For centuries, humanity has been symbolically relating the shifting seasons with change. Seasons have always been used as a metaphorical depiction of the correlation between life and death, light and darkness, good and bad. Each transition between the four stages of climate change requires a cleanse of all things unhealthy and unworthy of our time. Marking […]
Building a Usable Style Guide for New Design Projects
When you think of creativity it can be expressed in many ways. Ideally a creative idea should exist in some capacity before the creator visits reality town and starts break dancing into his concept in the middle of Main Street. Ideas seem to come sporadically and while they are often created out of nothing, you […]
Tips & Tricks for Creating Website Mockups in Photoshop
Learning how to craft brilliant websites will take time and patience. There is no magic Adobe genie who will appear to grant you divine powers over Photoshop. Unfortunately it doesn’t work like that, and even if it did you should obviously ask for infinite wishes first. Prowess in Photoshop is developed by practice and study. […]
5 Deadly Mistakes a Graphic Designer Shouldn’t Make
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Shayne Moore, a Director at a leading design agency in Christchurch, having a pool of professional graphic designers who design and build beautiful designs. Shayne is passionate about digital marketing and loves to share his creative ideas on the latest design trends. You can know more about him on […]
22 Web & Graphic Design Tutorials for Learning Sketch 3
More and more digital designers have made the switch over to Sketch by Bohemian Coding. This is a newer program made only for Mac OS X which behaves much like Photoshop and Illustrator combined. You can work with vector graphics, pixel graphics, photos, icons, really anything you’d desire. The GUI is a little different but […]
20 Web Design Tutorials for Learning Adobe Fireworks
Adobe recently started a slow push away from supporting Fireworks since CS6. But it’s still quite the popular(and affordable) software amongst web designers. You can build vector and bitmap objects to mockup wireframes, website layouts, icons, and similar graphics. In the past we’ve put together a Fireworks web design tutorial on website navigation. The program […]
25 Videos and Resources for Learning Color Theory
It takes hours of study and practice to understand the basics of digital design. Many jobs rely on these fundamentals when creating print work, icons, After Effects touchups, and dozens of similar examples. One fundamental concept every designer should recognize is color theory. It’s a broad subject which hovers around a field of science and […]
50 Memorable Logo Designs for Creative Branding Ideas
Crafting your own logo from scratch is a very intense process. Working for another company or as a freelancer means you have to flesh out words & ideas into some visual design. It’s certainly not for the faint of heart. But it is a hugely rewarding process that also teaches many lessons about conceptualization. In […]
The Anatomy of Well-Designed Successful Infographics
You will find tons of great examples showcasing beautiful infographics all over the web. However only a handful of these graphics are actually useful, informative, and draw in attention from visitors. You can learn these design techniques and practice them on new ideas. But how exactly does it all work? Check out our example infographic […]
