Perspective photo mockups are beyond useful when it comes to interface design. These mockups offer designers the ability to craft pixel-perfect interfaces and display how they would look on a real device. Most files are released as PSDs with editable smart objects. Simply copy & paste the final screen design and the mockup is instantly […]
Archives for February 2015
Tips & Tricks for Designing Uniform Website Icons
Featured image source Beautiful icons are the rainbow sprinkles on top of a delicious website sundae. The ability to craft icons that blend together is almost compulsory. Any UI designer should be more than willing to jump onto the path of icon design. Although it is jarring and difficult, consistent icon design greatly improves the […]
The 10 Best Parallax Design Tutorials Ever
Parallax scrolling is nothing new to web design. If anything, this effect must be used more often to create stunning and attractive pages on your website. Once a hot web design trend, parallax scrolling lost its steam with the growth of mobile use to view websites. Parallax scrolling isn’t mobile-friendly but there are a few who have […]
Site Architecture Tips to Make Your Blog Load Faster
As a blogger, your main concern is to share your ideas top your target audience. To get to that point, you will need to learn how to build a blog, something that this resource can help you do. Once you have built your blog, you will need gain blog visitors for your message to be heard. For […]
Pragmatic Routines for Improving your Digital Design Skillset
Featured image source The proverbial idea that “practice makes perfect” seems quite sensible. If you continue to practice a certain skillset you’ll eventually master the process and improve much quicker. But practice doesn’t just mean doing the same stuff over and over. To improve at design requires a routine or method of practicing which every-so-often […]
25 Eye Candy Websites Built with the Be Theme
Is the inspiration fairy trying her best to elude you? She may be fast, but we’re faster. We gathered some fine-looking samples of homepages to get you back on track and continue to do what you love: design stunning websites. We had some help from Muffin Group. Be Theme is the source for all the […]
Best Online Tools & Resources for Creative Freelancers
Featured image source Joining the army of freelancers in any creative field is always a challenge. Your chops really need to be up-to-par with the growing market of artists and designers. Although freelancing is a difficult career path you can save a lot of time with online tools and webapps. Plenty of resources are available […]
36 Sketch Freebies for Web & UI Designers
Most UI designers have probably heard about the ever-popular Sketch 3. It’s an application built for OS X which combines the detail of Photoshop layer effects with the versatility of Illustrator vector shapes. It’s a powerful piece of software that offers the ideal work environment to craft pixel-perfect digital interfaces. Although Sketch is relatively new […]
An Essential Guide to Preparing Business Documents for Print
Editor’s note: these arehis post was written by Jonny Rowntree, a freelance writer for Elanders UK. Many designers nowadays are finding themselves working in an increasingly digital environment. So much so in fact that the requirement to prepare a document to actually see the light of day in print can sometimes put them on the back foot. […]
