After all the buzz involving the HTML5 CSS3 duo, it is nice to check how websites are using all the good practices you can get from HTML5. When the buzz around the subject started, we could see a lot of websites totally animated. Now, after all the benefits of HTML5 settled, we can see websites… Continue reading 21 Fresh Examples of Websites Using HTML5
Listing Search Results, Archives, and a 404
Search Results Page, 404, category.php, tag.php Showing search results, archives, and 404 pages are all very important parts of a website, and therefore WordPress theme. It doesn’t often get a lot of coverage or emphasis, so today we’ll be focussing on that exclusively.
The Work of Digital Artist and Illustrator Chase Stone
Chase Stone is a talented New York artist who creates very high quality and creative digital paintings and illustrations. In this article, we will take a look at some of our favorite pieces from his portfolio. Psdtuts+
The Colorful Photorealistic Owls of John Pusateri
It is always a breath of fresh to come across some of the amazing talents out there, constantly and passionately at work to creating stunning works of art. John Pusateri is one such artist whose work appears to represent a realistic representation of the subject. John Pusateri’s latest work comprises of a breathtaking series of… Continue reading The Colorful Photorealistic Owls of John Pusateri
Weekly News Roundup – 13 January 2013
The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at how you can use any font with CSS3, how you can have multiple backgrounds, why not all websites look… Continue reading Weekly News Roundup – 13 January 2013
Get Your Content Strategy Out of the Drawer with Governance
All too often, strategies of every kind get stuck in a drawer—sometimes without being implemented or even reviewed after their initial creation and approval. One reason is that people forget the full definition “strategy,” which is a plan for achieving a prescribed outcome. The focus is often put on the desired outcome and not the… Continue reading Get Your Content Strategy Out of the Drawer with Governance
Crowdsourcing Your Logo Design Work – Pros and Cons
Crowdsouring, though a new term and a very few people are aware of what this term means or signifies, the concept however has existed in our society since time immemorial and was often used for translation related purposes. So, first let us learn what is crowdsourcing and then we would proceed to learn about its… Continue reading Crowdsourcing Your Logo Design Work – Pros and Cons
Adaptive Blog Theme: Page Templates
Not all content on a blog is in posts. We need page templates for archives, a page template that’s full width, and we’re even going to go over a more sophisticated template that deals with a contact form and validation. Default Page Template (page.php) and Custom Page Templates Download the video, or subscribe to Wptuts+… Continue reading Adaptive Blog Theme: Page Templates
How to Make the Best Social Media Team for Your Business
The principles of social media are fairly simple, the execution takes manpower to monitor multiple sites, engage with users in creative ways, and respond to their posts. You can’t do it all by yourself. You need a team to make your social media soar to new heights. In this article, I go over what your… Continue reading How to Make the Best Social Media Team for Your Business
40 Cool Inspirational Digital Illustrations
It’s been a while since the last time we collected for you some really well done 3D character illustrations. Digital illustration has been one of the most rapidly evolving art forms of recent years, as technology and software improves, and as artists push boundaries and realize the capabilities of computer-based image creation. A good illustration… Continue reading 40 Cool Inspirational Digital Illustrations
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Create a Sports Wallpaper with Splatter Effects
Preview of Final Results Resources Girl – SXC Tea Stain Texture – Frameofthoughts (Deviantart) Ball – SXC Plant – SXC Splatter 1 – SXC Splatter 2 – SXC Splatter 3 – SXC Galaxy – Pauline Moss Stock (Deviantart) Goalpost – SXC Ground – SXC Skyline – SXC Spray Paint Pack – Mediamilitia Water Color Texture… Continue reading Create a Sports Wallpaper with Splatter Effects
30 Awesome Silhouette Brushes for Inspiration
Silhouette is a popular photography as well as artwork theme that is often explored by the photographers and artists. This theme is a hot favorite subject of the graphic designers as well. The graphic artists develop silhouette pictures on the graphic designing platforms with the use of the many applications that are present on it.… Continue reading 30 Awesome Silhouette Brushes for Inspiration
Quick Tip: Creating an App Walkthrough in After Effects
It’s often interesting to turn your attention to a new skill or toolset and see what it offers your current workflow. Today, we’ll do just that by presenting our web projects with… Adobe After Effects. This is a beginner tutorial aimed towards app and web developers. This screencast was originally published on Aetuts+. Go and… Continue reading Quick Tip: Creating an App Walkthrough in After Effects
Fresh Examples of HTML5 Websites
Ella Design Microsoft Toy Story HTML5Lab Envelopments LoveTEFL Design + Hype Sylvain Ollier Million Trees Space Oddyssey Conclusion Because of its promising future, HTML5 is considered as the next powerful trends in the web design industry and might surpass the king of interactive content. Photoshop Plus
Our Top 50 Photoshop Tutorials from 2012
Just as we published this time last year, today, we have put together our 50 favorite Photoshop tutorials from last year (2012). The tutorials have been split into the following categories: Painting, Photo Composition, Illustration, Drawing, Photo Effects, 3D, Icon Design, Text and, finally, Poster Design Tutorials. So, what’s the wait? Go ahead and… Continue reading Our Top 50 Photoshop Tutorials from 2012
jQuery Slider Shock: The Most Complete Slider
Hi everyone. We are proud to present our latest product : jQuery Slider Shock. A fully responsive slider and the most complete over the web right now. Available for you to download it as a jQuery code to use it wherever you need, or as a plugin for the most used CMS: WordPress. We wanted to make… Continue reading jQuery Slider Shock: The Most Complete Slider
Bandwidth Media Queries? We Don’t Need ’Em!
From time to time, when a discussion is taking place about ways to implement responsive images, someone comes along and says, “Hey, guys! What we really need is a media query that enables us to send high-resolution images to people on a fast connection and low-resolution images to people on a slow connection.” At least… Continue reading Bandwidth Media Queries? We Don’t Need ’Em!
Migrating to a New Hosting Provider is Easier Than You Think
Most website owners look at migrating to a new host as one of the most painful processes imaginable. This fear can be paralyzing, keeping them at inferior service providers far longer than they need to be. If you’ve been thinking about changing hosts, but were scared that the pain of moving would be worse than… Continue reading Migrating to a New Hosting Provider is Easier Than You Think
10 Beautiful HD Free Nature Wallpapers For Your Desktops
You must have heard the famous phrase of Keats that “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” and as a designer, an artist this saying goes a long way. In this fast age when we spend 26 hours out of 24 in our offices or work places, we have to create that beauty that… Continue reading 10 Beautiful HD Free Nature Wallpapers For Your Desktops
Killzone C4d signature tutorial
Hi everyone, in this tutorial I’ll teach you guys to reach a similar outcome as the following Killzone signature: It’s not a difficult tutorial if you already know some basics and medium skills. It is fully labeled, this way you can exactly see what I did when creating the signature, even steps that I didn’t explain in… Continue reading Killzone C4d signature tutorial
Top 20 PSD To HTML Services To Code Your Design
In this Internet world full of business opportunities, having a semantic and user-friendly website is important to the next Internet entrepreneur, aka you. But alas, not everyone can be an HTML/CSS ninja, since it requires a truckload of learning spirit, good karma (best practice), and years of experience to produce a functional website that actually… Continue reading Top 20 PSD To HTML Services To Code Your Design
13 Ways to Get the Most out of Every Blog Post & Grow Your Traffic
Many bloggers stumble their way through every blog post, not giving specific (or strategic) thought to the many subtle steps involved. I’m sure this is partially because that can prove to be mentally draining. But mostly because it has either never occurred to them or they simply forget in the moment. But I’ve found that… Continue reading 13 Ways to Get the Most out of Every Blog Post & Grow Your Traffic
Facebook – New Design and Concept by Fred Nerby
Facebook, as one of the biggest online social network has been a part of people’s lives for the past years and for more years to come. That is why every single change on the site from now and then will either freak us out or praise Facebook for making things cooler and easier. But how… Continue reading Facebook – New Design and Concept by Fred Nerby