If you love all sorts of Affinity Designer warp text effects, distorted text effects, or text effects in general, then follow this tutorial and improve your skills while learning to create a retro layered text effect that’s fully editable. Affinity Designer is good at creating an editable text effect, and it might impress you too… Continue reading How to Create a Layered Text Effect in Affinity Designer
Distinguishing between ARIA and native HTML attributes
As a developer, you want to create more inclusive and accessible digital experiences for your users. Great! It’s possible, however, that you might be feeling a bit confused or overwhelmed by the element attributes that can affect the usability for users of assistive technology. ARIA (or WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility Initiative-Accessible Rich Internet Applications) defines some… Continue reading Distinguishing between ARIA and native HTML attributes
90% of designers are unhirable?
Or why your cookie-cutter portfolio doesn’t cut it and how to fix it Image by Matej Latin (Author) Here’s the harsh truth: I’ve reviewed more than 1,000 portfolios in my design career so far, and I turned 90% of them down because of one thing — the linear design process. By “linear design process” I mean cookie-cutter case studies that… Continue reading 90% of designers are unhirable?
On-Scroll 3D Stack Motion Effect
Oh boy, when I saw this amazing NFT cards Dribbble shot by Renat Muratshin, I was literally drooling all over my keyboard! What a masterpiece of motion! Have a look for yourself: Clearly, something this stunning can only serve as inspiration! So, I’ve got tons of ideas swirling in my head, and there’s one in… Continue reading On-Scroll 3D Stack Motion Effect
Best WordPress Block Plugins to Extend WordPress (Paid and Free)
There are tons of high quality free and paid WP block plugins that you can download today. WordPress continues to be a leading content management system, powering a significant portion of the web. A key feature that enhances WordPress’ functionality and user experience is its block editor, Gutenberg. Introduced to make content creation intuitive and… Continue reading Best WordPress Block Plugins to Extend WordPress (Paid and Free)
Webflow SEO: Best Practices for Optimizing Your Site
Webflow is, for many, the best no-code tool for building websites. But it’s also a platform that brings the power of SEO into the hands of designers and developers alike. With its robust features, from SSL certificates to custom page slugs and beyond, Webflow equips you to push your site up the search rankings. But… Continue reading Webflow SEO: Best Practices for Optimizing Your Site
10 Wonderfully Retro Web Design Trends Making a Comeback
Flares. Mullets. VHS. You may remember them the first time around (and hoped you’d seen the back of them), but they’re officially back! And whatever your views are on the matter, the same can be said for web design trends. Yes, we now have so much more technology at our fingertips than we did back… Continue reading 10 Wonderfully Retro Web Design Trends Making a Comeback
How to Draw a Dolphin in Illustrator
Dolphins are intelligent and complex creatures. They use sounds, gestures, and unique signature whistles to communicate and identify each other, making them intriguing and beautiful subjects for drawing. Whether you’re interested in dolphins or simply want to improve your Illustrator skills with beginner-friendly tutorials, this guide to drawing a dolphin is perfect for you. Feel… Continue reading How to Draw a Dolphin in Illustrator
The Best WooCommerce WordPress Block Plugins
Struggling to enhance your WooCommerce store’s appeal and functionality? Ever explored how block plugins could transform your store’s design and user experience? In this article, we’ll cover the role of block plugins in WooCommerce, criteria for choosing the best ones, and introduces top recommended WooCommerce block plugins. There are tons of high quality WooCommerce WP… Continue reading The Best WooCommerce WordPress Block Plugins
What is Envato AI ImageGen?
Envato AI ImageGen is the first feature available on Envato Labs, the testing ground for new AI features that are being created for Envato Elements subscribers. (Hint: be on the lookout for more features soon!) ImageGen is Envato’s new text-to-image generator designed to help Envato Elements subscribers generate unique, high-quality images for their projects using… Continue reading What is Envato AI ImageGen?
Exploring 3D Effects with 2D Optical Illusions
Today we will explore how to create an engaging animation using simple CSS and an animation library, like GSAP, to achieve a 3D effect through basic optical illusions. While many of these animations can be crafted using plain CSS, I prefer utilizing JavaScript (GSAP) for its efficiency, allowing me to produce the desired effects swiftly… Continue reading Exploring 3D Effects with 2D Optical Illusions
Learn These Viewport-Relative CSS Units (100vh, 100dvh, 100lvh, 100svh)
In this tutorial, we’ll cover the challenges when working with the classic 100vh unit for making full-screen sections and discuss some great alternative CSS units. Hero or full-screen sections are an integral part of UI design. They exist in different kinds of websites, from landing pages to portfolio websites, and aim to grab visitors’ attention… Continue reading Learn These Viewport-Relative CSS Units (100vh, 100dvh, 100lvh, 100svh)
Learn These Viewport-Relative CSS Units (100vh, 100dvh, 100lvh, 100svh)
In this tutorial, we’ll cover the challenges when working with the classic 100vh unit for making full-screen sections and discuss some great alternative CSS units. Hero or full-screen sections are an integral part of UI design. They exist in different kinds of websites, from landing pages to portfolio websites, and aim to grab visitors’ attention… Continue reading Learn These Viewport-Relative CSS Units (100vh, 100dvh, 100lvh, 100svh)
UX leadership is failing, multi-brand design systems, proxies in UX
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “What is the effect of constant exposure to information on our attention? Who benefits from a dramatic change in our attention, and when and why has this happened? One hypothesis is that companies have created an ecosystem to encourage continual consumption of information, and they profit from our addiction… Continue reading UX leadership is failing, multi-brand design systems, proxies in UX
Deque’s fourth annual axe-con does it again with nearly 30k digital accessibility champions in attendance
Axe-con is a digital accessibility conference that took place virtually February 20-22, 2024. Over 75 experts from companies such as Adobe, ADP, Amazon, GitHub, Hilton, HSBC, PNC, Proctor and Gamble, Ubisoft, and more shared their expertise on what it takes to build and expand upon digital accessibility efforts in this rapidly expanding space. During the… Continue reading Deque’s fourth annual axe-con does it again with nearly 30k digital accessibility champions in attendance
All About the Star Wars Fonts (Including the Mandalorian Font and Beyond)
A long time ago, in a movie studio quite far away, George Lucas and his team produced the first Star Wars movie in 1977. Today, with a slew of popular movies and TV series having been produced across almost half a century, Star Wars typography has become iconic. Today we’re taking an X-wing-fighter ride through… Continue reading All About the Star Wars Fonts (Including the Mandalorian Font and Beyond)
How to Build a Design System Repository
Design systems can actively make life easier for designers and developers alike. They’re like your favorite recipe book, but instead of lasagna and chocolate chip cookies, it’s packed with color palettes, typography, and UI components that everyone on the team can whip up into stunning interfaces. Having everything related to design in one place —… Continue reading How to Build a Design System Repository
How to Create a 2D Digital Clock with HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript
Wouldn’t it be fun to create your own beautiful Digital Clock with basic web technologies? This tutorial will cover how to create a faux-3D digital Clock with HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript. Let’s get started! HTML Structure The HTML structure will consist of a rectangular container with a time display inside. The time display will… Continue reading How to Create a 2D Digital Clock with HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript
Company culture is more than just office perks
How product culture and company culture are intrinsically related. Image by Creative Lab @ scop.io “Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.”—Gary Vaynerchuk A goal is something to aim at Company culture is a powerful hiring magnet and a common discussion topic both in- and outside of companies. It starts with providing good environment and… Continue reading Company culture is more than just office perks
Best Personal Trainer Flyers (Ideas and Tips)
If you’re a personal trainer looking for high-quality templates to create your own flyers, check out this list of premium personal training flyer templates from Envato Elements and Placeit. What Should Be Included in a Personal Training Flyer If you’re wondering what should be included in a personal training flyer, here are a few… Continue reading Best Personal Trainer Flyers (Ideas and Tips)
Fonts That Look Like Embroidery, Stitches and Fabric
Is there a font that looks like embroidery? Of course there is. You can find plenty of fonts that look like embroidery, as well as stitch and fabric fonts, at Envato Elements. For one low monthly fee, this subscription-based marketplace offers tons of fonts, graphic templates, logos, add-ons, and more. Let’s take a look at… Continue reading Fonts That Look Like Embroidery, Stitches and Fabric
Embed Step-by-Step Chart.js Charts in WordPress
But, as I understand that not all of your projects require this specific layout, we’ll first explore how to create a simple dynamic WordPress chart. And most importantly, without using a single WordPress chart plugin! This tutorial expects that you are familiar with WordPress theme development and ideally with the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress… Continue reading Embed Step-by-Step Chart.js Charts in WordPress
15 Great Tools & Resources for Designers & Agencies in 2024
Posted · Category: Design, Tools It’s 2024 and the number of web design resources and tools on the market seems overwhelming. That’s good news since you need the right tools and resources to come up with competitive designs. The bad news is, rather than sifting through thousands of products to get the ones that best… Continue reading 15 Great Tools & Resources for Designers & Agencies in 2024
Learn How to Use SmartArt in MS Word
Are you looking for a way to make your Word documents more visual? Try adding SmartArt graphics for the perfect visual touch. This SmartArt graphic is waiting for text to be added. Use SmartArt in Word to communicate your idea with graphics. SmartArt comes with Microsoft Word. SmartArt can save you time when adding high-quality… Continue reading Learn How to Use SmartArt in MS Word