Essential Design Trends, March 2016

One of the great things about looking at trends each month is catching a glimpse of what designers are experimenting with. In particular, you start to see a distinct crossover of elements that you might have missed at first glance. That exact thing happened with this month’s collection. Note all the yellow and gold tones. Even… Continue reading Essential Design Trends, March 2016

50 Free Resources for Web Designers from Mars 2016

The tremendous thing about the design community is that we all love to share. We really do. Whether we share our thoughts and ideas via an in-depth article or by giving advice/feedback on a forum, or even by freely offering high-quality resources. The sharing is what makes our community truly great! Here are February’s 50… Continue reading 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from Mars 2016

10 Reasons Why Your Design Skills May Seem Lame

The design field is pretty crowded. If this is your “calling,” then you have to accept that you are in competition with a lot of creatives that may know more than you. You have to accept that you will have to take all of that creativity you have and translate it into products that others… Continue reading 10 Reasons Why Your Design Skills May Seem Lame

Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game

Source: Be Digital[2] First impressions count. This is where pre-built websites can play a key role in creating any business-oriented website. There has to be a follow-through of course, but the importance of creating a great first impression can never be overemphasized. The problem facing the web designer is what makes a great first impression… Continue reading Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game

7 Tips for Delighting Users With Great UX

A great user experience starts with the designer. You have to imagine and create something that people will want to touch and engage with, time and time again. Sounds easy, right? The key to delighting users is to think like one. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel with every new design project; use tools and… Continue reading 7 Tips for Delighting Users With Great UX

10 Useful Mobile Search Engines To Download Free Apps

With this collection, we are aiming to present some of the finest examples of Mobile App Search Engines for you. Take a peek over the list and see if anything catches your attention. We spent a large amount of time basking in the glow of a computer screen to sort out the wheat from the… Continue reading 10 Useful Mobile Search Engines To Download Free Apps

15 Beautifully Imperfect Free Brush Fonts

Distorted and irregular, yet beautifully imperfect. Every individual character unique and painstakingly handmade. Vintage in style yet seamlessly blends in with the modern. Brush-style typography has been forgotten for quite a long time, but as happens with all design trends, is currently enjoying a revival in popularity. In this collection, we have 15 free brush… Continue reading 15 Beautifully Imperfect Free Brush Fonts

The Best Tools for Building Websites and Portfolios in 2016

If your present page builder has taken the fun out of website design, it may be time to bring the fun back into the process. When Themeco launched Cornerstone, their 100% front-end page builder, it created more than just a stir. First introduced as compatible only with their incredibly popular X Theme, Themeco is close… Continue reading The Best Tools for Building Websites and Portfolios in 2016

20 Free Mobile UI Kits for iOS & Android

If you have already designed a mobile app from scratch then you will no certainly know that creating the UI from can be a fun, but can also at times be an arduous and time-consuming task. To help take away some of the workload from you, and to help you get started on your next… Continue reading 20 Free Mobile UI Kits for iOS & Android

Weekly Inspiration: Big Type Reading Experiences

Everyone has their own guilty pleasure where it comes to web design; with me, it’s big typography. I love reading on the web when content is presented with large, unapologetic type. Couple that with cleverly used color, confident whitespace, and well designed typefaces–I’m hooked. This week’s inspiration pulls together some of my favorite examples. Font-Size 1rem If a… Continue reading Weekly Inspiration: Big Type Reading Experiences

5 Must Have Free eBooks for Web Designers

We have gathered 5 ebooks regarding web design for you to download and read. In the era of Internet, you can get good quality free content instead of buying with cash. Here we have a list of ebooks that’s worth reading. Enjoy. 1. Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton This snappy, extensive book from… Continue reading 5 Must Have Free eBooks for Web Designers

25 Fantastic Horizontal Scrolling Sites You’ll Love

Most of sites over the web use vertical scrolling, we get used to it. That’s what we expect to see. Yet, horizontal scrolling is something creative and unique. If you’re aimed to impress your users, horizontal scrolling will surely help you. It’s suitable for any creative field, like photography, design, art when you need to… Continue reading 25 Fantastic Horizontal Scrolling Sites You’ll Love

Designing a Responsive Navigation Your Users Will Love

The process of creating a website should always start with general ideas. These turn into wireframes or low-fidelity mockups to give the designer a sense of direction. It’s fairly straightforward, but the creative process requires a large visual library of existing layouts to understand which interfaces are usable and well-designed. Navigation is a huge part… Continue reading Designing a Responsive Navigation Your Users Will Love

20 Elegant Landing Page Designs You’ll Love

Designing a beautiful landing page is extremely difficult. There are usually several goals that a landing page is designed for – it needs to help educate the visitor about what the product is, it needs to explain how it’s useful to them and it needs to look good while it does it. A well designed… Continue reading 20 Elegant Landing Page Designs You’ll Love

Freebie: Valentine’s vector pack

It’s that time of year again, when cupid draws back his bow, and florists quadruple their prices. As St. Valentine’s day rapidly approaches, it’s time to start thinking about who your special someone might be. And whilst the rest of the population buys cards for loved ones, as designers we’re in the enviable position of… Continue reading Freebie: Valentine’s vector pack

Stock Agencies That We Love Around Valentine’s Day

Designers, bloggers, publishers and advertisers are all faced with a unique opportunity to attract plenty of new customers whenever a big holiday approaches. In the proximity of Valentine’s Day, this can be achieved by using images of happy couples and other familiar imagery that we are very receptive to right now. Since you may be… Continue reading Stock Agencies That We Love Around Valentine’s Day

25 Amazing Photoshop Tutorials For Graphic Designers

Adobe Photoshop is an essential toolkit and most popular graphic editing program to all designers and designers love all of those Photoshop tuts that can help them to learn more and more and give them direction to design more beautiful and attractive creative works. Here you have “25 Amazing Photoshop Tutorials For Graphic Designers” to… Continue reading 25 Amazing Photoshop Tutorials For Graphic 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

45+ Cool & Inspiring Poster Designs

This post covers a large collection of interesting poster designs that hopefully will help you boost your creativity. If you are looking for a inspiration and motivation for your project or simply itching for something with real aesthetic value to admire, a handpicked collection of great poster designs is one way of doing it. Most… Continue reading 45+ Cool & Inspiring Poster Designs

10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck

So you’re designing a logo. It sounds like an easy enough task, right? Draw a circle, type in the company name and you’re done (I’ve literally heard a designer suggest that very process). Unfortunately, if you’re really worth the money the client is paying you, there’s a lot more to it than that. There are… Continue reading 10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck

20 Posters with Inspirational Quotes for Designers

Inspiration, we all need it! Whether it comes when we look a someone else’s creative work or when we read some beautiful, inspirational quotes, the result is the same! If you love prints then you should have at least one of these quotes hanged up in your office. Which one of these posters with inspirational… Continue reading 20 Posters with Inspirational Quotes for Designers

Adobe Illustrator CS6 Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Illustrator is a very important tool for designers and creative professionals. And no matter how familiar you are with it, there are always some shortcuts you could learn to be more productive. This is why you will love today’s exclusive Adobe Illustrator CS6 cheat sheet that the good people at ZeroLag have put together for WDL. How to… Continue reading Adobe Illustrator CS6 Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Flat Web Design Tutorial – Portfolio Landing Page

Some people may find flat web design boring while others totally love it. I find flat design interesting and more user friendly. It puts more emphasis on the content and it’s very flexible, which is really ideal for responsive web design. If you, like me, love flat design, make sure to check out 40+ Flat Web Design… Continue reading Flat Web Design Tutorial – Portfolio Landing Page