Polaris UI Free – User Interface Pack

FreebiesAndrian Valeanu • February 04, 2013

Polaris UI Free is a set of beautiful free UI components, which includes Edit Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Page Navigation, Menu, Buttons and more. Use this UI Kit in any of your projects, and even learn with it, by …

A Quick Guide to Serif Fonts

FreebiesZolani Stewart • February 01, 2013

Even if you’re an experienced designer, it’s never a bad time to refresh your memory a little with the structure of serif typefaces, a few recommendations and a little history. Yes, there’s history. It’s painless I promise. Humanist and Old …

Retina Ready Images and Responsive Web Design

Coding, Website DesignPaula Borowska • January 22, 2013

I want you to clearly understand what Retina Display is. In the simplest of terms, it means a high definition display, that’s it. Also, Apple products are not excusive to this type of display. Retina Display is simply Apple’s term …

Characters and Mascots in Web Design and their Role

Website DesignStelian Subotin • January 20, 2013

What is your first action as soon as you visit a website. You explore its graphics, user-interface elements, the logotype (branding) and the content is last. But have you ever thought what makes you remember the site except for the …

How to Use Icon Fonts in Your Website

CodingHaris Bacic • January 17, 2013

Icon fonts are quickly becoming a web design trend and there is a good reason for that. Creating icons with icon fonts gives designers the ability to manipulate the icons with CSS. The days of creating two different icon images …

Creating Objects Using Basic Geometric Shapes in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe ToolsIaroslav Lazunov • January 16, 2013

Topic: Adobe Illustrator Difficulty: beginner Estimated completion time: 10 minutes The shape of most objects represents a combination of simple geometric shapes. Therefore it is very important to learn how to work effectively with the tools that create such objects. …

Create a Simple Contact Form in Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Toolseugene • January 14, 2013

Software: Adobe Photoshop Difficulty: Beginner Estimated completion time: 40 minutes In this tutorial we will show you how to design a Contact Form with Adobe Photoshop. When using a website, users have a particular goal. If designed well, the website …

Six Great Alternatives to Helvetica

DesignZolani Stewart • January 04, 2013

You’re probably aware that Helvetica is one of the most popular typefaces being used today. We live in an era of sans-serif in flat design and grotesque revivals, and the font seems to fit just fine in the spectrum of …

Create Objects’ Shapes Using the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe ToolsIaroslav Lazunov • January 03, 2013

Topic: Adobe Illustrator Difficulty: beginner Estimated completion time: 30 minutes Today we begin a series of quick tips for beginners. They will be describing work with vector objects in Adobe Illustrator. The creation of any project can be divided into …

What is @font-face and How to Use It in CSS

CodingPaula Borowska • January 02, 2013

What is @font-face and How to Use in CSS

@font-face is a CSS rule that allows you to input your own font to appear on a website even when the particular font is not installed on the visitor’s computer. The most important thing about this rule is that it …