Tag: path

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

How to Use Swift on Linux

1. State of the Union As with any new and emerging technology or language, it is always important to stay on top of the latest news and updates. Swift as a language is no different. Apple has released many new updates and enhancements in the short time that Swift has been in existence. So you first… Continue reading How to Use Swift on Linux

Build a Custom Photo Widget for Your Desktop with Node.js

The first thing I do on any new device is customize the home screen. This has been a tradition of mine since my first non-DOS computer, when I used my Mario Paint manual to help me make some Legend of Zelda pixel art in MS Paint, and set it as the Desktop wallpaper. Now that… Continue reading Build a Custom Photo Widget for Your Desktop with Node.js

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

How to Create a Surreal Space Scene in Photoshop

How to Create a Surreal Space Scene in Photoshop 3.33/5 (66.67%) 3 votes This is a simple tutorial about how to make an awesome space image with a couple of simple pictures. Made in Photoshop Cs5 on a Macbook pro. What you’ll be creating Jupiter Fall is a piece I did out of a dream I… Continue reading How to Create a Surreal Space Scene in Photoshop

Animated Map Path for Interactive Storytelling

Today we’d like to share an experimental demo with you. This demo is an interactive map that will animate a map path while scrolling the page. The main idea is to connect the story being told with the path itself. The journey can also contain images that will indicate where they have been taken with… Continue reading Animated Map Path for Interactive Storytelling

Working with Type on a Path in Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In this quick tip tutorial, you will learn how to add Type on a Path in Adobe Illustrator. This is handy for logos and badges. So let’s get to it! Text Around a Circular Path Let’s start with the badge scenario. The first thing you need to do is create a… Continue reading Working with Type on a Path in Illustrator

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Learning the fundamentals of the World Wide Web is crucial, especially if you are planning to build web apps. And, HTTP is at the heart of any web application you could build. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

New to Photoshop? Get Started Here!

So you’ve decided to teach yourself Photoshop? That is so exciting! Thank you for choosing Tuts+ as your place to learn. Photoshop is a fantastically powerful application that will allow you to manipulate images in just about any way you can think of. You can remove unwanted people or distractions from a photo, make color… Continue reading New to Photoshop? Get Started Here!

Manipulating SVG Icons With Simple CSS

This article is the second in a three-part series showing the new approaches to iconography Iconic will be delivering. If you like what you see in this article, please consider backing Iconic on Kickstarter   Styling Icons With CSS Smart icons have gotten a lot of interest, but styling may be the most useful feature… Continue reading Manipulating SVG Icons With Simple CSS

Setting up Foundation With Sass and Compass

Sass is a great way to speed up front-end development in general, I use it in every one of my projects. Sass (as with all other preprocessors) allows for nested styles, functions and prewritten code in what are called mixins. Foundation has a few different versions, currently we’ve covered the most common HTML/CSS variants, but… Continue reading Setting up Foundation With Sass and Compass

Create a Shaded, Stylized Text Effect in Photoshop

Typography and text effects are critical in today’s graphic and commercial design. Viewers are becoming more and more overwhelmed with daily information, and as a result they can inadvertently be conditioned to “filter out” messaging that isn’t truly distinctive. Stylized typography is an effective way to regain the attention and appeal that can otherwise be… Continue reading Create a Shaded, Stylized Text Effect in Photoshop

Create a Realistic Underwater Scene in Photoshop

Final Product What You’ll Be Creating Underwater scenes can be quite challenging to create in a realistic way. In this tutorial, we will explain how to create an Underwater scene in Photoshop using several stock photographs. Let’s get started!   Speed Art Video Take a look at this stunning speed art video that shows how this… Continue reading Create a Realistic Underwater Scene in Photoshop

How To Create Stylish Pictogram Inspired Illustrations

Illustrating with basic linework not only results in some really cool artwork, it also makes the job a lot easier! Instead of painstakingly drawing every detail, simplifying the object into its basic form and using just a single stroke weight produces a stylised pictogram effect. In this tutorial I’ll take you through the process of… Continue reading How To Create Stylish Pictogram Inspired Illustrations

Why Media Temple’s Grid Package Is Such A Likeable Hosting Option

The Media Temple Grid type hosting plan is the best value for blog, business or personal web hosting, for a number of reasons. First among these is the scalability it comes with:  there is no fixed capacity, so you’re always online. The number of computers comprising the grid can be augmented with just a flip of… Continue reading Why Media Temple’s Grid Package Is Such A Likeable Hosting Option

How To Create a Set of Vector Weather Line Icons

Stroked line icons really complement a flat interface style with their minimal and basic appearance. Let’s take a look at building a set of stylised vector icons of our own. We’ll base them on the weather to allow us to create a set of consistently styled icons that would be a perfect match for a… Continue reading How To Create a Set of Vector Weather Line Icons