How to Make, Use, and Manipulate a Calligraphic Brush in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating The Calligraphic brush in Adobe Illustrator mimics the look and feel of a calligraphy pen nib. Let’s take its options for a spin to get everything you can from this brush type. 1. How to Make a Calligraphic Brush Step 1 To start, create a New Document, select the Paintbrush Tool (B)… Continue reading How to Make, Use, and Manipulate a Calligraphic Brush in Adobe Illustrator

Some Simple SEO Strategies that many people Tend to Miss Out

SEO started in an awkward way to outsmart the first-generation search algorithms, but all such shortcuts and quick fixes have now become obsolete. So, this post is not about smart SEO tips, but the very fundamental things which you need to practice (which many tend to forget easily) to optimize your website. There is no… Continue reading Some Simple SEO Strategies that many people Tend to Miss Out

How to Create a Mailchimp Subscribe Form Widget for WordPress

In this tutorial I’ll explain how to create a “Mailchimp subscribe form widget” using WordPress, the Mailchimp API, and AJAX. It will be aimed at competent beginner developers, and requires some understanding of PHP and WordPress development. There’s a lot to do, so let’s get stuck in! A Quick Note on APIs “The web has… Continue reading How to Create a Mailchimp Subscribe Form Widget for WordPress

Game Software Development: How to Integrate Gaming into Your Business

Is your company looking to crack the gaming market? Whether you’re interested in creating games related to your organization’s mission or want to use them to market your services and products, this can be a lucrative way to exercise your company’s creative muscle. Gaming apps account for nearly a quarter of active apps downloaded through… Continue reading Game Software Development: How to Integrate Gaming into Your Business

Android Fans Rejoice, Vivaldi Has Arrived

It’s time for me to go all fanboy on you guys, because Vivaldi is on Android, ya’ll! Vivaldi the browser, that is. You know, the one made by former Opera devs, and which is aimed at power users who want loads of customization and choice, plus a little privacy. It’s the browser I’ve been using… Continue reading Android Fans Rejoice, Vivaldi Has Arrived

25 Professional Vector Illustrator Brushes

The high quality hand-picked vector illustrator brushes for illustrator. This collection included Vintage Brushes, Watercolor Brushes, Pencil Brushes, Charcoal Brushes and Marker Brushes for Adobe Illustrator. The brushes are great to use for simple black and white sketch or graphics or they can also be used to give a handcrafted feel illustrations. In this collection… Continue reading 25 Professional Vector Illustrator Brushes

7 Essential Steps for Brand Identity Integration into Web Design

With the rising trends of user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) in web design, it is no longer enough to simply provide your visitors with a product and call it a day. Whether you are about to launch your business’ website for the first time or are in the process of a website redesign,… Continue reading 7 Essential Steps for Brand Identity Integration into Web Design

How to Use Popups Without Damaging User Experience

Website owners/designers/developers are always looking for the best strategies to convert new leads into loyal customers, and popups are one of the most effective ways to catch your audience’s attention. Unfortunately, popups can be intrusive and often turn users away. As per a study by HubSpot, popups are one of the three most disliked forms… Continue reading How to Use Popups Without Damaging User Experience

20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019

Every month we roundup the best portfolios launched by agencies, freelance designers, and other creative professionals, into one easy-to-digest collection. And now we come to September. The kids are off to school (the poor dears), the teachers are off to school (the poor dears), and you’re free to spend some time thinking about the most… Continue reading 20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019

An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons

CSS-in-JS libraries provide us with a new approach for writing CSS. They aim to tackle the limitations of CSS, such as the lack of dynamic functionality, scoping, and portability. In spite of its advantages, CSS-in-JS is a controversial technology, as many developers ask if it’s worth further complicating front-end development.  This article intends to give… Continue reading An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons

Leon Sans: A geometric typeface based on JavaScript

Leon Sans is a free geometric sans-serif typeface made with code (it’s based on JavaScript) by Jongmin Kim. It allows to adjust the font-weight and other properties dynamically via JS for creating custom animations, effects or shapes in an HTML canvas. Super cool, is it? View examples Download font

New Free Photoshop PSD Mockups for Designers (25 MockUps)

The Free PSD mockup templates are very useful for presenting your work in professional way. Download free PSD mockups, all are easy to use with fully customizable Photoshop layered files. There are twenty five mockups included in list such as branding identity mockup, business card mockup, iPhone mockups, magazine cover, poster and t-shirt mockups. Each mockup… Continue reading New Free Photoshop PSD Mockups for Designers (25 MockUps)

Contextual Elements

This is not a framework. This is not a new methodology. This is a way of thinking abstract about design and map your elements. Ivan Netto Follow Sep 6 · 2 min read The process of thinking about design among different groups of professionals, mainly designer and engineers, during the years has become more and… Continue reading Contextual Elements

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Popular Design News of the Week: September 2, 2019 – September 8, 2019

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.  The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: September 2, 2019 – September 8, 2019

Tips to Enhance Your Blog With Design Thinking Approach

Design thinking is an innovative method of coming up with solutions to problems. Design thinking places the users at the heart to the problem-solving exercise with their experiences and opinions used to develop solutions to the problems they are facing. Once a solution to a problem has been found, it is tested on the users… Continue reading Tips to Enhance Your Blog With Design Thinking Approach

Created by You, September 2019 Edition

Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community!  Every day, visitors like you take the time not only to read our tutorials but also to try them out. This is an assortment of those comment submissions found throughout the Design & Illustration section. Check… Continue reading Created by You, September 2019 Edition

14 Best PHP Event Calendar and Booking Scripts

There are several reasons PHP calendar, booking and events scripts might be a great addition to your website. If you’re a service provider, then it makes sense to have an appointment booking system on your site that allows potential customers to see your availability and select an appointment time and date that is best for… Continue reading 14 Best PHP Event Calendar and Booking Scripts

In Defence of Hacking

Someone defaced your website, posted a rude or lewd image, and called you the adult equivalent of a doodyhead? Ah well, time to grab the backups, and maybe switch hosts. You can’t really be faulted for thinking that. In popular culture, hackers are either nefarious, villainous, and often very good-looking nerds, or else they’re helpful… Continue reading In Defence of Hacking

7 Features That Make Sitejet a Viable Alternative to WordPress

WordPress has long been the king of web design, but a new CMS built by four German designers looks set to offer an entirely new challenge for its crown. Sitejet doesn’t just provide novices and experts the chance to make beautiful websites in a shorter timeframe than its rival. It also comes equipped with a… Continue reading 7 Features That Make Sitejet a Viable Alternative to WordPress

Top 4 Tips to Choosing Your Landing Page Templates

A landing page is a great way to drive traffic, improve your SEO and build your brand. Everyone agrees that having a landing page is critical for businesses to generate leads for future conversion, but many people think it is difficult to create one. Landing page templates allow you to quickly and easily create effective… Continue reading Top 4 Tips to Choosing Your Landing Page Templates

What a script of 6 lines of code can teach you — from 5 min to seconds

Hector Herradura Follow Sep 2 · 5 min read So this is the case, my car an Alfa Romeo GT only plays 192kbps bitrate mp3 through an USB (other bitrates provoke artefacts at the speakers), and to play music first I must convert it to this specific file type. This was resulting in an tedious… Continue reading What a script of 6 lines of code can teach you — from 5 min to seconds

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Fifteen Ways To Create A Flawless Photo

Photography is rare among the fine arts, since it has remained relevant even throughout our advancement into the digital age, due to our love of beautiful photos. But how should you approach creating a ‘perfect’ photo? Here are fifteen possible ways to release your inner master photographer. Rule Of Thirds First of all, keep in… Continue reading Fifteen Ways To Create A Flawless Photo