Millennials have buying power that is constantly growing. Understandably, businesses are interested in doing things to attract millennial customers. It’s estimated that by 2021, millennials will have a buying power of over $2 billion. Baby boomers and Generation X each have their own needs and wants. Marketers have adapted their tactics to address those needs. Now,… Continue reading UX and Millennials: 5 Design Tips That Attract Millennial Crowd
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How to Make a Gift Certificate (Using an Online Gift Certificate Maker) + Examples
If you own a small business, creating gift certificates that your customers can share with family and friends is a great way to increase interest in your business and boost sales. And the good news is that making your own gift certificates doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult—all you need is a computer, a… Continue reading How to Make a Gift Certificate (Using an Online Gift Certificate Maker) + Examples
9 Productivity Tips Everyone Studying Online Should Use
If you want to succeed in online learning, the key thing to keep in mind is that courses taught through the Internet are just as rigorous and intensive as traditional classes at a college. No matter how comfy you may feel, it takes discipline and dedication to stay productive. To help you get on the… Continue reading 9 Productivity Tips Everyone Studying Online Should Use
10 CSS3 Properties you Need to be Familiar With
We’ve already covered the thirty CSS selectors that we should all memorize; but what about the new CSS3 properties? Though most of them still require a vendor-specific prefix, you can still use them in your projects today. In fact, it’s encouraged! Web Development The 30 CSS Selectors You Must Memorize Jeffrey Way At the conclusion of… Continue reading 10 CSS3 Properties you Need to be Familiar With
How to Draw Wood
What You’ll Be Creating Drawing is like magic—you can create many different surfaces using only a sheet of paper and a few pencils. But, just like magic, the whole process is not so easy to understand. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a wood texture step by step. I will be using a… Continue reading How to Draw Wood
Why UX Personas Matter in Web Design (+2 Persona Examples)
What’s the one thing that designers, coders, and writers all seek in unison? Besides an easy to work with clients, of course. It’s clarity. When achieved, it makes quick work of even the most daunting task. If absent, even a mind-numbingly menial job can break a seasoned professional down to tears. It’s always a lack… Continue reading Why UX Personas Matter in Web Design (+2 Persona Examples)
Create a Burning Vector Match Using Gradient Meshes
What You’ll Be Creating If you want to create vector flames in Illustrator, in this tutorial I will show you how to create an illustration of a burning match using a fire gradient. You’ll learn how to make a realistic match flame that is also fully scalable. And if you need some vector flames, but… Continue reading Create a Burning Vector Match Using Gradient Meshes
The Designer’s Guide to Letter-Spacing
Most of the information we consume happens through reading, so it makes a lot of sense to pay attention to the words when designing. There are many aspects to typography, but one of the things that helped improve the quality of my design was letter-spacing. Letter-spacing is about adding and removing space between letters. Some… Continue reading The Designer’s Guide to Letter-Spacing
The Simplest Android App: Hello World
Learning to code Android apps is a great decision. It’s fun and it’s an in-demand skill for the tech industry. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build the simplest Android App: Hello World. It’s a great place to start making Android apps. Prerequisites for Creating a Hello World App Before you get started with… Continue reading The Simplest Android App: Hello World
Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Fade Effect on Scroll
In today’s super quick tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a simple, yet useful scroll effect. As we scroll within the page, the visibility of two elements will change depending on the scroll position. As the saying goes: “a picture is worth a thousand words”, so let’s have a look at what we’re going to create (scroll… Continue reading Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Fade Effect on Scroll
How to Build a Grayscale to Color Effect on Scroll (CSS & JavaScript)
In this new tutorial, we’ll start with some grayscale images and learn how to smoothly reveal their colored variants on scroll. To achieve the desired effect, we’re going to take advantage of different modern front-end features like CSS Grid, the clip-path property, and the Intersection Observer API. Our Grayscale to Color Effect Without further intro, let’s check… Continue reading How to Build a Grayscale to Color Effect on Scroll (CSS & JavaScript)
How to Make a Comic Book Cover
What You’ll Be Creating Truth be told, yes, you should judge a book by its cover, especially when it comes to comic book covers. Read this tutorial to learn some rules for designing a stand-out cover for your graphic novels. Want to create a comic book covers to attract readers and entice people to buy… Continue reading How to Make a Comic Book Cover
7 Simple Steps to Get Started with Instagram Ads
Why Instagram? With an advertising reach of 849.3 million users and growing, the marketing potential of this social media platform is something that is simply hard to ignore. But if we’re going to play the numbers game, Facebook’s 2 billion users certainly dwarfs the number of Instagram users. So why not just place all your… Continue reading 7 Simple Steps to Get Started with Instagram Ads
10 Best WordPress Star Rating Plugins
Star ratings are used by websites to review all kinds of products and services. You can use them to rate pretty much anything your users are interested in: a movie, the food in a restaurant, the quality of service provided by a mechanic, etc. One of the reasons star ratings are so popular is that… Continue reading 10 Best WordPress Star Rating Plugins
How to Crop in Photoshop
Cropping in Adobe Photoshop is something that you’ll need to use often. From resizing images to stripping excess space in a photo, this is a fundamental skill you’ll use in just about any design project. 1. How to crop in Photoshop using the Crop Tool Step 1 The Crop Tool is a great tool if… Continue reading How to Crop in Photoshop
How to Create a Graffiti Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create graffiti art from your photos in Adobe Photoshop, using filters and adjustments. Follow along with us over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel: The graffiti effect is part of Graffiti Effect with Pop Up Photoshop Action from my portfolio on Envato Market. Graffiti Effect with Pop Up Photoshop Action… Continue reading How to Create a Graffiti Effect in Adobe Photoshop
The Art of Persuasion: How to Handle Clients With Mad Ideas
We’ve all been there. It’s 4pm on a Friday afternoon, you’re already in your “weekend outfit” (underwear and hoody combo) and you get an email. It’s Client X: Hey, erm, I’ve just had a couple of thoughts, can we talk? Wearily, you reach for the phone. Sure enough, the “couple of thoughts” become a rambling… Continue reading The Art of Persuasion: How to Handle Clients With Mad Ideas
Graphic Design Junction
A logo is where brand development as such usually begins. This is what will cause the most powerful associations of customers, and with the help of which they will recognize your brand among hundreds of others. This is the main starting point, so in this article, we decided to tell how to use the latest… Continue reading Graphic Design Junction
Proceeding from the Latest Logo Design Trends to Make a Powerful Brand Identity
A logo is where brand development as such usually begins. This is what will cause the most powerful associations of customers, and with the help of which they will recognize your brand among hundreds of others. This is the main starting point, so in this article, we decided to tell how to use the latest… Continue reading Proceeding from the Latest Logo Design Trends to Make a Powerful Brand Identity
How to Design a Money Management App UI in Sketch
What You’ll Be Creating In this Sketch app tutorial you will learn how to create a money management mobile UI design. Take a look at the final design to see what we’ll be working towards. Feel free to download the source files too. What We’ll Learn For starters, you will learn how to set up… Continue reading How to Design a Money Management App UI in Sketch
How to Create a Typographic Album Cover
What You’ll Be Creating In this article, we’ll analyze some album cover design examples that have an emphasis on typography. Then, we’ll take some of these album cover ideas and experiment with them in a sample typographic album cover. Whether your focus is on CD album covers, a cover for your podcast, or creating and… Continue reading How to Create a Typographic Album Cover
How to Make, Use, and Manipulate a Calligraphic Brush in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating The Calligraphic brush in Adobe Illustrator mimics the look and feel of a calligraphy pen nib. Let’s take its options for a spin to get everything you can from this brush type. 1. How to Make a Calligraphic Brush Step 1 To start, create a New Document, select the Paintbrush Tool (B)… Continue reading How to Make, Use, and Manipulate a Calligraphic Brush in Adobe Illustrator
Android Fans Rejoice, Vivaldi Has Arrived
It’s time for me to go all fanboy on you guys, because Vivaldi is on Android, ya’ll! Vivaldi the browser, that is. You know, the one made by former Opera devs, and which is aimed at power users who want loads of customization and choice, plus a little privacy. It’s the browser I’ve been using… Continue reading Android Fans Rejoice, Vivaldi Has Arrived
7 Essential Steps for Brand Identity Integration into Web Design
With the rising trends of user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) in web design, it is no longer enough to simply provide your visitors with a product and call it a day. Whether you are about to launch your business’ website for the first time or are in the process of a website redesign,… Continue reading 7 Essential Steps for Brand Identity Integration into Web Design