Illustrations are taking over the Web. Designers are creating websites with everything from full-screen illustrations to hand-drawn divots that are used throughout projects. It’s a trend that’s likely to keep growing because illustrations make a design feel custom (even if it’s not). Here’s how to make the most of them in your design. Website illustration… Continue reading Illustrating the Web: deconstructing the trend
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12 Free Small Business WordPress Themes
ADVERTISEMENT Are you looking for free responsive WordPress themes for your website or for your new project? If your answer is yes then look no further. In this post, we are showcasing 12 fresh and very appealing responsive WordPress themes for you. Responsive themes have become a necessity of the time. With the growing use… Continue reading 12 Free Small Business WordPress Themes
How to Install a WordPress Plugin
One of the challenges of writing articles focused on web development and software development is making sure anyone and everyone who wants to learn a skill is able to do so. When you provide as much content as Envato, it can often be a challenge to make sure you’re educating everyone. This includes people who are… Continue reading How to Install a WordPress Plugin
New Course: Surreal Digital Painting
What You’ll Be Creating What story would you like to tell the world? Surrealism is a style that allows you to express your feelings and thoughts on the world through your art. In our new course, Surreal Digital Painting, you’ll learn how to create a symbolic painting inspired by real-life events. What You’ll Learn First… Continue reading New Course: Surreal Digital Painting
14 Best Resources For Learning CSS3
Are you looking for some detailed and useful CSS3 tutorials and techniques that you use to create better results? If your answer is yes then you are at right place. In this compilation, we are presenting top 14 useful and detailed CSS3 tutorials and techniques for you. All these tutorials and techniques are designed by… Continue reading 14 Best Resources For Learning CSS3
Web Designers: Roll up Your Sleeves and Sketch!
Let’s talk about why you, as a web designer, should be using pens and pencils more often. I’m going to give you some tips, tool suggestions, and plenty of reasons to roll your sleeves up and sketch! Step Away From the Computer The design process tends to isolate designers from the rest of the team, meaning… Continue reading Web Designers: Roll up Your Sleeves and Sketch!
12 Best Meteor Tools For Developers
Are you a developer who is looking for some free to use meteor tools? Well, if your answer is yes, then you are lucky enough to land on the right page. In this round up, we are presenting 12 best and extremely useful meteor tools for developers. Meteor tools or MeteorJS tools are very helpful… Continue reading 12 Best Meteor Tools For Developers
9 Free A/B Split Testing WordPress Plugins
Split testing or A/B testing is the method of comparing two versions of a web page or call to action in order to see which version performs better. It is the integral part of any web designing as designer creates more than one version of a same web page and then he checks which one… Continue reading 9 Free A/B Split Testing WordPress Plugins
13 Free Photoshop Brush Packs For Complex Fractals
ADVERTISEMENT We have collected thirteen unique and beautiful Photoshop brush packs for complex fractals that the designers can download for free and use in their future projects. This is the most comprehensive list in this genre and the use of these brush packs will help in saving a lot of valuable time. Post us your… Continue reading 13 Free Photoshop Brush Packs For Complex Fractals
Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2
Inspiring Sites of the Week is the weekly series where we feature the latest and hottest websites targeting the design world from around the globe. If it’s creative, unusual, has great functionality and is built using cutting-edge technology we feature them here. Get inspired by the best designs in the industry in the ninety-eighth edition of… Continue reading Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2
Design Agency – Corporate Business HTML5 Template
Design Agency – Corporate Business HTML5 Template: An Introduction Design Agency, a customized and responsive HTML website template for professionals and freelancers who are looking for a website which can be used for a Corporate, Agency, Creative, Personal, and small or large business websites. Packed with sundry features and breathtaking functionality, Design Agency HTML template… Continue reading Design Agency – Corporate Business HTML5 Template
What Is An Effective Web Design And What Makes Good User Experience?
The Importance of User Experience We live at an age and time where everything is accessible but also in an era where people’s attention span gets shorter. Therefore, in a race to attract prospective customers, companies of all sizes and shapes come up with ways and means to do that. In the process, the World Wide… Continue reading What Is An Effective Web Design And What Makes Good User Experience?
Tips for making you app successful!
Mobile application design and development has been ‘the thing’ as of late. With the growing prominence of smartphones, more and more applications are developed. It’s like, we have an app for everything, right? What makes it even more amazing is that this year, the projected number of smartphone users will be 1.75 billion. This staggering number… Continue reading Tips for making you app successful!
Useful Free Vector Files for Designers
Designers have to use art for all kinds of purposes; to beautify their work above all. Designing their own art, from scratch, is time consuming and requires much thought. But they don’t always have time to think up and design their own art; especially when they have to meet certain deadline which could be very… Continue reading Useful Free Vector Files for Designers
10 Professional-Looking and High Quality Fonts for Web Designers
The importance of fonts to designers has always been emphasized. Many design blogs also agree that as designers, choosing high quality fonts is like choosing your clothes. People will think of you differently if you sport the wrong one. That is why we collected ten beautiful fonts for you that you will never hesitate using.… Continue reading 10 Professional-Looking and High Quality Fonts for Web Designers
What Simplicity Really Means
When it comes to web design trends, minimalism has risen to the top and shows no signs of losing its current popularity. There are many reasons why the style has been so embraced of late: not only does it mesh well with the tenets of web design, it also can be effortlessly combined with other… Continue reading What Simplicity Really Means
55 Fresh Examples Of Creative Single Page Website Designs
Displaying your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. You possibly cannot imagine what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and observe how people interact with their work. The best single pages are those that help you convey your message into few… Continue reading 55 Fresh Examples Of Creative Single Page Website Designs
Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design
Flat design is nothing but simplicity put into practice. The fact that simple shapes such as rectangles and circles are being preferred over gradients and drop shadows shows that the tide is in favor of simplicity. A case in point is the new design of the Windows Phone and the Windows 8 OS Metro UI… Continue reading Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design
How to Establish a Modular Typographic Scale
Possibly the most obvious typographic question in the hands of a designer is “which typefaces should I use?” The second question, one which rarely gets the kind of attention it ought, is “at what sizes should I set my type?” Establishing a modular scale is the best way to determine typographic sizes, in fact, it… Continue reading How to Establish a Modular Typographic Scale
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
45+ Free GUI Sets For Your Web and App Projects
Free GUI set are in high demand there days. A lot of web designers experience an increasing competition and everyone work hard to become the best of the best. With thousands of skilled designers online it is essential to stand out from the crowd and know how to work smarter than your competitors. Having the… Continue reading 45+ Free GUI Sets For Your Web and App Projects
30 Must Have Hot New Fonts
If you are a designer, the fonts you use influence the opinions of your viewers. Choosing the right font for a project is essential. Sometimes you want a font that’s easy to read. Other times you want a font that’s more fun or fancy. However, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a designer or even into… Continue reading 30 Must Have Hot New Fonts
Incorporating Subtle Patterns and Minimalism into Web Design
Web design used to be about flashy, bright colors, attention-getters and flash animations that were full of movement and activity designed to be extremely noticeable. Front-end design standards have come a long way since those days, with flash quickly becoming a thing of the past and the professional standard for becoming more sophisticated than it… Continue reading Incorporating Subtle Patterns and Minimalism into Web Design
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