As a web designer, you’re constantly being bombarded with messages that tell you to acquire new skills, try new tools, and keep on hustling. But if you’re constantly changing things up, does it do the opposite of what you originally set out to do? In other words, if you always have to start over, is… Continue reading Is Change Positive for Web Designers?
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10 Fun Fonts to Use for Your Designs
July 30, 2020 by Clarence Fonts can usually make or break one’s design. It is also the one element that involves choosing from the thousands of options available to you – making it harder to choose the right one for your design. There are serif fonts, modern fonts, script fonts, and unique and fun fonts.… Continue reading 10 Fun Fonts to Use for Your Designs
5 Reasons That Why You Should Use Virtual Server Instead of Shared Hosting
If you are planning to buy a host or virtual server and register a domain and start an online business or you have done this before, you know that hosting services have different plans and each has its advantages and disadvantages. The cheapest is shared hosting, in which hundreds of websites use a single hard… Continue reading 5 Reasons That Why You Should Use Virtual Server Instead of Shared Hosting
How Custom Software Development Boosts Businesses
The demand for business software solutions isn’t something new. From supply chain management, operations, administration, analytics, and customer satisfaction, software is a required part of nearly every aspect of modern business. Without it, chaos and mismanagement run rampant. When it comes to technology, businesses have more diverse and complex needs today than they have ever… Continue reading How Custom Software Development Boosts Businesses
29 Creative Logo Designs for Inspiration #72
31 Shares Professional custom logo templates and brand logo design ideas for your trademark, branding identity or commercial business. High quality logo designs good for company, corporate, studio, Brand, club, organization & community. Logo templates contained customizable Ai & Eps files that you can change colors, shape, text, font type, position and size easily. What… Continue reading 29 Creative Logo Designs for Inspiration #72
Photoshop Basics: How to Flip an Image in Photoshop
July 29, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine Flipping an image may be required for editing photos on Photoshop. There are many different ways to do so, and some had already been discussed in previous tutorials. It is important to note that there are two considerations on how to flip an image in Photoshop. This is to… Continue reading Photoshop Basics: How to Flip an Image in Photoshop
Redaction: Free serif-font in 21 styles
Redaction is a free serif typeface available in 3 styles (Regular, Italic, Bold) and 7 grades of degradation, for a total of 21 fonts. This font was commissioned by Titus Kaphar and Reginald Dwayne Betts at exhibition at MoMA PS1. Its intent was to capture the history and problems of the US criminal justice system.… Continue reading Redaction: Free serif-font in 21 styles
20 Unmissable Websites, July 2020
After six months of uncertainty 2020 is finally beginning to find a style of its own. There are nods to Brutalism, a delightful blending of 80s pastels with 90s primaries, and the font style of choice is anything but geometric sans-serif. In this month’s collection of the freshest sites from the past four weeks you’ll… Continue reading 20 Unmissable Websites, July 2020
How to Find a Font
We know that there is a lot of work involved when it comes to designs. Every element designed has a reasoning behind it – from the colors to the shapes and even the look of the texts. Looking for the right font to use for your texts can be a time-consuming task. Fonts, in the… Continue reading How to Find a Font
How to make a business website better by improving its UX
4 Shares To establish a modern business, you need to create a website. Websites are precious. They provide quick access to the essential information and services a company offers. It is great to have an excellent online presence – and sites allow just that. However, many users expect a particular web design one business to… Continue reading How to make a business website better by improving its UX
Photoshop Basics: How to Curve Text in Photoshop
July 27, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine Understanding how to curve a text in Photoshop may be one of the things we don’t realize are important in learning how to use the software. When done wrong, a curved text in a Photoshopped image will surely look too amateur. To any beginner, there are multiple ways to… Continue reading Photoshop Basics: How to Curve Text in Photoshop
17 Tools I Can’t Design Without
I think of a creative practice as a combination of an approach (a design philosophy) and a series of techniques (craft skills); a good tool facilitates a technique, which in turn supports an approach. It wasn’t until I sat down to write a list of tools I can’t design without, that I realized just how… Continue reading 17 Tools I Can’t Design Without
Popular Design News of the Week: July 20, 2020 – July 26, 2020
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: July 20, 2020 – July 26, 2020
Biggest Graphic Design Trends for 2020
2020 has rung in the new decade, and what a decade it has been so far! It has brought with it a new evolution of design within the graphic design world. Almost as if marking the start of a new era, new trends, ideas and looks have started appearing and making themselves seen and heard… Continue reading Biggest Graphic Design Trends for 2020
Important Skills Every Web Designer Needs
July 24, 2020 by Spyre Studios Learning web design skills can lead to a fulfilling and exciting career, especially if you’re a problem-solver or are creative. But it can seem overwhelming to get started, especially if you don’t know what skills you’ll need. If you’re wondering if this is the right career, it’s easier than… Continue reading Important Skills Every Web Designer Needs
Dedicated Hosting vs Cloud Hosting – What’s Best For Your Business?
Deciding between a dedicated server or a cloud hosting solution is one of the most important decisions you will make for your business. It will impact your bottom line and the service you can offer to your clients. A few years ago, the most popular option was using a Linux shared server and then… Continue reading Dedicated Hosting vs Cloud Hosting – What’s Best For Your Business?
Case Study: 8 Design Tips That Increased My Ecommerce Conversions By 42%
When it comes to increasing sales for your ecommerce store, there are 3 levers you can pull: You can increase your average order value; You can increase the amount of traffic to your site; You can increase your conversion rate. While all of the above are important, the cheapest, most effective way to grow your… Continue reading Case Study: 8 Design Tips That Increased My Ecommerce Conversions By 42%
Free Folded T-Shirt Mockup PSD
2 Shares Premium free folded t-shirt mockup template, perfect to showcase your brand t-shirt design in a realistic way. You can easily change the shirt color, background and add your own graphics / lettering with the smart layer. This free t-shirt mockup will help you to present your apparel design will look like printed on a… Continue reading Free Folded T-Shirt Mockup PSD
31 Creative Logo Designs for Inspiration #71
61 Shares Creative logo templates and logo concepts for your trademark, branding identity or commercial brand. Logos are good for company, corporate, studio, Brand, club, organization & community. Logo templates contained customizable Ai & Eps files that you can change colors, shape, text, font type, position and size easily. This is the best hand-picked collection… Continue reading 31 Creative Logo Designs for Inspiration #71
GoSurf: Free website template for surfing and travels
GoSurf is a modern landing page template made by Black Flag Creative. A captivating design made of dark backgrounds, cool images, and bold typography. Although it falls under the travel category, it’s a great choice if you need inspiration for your next website design. You can easily customise the sections and make your content fit!… Continue reading GoSurf: Free website template for surfing and travels
How to Improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and SEO
Contentful; Webster’s Dictionary defines “contentful” as… not found. Clearly someone made up this word, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The world of user experience metrics is moving quickly, so new terminology is needed. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is one of a number of metrics measuring the render time of content on a… Continue reading How to Improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and SEO
21 Best Photography Portfolio Brochure Templates
41 Shares Photography Portfolio templates, clean and modern design with professional brochure look, strong typography make your photography portfolio look amazing. All templates are fully customizable, compatible with Adobe Indesign. The download contains IDML-files, bleeds, paragraph styles, separate layers and links to the free fonts. With these brochure templates you can present yourself in a… Continue reading 21 Best Photography Portfolio Brochure Templates
Best Colleges to Study Graphic Design
0 Shares Over the last several years, graphic design has gained more popularity worldwide and not because people have suddenly discovered their love for art. First, this is one of the key components in the IT industry for creating user-friendly design and experience for smartphone users. Secondly, this job can be easily done on a… Continue reading Best Colleges to Study Graphic Design
Photoshop Basics: How to Feather in Photoshop
July 20, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine What is ‘Feather’ in Photoshop? To ‘feather’ an image simply means to soften its edges. In some references, ‘feathering’ is also called blurred edges. Feathering is done to an image for a variety of purposes. This is usually used to isolate a certain part of an image, to use… Continue reading Photoshop Basics: How to Feather in Photoshop