Filed under app, Button, Design, dev, effects, font, Graphic, Graphic design, Illustrator, map, mobile, photoshop, Resource, Resources, Template, Text, Tutorial, Typography, Vector, web by Tara Horner
It’s election season! Time for graphic designers to start helping clients design posters for their upcoming campaigns. It’s a great time to be a designer as each and every city has candidates making their run for spots. Using Live Trace and Live Paint in Illustrator makes stylized posters an easy task. This tutorial walks you through how to quickly make stylized posters that are vector based. This lets you use and re-use designs in various sizes – billboards to coffee [...]
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April 8, 2012 at 8:04 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, Button, buttons, CSS, Design, dev, development, flash, forms, HTML, icon, Icons, iOS, iphone, mobile, Resource, Resources, showcase, Template, web by Jake Rocheleau
There are a lot of factors to consider before building and submitting a mobile application. Developers have plenty of resources on the web for consulting official documentation. But there are some traits you should consider about the overall process. Whether you are building for Apple or Android-powered devices will make all the difference. Some developers have the confidence to build for both platforms which is staggering. I’ll try to mesh ideas together so they apply in both development environments equally. [...]
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March 23, 2012 at 8:33 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, Design, Freelance, Graphic design, minimal, Web Design by Addison Duvall
Let’s face it: when we eat out at a restaurant, we usually aren’t making the most logical choice on any front. Restaurants are quite a bit more expensive than cooking meals at home; they’re also less nutritious, less filling, and sometimes the quality of the food or the service can leave you more unhappy than you bargained for. Nevertheless, millions of us around the world eat at restaurants every day with our family, friends, co-workers, clients, parole officers…just kidding. My [...]
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March 21, 2012 at 8:09 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Design, dev, development, font, forms, icon, Icons, Inspiration, iOS, iphone, Logo, mobile, showcase by Denis Pakhaliuk
Do you like candies? Come on, even if your outer adult doesn’t want to admit it, your inner child is reaching with its palms out! Do you remember when you were a kid with how much attention you paid when you were selecting which candies to buy in the local candy shop? Because you couldn’t taste the sweets without buying them first, you wouldn’t know how delicious the candy was. The only way to choose was to pick a candy [...]
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March 20, 2012 at 5:40 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Button, buttons, dev, editor, flash, icon, jQuery, magazine, Social Bookmark, Twitter, Video, web, Wordpress by Andy Killen
Social networking is constantly evolving. In many cases, what was cool two years ago is now next to worthless. For example ‘the Digg effect‘ used to be massive and could really make a big difference to the visitors to a website. That was then, this is now. The Digg effect is now nearly nonexistent, paling in significance to the other social networks. Digg, like Stumbleupon and Reddit, is just a bookmarking system with some added kudos. Where as things like [...]
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March 19, 2012 at 8:03 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Button, buttons, Design, dev, flash, forms, Graphic design, Video, web, Web Design by Sreeraman Mohan Girija
The most important thing a designer needs to have is a good taste. A good taste at identifying great work. It doesn’t matter if your work doesn’t match up with your taste yet. It will slowly but steadily catch up. Ultimately your taste ends up defining your style. In fact your taste will be few steps ahead of your talent in the initial years of your career. Your taste can tell the difference in quality between what you want to [...]
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March 18, 2012 at 8:49 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, Competition, dev, development, email, HTML, mobile, Template, web by Speckyboy Editors
For this weeks giveaway we have three paperback copies of the book HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook. Written by Shi Chuan, this book will show you how to plan, build, debug and optimize mobile websites. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a comment below telling us why you would like to win this book. About the Book: HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook will show you how to plan, [...]
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March 16, 2012 at 8:11 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Design, effects, Graphic, photography, photoshop, Text, theme, Tutorial by Jameel Khan
You’re a creative talent. The last thing you probably want is to be stuck performing the same task a hundred times on different images. Adobe programmers understand this. It’s why they created Photoshop Actions. With Photoshop Actions, a set of otherwise repetitive tasks can be applied automatically, freeing you up for the real work: being creative. In this article, Jameel Khan shares 60 time saving actions you can use to give your photos the boost they need without taking all [...]
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March 15, 2012 at 9:00 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Design, Freelance, web, Web Design by Eric Karkovack
As a freelancer, it’s easy to get a bit overwhelmed when work is piling up in your queue. Sometimes, it can lead to mistakes or miscommunications with clients. It can sometimes be quite embarrassing. Luckily, the solution is often very simple. Own up to the mistake, make sure it’s fixed and move on. If it was a particularly bad mistake, perhaps offering a bit of a discount could smooth things over. But, what do you do when a heavily relied-upon [...]
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March 14, 2012 at 7:28 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, CSS, Design, dev, font, Graphic, icon, Icons, jQuery, Logo, minimal, mobile, photoshop, Resource, Resources, showcase, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, web, Weekly News by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy 
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources [...]
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March 13, 2012 at 6:19 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, CSS, Design, dev, development, effects, font, Graphic, icon, Inspiration, javascript, Resource, Resources, showcase, Template, Text, Typography, web, Web Design by Jake Rocheleau
Modern web designers are incorporating innovative new concepts for digital type. In the previous decade we have witnessed the Internet transform into a powerful tool for sharing media all around the world. More specifically digital designers have adapted and web trends continue to change over time. Text on a page will always be the most uniform way of communication. It’s up to web designers to mold this text in a tasteful and easy-to-read manner. In this guide I’ll share a [...]
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March 12, 2012 at 4:37 pm Comments (0)
Filed under Ajax, app, CSS, HTML, javascript, Text, web, Web Design, Website Speed, Wordpress by Andy Killen
Programming for speed is not what most coders think of. What they tend to consider first, and usually only, is getting it working. Sometimes people will talk of refactoring to reduce the amount of code, but again this is usually only for those that suffer with the luxury of having too much money and time. I wish I had that luxury, to be able to spend twice as long on a problem to make a perfect solution. In truth I [...]
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March 12, 2012 at 9:00 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Design, dev, Freelance, Resource, Template, Text, web by Eric Karkovack
Some clients already know what they need. Others don’t. So what should you do when a paying client knows what they want, but not what they need? In this article, Eric Karkovack offers advice on speaking up when a client doesn’t actually know what they need. In 1996, I was an 18 year old web designer. Fresh out of high school, I was a bit shy and not very eloquent when expressing myself verbally. My first job was for a [...]
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March 9, 2012 at 1:51 pm Comments (0)
Filed under app, CMS (Content Management), CSS, Design, flash, javascript, showcase, theme, Twitter, Web Design, Wordpress by Visual Idiot
I’m going to make a bold assumption here, but I bet you’ve got a blog. If you do, then you join a crowd of millions, all penning their deepest thoughts and documenting their life. It really is hard to stand out from the crowd though. Anchor aims to fix that. Based on the technology behind my blog, Anchor’s a super-tiny content management system, built especially in mind for art-directed posts; that is, a blog where every article is designed (and [...]
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March 9, 2012 at 8:54 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, Application, book, Button, Design, dev, effects, flash, Graphic, Graphic design, icon, Icons, Illustrator, mobile, photoshop, Text, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, web by Jameel Khan
We are visual creatures. As much as we like to think we appreciate the inner quality of things, the reality is that we start off judging every book by its cover. It comes as no surprise then that icons have a huge impact on how we experience the digital world. So as a web designer, the ability to create quality icons is critical to your ability to breathe life into people’s online experience. In this post, Jameel Khan guides you [...]
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March 8, 2012 at 7:57 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, CSS, Design, font, HTML, javascript, jQuery, plugin, Text, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Alexandre Smirnov
One page scrolling sites have experienced a huge growth in popularity in web design in recent years. Although this type of site isn’t for everyone, it is still useful to know how they work. Today, I will teach you how to create a very simple one page scrolling site using jQuery. Before we begin you can download the Source Files, or try the Demo. This is what we will be building: OK, lets get on with it… The HTML This [...]
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March 7, 2012 at 8:00 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, CSS, Design, dev, font, forms, Graphic, HTML, icon, Icons, jQuery, minimal, Resource, Resources, theme, Tutorial, Twitter, Vector, web, Weekly News by Paul Andrew
This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources [...]
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March 6, 2012 at 8:43 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, CSS, Design, dev, development, HTML, javascript, jQuery, magazine, mobile, plugin, Text, theme, Video, web, Web Design, Wordpress by Jane Parker
Images are one of the most important elements on a web page in terms of user experience. Few objects on a page have the same impact on everything from emotional responses to bounce rates. When users are viewing your site on mobile devices, small screens, or in other unusual situations the images can distort the page and ruin your careful site design. That’s why responsive design is being developed. In this post we examine the use of images in responsive [...]
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March 5, 2012 at 8:49 am Comments (0)
Filed under advertising, app, Design, Inspiration, showcase, Typography, web by Jameel Khan
Everyody needs some inspiration to help unlock those creative ideas. Now, vintage posters might not be your first port-of-call when seeking inspiration. Then you have missed out. Of course, the vintage posters we have for you haven’t aged very well. But the truth is they are all in their own way both enchanting and visually alluring. Just have a look for your self. We hope you enjoy and appreciate these vintage ad posters, and do let us know your thoughts [...]
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March 4, 2012 at 9:03 am Comments (0)
Filed under app, book, Competition, CSS, Design, email, HTML, web by Paul Andrew
An unbelievable 411 comments! That is how many comments last weeks HTML & CSS – Design and Build Websites Book Giveaway generated. Its been by far and away our most popular competition ever and clearly underlines how good the book is. It is just a pity we only have 3 copies to giveaway. Anyway, the competition ended yesterday and it is now time to annouce the winners. Thanks to everybody for their comments and if you are not one of [...]
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March 2, 2012 at 5:39 pm Comments (0)
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