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Microcopy: an essential guide to becoming a more literate designer

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Illustration by David Hall Designers should not be mere decorators, but have an understanding of language and microcopy, a crucial design skill, now more than ever. Look at these two images: Onboarding screen A and B The obvious difference between these two onboarding visuals is that option A is devoid of words and is… Continue reading Microcopy: an essential guide to becoming a more literate designer

8 Content Marketing Tactics To Increase Your Traffic In 2021

If you run an online business in 2021, you need to make sure you have a strong content marketing strategy if you want to attract as much website traffic as possible. Content marketing is the process of creating valuable and shareable content, like blog posts, quizzes, and videos, to attract your ideal customers and ultimately make… Continue reading 8 Content Marketing Tactics To Increase Your Traffic In 2021

Create Beautiful WordPress Pages with Optimized Images Using Elementor and ImageEngine

WordPress powers nearly 40% of all websites, thanks to its commitment to making publication possible for everyone, for free. Combined with premium plugins and themes, it’s possibly the ultimate tool for building attractive, unique, and feature-rich websites without any coding or design experience. However, you do pay the price for this experience, with WordPress and… Continue reading Create Beautiful WordPress Pages with Optimized Images Using Elementor and ImageEngine

How to Preserve the Menu State on Page Load (Using Local Storage)

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll create a simple static site with Tailwind CSS and then learn how to preserve its menu state on page load. The first time we visit the site, the menu will be hidden. However, as soon as we open it and close the browser, we’ll use local storage… Continue reading How to Preserve the Menu State on Page Load (Using Local Storage)

How to Turn a Picture Into an SVG for Cricut

What You’ll Be Creating Looking to turn a picture into an SVG for Cricut? Then look no further! In this tutorial, we’ll go over what the SVG file type is and why you would want to use SVG files for Cricut. Next, we’ll go over how to create SVG files for Cricut in several different… Continue reading How to Turn a Picture Into an SVG for Cricut

26 Best Premium Photoshop Actions

19 Shares Photoshop Actions, best of all time. These action sets have been developed for photographers and graphic designers. Premium Photoshop actions are best for getting high-quality results. These Photoshop actions can transform your photos into HDR portraits, Oily effect, newspaper print, abstract, watercolor effect, comic and dots effects within a seconds. Mostly Photoshop actions… Continue reading 26 Best Premium Photoshop Actions

Inspirational Showcase Of 60 Famous Album Covers

April 13, 2021 by Mike Smith 19 Comments If an artist’s name brings images into your head when you hear it, odds are you’re remembering an iconic image of that artist. To prove this point, these album covers are, in my opinion, some of the most iconic covers in history. Here are some of the… Continue reading Inspirational Showcase Of 60 Famous Album Covers

How to build tech that does things differently

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Data ethics principles and processes are useful, but they are often of limited use when it comes to addressing the social and environmental harms of the data economy. This post is about using creative R&D to build data technologies that embed a different set of values from the ground up,… Continue reading How to build tech that does things differently

PHP Superglobals Explained—With Cheatsheet

In this post, I’ll give you a cheatsheet quick reference to all the PHP superglobal variables available in PHP. What Is a Superglobal Variable? Let’s have a look at the definition of superglobal variables. Superglobals are built-in variables that are always available in all scopes. Whether you are a seasoned PHP developer or a novice… Continue reading PHP Superglobals Explained—With Cheatsheet

WordPress Themes: 25 Responsive Best WP Themes

36 Shares Responsive multi-purpose Best WordPress Themes modern design single page or multi pages easy to use, lightweight and fast loading, WordPress themes for building website. WordPress Themes for Creative Portfolio, Corporate Businesses, Blogs and Personal websites. Highly customizable, simple, feature rich, SEO friendly, fast loading, functional and modern WordPress themes will make your web design look more impressive… Continue reading WordPress Themes: 25 Responsive Best WP Themes

Putting to the test Google’s plan to disrupt the university degree

[unable to retrieve full-text content] A UX design and ethical analysis of Google’s UX Design Professional Certificate Course. A screenshot of Google’s UX design course on Coursera I usually only binge-watch Netflix shows. But after reading about Google’s plan to disrupt the college degree, following an announcement from Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on March 11… Continue reading Putting to the test Google’s plan to disrupt the university degree

10 Free File Sharing Tools for Sending Big Data Online

There is no better way to send big files than through cloud storage services. However, free file sharing tools for sending big data online may be a good alternative as well. Cloud storage keeps data in for an indefinite period of time. This means that you can keep it there as long as you choose… Continue reading 10 Free File Sharing Tools for Sending Big Data Online

5 Platforms to Showcase Your Work as a Beginner Designer

2 Shares Social media are one of the marvels introduced to us by the internet. It allows us to communicate and share anything we want from anywhere. And that provides countless opportunities for those who want to earn money by doing art. But where do I start as a beginner designer? What platforms are the… Continue reading 5 Platforms to Showcase Your Work as a Beginner Designer

5 Women Web Designers We Can All Learn From in 2021

March 8, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to feature the best women web designers of 2021. Let’s face it, the population of women designers in the industry does not compare to the number of men in the profession. However, that does not mean that the excellence of… Continue reading 5 Women Web Designers We Can All Learn From in 2021

WordPress Themes: Modern & Creative Themes

13 Shares Responsive WordPress Themes, multipurpose themes for building creative websites, ecommerce shop and personal portfolio website. Creative themes for WordPress CMS can save your time and money to build your website on one of the best CMS “WordPress” with easy to install plugins and friendly features. With these WordPress themes, you can create any kind… Continue reading WordPress Themes: Modern & Creative Themes

11 Best PHP Blog Scripts and Blogging Platforms

Are you looking to start an independent blog or add a business blog to your website? Blogs are the most reliable means of growing a business and boosting revenue. They are the best way of letting visitors know what your business is about. In addition to help you generate leads, blogs build trust in existing… Continue reading 11 Best PHP Blog Scripts and Blogging Platforms

41 Best Real Estate Newsletters (Ideas and Examples to Download)

Real estate newsletters are a great way for real estate agents to connect with their target audience. And if you’re a real estate agent looking to create a weekly or monthly newsletter to keep your clients updated, then you’re going to need an eye-catching template.  Check out Envato Elements or GraphicRiver for the best real… Continue reading 41 Best Real Estate Newsletters (Ideas and Examples to Download)

23 Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2021

We’re going to try something a little different this month; with this roundup of tools and resources for designers, we’re going to pick a few of our favorites and group everything else in a manner that makes it even easier to find elements that will work for you, and your projects, right now. Here’s what’s… Continue reading 23 Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2021

How to Create a Vintage Type Postcard

What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to design a vintage postcard in Adobe Illustrator. Harken back to an era when postcards were all the rage with this friendly type style. The tutorial will delve into clipping masks, using bitmap images, working with layers, effects, and blends.  What You’ll Learn… Continue reading How to Create a Vintage Type Postcard

8 Websites and Apps to Design Your Own Emoji

January 13, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine Has there ever been a time when no emoji can represent what you think and feel? Well, the great news is that there are websites and apps to design your own emoji! Most of the websites allow free use of their tools and require a bare minimum of registration.… Continue reading 8 Websites and Apps to Design Your Own Emoji

How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background

What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a pastel gradient background in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Cool and warm, this timeless trend will give a soothing effect to any design. All you have to do is look for the best gradient combinations.  Looking to download some pastel… Continue reading How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background

50 Best Websites of 2020

2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world better.… Continue reading 50 Best Websites of 2020

30 Hilarious Print Advertisements

December 28, 2020 by Tom Walker 155 Comments In today’s world of interactive web-based marketing, viral campaigns, and high production television commercials, printed ads remain one of the most effective means for advertisers to reach their audience. The printed format, whether it is for magazines, newspapers, or billboards, sets specific challenges for ad designers. For… Continue reading 30 Hilarious Print Advertisements