As usual,we continue to showcase beautiful and interesting website examples that we came across during the week.If you want to take a look at our past website collections,you can visit our css gallery.Hope you like this week’s collection.… Continue reading Weekly Web Design Inspiration #124

15 Grid Frameworks & Tools for Web Designers

Grid frameworks are the flexible way to make more responsive and cross browser compatible websites. With the huge impact of smartphones, there is a need to get your website compatible with mobile devices as well as classic PC browsers. Here comes the need of these grid frameworks and tools. Web designers are working tremendously well… Continue reading 15 Grid Frameworks & Tools for Web Designers