Thinking about launching a WordPress site? Not sure if you want to hire a professional web designer or buy a WordPress theme? What about a nice cocktail of free WordPress themes for any kind of project, all collected together in this blog post? Will these freebies brighten your mood? We are sure they will. So,… Continue reading 20 Free WordPress Themes (2016 Edition)
Month: February 2016
Card Grid Layouts: Showcase of 40 Beautiful Websites
Card grid layouts, made popular by Pintrest, Facebook, and Twitter, are becoming a fast-growing trend in web design, and have almost turned into the go-to format for nearly every website. They organize information in neat, little boxes, and they give any website a clean, minimalistic look. However, card grids are not just aesthetically pleasing, but also… Continue reading Card Grid Layouts: Showcase of 40 Beautiful Websites
10 Reasons Why Your Design Skills May Seem Lame
The design field is pretty crowded. If this is your “calling,” then you have to accept that you are in competition with a lot of creatives that may know more than you. You have to accept that you will have to take all of that creativity you have and translate it into products that others… Continue reading 10 Reasons Why Your Design Skills May Seem Lame
Modern Touch of Polygon Web Design
Low poly designs are rather popular today. Polygon mesh, firstly seen in 3D graphics, now appear on various-themed websites and seem to perfectly fit any style. This design perfectly fits the overall trend towards flat style and can be perfectly used in minimalist websites. The term “low poly” is used in technical and visual aspects… Continue reading Modern Touch of Polygon Web Design
12 JavaScript Libraries For Cool Scrolling Effects
In this post, we are presenting some of the excellent JavaScript libraries that would help you create cool scrolling effects. Animations and special effects make any website design to appear lively and appealing. This s the reason why many designers add animation to their web designs. So, let us add some life to your web… Continue reading 12 JavaScript Libraries For Cool Scrolling Effects
15 Premium Business Card Templates (In Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign Formats)
Are you rebranding or launching a new business? Maybe you have a big conference or meetup fast approaching? Or is your current business card just not at the quality level you’d like? Is it not representing you well anymore or does it have outdated info on it? You don’t want a wrong phone number, changed… Continue reading 15 Premium Business Card Templates (In Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign Formats)
How To Choose The Best Font For Mobile User Interfaces
Image source: Gal Shir[2] It is a tricky task-we are not discussing content that will be opened once/twice, but such that will be browsed while users sit in waiting rooms, travel in the subway, rest in their beds, etc. Regular usage opens the door for other challenges too-mobile screens’ responsiveness depends on lighting, and it… Continue reading How To Choose The Best Font For Mobile User Interfaces
Professional WordPress Plugin Development for 2016
Course Description Have you ever wanted to know the secrets behind all the cool things that WordPress plugins and themes can do? This course is offered by an instructor who has developed over 250 WordPress plugins for major corporations and can now teach these skills to you. For Those Developers Who Would Like To Know… Continue reading Professional WordPress Plugin Development for 2016
The greatest portfolio that is new, January Edition
Hello all! And welcome to January’s portfolio roundup. There will be a lot to appreciate about each portfolio listed here, so why not grab a coffee and browse through some of the best sites that are new display design work. You’ll find a few of the most exciting designers working away in studios throughout… Continue reading The greatest portfolio that is new, January Edition
10 Mistakes to Avoid While Designing an App
Every good app developer constantly learns how to create the best apps avoiding the common pitfalls. How can you be up to date with the current methodologies and ensure that the app is bug free? There are two ways to learn. One is from the experience of developing an app and the other from other… Continue reading 10 Mistakes to Avoid While Designing an App
How to Use Swift on Linux
1. State of the Union As with any new and emerging technology or language, it is always important to stay on top of the latest news and updates. Swift as a language is no different. Apple has released many new updates and enhancements in the short time that Swift has been in existence. So you first… Continue reading How to Use Swift on Linux
Create An Emotional Photo Manipulation Of A Sad Angel In Photoshop
Rate this post Learn how to create a fantasy photo manipulation of a desperate angel in sorrow and bleak rainy scene with Photoshop. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create your winged angel with ordinary stock images, do some retouch and enchantment on the angel with shadows and lighting, then complete it with rain… Continue reading Create An Emotional Photo Manipulation Of A Sad Angel In Photoshop
35 Fresh and Free Photoshop Actions
Every now and then we like to showcase freebies that can designers can use to save some of their own time. Quality Photoshop actions can be great resources to have in your arsenal because in the right situation they can drastically reduce the amount of time that you have to spend to get the photo… Continue reading 35 Fresh and Free Photoshop Actions
Polaroid Stack to Grid Intro Animation
A tutorial on how to create an intro animation where a decorative Polaroid stack becomes a grid similar to the effect seen on the takeit website. View demo Download source Today we’d like to show you how to create a very simple intro effect similar to the one seen on the takeit website where a… Continue reading Polaroid Stack to Grid Intro Animation
Weekly News for Designers Week 8
New Resources & Tools Bricks.js – A blazing fast masonry layout generator for fixed width elements. Imperfect Buttons – “Hand-Drawn” border effect on buttons with CSS border-radius. 30 Projects in 30 Days to Learn Swift – A self taught project to learn Swift from Allen Wang. Editor Color Schemes – A collection of color schemes… Continue reading Weekly News for Designers Week 8
Brick.js – A Blazing Fast Masonry Layout Generator
Brick.js is a blazing fast masonry layout generator for fixed width elements. Bricks capitalizes on batched reading of layout properties for blazing fast packing time, no matter how many items. Besides performance, it features: No required HTML markup or CSS stylesheet, Minimal, powerful, and readable configuration, Optional resize handling, Optimized handling of dynamically added items.… Continue reading Brick.js – A Blazing Fast Masonry Layout Generator
How to Stay Productive While Working Remotely
It’s part-amusing, part-infuriating to read articles about remote work efficiency that discusses changing your work area in the home into an cubicle that is office-like. This type of how-to articles mostly implies that the way that is only be effective while working remotely would be to mimic an office ambiance in the home or anywhere… Continue reading How to Stay Productive While Working Remotely
LARX – Interior Design Studio Template – 8170114
Larx – is a amazing template for Creative, Architecture, Organization, Community, Company Profile, Personal Portfolio, Interior Design, and more. 13 HTML Files HTML5 & CSS3 Twitter Bootstrap 3.3 100% Responsive Layout Design Parallax Background One Page Example Multiple Page Example Demo [signinlocker]Download[/signinlocker]
Build a Custom Photo Widget for Your Desktop with Node.js
The first thing I do on any new device is customize the home screen. This has been a tradition of mine since my first non-DOS computer, when I used my Mario Paint manual to help me make some Legend of Zelda pixel art in MS Paint, and set it as the Desktop wallpaper. Now that… Continue reading Build a Custom Photo Widget for Your Desktop with Node.js
15 Incredibly Useful Tools To Increase Your Poductivity
If you’re starting a business, new project or even a daily task, you will want to find useful productivity tools to manage all tasks easier and faster. During past few years of freelancing I’ve tried many tools. Some of them were to save time, some of them were to find a shortcut and others were to… Continue reading 15 Incredibly Useful Tools To Increase Your Poductivity
Best Black and White Websites from 2016
Best Black and White Websites from 2016 is hundred and twenty-fourth edition of our Inspiring Sites of the Week weekly series, where we feature hottest websites following best practices and latest trends. We like creative, unusual and inspiring designs, and will strive to deliver the best inspiration we can get our hands on. This week we collected… Continue reading Best Black and White Websites from 2016
Free Photoshop Actions: Super Smoke Effects
Turn your ordinary photos into amazing abstract smoke art in just two steps with these amazing Photoshop actions by SparkleStock. Simply paint over your subject and the action will do everything else needed to create an awesome smoke art effect. The actions are compatible with Photoshop CS3 and newer. Super Smoke Art (Lite) These Photoshop… Continue reading Free Photoshop Actions: Super Smoke Effects
Framerjs: Innovative prototyping and design with interaction
Constant updates for free! Includes prototyping for Virtual Reality! Join more than 1400 students and learn how to use Framer JS with your Sketch 3 or Photoshop designs to create innovative prototypes, design animation and add interaction to your mobile and web designs and prototypes. This course will teach you step by step how to… Continue reading Framerjs: Innovative prototyping and design with interaction
10 Apps To Batch install & Uninstall Windows/Android Apps
Installing and uninstalling an app is a necessary process to ensure that your device is working fine. Sometimes, you need to install certain apps that you need while at the same time, you have got to uninstall some apps that are now not necessary. However, installing and uninstalling apps one at a time is quite… Continue reading 10 Apps To Batch install & Uninstall Windows/Android Apps