With 2013 beginning I decided to create a roundup of top rated WordPress themes for the personal blogger. Obviously as a professional blogger myself I have a special soft spot for themes designed specifically for that purpose. And 2012 was a good year for personal blogging themes! In this list I’ve compiled not only my… Continue reading 30 Top Rated Personal Blogging WordPress Themes for 2013
Live Album Previews with CSS3 and jQuery
Today we are going to make a script for previewing the contents of an album with a slideshow-like animation. This can be used in photo galleries, online shops, profile pages and more. The example is inspired by Facebook, where you hover over an album and get a slideshow of some of the photos contained inside it. Let’s… Continue reading Live Album Previews with CSS3 and jQuery
266 High Quality Beautiful Free Photoshop Patterns
Being a graphic designer myself I perfectly know how these resources save us a lot of trouble with some very tight deadlines. So, in this series we’ll bring collections of new resources every week. Patterns play an important role in whatever we create in Photoshop or even in Illustrator and that is why you can… Continue reading 266 High Quality Beautiful Free Photoshop Patterns
Outstanding Sport Portraits To Inspire You
Its Photography time and today we are going to share some captivating sports portraits in actions. A good action photo takes your breath away for example if you internment a scene of a football player thinking alone for his goals or a hiker who is climbing a huge mountain just thinking about his objective. Take… Continue reading Outstanding Sport Portraits To Inspire You
Magical minutes of Fireworks Celebrations that Enlighten the world
First of all Happy New Year 2013 to our all viewers and readers, Today we want to share new year eve 2013 celebrations around the globe. Magical minutes of Fireworks Celebrations that Enlighten the world on new year eve with spectacular fireworks displays as it struck midnight around the world. Whole world has witnessed World… Continue reading Magical minutes of Fireworks Celebrations that Enlighten the world
[Infographic] The State of WordPress Themes: Current Trends And Classifications
WordPress is the most popular CMS out there. It powers a good number of websites and blogs, and owing to its popularity, the number of extensions and themes that are available for WordPress surpasses those of any other CMS by a mile. Speaking of WordPress themes, the market is filled with options. You have free… Continue reading [Infographic] The State of WordPress Themes: Current Trends And Classifications
Functional Beauty and User Experience
Beauty is one of the oldest and most powerful concepts in human history—inspiring artists and lighting up cultural movements, philosophical debates, and, in modern times, curious scientific interest. Beauty is a desirable feature of the products we buy, with the power to shape consumer choices and preferences. While the nature of beauty is still a… Continue reading Functional Beauty and User Experience
How to Create a Simple Multi-Item Slider
For today’s tutorial we want to show you how to create a simple item slider with CSS animations and some jQuery. The idea was inspired by the Aplle product slider where several little items fly in with a bouncing animation. We wanted to translate this concept to a modern-looking alternative for a minimal online store… Continue reading How to Create a Simple Multi-Item Slider
Removing a head from an image for a great effect – Photoshop Tutorial
Tutorial Details Requirements: Photoshop CS2 and newer Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completetion Time: 1 hour In this tutorial we will learn how to remove someone’s head and replace it with object in the background. It does not only apply to heads but to all kinds of objects so you can remove them and replace with a… Continue reading Removing a head from an image for a great effect – Photoshop Tutorial
22 Reliable January Premium Themes for WordPress 2013
In this months WordPress themes showcase. A new collection of high-quality premium WordPress themes released in December 2012 from ThemeForest. As I know, ThemForest is the reliable online business website focus on selling and buying website templates that it manage by ENVATO group. Below are high quality, premium WordPress themes available for just about every… Continue reading 22 Reliable January Premium Themes for WordPress 2013
20 of the Highest Quality & Free WordPress Themes January 2013
Happy New Year to all of our Readers! I thought we would kick of 2013 with a roundup of all the best of the free themes released since our last update in November. We have a good mix of some quality themes including nice clean ones from WPExplorer, some news ones from Web2Feel and Site5Hosting… Continue reading 20 of the Highest Quality & Free WordPress Themes January 2013
Future trends in web design: predictions for 2013
Another year has passed, which means it’s time for our annual instalment of design predictions for the coming year. In technology, one year can make a world of difference, and the changes can shape the way we design, test and market our websites. As we all know, technology changes faster than we can keep up… Continue reading Future trends in web design: predictions for 2013
Supporting the Design Community
It has been a while since I entered the design community and I’m very glad I did that. As a lot of you may know I’m not a designer, but I do write about web design and design related subjects. As a writer I really like to research/browse several different websites to deliver you nice… Continue reading Supporting the Design Community
30+ Inspiring WordPress Portfolio Themes
WordPress portfolio themes will allow you to showcase your work online in a effective and professional way. Not knowing how to write codes is not a problem since a portfolio WordPress theme will allow you to build a decent website, even if you are not a web design genius. Portfolio WordPress themes have become a popular… Continue reading 30+ Inspiring WordPress Portfolio Themes
15 Awesome Editorial Designs Made By A Winner
Brock Davis is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist and creative director with a knack for creating ground-breaking work. Brock has worked in advertising for the past 17 years. Today, I want to present you 15 awesome editorial designs that he made. His work is different, in the good way, and is a very good source of… Continue reading 15 Awesome Editorial Designs Made By A Winner
Create a Beautiful Password Strength Meter
In this tutorial we will be creating a beautiful password strength indicator. It will determine the complexity of a password and move a meter accordingly with the help of the new Complexify jQuery plugin. Only when a sufficiently complex password is entered, will the user be able to continue with their registration. A PSD file is also… Continue reading Create a Beautiful Password Strength Meter
Which is the Best Code Editor?
For us, web developers, the choice of a source code editor shouldn’t come lightly. This is where we spend most of our development time and where productivity is gained or lost on a grand scale. No two developers are alike, so there is a plethora of editors that can accommodate any coding style. But this politically-correct statement… Continue reading Which is the Best Code Editor?
Quick Tip: Precision Colour Control in Photoshop
In this quick tip, I’ll show you a simple and easy way to take control of the colours in your Photoshop documents using the power of adjustment layers. We will consider two scenarios, with the second being somewhat more complex than the first. I’m always preaching about the importance of non-destructive editing in Photoshop, and… Continue reading Quick Tip: Precision Colour Control in Photoshop
Letterpress and Letter Bulge Effect using Photoshop and CS5.5
Design trend has changed a lot, now a days most of the designers prefer modern techniques while they design for their clients. And the clients also prefer that too. So the use of letterpress and letterbulge effects are very common now a days. It’s easy to design those effects in photoshop. But in earlier days… Continue reading Letterpress and Letter Bulge Effect using Photoshop and CS5.5
How to design a Minimalistic Blog Theme
Final Result Step 1: Create a new document Start by creating a new document in Photoshop with 1024px width and 1200px height. Step 2: Bokeh Background Image You can download this background image here or you can follow this tutorial to make your own. Step 3: Drawing the layout Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool (Radius:… Continue reading How to design a Minimalistic Blog Theme
How to Make an Electronic Speaker in Photoshop
Today I am going to share with you that how to create an electronic speaker in Photoshop. You try this tutorial in Photoshop for enhance your skills with these new tricks and techniques. I hope you will create this tutorial on first priority. Feel free and share your comments with us. Create an Electronic Speaker… Continue reading How to Make an Electronic Speaker in Photoshop
Learn How To Create An Open Book In Photoshop
In todays tutorial I’ll be showing you how to create a sleek book with a nice leather textured background. Lets get started. What We’ll Be Creating Resources Used In This Tutorial Leather Texture Lets Get Started! Create a new document (Ctrl + N) 1200 x 800 pixels with any colored background. Open the leather texture… Continue reading Learn How To Create An Open Book In Photoshop
Carbon Fibre Style Metallic Icon Design
What We’ll Be Creating Lets Get Started! Create a new document (Ctrl + N) with the dimensions 800 x 600 pixels, change your background color to a color which will make the icon more visible. Select the “Rounded Rectangle Tool” (U) with a radius of 20px. Drag out a small rectangle in the middle of… Continue reading Carbon Fibre Style Metallic Icon Design
How to Draw a Colorful Fantasy Dragon Battle Scene in Photoshop
Learn how to take a drawing of a dragon and turn it into an amazing painting. This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop to create shapes from a hand-drawn sketch, apply shading, then finish it by applying color and texture. After creating the dragon, you will learn learn how to create the starry… Continue reading How to Draw a Colorful Fantasy Dragon Battle Scene in Photoshop