Tips and Tricks to Design with Pixel Perfection in Adobe Illustrator

Design with Pixel Perfection

Ever since Adobe Illustrator was launched, people wondered if they could make the transition and change the way they create and develop pixel-based artwork. As you know, before CS5 using Ai for vector pixel work was a kind of hard/clumsy …

How to Use Pastel Colors in Web Design Projects

How to Use Pastel Colors in Web Design Projects

The use of pastel colors in web design is more than a recent trend, it is a technique designers have used for years to create impactful visuals. When you hear “pastel”, pale pinks, blues and yellows might come to mind, …

6 Ways to Improve the User Experience of Online Hotel Booking

6 Ways to Improve the User Experience of Online Hotel Booking

There is a lot of talk about the impact of user experience in the e-commerce checkout process on conversion rates and there is also a lot of useful advice on how to fix usability issues. But somehow these materials do …

Communicating a Message Through Visual Hierarchy

Communicating your message through visual hierarchy

The goal of every design is to successfully communicate a message. Visual hierarchy enables you to organize information and elements so that the message can be communicated easily. Hierarchies also enable the design to tell a story to communicate the …

It’s Not UX vs. UI, It’s UX & UI

It's Not UX vs. UI, It's UX & UI

How differentiating the two will improve them both Chris Bank of UXPin — the wireframing & prototyping app — compares and contrasts web UI and UX, explains why we sometimes default to building a UI, and how UI shapes UX. …

Online Courses and Resources where Anyone can Learn to Code

Online Code Courses

We are in the midst of a digital era of design. From websites to apps to wearables, understanding how digital design is written and comes together is increasingly important. That’s where learning and understanding code comes in. Your don’t have …

20 Most Rockin’ Behance Web Design & UI Case Studies

20 Most Rockin Behance Web Design & UI Case Studies

Behance: As designers we love it; it’s become entrenched in my daily online routine just as much, if not more than, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’ve been a member since 2011 and recently gained over 1,000 appreciations, which meant more …

User Experience and Credit Card Payment Forms

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The User Experience of Credit Card Payment Forms

Everybody loves shopping, until you get to the checkout and have to swipe your credit card. This is not the most pleasurable part of shopping, is it? And when you add in the painful user experience of payment forms, you …

How to Create a School-Themed Vector Pack in Adobe Illustrator

Learning something new is not just for the kids; it can be for teachers and educators, too. That especially applies when it comes to creating images for use in class projects or for a school webpage. Luckily for you, we …

Make the Most of Your Design with a Hero Header

Design with a Hero Header

One of the biggest trends in web design right now is the use of big images. And not just large, but completely oversized images that seem to come to life on screen. When used at the top of a page, …