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Responsive Web Design: Will this bubble burst?

There is a lot of hullabaloo about Responsive Web Design (RWD). Why not? After all Google recommends Responsive Web Design. So is it time for you to join the RWD bandwagon? With mobile internet surpassing the desktop-only era, with loads of tablets and mini tablets coming up and new phenomenon called ‘phablets’ hitting the scene;… Continue reading Responsive Web Design: Will this bubble burst?

8 wordpress theme for government and politicians

Here are 8 wordpress themes for government and politicians. I used to really hate visiting government websites because they are slow and ugly to look at. Fortunately, times have changed and I am seeing more and more government adopting the latest in web design and aesthetics.  A case in point is using wordpress as the… Continue reading 8 wordpress theme for government and politicians

25 Top WordPress Metro Theme Creations

WordPress metro theme designs are based on the user interface that was popularized by Microsoft on the Windows Phone 7. Since then, this beautiful style has attracted a lot of followers. In the new Windows OS version, you will see the metro start screen that is the foundation of Win8 interface. I think that one… Continue reading 25 Top WordPress Metro Theme Creations

Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you the process of creating fresh fruit 3D text effect in Photoshop. You will learn a few trick to render a nice and unique 3D text effect and apply various fruits around it. We will use a number filter to add some extra effect for our text. This… Continue reading Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

10 Terrific Time-Saving CSS Cleanup Tools

The benefits of having clean, organized CSS are numerous. A site with immaculate CSS will load more quickly, appear more prominently in search results, and serve as a stellar testament of your professionalism for future clients. Everyone from the everyday visitor to the most scrutinous fellow designer will benefit from your diligent, clean CSS markup. … Continue reading 10 Terrific Time-Saving CSS Cleanup Tools

A Web Designer’s Typographic Boilerplate

I like to use a typography.css in my projects; a separate file which houses all the basic structural typographic styles I’ll need. A lot of what’s found within it is obvious stuff (heading sizes, for example) but it also contains less obvious things which I don’t want to forget. Let’s work our way through the… Continue reading A Web Designer’s Typographic Boilerplate

Simplest Way to Create Cool CSS3 Animation Effects

CSS3 Animation are gaining tons of attention lately. Personally, I have started using it in some of my projects and I absolutely love how simple it is to create a smooth animation effect. One of the major advantages of CSS3 is – they’re hardware accelerated. It’s smoother and faster if compared with javascript generated animation.… Continue reading Simplest Way to Create Cool CSS3 Animation Effects

25 Free WordPress Themes for You to Download

WordPress not only powering most of the websites and blogs on internet but gives you a secure and effective environment for you to manage your data easily. The most robust CMS of all time, WordPress is very important factor for the responsiveness of a website, its theme feature lets you choose a WordPress theme out… Continue reading 25 Free WordPress Themes for You to Download

Adding Space to Your Designs

Let’s get the basic stuff out of the way first. Whitespace isn’t simply a block of space in your design that has to be white. Instead, think of it more like structural “empty” space, where no extra elements, embellishments or other parts to your design are placed. A great example of whitespace – but still… Continue reading Adding Space to Your Designs

10 Copyright Laws Every Graphic Designer Should Be Aware Of

Copyright is defined as having the exclusive right to control reproduction and commercial exploitation of your work. In a world where truly inspirational art has taken a backseat to fame and fortune it is important to make sure your true creations remain yours in the eyes of the law. For aspiring designers, it is especially… Continue reading 10 Copyright Laws Every Graphic Designer Should Be Aware Of

Breathtaking Photography: Shooting in the Golden Hour

The golden hour is the time of day, usually in the early morning or evening, when the light creates a very special effect in photography. During the golden hour (sometimes also called the magic hour), the light is soft, with a reddish hue, which brings warmth and depth to a photo. At the same time,… Continue reading Breathtaking Photography: Shooting in the Golden Hour

Create Pure CSS 3D Model With Tridiv

We all know about WebGL, it’s an open standard browser implementation of OpenGL, and you can create 3D games, effect with Javascript. Now, we have a new way to create 3D graphic – by using CSS. I found this very impressive tool called Tridiv, a web-based editor for creating 3D shapes in CSS. If you… Continue reading Create Pure CSS 3D Model With Tridiv

Build a Freshly Squeezed Responsive Grid System

I’d like to talk to you about Lemonade. Not the refreshing citrus drink, but a grid system I created. Lemonade is a grid system that was built in order to give designers and developers the confidence to make fully responsive websites, eliminating the frustration of flicking between browsers looking for bugs and errors. Let’s look… Continue reading Build a Freshly Squeezed Responsive Grid System

Using Alignment to Improve Your Designs

Alignment is one of those things that comes hand-in-hand when working with grid systems. The subject of alignment isn’t simply a matter of choosing whether or not you want to align text or images to the left or right of a design (though those decisions obviously still matter), instead, we employ alignment to improve our… Continue reading Using Alignment to Improve Your Designs

How Human Centric Web Design Improves Your Workflow

Human-centric and user-centric design are two terms we often hear in the industry, though sometimes both designers and developers consider them to mean the same. User-centered design is something most of us aim to put high on our list of priorities; having the end-user in mind and reflecting this philosophy in our products. Human-centered design… Continue reading How Human Centric Web Design Improves Your Workflow

25+ must-have Photoshop actions for your toolkit

No matter your area of expertise, chances are you’ve worked with photographs. Web and print designers alike are no strangers to the magnificence that can be captured in photos. It’s what we build our designs on top of and with, whether they’re the focus or just a background piece. And as the time passes and… Continue reading 25+ must-have Photoshop actions for your toolkit

30+ Websites Offering Free Icon Sets For Download

Free icon sets of high quality can be really useful for busy web designers to speed up the creative process. Icons play an important role in blog- and website design for attracting the attention of visitors to specific content, menu items and so forth. While there are tons of premium icons available for anyone willing… Continue reading 30+ Websites Offering Free Icon Sets For Download

Choosing a Grid System

In the previous article, I introduced you to grid systems. With any luck, by now, you should have a good understanding of what they are and why they’re a good weapon to have in your design arsenal. Today, I’m going to explain about choosing a grid system – from creating your own, to working with… Continue reading Choosing a Grid System

45 Free Photoshop Brushes

Brushes can save you some serious time when it comes to adding design flourishes, so we’ve rounded up our favourite free Photoshop brushes. The web is absolutely full of free Photoshop brushes – there are thousands of sites offering free brushes just a click away, but this makes it incredibly difficult to find good quality,… Continue reading 45 Free Photoshop Brushes

20 Latest Retina Responsive WordPress Theme for 2013

Check out these latest 20 retina responsive wordpress themes from 2013.  The responsive trend has been ongoing since 2012. It is now a pretty standard fare for any themes developed after 2012 to be have a responsive template. At the same time, iPad users have been growing exponentially, which requires wordpress themes to be retina… Continue reading 20 Latest Retina Responsive WordPress Theme for 2013

12 Unique Freebie Graphics for Web Designers

New PSD and AI vector graphics are released online every day. Freebies have become a tremendous market themselves, gathering support from designers and developers alike. There are many freebie directories but it can be tough finding exactly what you need. In this article I would like to share a small collection of freebies which are… Continue reading 12 Unique Freebie Graphics for Web Designers

Beginning With WordPress: First Steps With Your New Website

Well… would you look at at that… a whole new WordPress site! Clever you! Have you logged in yet? If so, you might be sitting looking at the Dashboard wondering what the heck you do next…  so, let me help you with that! (Failing that you’re wondering what on earth a Dashboard is, that’s ok,… Continue reading Beginning With WordPress: First Steps With Your New Website