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Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Calculating a Retainer proposal amount

Wednesday 17 June 22:41:01 UTC 2015

Hi all I have been slowly building my biz now for a while and ive now been asked to give a price for an annual retainer. I dont want to give too much on away but essentially for the year there are 10 individual projects to be branded. Each of the ten include: A logo and a 12 page brochure Advertising … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Divi 2.4 – An Upgrade that Takes WordPress to the Next Level

Wednesday 17 June 18:00:21 UTC 2015

The Divi 2.4 release represents the biggest update in Divi history. This hugely popular responsive WordPress theme, Elegant Themes’ flagship theme, is destined to become more popular than ever, thanks to a ton of new features and feature upgrades. The highly regarded Divi Builder has been significantly improved, and the new Library, a much more versatile Modules Section, and the globalizing … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Witcher 3 Gwent Cards and Concept Art by Marek Madej

Wednesday 17 June 17:09:58 UTC 2015

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is my first try on the Witcher universe and I'm pretty satisfied with the quality of this game, which has an giant open world and dozens, even hundreds of hours of possible gameplay. One of the coolest things about it is a card game called Gwent. I was pretty amazed when I ran into the artist … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Typography Mania #293

Wednesday 17 June 16:37:23 UTC 2015

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around once a week with the best of Typography design submitted by our users at typography-mania.com, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Submit your typography designs too and be part of this post. Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania Submit … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » How to Optimize Your Single Page Website

Wednesday 17 June 16:30:40 UTC 2015

This article was contributed by Preston Pierce. What happens when your client decides to create a single page website and ask you to optimize it rather than going with the usual multiple-page architecture? Well, you find yourself in a predicament! It is because if you are not that well-versed with single-page web optimization, you’re sure to end up plucking your … [Link]

example » Divi 2.4: What’s New In the Latest Release of This Chart-Topping WordPress Theme

Wednesday 17 June 15:51:30 UTC 2015

The Divi 2.4 release brings with it a ton of new and upgraded features. Divi is expected to remain Elegant Theme’s flagship theme for the foreseeable future, and rightly so. It is also expected to… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

Line25.com » 20 Artistic Watercolor Website Designs

Wednesday 17 June 14:51:00 UTC 2015

In this list of 20 artistic watercolor website designs you will find some really beautiful websites which use watercolor visual elements in their layout. The overall branding is based on watercolor elements and styles, so these will also help you if you need to design watercolor logos or business cards. The watercolor design trend has been growing more and more, … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Elegant Themes unveil the revamped Divi theme

Wednesday 17 June 11:45:16 UTC 2015

Divi is more than just another WordPress theme. Designed and built by Elegant Themes, Divi is a complete theme builder, enabling you to create unique designs for WordPress sites, right out of the dashboard. With over 282,000 downloads to date, Divi is a battle-hardened theme that powers thousands of business’ sites worldwide. Since we last featured Divi over a year … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » Create Stunning Designs with this Bundle of Best Selling Backgrounds, Textures & Patterns

Wednesday 17 June 11:17:09 UTC 2015

The background of a design is the foundation on which everything else is built upon. It can be a subtle texture to give the design a tactile appearance, a cute pattern to set the theme of the design, or it could incorporate stunning artwork to catch the viewer’s attention. This new limited time bundle from Design Cuts contains all the … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 30 Beautiful Free Vector Cards for Various Events

Wednesday 17 June 11:13:58 UTC 2015

In this roundup of 30 beautiful free vector cards for various events you will find Valentine’s Day cards, baby shower cards, wedding cards, business cards, Christmas cards, invitation cards, and more! Basically, this list has all the inspiration you need to create awesome vector cards yourself! Don’t start your design from scratch and use one of these free vector cards … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » UX Design Tips for Your App (Part 2)

Wednesday 17 June 11:00:34 UTC 2015

This is the second part of a two-part article series. Read the first part of this series too. This is a guest article by the InVision team. Let’s continue talking about the user experience in the context of apps. Tips such as making the UX adapt to the user, network-awareness, onboarding, and other concepts related to the user experience were … [Link]

I Love Typography » The Pattern Project

Wednesday 17 June 9:48:27 UTC 2015

Basically, two things came together. First: I am fascinated by the mesmerizing richness of detail in medieval initials. And I admire the patience and drawing skills those medieval monks possessed – perhaps because I actually lack both. In the Middle Ages the more detailed and elaborate the decoration was, the higher the value and appreciation of the item. But it … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Editorial Illustrations by Eiko Ojala

Wednesday 17 June 6:57:06 UTC 2015

Playing with our imagination and how we can fool our brain with simple play of light, shadow and depth is one of the things that fascinates the most when it comes to visual design and graphic design. The work that Eiko Ojala shared today is a great example of beautiful editorial illustrations communicating a message through simple ideas and of course, … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #2104

Wednesday 17 June 3:30:21 UTC 2015

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo. Found … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Responsive Typography With Sass Maps

Wednesday 17 June 3:16:40 UTC 2015

Managing consistent, typographic rhythm isn’t easy, but when the type is responsive, things get even more difficult. Fortunately, Sass maps make responsive typography much more manageable. Responsive Typography With Sass Maps Writing the code is one thing, but keeping track of font-size values for each breakpoint is another — and the above is for paragraphs alone. Throw in h1 to h6s, each with variable font sizes … [Link]

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