One of the key differences between an amateur designer and a professional designer is the way in which they set their type. Professional designers know how many fonts to use and in what size. They know what the correct line-height is, the optimum paragraph length, the right contrast ratio, etc. Polish designer Tom Koszyk has come up with an excellent list of do's and don'ts … [Read more...]
8 Great Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Previously, we featured 15 great Adobe Font combinations for your graphic, web, and UI design projects. In today’s post, we look at some beautiful Google Font combinations, with the help of this excellent list by Polish designer Tom Koszyk. Koszyk also suggests which font combinations to use for a particular type of app or website. For example, Merriweather and Libre … [Read more...]
7 Mistakes You Should Avoid In Logo Design
Whether you're a beginner or a pro, designing a successful logo for your client is always a tricky task. You need to keep in mind the brand objective, the target audience, and the industry in which the company operates. From an execution point of view, you need to ensure your logo is scalable, the colors are relevant, and the typography is spot on. A successful logo is one … [Read more...]
39 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color schemes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Ocean.ui is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes of each color. They also share font combinations, patterns, and UI elements made using their color palettes. We’ve shortlisted some of the best palettes on the Ocean.ui page in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Design Call-To-Action Buttons That Get Clicks
A call-to-action or CTA button is an interactive UI element that guides users to take certain actions on a website or application. For example: Sign Up, Book Now, Buy Now, Subscribe, etc. The objective of a CTA button is goal conversation for your website or application. It is the intended action you want the user to take, like buying your product, making a booking, signing … [Read more...]
AI Creates 100,000 Realistic Photos You Can Use For Free Without Copyright
For most design projects and presentations, you need quality portraits of people. Designers often spend a lot of time trying to find images that are free, diverse, and legal to use. To make life easier, Icons8 has come up with a brilliant free resource called Generated Photos - a diverse library of 100,000 realistic faces created by artificial intelligence. None of the … [Read more...]
Colors Used By Famous Brands (With Their Codes)
BrandColors.net is the largest collection of official colors of popular brands. It was created by Design Bombs to serve as a useful reference for brand color codes that are needed most often. The site features over 600 brands with 1600 colors, and the collection is ever-growing. You can search by brand name or color code. We've shortlisted some of the most well-known … [Read more...]
8 Great Adobe Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Previously, we featured 15 great Google Font combinations for your graphic, web, and UI design projects. In today's post, we look at some beautiful Adobe Font combinations, with the help of this excellent list compiled by Polish designer Tom Koszyk. Koszyk also suggests which font combinations to use for a particular type of app or website. For example, DIN and Neue Haas … [Read more...]
How To Add Graphics To Images With Complex Perspectives In Photoshop
Did you know that if you add graphics to an image in Photoshop, you can use the Vanishing Point Filter to adjust them as per the perspective of the image? In this excellent tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to use the Vanishing Point Filter, Blend Modes, and Blend-If features to add a graphic to the surface of an image, and match it … [Read more...]
Top 7 Laws Of UX Design, Explained With Simple Graphics
Dubai-based UI/UX designer Alejandro Ausejo has compiled a useful series of design tips titled "7 laws of UX design" based on several studies on human behavior and psychology by respectful scientists. These include: • Von Restorff Effect - Hedwig von Restorff • Hick’s Law - William Edmund Hick and Ray Hyman • Fitt’s Law - Paul Fitts • Zeigarnik Effect - Bluma Wulfovna … [Read more...]
37 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? The Colour Lab is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes and gradients. The colors are derived from beautiful images of nature, architecture, and urban landscapes. If you design something using Colour Lab's palettes, you can get featured on their page as well. … [Read more...]
Learn In One Minute How To Add Dramatic Colors To Images In Photoshop
Did you know that you can use a solid color with special blend modes to add drama and vibrance to your images in Photoshop? These blend modes include Color Burn, Linear Burn, Color Dodge, Linear Dodge (Add), Vivid Light, Linear Light, Hard Mix, and Difference. In this one-minute tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to use a solid color … [Read more...]
37 Beautiful Color Gradients For Your Next Design Project
Vibrant colors and vivid gradients are one of the key trends in UI, web, and graphic design nowadays. Spain-based designer Yaroslav Iakovlev from Zeka Design has come up with a series of gradient color combinations that you can use in your next project. The hex codes of each color are mentioned on the palettes. Check them out below and tell us your favourites in the … [Read more...]
8 Useful Tips For Better UI Design
The success of an app or website depends significantly upon its UI/UX design. A recent study by Microsoft found that the average human attention span is down to 8 seconds, compared to 12 seconds in the year 2000. Users now have a lower tolerance for bad UI than ever before. If they can't find what they're looking for quickly enough, they will go elsewhere. Albanian UI/UX … [Read more...]
8 Important Rules For Perfect Icon Design
Icons are an essential element of UI design. They act as a visual aid for users to interact with the interface, identify options, and make selections. But as simple as they look, there are certain rules you should follow to ensure a seamless user experience. Albanian UI/UX designer Dorjan Vulaj has come up with a handy list of icon design rules inspired from the most used … [Read more...]
24 Beautiful Color Combinations For Your Next Logo Design
Previously, we showed you how to choose the right colors for your brand, and also featured the most popular brand colors in each industry. Now, Lindsay Kramer from 99 designs has come up with a handy list of color combinations you can try for your next logo design, depending upon the client brief and the industry the brand belongs to. We've also generated palettes from … [Read more...]
8 Must-Have Chrome Extensions For Designers
Chrome has a 63.69% market share and most designers prefer the Google-powered browser for its speed, UI, and the ability to add useful extensions. Albanian UI/UX designer Dorjan Vulaj has come up with a handy list of Chrome extensions that can help you find design inspiration, identify fonts and colors from web pages, view CSS, take full page screenshots, generate palettes, … [Read more...]
Top 9 Typography Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, logo design, web design, colors, and images for 2019. Today, we focus on the latest trends in typography with the help of this excellent list by 99designs. 2019 is all about big, bold fonts, vintage typography, evolving scripts, high-contrast serifs, and more. 99designs have included examples of each trend in their … [Read more...]
13 Useful Tips For Better Typography
"Typography is an art. Good typography is art." - Paul Rand. Good typography is what separates the pros from the rookies. It's not just about picking the right font and selecting the right size. It's about attention to details. It's about knowing how much to kern, lead, track, and justify. It's about knowing when to use uppercase and lowercase, and what weights to use. … [Read more...]
8 Important Rules For Perfect Button Design
Buttons are an omnipresent element of UI design. They allow users to interact with the interface, select options, and make choices. But as simple as they look, there are certain rules you should follow to ensure a seamless user experience. Albanian UI/UX designer Dorjan Vulaj has come up with a handy list of button design rules inspired from the most used design systems at … [Read more...]
8 Important Color Rules For UI Design
Color is one of the most important elements of UI design. Most rookie designers find an elegant palette online and incorporate the colors into their design, without considering branding, functionality, and accessibility issues like color blindness. London-based product designer Zander Whitehurst has come up with a handy list of color rules every UI designer should know. He … [Read more...]
How To Create A ‘Secret’ Image In Photoshop That Can Only Be Opened With A Special Code
Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect has come up with an interesting tutorial that shows you how to create and send 'secret' images that can only be viewed by the intended recipient, using Photoshop. The image will be a blank PNG, unless the recipient opens it in Photoshop and follows the necessary steps. If you want a higher level of encryption, the tutorial … [Read more...]
Top 11 Graphic Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, web design, colors, and images for 2019. Today, we focus on the emerging trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by Deposit Photos. The infographic features the top 11 graphic design trends to look out for in 2019, with examples. These include 3D design, fluid shapes, retro visuals, neon colors, … [Read more...]
Top 15 Logo Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, web design, colors, and images for 2019. Today, we focus on the top logo design trends with the help of this excellent report compiled by Logo Lounge. Gradient breaks, contour stripes, spot drag, quarters, and highlights, are some of the key trends this year. Logo Lounge has referenced actual brand marks and included … [Read more...]
Top Design Trends For 2019
Graphic designers Loredana Papp-Dinea and Mihai Baldean from Milo Themes have compiled a comprehensive and extensive list of 2019 trends in graphic design, UI/UX design, typography, branding/logo design, motion graphics, and packaging design. They've listed visual examples of each trend and its subcategories, using contemporary work created by leading designers and … [Read more...]
11 Great Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
One of the best ways to tell an amateur designer from a seasoned professional is by their font pairings. A good designer knows which fonts complement each other, and how to strike typographical balance by using contrast and hierarchy. Here's a list of 10 golden rules of typography that'll help you get it right. If you're looking for examples of good font pairings, Kalypso … [Read more...]
Free And Cheaper Options To Photoshop, Illustrator, And Other Adobe Creative Software
Freelance illustrator, artist, and author Michael Sexton has compiled a list of free and cheaper (single purchase) alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, After Effects, and Audition. Michael created the list after Adobe's recent price hike of its photography plan from $9.99 to $19.99. After an outcry from creatives, the price … [Read more...]
Top 8 Logo Design Trends For 2019, Explained With Simple Graphics
Previously we featured the top 2019 trends in graphic design, web design, colors, and images. In today's post, we focus on the top trends in logo design. One of the most interesting trends we've seen recently is responsive logos - logos that adapt to the device they're being viewed on. For example, imagine a responsive Nike logo. On a desktop website, the complete logo is … [Read more...]
How To Create Facebook 3D Photos In Photoshop
If you have an iPhone, you can upload an image taken with Portrait mode and Facebook will convert it to a 3D photo. But what if you don't have an iPhone or Portrait mode? What if you want to create a 3D photo out of an old photo or a composite image? In that case, you can turn any image into a Facebook 3D photo by creating depth maps in Photoshop. Photoshop instructor … [Read more...]
32 Beautiful Color Palettes With Their Corresponding Gradient Palettes
Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Mr.Pugo is a handy Instagram account that shares beautiful color palettes (with hex codes) and also their corresponding gradient palettes. We’ve shortlisted some of the best ones in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, and current design trends. Check them out below and tell us your favourites in the … [Read more...]
21 Beautiful Free Fonts For Your Next Design Project
As a designer, no matter how many fonts you have on your system, you always want more. You might use just a fraction of those fonts on a regular basis, but you need to have a gorgeous collection in your repository at all times. And what's the one thing designers love more than a beautiful font? A beautiful font that's available for FREE! Today's post is a collection of 21 … [Read more...]
What Type Of Creative Personality Do You Have? Take This Quiz By Adobe And Find Out
Adobe Create Magazine has come up with an interesting new quiz titled Creative Types that tells you what kind of a creative personality you have. The test uses psychological research to asses your basic habits, and helps you better understand who you are as a creative. The results will also tell you how to maximize your natural gifts, and what kind of creative … [Read more...]
What Is The Golden Ratio, And How To Use It In Graphic Design
The Golden Ratio, also known as the Golden Section or Divine Proportion, is a mathematical ratio of 1:1.618 based on the Fibonacci sequence. It can be found in nature (flower petals, seeds, shells), in food (artichokes, broccoli, pineapple), and in the human anatomy. The Golden Ratio can also be found in art (Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man) and architecture … [Read more...]
Need Images For Your Project? Create Your Own With This Useful Drag-And-Drop Tool
Design resource site Icons8 has come up with a handy web app called Photo Creator that lets you create realistic stock photos using drag-and-drop images of models, objects, and backgrounds. The app features over thousands of images with transparent backgrounds, so you can place one over the other and create your own composite in any size or aspect ratio. You can rotate, … [Read more...]
Adobe After Effects Has A Powerful New Tool That Can Remove Any Object From Your Video
Content-Aware Fill is a useful tool in Photoshop that lets you remove unwanted objects from your photos. But what if you want to remove objects from a video? You'll need to edit each frame individually and then stitch them back together. Well, all that has changed now in the latest release of After Effects (16.1), which includes a powerful new Content-Aware Fill feature that … [Read more...]
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