20 Free High Quality PSDs and Actions for Creating Mock-ups

Presentation is a very important part of a project. It doesn’t matter if you have an awesome concept, if your presentation is poor the client may reject the idea. That is why we’ve searched for the best mock-ups to help you showcase your project in a professional way. These mock-ups are very useful for project… Continue reading 20 Free High Quality PSDs and Actions for Creating Mock-ups

10 Best Website Builders That Any Graphic Designer Should Know About

No doubt you heard the myth of building websites without coding before, and still you have stumbled on either HTML or PHP in one form or another, be it Dreamweaver or other such hybrid site creators that could either be a mix between editing and coding or create static pages only. The thing is, they… Continue reading 10 Best Website Builders That Any Graphic Designer Should Know About

10 Ways Of Giving Your Website The Retro Look

A few days ago, I was watching the The Artist, a 2011 movie shot in the style of a black and white silent film, which got a lot of critical acclaim and won seven Oscars. While the movie deserved all the accolades it received, one of the reasons for its popularity was that it took people… Continue reading 10 Ways Of Giving Your Website The Retro Look

10 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting Effects

There is an open area in Photoshop to experiment with some amazing effects. You can play with any image in Photoshop creating some Lighting Effects which can be used in your upcoming print or web design. This article provides some Advanced Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting Effects.   Advanced Glow Effects Show me the light –… Continue reading 10 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting Effects

Responsive Design / Retina Ready WordPress Themes

Responsive and Multipurpose WordPress themes with modern design are very flexible for all devices. Premium themes are more easily to customize with immense possibilities. All themes are 100% responsive, each element, shortcode, slider and fully responsive, you can disable/enable responsive mode from the theme options. Multi-purpose responsive design themes are best suited for magazine websites, blog websites, and users who want to showcase their work on a… Continue reading Responsive Design / Retina Ready WordPress Themes

WordPress Help: 25 Blog and Resource Websites

The open source PHP/MySQL WordPress platform is one of the most stable scripts for any webmaster. With the advent of Custom Post Types it is now possible to turn any WordPress website in a full-blown gallery of social network. I have been so impressed with recent advancements that I feel it’s worth cataloging some of… Continue reading WordPress Help: 25 Blog and Resource Websites

Featherweight UI – A free, vector based and retina ready UI kit for web designers

has released Featherweight UI – A free, vector based and retina ready UI kit for web designers. Every element is vector based, retina ready and distributed through layers. Text and colours are easily editable. This kit is completely free for use for personal or commercial projects. The font used is Lato Normal, available from Google Web Fonts for online… Continue reading Featherweight UI – A free, vector based and retina ready UI kit for web designers

Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

VIEW DEMO DOWNLOAD SOURCE In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create circular navigations using CSS transforms. I’m going to take you through the steps for creating these styles one by one, and explain the math (yikes!) and simple logic behind them so you get a clear understanding of the technique. Like I… Continue reading Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

The Future of Web Design is in Our Hands

For the past 20 years, the Web has evolved via a single portal (the desktop browser) and a single paradigm (the page). In the last two years both have been obliterated by the proliferation of new Internet-connected devices and browser technology. The Web as we know it is undergoing a transformational shift in how information is delivered, created,… Continue reading The Future of Web Design is in Our Hands

Create an Awesome Single-Page Website

Not every website needs to be complex or include multiple pages of content and information. Sometimes one page is enough. But just because you are creating a website with only one page, does not mean that it will be easy. Developing a single-page layout can require just as much thought and planning as some more complex… Continue reading Create an Awesome Single-Page Website

Add Depth to Flat UI with Flat Shadow.js

A while ago, I stumbled upon a post called Flat design casts a long shadow by the fine folks at Web Designer Depot and I was amazed by how adding a simple shadow could create such a beautiful depth of design to the flat UI elements. What if we bring this effect to the web? Today, let… Continue reading Add Depth to Flat UI with Flat Shadow.js

Ornamental Nature – Websites featuring Handwritten Fonts

Hand drawn typography is no longer associated with doodles in average school workbook; it has firmly entrenched in print, graphic and web designs. Among all variety of adorned fonts that give opportunity not only represent content in the best light, but also play as a decorative tool – it is definitely undisputed leader. Unlike most of… Continue reading Ornamental Nature – Websites featuring Handwritten Fonts

A Beautiful Collection of Free Web Icons

Web Icons are important and useful element for web design. An icon tells about a whole part of the website. Today I am going to present A Beautiful Collection of Free Web Icons.  

25+ Unique And Free Infographic Templates

This is an article that will open your horizon to free infographic templates by showing you more than 25 unique designs that are ready for download.  Most people are familiar with infographics and we all know that they can be quite useful online. They have a certain ability to make complex and overwhelming data easy… Continue reading 25+ Unique And Free Infographic Templates

Free Download: Flattastic UI kit

Give your flat design a boost with this Flattastic UI kit, designed by Vlade Dimovski, free to download and simple to use. The PSD is properly layered, with intuitive naming, making modifying it for your own projects a synch. The design features four pairs of complimentary colors perfect for any flat design: bittersweet, which is #FC6E51 and… Continue reading Free Download: Flattastic UI kit

Useful Hacks to Make WordPress Work Better

If you came here looking for ways to break into someone’s WordPress site, you choose the wrong definition of the word hack. No, this article is all about ways to make WordPress work better for you and your visitors by getting your hands dirty with WordPress’ actual code, you know the functions.php files, .htaccess and… Continue reading Useful Hacks to Make WordPress Work Better

14 print inspired websites

For years, I’ve continuously read how print is a dying industry and how print designers are in danger. It’s hard to argue, when many big name newspapers and magazines of the past see more readership online than in print. It’s even harder when many of these magazines and newspapers cease printing altogether to go full-blown… Continue reading 14 print inspired websites

50+ Great Resources for Finding Design Freebies

No matter what kind of task you have or problem you need to solve, it is often a bad strategy to start from scratch. In the design space, it is a common approach to look for ideas and inspiration and to collect a sizeable toolbox of design elements to kick start a project and test… Continue reading 50+ Great Resources for Finding Design Freebies

CSS3 Menu Tutorial : Cool Bouncing Effects

In this tutorial I will show you how to create CSS3 menu with bouncing effect. In thisCSS3 menu tutorial we will use keyframes to apply bouncing effect on menu. With thekeyframes rule, you can create animation. During animation you can change the style as much as you want. As you know how important is menu navigation on… Continue reading CSS3 Menu Tutorial : Cool Bouncing Effects

How To Design a Responsive Site Correctly

Businesses must decide whether to build a native mobile apps or a responsive site for their digital presences. Should you invest in separate iOS and Android development or simply design a site that works across all devices? If you opt to build out a responsive site, here are some best practices to make your design seamless on… Continue reading How To Design a Responsive Site Correctly

Great Free Ribbon Photoshop Brushes For You

Photoshop is no stranger for designers, artists, and even people who is an avid fan of manipulating their own photos. Indeed, this is a great tool to transform each photo magically with a few strokes of a brush. Free ribbon brushes are used to create artistic designs for websites and print ads. With the right amount of… Continue reading Great Free Ribbon Photoshop Brushes For You

CSS 3D Image Flip Gallery With Dynamic Shadows

My recent book Pro CSS3 Animation walked the reader through a simple version of a 3D flip image gallery. After publication, I wanted to take it further: thus, this article. The UI challenge addressed here is the same focused on in many of my other CSS 3Dworks, such as the Origami UI: we live in a world of increasingly diversified… Continue reading CSS 3D Image Flip Gallery With Dynamic Shadows

Why Media Temple’s Grid Package Is Such A Likeable Hosting Option

The Media Temple Grid type hosting plan is the best value for blog, business or personal web hosting, for a number of reasons. First among these is the scalability it comes with:  there is no fixed capacity, so you’re always online. The number of computers comprising the grid can be augmented with just a flip of… Continue reading Why Media Temple’s Grid Package Is Such A Likeable Hosting Option