Graphic Design

Web Design Ledger » AI Startup Grades the Excitement On Your Website

Monday 9 November 23:49:59 UTC 2015

When it comes to grading the engagement of a website’s design the best way to gain perspective on this is to test the design with actual people. UX testing apps like UserTesting.com, Verify App are currently some of the tools available that put your website in front of real users to gain insight on their engagement with the design of your … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » The Best Guide for Designing With Gestures

Monday 9 November 22:30:12 UTC 2015

As we shift more towards designing for mobile, based on search demand. It is safe to say designers are also shifting towards designing with gestures. It get tricky though, when designing for mobiles it hard to retain best practices for gestures in mind like the “thumb zone”. At this stage we are designing for more than the eyes, but also the … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Interview with Nicholas C. Zakas – Front-end Engineer (Yahoo! & Box)

Monday 9 November 20:54:30 UTC 2015

We are so honored to share a fascinating interview with Nicholas C. Zakas, a front-end engineer, author, and speaker, with our readers. He is a Principal Architect at Box and has worked on and lead several projects with Yahoo! where he worked as a Front-end Tech lead for the Yahoo! homepage. Nicholas personally shares his first unsettling year at Yahoo! and … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Japan Street Photography by Yuma Yamashita

Monday 9 November 20:08:10 UTC 2015

I’ve been following Yuma's work ever since I saw his feature on Herschel Supply about Tokyo. Wandered 3 cities of Japan myself, seeing his work makes me wanna go back and admire the work of Street photographers. Check him out! All Rights to Yuma Yamashita All Rights to Yuma Yamashita All Rights to Yuma Yamashita All Rights to Yuma Yamashita All Rights to Yuma Yamashita All Rights … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » What to do with old/broken mac

Monday 9 November 17:43:45 UTC 2015

So the hard drive on my late 2009 21.5" imac has died; I've decided to upgrade to a newer model, but I don't know what to do with the old one. I thought I could use it as a second screen but bought a cable for it and apparently this model is only compatible for using as a 2nd screen if … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » Tips for Finding a Graphic Designer for your Blog

Monday 9 November 17:00:32 UTC 2015

This article was contributed by Nivedita Harish. Blog design is often tricky business. It can be challenging finding the right graphic designer to handle the design of your blog. After all, not everyone has the same exact taste. But, in the same token, you might be just too darn busy to handle the graphic design of your blog yourself. This … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Digital Printer For Sale – Great for new printing business

Monday 9 November 17:00:20 UTC 2015

This has had very little usage and is under warranty from Xerox for another 3 and a bit years approx. Look at the photo with the meters and it has less than a months usage on it. It was supplied by Xpres and is badged as a XPOD 780 It has a click cost of around 10p per colour and 1p … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Amazing Hand Painted Portraits by Russell Powell

Monday 9 November 16:06:36 UTC 2015

Russell Powell is an amazing artist who created a unique way to paint portraits by painting them in the palm of his hand and transfering the painting into paper. The result is absolutely amazing, check it out! Hand Painted Portraits by Russell Powell For more from Russell Powell visit his instagram instagram.com/pangaeanstudios/. Tags: portraitpaintingpaul0v2's blog [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Hi Everyone!

Monday 9 November 15:36:36 UTC 2015

Hi Everyone! I'm mainly here because I'd like to know the best places to hire a female Junior Visual Designer in the UK? I've signed up to Women in Tech and a few other design job boards but would appreciate any tips/ advice! Thanks :thumb: Tahlie [Link]

WebDesignDev » 25 Creative Design Agencies Websites You Should See

Monday 9 November 15:33:45 UTC 2015

Do you own a design agency and don’t have an online presence yet? Or you just want to change your website in order to grow your business? Here are 25 creative design agencies websites you should see! These will offer you all the inspiration you need so you’ll create the best website in this niche! Take a look at these … [Link]

Line25.com » 22 Retina-Ready WordPress Themes You’ll Love

Monday 9 November 15:30:04 UTC 2015

Do you have a retina-ready website by now? If not, what are you waiting for?! With the rise of mobile devices, having a completely mobile-optimized site is a must, and making it retina-ready is part of that. Having a retina-ready website means that the images will look sharp on all devices, instead of blurry due to the higher pixel ratio … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Are You Getting Cheated When Buying A WordPress Theme?

Monday 9 November 15:08:05 UTC 2015

I’ve been around the block quite a bit as an SEO specialist, and in my experience website speed has emerged as an increasingly important search engine ranking factor over the last few years. Google, in particular, considers website loading speed to be very important and has made it one of the more important factors in its ranking algorithm. How does speed … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Freelancer required…

Monday 9 November 15:00:42 UTC 2015

By way of introduction: Azure is a graphic design studio that produces visual communication via the disciplines of typography, image and illustration. We create effective, inspiring design for SME's across many different market sectors. Our ethos is simple; an honest and friendly approach with a personal interest to meet and exceed the needs of our clients. The business has been running … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Keeping UX simple with anticipatory design

Monday 9 November 14:47:10 UTC 2015

With web users increasingly time-strapped and suffering from information overload, there’s definitely a sense of relief when encountering a site where “less is more”, with fewer pages, fewer choices, and less to do than on your average site. One way to simplify things for visitors to a website is to use anticipatory design, and here I’ll take a look at … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » How To Create a Sin City Style Film Noir Effect in Photoshop

Monday 9 November 8:30:59 UTC 2015

The Sin City movies are modern masterpieces that reimagine the film noir genre from the 40s and 50s. They use black and white imagery with low key lighting to creating striking pictures with high contrast between light and shadow. In today’s tutorial I’ll show you some techniques to transform your static photographs into a Sin City inspired scene with a … [Link]

example » 25 Professional Shots of Rain Photography

Monday 9 November 6:01:00 UTC 2015

Although rain can make photography difficult, there are some amazing photos that have been captured in the rain. In this post we'll showcase 25 photos that fit into this category. If you see… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Perfect Office – UsBidi, Microsoft Surface Book and Office Ideas

Monday 9 November 5:15:53 UTC 2015

perfect office office ideas home office gadgets We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have? Some super neat picks for you this week. We've selected … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #2228

Monday 9 November 1:39:25 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]

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