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5 Reasons to Fire Your Client
I like money. Clients give me money (when everything goes right). Ergo, therefore, and hopefully…clients ...
Popular Design News of the Week: September 11, 2017 – September 17, 2017
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, […]
Comics of the Week #407
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]
4 Tricks to Make Load Times Feel Faster
No matter how well-designed your user interface may be, at some point or another, people using it are going to have to wait for something to load. The loading time could harm the overall experience. Making users wait too long for your app to load can make users impatient. If users get that feeling, they’ll […]
How to Create a Quirky Birthday Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating Birthdays are among the most fun events of the year. We all get excited about finding that perfect gift for our loved ones, accompanied by the perfect greeting card. So why not create a personalized birthday card instead of using the generic ones we can easily find everywhere? For this task […]
What 3D UIs Will (Probably) Look Like
Okay WDD readers, this one is going to get real conceptual. I’m here to talk about leaving two-dimensional user interfaces behind. Ditching the screen. Going 3D in the real world. Well, you know what I mean. You know, the stuff of science fiction that always ends up looking sort of fun, but really tiring and […]
Where Are They Now? Catching Up With Veteran Tuts+ Authors
Design inspires us all, and you never know where it might take you. Today, we’ll catch up with five amazing authors from Envato Tuts+. In celebration of ten years of Design & Illustration tutorials here on the site, we’re looking into their first tutorials, original inspirations, and recent design adventures. How did it all start […]
Ultimate UX Design Guide to SaaS On-Boarding, Part 1: Sign-Up Forms
SaaS Customer On-boarding is the process that users have to experience while initiating their journey as a customer on a company’s software application. Customer on-boarding initiates from the experience that employees previously had to undergo while joining a firm. The on-boarding process sets the tone for a good user experience. Long story short, special emphasis […]
How to Create a 3D, Shiny, Inflated Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating This is a very special tutorial as it celebrates ten wonderful years of Envato Tuts+, and what better text effect to celebrate with than one inspired by balloons and confetti? This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s 3D tools and settings, along with brushes and adjustment layers, to create […]
Because Size Matters: 2 Million Free Icons From Iconshock
Icons are one of the most characteristic elements in many designs; they’re also one of the most readily available resources to be found online, with free icon packs all over the web. Free icons give designers and developers the tools for creating visually appealing demos, user interfaces, apps, and everything in between. Enter the team […]
How to Create a Surreal Animal Photo Manipulation With 10 Photos in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use Adobe Photoshop to create a photo manipulation featuring an elephant and a rat skateboarding together. First we’ll build the base scene using two stock images. Later we’ll add the road shadows, replace the sky, and import the skateboards. After that, we’ll add […]