15 Best Creative WordPress Themes to Showcase Your Digital Agency Portfolio

Responsive and creative WordPress themes for digital agencies that wow your clients are essential for leaving a lasting impression. A well-designed website not only highlights your agency’s expertise but also reflects your creative flair. To make a remarkable online presence, you need the perfect theme tailored to showcase your portfolio and captivate potential clients. A… Continue reading 15 Best Creative WordPress Themes to Showcase Your Digital Agency Portfolio

23 Simple Clean Resume Templates with Cover Letter

Discover the best super clean resume templates featuring sleek, minimalistic cover letter designs and portfolio pages. These clean, professional resume templates are ideal for any job opportunity and can help you make a memorable first impression. With ultra-minimalist layouts, these templates come in multiple formats, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and MS Word, allowing easy… Continue reading 23 Simple Clean Resume Templates with Cover Letter

Designarchy Vol. 15

[unable to retrieve full-text content] I save many things each month that I find inspiring for some reason, and I like organized lists, so I figured I’d share those lists and maybe help someone out of a creative block. Why Designarchy? Because Inspiration and creativity do not have true governance, we creatives have time and feedback… Continue reading Designarchy Vol. 15

Accessible Images For When They Matter Most

<div class=”logo”> <a href=”/” title=”Back to the homepage”> <picture> <source media=”(min-width: 1350px)” srcset=”…/images/logo-full.svg”> <img src=”…/images/logo/logo.svg” alt=”Smashing Magazine”> </picture> </a> </div> Hearing both the phrase “back to the homepage” and “Smashing Magazine” in one feature is OK since each phrase is unique and connected to a different purpose. For more complex alternative text phrases, conduct the… Continue reading Accessible Images For When They Matter Most

Serial Position Effect — How does human memory work while recalling?

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Recently we visited an art gallery, with all its amazing artworks lining the walls. Photo by Eric Park on Unsplash As we walk through the exhibition, we notice the careful arrangement of the artworks and how they evoke different emotions and leave a lasting impression Our eyes are naturally drawn to the… Continue reading Serial Position Effect — How does human memory work while recalling?

How to create a lettering design in Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to create a hand lettering poster step by step in Adobe Illustrator. Inspired by Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, this design highlights her famous quote: “The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter.” We’ll walk through each step to transform your sketch into a digital… Continue reading How to create a lettering design in Adobe Illustrator

Lyssna (UsabilityHub) Reviews: Pros, Cons & More

Considering Lyssna for your team’s research but want to weigh the pros and cons? Curious about others’ opinions on this tool? You’re in the right place! This article will explore Lyssna, highlighting its features, identifying any drawbacks, and comparing it to a top alternative. ❕ Important note: This review site presents information relevant… Continue reading Lyssna (UsabilityHub) Reviews: Pros, Cons & More

Feedback: The Foundation of the Designer Communication Toolset

Reality hits as soon as you cut into a piece of wood. First, you might blame the quality of the wood. After countless trials and errors, you slowly begin to realize that using a Ryoba requires practice, patience, and technique.  Based on my experience and after a series of internal mentoring at UX studio, I… Continue reading Feedback: The Foundation of the Designer Communication Toolset

Menu-Design Checklist: 17 UX Guidelines

Summary:  People rely on menus to find content and use features. Use this checklist to make sure your menus do their job. Too often, we observe users struggling with menus that are confusing, difficult to manipulate, or hard to find. Avoid common mistakes by following these guidelines for usable navigation menus. Make Navigation Visible 1.… Continue reading Menu-Design Checklist: 17 UX Guidelines

15 Best Free Rounded Corner Business Card Mockups

For graphic designers, corporate branding is a delicate dance. It’s about capturing the essence of a company, translating it into a visual language, and ensuring that message resonates with the target audience. Business cards, those pocket-sized ambassadors, play a crucial role in this symphony. But before sending the final design off to print, there’s a… Continue reading 15 Best Free Rounded Corner Business Card Mockups

Simple and Clean Business Cards For Your Brand: A Guide to Timeless Design

0 Shares In today’s digital age, clean business cards might seem like a relic of the past. However, a well-designed card remains a powerful networking tool. It’s a tangible representation of your brand, a physical object someone can hold onto and reference later. But in a world bombarded with flashy marketing, how do you create… Continue reading Simple and Clean Business Cards For Your Brand: A Guide to Timeless Design

Best Halftones Brushes, Textures and Effects for Photoshop and Illustrator

61 Shares Halftone art, with its distinctive dotted patterns, has been a timeless favorite among graphic designers and artists alike. It adds depth, texture, and a vintage charm to designs, making them stand out with character and style. In the realm of digital design, harnessing the power of halftones requires the right tools – and… Continue reading Best Halftones Brushes, Textures and Effects for Photoshop and Illustrator

Fresh Fonts: Elevate Your Designs with the Latest Free Fonts

29 Shares In the world of graphic design, the quest for fresh fonts is perpetual. Designers, both seasoned and novice, are constantly on the lookout for new free fonts to infuse vitality into their projects. The significance of typography in conveying messages, evoking emotions, and establishing brand identity cannot be overstated. Hence, the availability of… Continue reading Fresh Fonts: Elevate Your Designs with the Latest Free Fonts

How to Make Fire Effects in Photoshop (Flames, Smoke, Embers and More)

In today’s tutorial, we will be covering five different fire effects in Photoshop. From how to add a smoke effect in Photoshop to how to make a flame in Photoshop, we’ll be covering it all. I’ll also show you my absolute favorite effect to pair with fire: how to make a charred or burnt surface.… Continue reading How to Make Fire Effects in Photoshop (Flames, Smoke, Embers and More)

25+ Best Airbrush Fonts | Envato Tuts+

For one low monthly fee, this subscription-based marketplace offers tons of fonts, graphic templates, logos, add-ons, and more. 25 Airbrush Fonts From Envato Elements 1. Stencil Airbrush Font (SVG) Here’s a dope airbrush font that’s a great choice for any kind of display text when you need your message to stand out. Stencil Airbrush Font… Continue reading 25+ Best Airbrush Fonts | Envato Tuts+

How to Recreate the GTA 6 Background

What You’ll Learn in This Tutorial How to make the Grand Theft Auto background How to make palm trees with brushes in Adobe Illustrator How to make a building in perspective in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Assets You’ll need the following resources in order to complete this project: 1. How to Make a… Continue reading How to Recreate the GTA 6 Background

25 Best Free New Years PowerPoint PPT Templates for 2024

It’s that time of the year again. We start counting down the days in anticipation of the new year.  Are you tasked to make a presentation for the upcoming New Years event? We’ll look at some New Year template to help you on this mission.  Happy New Years PowerPoint Template, a premium file from Envato… Continue reading 25 Best Free New Years PowerPoint PPT Templates for 2024

How to Design an Editorial Spread in InDesign

What is an editorial spread, and how do you make an editorial spread design of your own? In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to design an editorial magazine spread. We’ll also take a look at some two-page spread examples for inspiration (and for download!).  Magazine mockup template from Envato Elements What You’ll Learn What… Continue reading How to Design an Editorial Spread in InDesign

Why Ive's way of doing personal projects is good for designers

Why Ive’s way of doing personal projects is good for designers Personal projects should be an important part of life as designers, but is mixed with the work and the realities of an in-house design team, which can be a messy process. Often, the question of fulfilment comes into play. Surprisingly, the answers to fulfilment… Continue reading Why Ive's way of doing personal projects is good for designers

Invisible cities, infinite scroll UX, product tsunami, Framer AI

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “We are still at the dawn of a new digital era: artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and other technical and societal changes are reframing the world we live in. However, from a spatial design perspective, they have so far been lame and ordinary. Without the constraints in the physical… Continue reading Invisible cities, infinite scroll UX, product tsunami, Framer AI

The UX of Sweetgreen

Sweetgreen seems to have its mind in the right place when it comes to embracing present and future technologies to offer an amazing UX. Image by Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen has come a long way since opening its first Washington, D.C. salad bar in 2007. 15 years have passed, and they are now on track to reach over 200… Continue reading The UX of Sweetgreen

Anatomy of a dazzling business email: 15 tips from creative and UX writing

Learn to use drama, information architecture, voice and tone, and more to rocket your business emails from boring to bombastic. Image by Mikayla Mallek Long before I started this job, I began writing long, well thought out emails. But they often weren’t well received. With so many other modes of communication, emails tend to be… Continue reading Anatomy of a dazzling business email: 15 tips from creative and UX writing

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20 Best iOS App Mockup Generators

Promoting your app or website so it can connect with potential users can be easy when you use an iOS app mockup generator from Placeit. The designs are vibrant and draw attention to the message of your app.  In this post, we’ll first use an iOS app mockup generator  to create engaging iPhone and iPad app… Continue reading 20 Best iOS App Mockup Generators

How to Create the Demon Slayer Logo in Illustrator

Whether you are a big fan of the Demon Slayer manga series or not, this tutorial is a great opportunity to learn new techniques whilst creating the Demon Slayer logo. This includes how to create the grunge look of the Demon Slayer fonts and how to create the logo’s background circle using only brush strokes.… Continue reading How to Create the Demon Slayer Logo in Illustrator