Circular Elements in Website Design – Best Practice

Circular Elements in Website Design - Best Practice

Despite of being one of the basic geometric shapes, circle is not such a frequent guest in website design; of course, I do not consider social media icons. There are a lot of reasons why designers resort to commonly used …

Explicit Grid-based Website Designs: Showcase and Practice

Explicit Grid-based Website Designs Showcase and Practice

Nowadays, the majority of website designs are based on grids; days of chaotic layouts are gone, and today is the era of ordering and structuring, although it is invisible to the naked eye. Such layouts are well-balanced, and, as a …

Using the Parallax Trend to Create Visual Interest and Surprise

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Using the Parallax Trend to Create Visual Interest and Surprise

Cool scroll effects are begging to pop up on more and more site designs. The most popular and trendy of these effects is parallax scrolling. The technique – in which website screens or panels seem to flip with a quick …

How to Obtain the Right Color in Adobe Illustrator

How to Obtain the Right Color in Adobe Illustrator

Topic: Adobe Illustrator Difficulty: beginner Estimated completion time: 15 minutes In this tutorial we will discuss a couple of ways in how to obtain the right color in Adobe Illustrator. Then we will select the most optimal one, which will …

How to Choose a Typeface

How to Choose a Typeface

Something I hear from a lot of people is that, when choosing typefaces, they go straight to the popular ones because it’s a lot simpler for them. It’s possible that the process of choosing typefaces is complicated and frustrating for …

Flat Web Design: Beautiful Examples of Websites

Flat Web Design: Beautiful Examples of Websites

Flat Design is a new trend labeled by the community as an interface striking similar to Microsoft’s Metro UI because it leaves drop shadows, embossing, subtle textures and gradients behind, while favoring clean layouts, sharp typography and solid colors. The …

Use of Ribbons and Tags in Web Design – Inspiring Examples

It was not long before creative layouts become popular not only for portfolios or online design agencies but also for any other regular website. Creative approach and high attention to details dictate modern criteria of creating website outward, from year …

Negative Space is an Important Design Tool: Here’s Why

Negative Space is an Important Design Tool: Here’s Why

Seeing more white space in websites these days? You’re not alone. While white and negative spaces have always been a popular design tool (and topic among designers), the technique seems to be making more of a comeback. Clean design schemes …

Create an E-Commerce Web Element with CSS3

Create an E-Commerce Web Element with CSS3

Topic: CSS3 Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated completion time: 1 hour In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a web element very popular among E-Commerce websites. The design of this element can be found in The Bricks UI. Let’s get started: …

Effective 404 Error Pages: Best Practice and Examples

Effective 404 Error Pages: Best Practice and Examples

Every year the Internet is replenished by more and more sites with sophisticated designs that amaze us with its vibrant and extraordinary realization. A lot of advanced elements such as high-detailed illustrations, full-screen HD photo backgrounds, animations, parallax, etc. can …