Graphic Design

Web Designer Depot » Be a better designer by designing less

Wednesday 20 July 23:13:30 UTC 2016

Designer’s block haunts you. If you’re a designer you’ve experienced it at one point or another — that feeling you’re stuck in a rut and it feels like you’ll be there forever. Even when you escape designer’s block you have other problems waiting for you. You can’t seem to create the design you want. You end up creating the same … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Create a Neon Text Effect in Illustrator

Wednesday 20 July 19:47:52 UTC 2016

In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a neon text effect in Adobe Illustrator. The Steps (1-8) 1. Create a New Document. 2. Select the Rectangle Tool, Left-click and Drag to draw a four-sided shape that covers the entire Width and Height of the artboard. Set the colour of this shape to black #000000. 3. Select the Text … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » GPL WordPress Themes to Build Multiple WordPress Sites

Wednesday 20 July 16:41:47 UTC 2016

GPL WordPress themes are eliciting more and more demand in the WordPress community. The possibility of using one WordPress theme on more than one site lures the web audience, making them give preference to this specific type of ready-made web design product. So, taking into consideration the public interest in GPL WordPress themes, we have decided to create a compilation of … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » 7 Useful Things I Have Learned From Being a Freelance Developer

Wednesday 20 July 16:31:37 UTC 2016

This article has been contributed by Norman Arvidsson. A little more than 5 years ago, I was working full-time in the IT department as a level III help desk technician, and moonlighting in the evenings as a web designer. I was bored out of my mind during the day, but I absolutely loved what I was doing in the evenings. … [Link]

example » Best LinkedIn Tips for Creative Professionals

Wednesday 20 July 16:21:04 UTC 2016

In the creative world, it can be quite difficult to find time to market yourself. Many of us spend every moment of our free time simply trying to get a project time within the timeframe we promised…. Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

WebDesignDev » 20 Best MySQL GUI Tools

Wednesday 20 July 15:44:18 UTC 2016

MySQL GUI tools are very important to web developers and have an important role in handling projects of data storage and management. MySQL GUI tools will help improve the quality and functionality of web apps and also help you deliver great results. Most of the MySQL GUI tools showcased in this list have features such as SQL development, administration, database … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Design Papers 2016

Wednesday 20 July 15:30:29 UTC 2016

DESIGN PAPERS is a paper catalogue created for Europapier. The main target is the graphic industry professionals from a company with over 40 years of tradition and distributing paper in more than 13 European countries. We all know that print is always required a great attention to detail, from choosing the right paper, to proofing colors, how it feels when … [Link]

Line25.com » 25 Useful Free Web Icon Sets

Wednesday 20 July 15:29:33 UTC 2016

Looking for some free web icon sets for your next web design or web app project? We have gathered here some of the best and most useful free web icon sets. These icon sets are very versatile and can be easily be adapted to other types of projects, such as mobile app design or user interface design. Icons are extremely … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Poll: Is Twitter verification a good thing?

Wednesday 20 July 14:15:15 UTC 2016

One of the biggest bugbears of social media is trolling: attacking individuals based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or politics. If you’re a woman with the temerity to hold an opinion of any kind you’ll be subject to abuse, threats of sexual violence, and even the murder of your children. If you have the audacity to star in a … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #2442

Wednesday 20 July 10:34:55 UTC 2016

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. … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » Over $3000 Worth of Textures, Patterns & Backgrounds for Just $29 (99% off)

Wednesday 20 July 7:30:26 UTC 2016

This new textures, patterns and backgrounds bundle from Design Cuts combines quality, quantity, variety and affordability. It’s made up of the best selling premium resources to create a massive bundle of 63 products that contain 1000s of individual items between them. There’s a wide mix of assets—including sought after textures, hand-drawn patterns, and unique backgrounds—that provide you with an extensive … [Link]

example » Best Tools & Webapps To Animate Your Website

Wednesday 20 July 5:31:45 UTC 2016

Web animation is a great way to capture attention and improve visual aesthetics. CSS and JavaScript both offer animation solutions, and between both of them you can create almost any animation you… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

Web Design Ledger » One Page Scrolling Websites in Adobe Muse

Wednesday 20 July 1:46:34 UTC 2016

One Page Scrolling Websites in Adobe Muse. No Coding Skills Required. One page scrolling websites have been popular for some time now. They allow you to scroll to different sections of the website when clicking on the menu and the user can receive all the information on one page rather than having to navigate to different pages. We have seen … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Freelancers – Increasing Your Income Isn’t as Difficult as You Think

Wednesday 20 July 1:46:33 UTC 2016

Like most freelancers, you constantly work at getting better at everything you do, but at times you seem to hit a plateau. If only you could find a way to increase your productivity, improve the quality of your deliverables, or both. This may not be as difficult as you think. Half of the freelancers questioned in a recent study, expect their … [Link]

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