Graphic Design

Web Design Ledger » Design On Your iPad With Morpholio Apps

Wednesday 11 November 22:43:40 UTC 2015

We often see the latest and greatest of design software for desktop. Even though larger mobile screens are becoming more popular, it’s sometimes hard to imagine designing on anything else other that our visually spacious screens. However, a company named Morpholio is out to change that with its apps for the creative world. They offer seven different creative apps each offering … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Can BPG replace JPG?

Wednesday 11 November 22:00:32 UTC 2015

BPG stands for Better Portable Graphics, and it’s a new image format, the aim of which is to replace JPG. To do this, BPG delivers the best of both worlds: superior quality, and smaller file size. But wait a second, there’s more: BPG also supports animation. And not just any kind of animation; actual GIF-style animations that boast MP4 quality … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » A Look at Starbucks’ Holiday Design Beyond the Red Cups

Wednesday 11 November 21:12:00 UTC 2015

Starbuck makes a large investment in design themes every year during the holidays by creating new custom graphics throughout their website to promote their holiday collections of coffee flavors, gifts, and specialty, holiday blend coffee. The entire design is projected on more than just their online store, Starbucks goes above and beyond to create an experience. Their annual holiday coffee flavors, … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Freelancing

Wednesday 11 November 20:27:42 UTC 2015

Hello I am fairly new to freelancing and so far I am really enjoying it. I have a few clients which I managed to gain through word of mouth but they are not regular enough and I find it extremely difficult to find new clients. I wonder if there is something that I am missing or doing wrong. Do any fellow … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » How Will Privacy by Design Affect Web Design

Wednesday 11 November 19:57:47 UTC 2015

Privacy by Design (PbD) is a term for a concept that was first originated by a joint team on “Privacy-enhancing technologies” back in 1995. PbD involves engineering something with privacy in mind from start to finish. Creating things with privacy sprinkled on in is a common analogy used when referencing Pbd. It is though that any product, service, or program will … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » AngularJS’ Internals In Depth, Part 2

Wednesday 11 November 18:29:58 UTC 2015

In the previous article in this series, I discussed scope events and the behavior of the digest cycle. This time around, I’ll talk about directives. This article will cover isolate scopes, transclusion, linking functions, compilers, directive controllers and more. If the figure looks unreasonably mind-bending, then this article might be for you. This article is based on the AngularJS v1.3.0 tree.The … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 25 New Flat WordPress Themes with Beautiful Designs

Wednesday 11 November 18:12:46 UTC 2015

We love the flat design trend! There are so many beautiful new websites that follow the flat design principles and most of them look spectacular. This trend is perfect for our times. It’s minimalist, clean, user-friendly and very eye-catching if combined with beautiful graphics and photography. We selected today 25 new flat WordPress themes with beautiful designs. You can use … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Guide for Code Terminology and Capability

Wednesday 11 November 17:49:29 UTC 2015

What code should I learn is a popular infographic that gives newbie developers a visual guide to choosing a new language to learn. We believe it also comes in handy for web designers who are sometimes less knowledgeable of the multitude of code languages, terminology and in-depth capability of certain languages. For web designers, it is just as handy to have … [Link]

Line25.com » 30 Free Icons Sets That You Must Have

Wednesday 11 November 16:15:23 UTC 2015

Icons are a necessity when building a website or an app. They’re used practically everywhere and for different reasons. Some designers use them for aesthetical reasons, while others use them for more practical ones. The hamburger menu icon, for example, is up to a certain point used for practical reasons, thanks to its familiarity. There are other icons, though, that … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Typography Mania #314

Wednesday 11 November 16:11:01 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]

Web Designer Depot » Static-site success: Jekyll against the rest of the world

Wednesday 11 November 15:28:34 UTC 2015

I’m stood in the center of a room, confident my choice to go all static had been a good one. It’s a serene scene—nothing can touch me. There are website owners running around wildly, chasing WordPress security vulnerabilities, while at the same time trying to plug holes, which the dubious free plug-ins they downloaded had ripped into their sites. I … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » The Best and Worst Ways to Make Your Photos Black & White

Wednesday 11 November 8:30:40 UTC 2015

Black and white photography has been popular since people very first began capturing moments with cameras. There’s a range of tools you can use to make your images black and white, that all provide different results. In today’s video we’ll discuss Desaturate, Grayscale, the Channel Mixer, Black and White adjustment layers, B&W Mix and Gradient Maps in Photoshop and Lightroom. … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Slick Artworks by Ryan Lang

Wednesday 11 November 4:01:40 UTC 2015

Yes! Time for more great illustrations! Today we're featuring the super slick work of Ryan Lang, a concept artist based at Los Angeles. He came up with some concepts for Big Hero 6 really worth checking out! Ryan's style is very nice, and his use of colors and textures is great… almost all of these have that concept feel to it, … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Change Your OS X’s Screenshot From PNG To JPEG

Wednesday 11 November 0:13:10 UTC 2015

Depending on your end project working with a certain file format can be more beneficial than others. When it comes to web design a popular image format is JPEG. Its ability to create smaller file sizes by about 15% without loss of quality, even with colorful photos, makes JPEGs the preferred image format for web designers. This file format also promotes … [Link]

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