TVs have come a long way since their early days almost a hundred years ago. What was once unattainable for all but the most wealthy, now sits in every living room, with many homes containing more than one TV. The original sets were big, bulky and very heavy due to the cathode ray tube, steering… Continue reading Design from the Comfort of your TV
Difference between Adobe Student and Teacher Editions with the Standard One
In the world of digital media products, Adobe is widely considered as the global leader. The company’s products allow customers to efficiently manage and edit documents and files with an impressive degree of flexibility, but discovering what is the best software for your needs some research. In this article, you will discover how the Student… Continue reading Difference between Adobe Student and Teacher Editions with the Standard One
Presenting your design portfolio in-person
Using public speaking techniques to amplify your message and engage your audience Dan Shilov Follow Aug 9 · 8 min read In the last article, Crafting a compelling story for your on-site design portfolio presentation, we covered project selection, presentation outlines and how to wrap it all up in engaging story by using frameworks such… Continue reading Presenting your design portfolio in-person
What’s New for Designers, August 2019
Some of the new tools in this month’s roundup are designed for productivity and getting ahead, from a tool that converts text to speech to a font that’s made for the winter holidays. That’s the whole point of new tools – to make our design lives that much easier. Here’s what’s new for designers this… Continue reading What’s New for Designers, August 2019
New Course on Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress
In our new course, Custom Post Types and Taxonomies: WordPress Content Architecture, you’ll learn how to put custom post types and taxonomies to work to organize your content in WordPress. Follow along, and you’ll practice how to create custom post types and taxonomies and how to display them on your site. What You’ll Learn WordPress… Continue reading New Course on Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress
Learning to use SEO for a Brand-New Website
While SEO is designed to boost a website’s ranking, the best time to start SEO is before the site is created. Everything from selecting the domain name to producing each page on the website is going to impact SEO, so it’s best to consider all of this from the very beginning. Before Creating the Website… Continue reading Learning to use SEO for a Brand-New Website
Where Would Website Design Be Today Without SEO?
Search engine optimization is almost crucial for website development today. Optimizing for the search engines has made a huge difference in how websites are created and what is on them. However, what would it be like if search engine optimization had never been created, and websites did not have to be created in a way… Continue reading Where Would Website Design Be Today Without SEO?
Popular Design News of the Week: August 5, 2019 – August 11, 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: August 5, 2019 – August 11, 2019
The 15 best Figma plugins for designers (so far)
Deep Joshi (Product Designer) Follow Aug 9 · 6 min read When I saw the Figma Plugin launch event, I completely feel grateful for the Figma design team and Figma growing insanely great as an amazing collaborative platform for the designers so after that I stared explore the plugin area and I built my own… Continue reading The 15 best Figma plugins for designers (so far)
How to Build an Engaging (And Functional) Event Website
Hosting an event, a birthday or even planning for your own wedding or retirement party? No matter what it is, having a website to help promote the event and share information with your audience is great. If you are hoping to attract as many participants as possible, you need to make a website and also… Continue reading How to Build an Engaging (And Functional) Event Website
Six Ways A Laminating Machine Can Benefit Your Business
While most people think laminating machines come in one standard model, you’d be surprised at the wide variety available in the market. While all laminating machines produce the same result, they are available in different sizes, formats, and shapes, and the one you choose depends on your requirements and needs. Laminating machines provide a lot… Continue reading Six Ways A Laminating Machine Can Benefit Your Business
How to Create a ‘Stranger Things’ Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating This very quick tutorial will show you an easy way to create a text effect inspired by the ‘Stranger Things’ series, using only layer styles and some simple adjustments. Let’s get started! This text effect was inspired by the many Layer Styles available on Envato Market. You can get a very similar… Continue reading How to Create a ‘Stranger Things’ Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What’s the Minimum Amount of Security Your Website Needs?
Unfortunately, over half (54%) of the businesses surveyed for the 2018 State of SMB Cybersecurity report believe they’re too small to be a target for hackers. But the data paints a different picture: 67% of small- and medium-sized businesses were attacked in 2018; 82% of those attacked had antivirus software installed on their systems; 72%… Continue reading What’s the Minimum Amount of Security Your Website Needs?
50+ Best Free Condensed Fonts for Designers
Ultra Condensed super tall, super skinny sans serif fonts are here. Free Condensed Fonts are best for branding and creating bold and strong logos for any client, stationary, design title, blog header to create something very fresh and modern. Highest quality best free condensed fonts for graphic designers, handpicked condensed fonts and narrow typefaces specially gather… Continue reading 50+ Best Free Condensed Fonts for Designers
17+ Best Full-Screen WordPress Themes for 2019 Websites
If you’re a designer, photographer, artist, or any other creative professional, you’ll have realized the importance of having a beautiful portfolio site. When you display your projects in an organized and attractive way, you are more likely to appeal to clients or get a job at the company of your dreams. Anyone who visits your… Continue reading 17+ Best Full-Screen WordPress Themes for 2019 Websites
Paaatterns: Free patterns for website design
Paaatterns is a nice collection of free handcrafted patterns released by Lstore Graphics. Freebie includes 22 beautiful and colored design motifs made of vector shapes. Paaatterns is available for Sketch, Figma, Xd, and Adobe Illustrator and it’s super-easy to customize! This resource is free for commercial use but you may need to leave an email… Continue reading Paaatterns: Free patterns for website design
How to Create a React Native Calendar Component
React Native is a cross-platform mobile app development framework with a gentle learning curve and lots of built-in components. Because it has a very active developer community, there are also hundreds of open source third-party component libraries available for it, allowing you to create both Android and iOS apps focusing only on the apps’ core… Continue reading How to Create a React Native Calendar Component
10 Web Design Principles Every Designer Should Know
There are several things that determine how the web design will be seen on a website. These things include the form and appearance, function of the website, as well as the information presented in it. Every designer has to know how to combine these things to create a quality website. By failing any of them,… Continue reading 10 Web Design Principles Every Designer Should Know
20 Best Construction Company WordPress Themes for Building Websites
If you want to land more clients for your construction company, you need a website that can showcase the range of services you offer and convince potential clients that you have the skills and know-how to deliver on their expectations. One of the easiest ways to create a beautiful website is to use WordPress. More… Continue reading 20 Best Construction Company WordPress Themes for Building Websites
Brand Science 101
Every day in my work helping grow digital agencies and Fortune 500 brands, I hear countless companies struggle with how to discuss, interact with, and grow their client’s brand, leaving dollars on the table and creating problems along the way. The agency owner offers their perspective, shares why branding is important, but usually lacks the… Continue reading Brand Science 101
50+ Free Script Fonts for Graphic Designers
Amazing free script fonts collection is here. There are fifty eight handwritten script fonts, signature fonts and brush fonts, all are available for free download. These free fonts are perfect for many design projects. Like Flyer, Logo Design, Branding, Apparel, Badge, Packaging, Invitation and more. The handpicked collection of handwritten brush fonts and script fonts can significantly improve your design… Continue reading 50+ Free Script Fonts for Graphic Designers
The case study factory
Is the formulaic approach to case studies endangering young professionals’ capacity for critical thinking? Fabricio Teixeira Follow Aug 5 · 3 min read As editors of a large-scale online design publication, we receive a high volume of emails every week pitching case studies to be published on our site. Most of what we receive is… Continue reading The case study factory
How to Create an Animated Polaroid Effect Photoshop Template
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll not only create a polaroid effect Photoshop template using photo filters and shapes, but we’ll also create animated photo effects with standard Photoshop tools. I created Animated Polaroid Slideshow Instagram Stories Template using the same methods for my GraphicRiver portfolio. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the… Continue reading How to Create an Animated Polaroid Effect Photoshop Template
5 Best Magento Extensions That Can Boost On-page SEO
Doing business online and ignoring SEO is parallel to opening a shop in far-flung areas where nobody bothers to visit. Your on-page and off-page SEO efforts bring your website to the limelight by elevating its ranking in search engines. There is no doubt that Magento is a leading eCommerce platform, but it still lacks the… Continue reading 5 Best Magento Extensions That Can Boost On-page SEO