Interactivity Is King

There is no way to deny that fact static pages just don’t cut it anymore. With every company combining social media profiles with their standard websites, designers are discovering more and more that creating a successful site means embracing interactivity. Internet users view countless websites each day, so as a brand you need to figure… Continue reading Interactivity Is King

Long Shadow in Flat Design: 50 Beautiful Examples

Long shadow a new trend after the flat design. The trend is impacting UI elements and icons the strongest, and designers also start using into other parts of website design and mobile user interface. Long shadow design has been mostly used in icons and logos. Shadows live within the element canvas and often extend outside an… Continue reading Long Shadow in Flat Design: 50 Beautiful Examples

A Complete Infographics Kit: Tutorials, Vector Kits and Examples

Infographics have been around for quite some time, and probably made their debut on road signs as a means of showing at-a-glance information for drivers. In more recent years infographics have entered many fields and are especially helpful for educational purposes. This article is divided into 4 sections: Infographic Tutorials and How Tos, Online Infographic… Continue reading A Complete Infographics Kit: Tutorials, Vector Kits and Examples

Use of Flat Design in Mobile App Interfaces, Best Examples

Emphasis on typography, roomy widgets, muted color palette, one-colored or blurred background, grid or horizontal stripe layout, inornate graphics, 2d illustrations – all these can be easily attributed to flat style, that recently got its second rebirth. Microsoft’s “Metro” aesthetic has captured the minds of a great deal of designers, pushing them on eschewing shadows,… Continue reading Use of Flat Design in Mobile App Interfaces, Best Examples

HDR Photography: 25 Tutorials + 50 Awesome Examples

Taking great shots can sometimes become a difficult and daunting task, high dynamic range also know as HDR can make your photographs stand out and come to life. HDR technique is achieved by capturing a series of photographs at different exposures and then merging then together using a software of your choice. When applied with… Continue reading HDR Photography: 25 Tutorials + 50 Awesome Examples

Responsive Web Design – 35 Fresh Examples

The concept of responsive development lies on the principle of change of layout of a website according to the resolution of the screen that a user is using. Thus there is a visible change in the video or image size and the amount of text that can be viewed. Thus, the layout of the website… Continue reading Responsive Web Design – 35 Fresh Examples

Freebie: 8 B&W Film Emulation Photoshop Actions

B&W Film Emulations There are many ways to convert your photos to B&W and these actions simplify the process for you. The action is split into four parts: film emulation, contrast effects, color filter, and film grain. To use these actions, you would run the film emulations first to simulate the B&W films, pick the… Continue reading Freebie: 8 B&W Film Emulation Photoshop Actions

35 Beautiful Examples of Text-Based type Logos

Typography is an art of playing with alphabets in a beautiful way. There are several typographers out there who create interesting typographic pieces of art for you in the form of posters and logos. Doing typography in logos or making typographic logos isnot an easy task, which infact require special designing skills and lots of… Continue reading 35 Beautiful Examples of Text-Based type Logos

20 Inspirational Non-Profit Website Designs

There are several non-profit websites out there over the web. These websites provide the information and the service at no cost. They are run on the basis of social service or the social awareness. So, for your information, here we’ve collected some examples of eye-catching web designs. Hope you will find these non-profit websites inspiration… Continue reading 20 Inspirational Non-Profit Website Designs

Maintain Consistency With a Website Style Guide

Creating style guides is fast becoming common practise for web designers, especially when dealing with content heavy sites. With a website style guide, designers are able to set and maintain a look and feel by creating a set of rules which the design follows. The process becomes flexible, easily updateable and consistent. During this tutorial… Continue reading Maintain Consistency With a Website Style Guide

21 Examples of Texture Use in Web Design

Here at WDL we believe that textures can add a beautiful touch to a web design, giving a page personality and depth. From subtle textures to bold and colorful ones, there are a lot of different approaches on using them in a web design, and this is why today we gathered a few examples to… Continue reading 21 Examples of Texture Use in Web Design

40 Amazing Examples of Minimalist Photography

Minimalist photography is a technique in composing an image wherein the photographer uses a minimum amount of elements such as color, shape, line and texture. Basically, a minimalist photo is characterized by its simplicity but this does not necessarily mean it is a boring or uninteresting capture. On the contrary, a well-composed minimalist picture, can… Continue reading 40 Amazing Examples of Minimalist Photography

Gallery of Backlit Photography

Creative backlights are often used to lend an artistic and enigmatic touch to photographs. In fact, if done properly, backlights can single-handedly transform an ordinary photograph into a masterpiece. In this gallery, we present to you some of the finest examples of backlit photography. Love’s Spark Portrait of my Sister and my Son Julie &… Continue reading Gallery of Backlit Photography

A Comparison of Methods for Building Mobile-Optimized Websites

There’s a debate over which technique of creating mobile-ready websites is the best. Google advocates creating responsive web designs, while Jakob Nielsen, a renowned usability consultant, endorses the creation of dedicated mobile sites (but he was subsequently slammed by some web designers). A third option is also gaining in popularity, where the web server renders… Continue reading A Comparison of Methods for Building Mobile-Optimized Websites

21 Fresh Examples of Websites Using HTML5

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

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

45 Beautiful Examples of Realistic Fantasy Art Drawings

Digital Art Fantasy Paintings and drawings are utilized to communicate or explain a particular point — especially a place produced in text that comes with the illustration or drawing. Painitings especially Digital frequently display people, because such subjects naturally grab the viewer’s attention. Some Paintings create images of individuals from memory or imagination, without any… Continue reading 45 Beautiful Examples of Realistic Fantasy Art Drawings

50 Creative Examples Of Levitation Photography

Levitation is said to be some sort of skill that allows human to float in the air and yes, nobody did that successfully until now. However, it’s an interesting concept that has been played out in many movies to impress people, thus attracting photographers to produce their own fantastic work of levitation. Here is a… Continue reading 50 Creative Examples Of Levitation Photography