40 Useful Online Generators For Web Designers - Noupe Design Blog Oct 11 2010 Generators can be a great way to save time in your web design projects. High-quality generators can create graphics or code or even layouts in a matter of seconds or minutes, things that might take an hour or more if done by hand. Below are some useful generators to help you speed up your web design process. Newsletter Design: 50+ Great Examples A good newsletter campaign can be a great way to inform your subscribers of all your company’s latest news, products and specials. In this post you will see some great examples of newsletter designs from various online companies. If you’re in need of some design inspiration, this post just might do the job. Want more articles on Email Newsletter Design ? Check out some of my previous posts: Email Newsletter Templates: 40 Hand Picked Premium Designs
Create a Picture Gallery in Illustrator This work is a common project created together with Iaroslav Lazunov and Alexander Egupov. We have used 3D rendering, Blends, Opacity masks, making this three-dimensional stage with vanishing points. Learn every step in how to create this picture gallery work. Step 1 First of all, take the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw the path shown, and fill it with a Radial gradient. Free textures for your next web project (Build 20120312181643) Nothing like a field of beautiful flowers. Download Download These lovely water-colorful dots will make your designs pop. Download More leaves from another angle. CatsWhoCode.com So, you’ve spent some time building your e-commerce brand. You’re making a handful of sales each month, but it’s not taking off the way you hoped it would. You do a little digging into your analytics and you learn people who spend 20 minutes on your site almost always buy something.
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How To Create Outstanding Modern Infographics In this tutorial you will learn that data doesn't have to be boring, it can be beautiful! Learn how to use various graph tools, illustration techniques and typography to make an accurate and inspiring infographic in Adobe Illustrator. Start by using the Rectangle Tool (M) to draw a shape. 90 Content Slider PSD Templates Share Content sliders are extremely useful. It`s special kind of navigation that can display all sorts of information. They instantly draw the audience’s attention and quickly provide users with featured posts and images. You can use it everywhere.
CSS tricks - Design Blog by Matthew James Taylor CSS tricks Lots of neat CSS tricks and tutorials that I use and recommend The Floating Boxes CSS Layout An alternative website design to the standard 'fixed width' or 'liquid layout' designs Blog tags © Copyright 1993 - 2010 Matthew James Taylor unless otherwise noted. Designinterviews Eva-Lotta is a freelance User Experience Designer. She previously led the Business design team at Skype, worked as interaction designer for Yahoo! in London and as lead designer for Kahn + Associates in Paris. Besides her daytime mission of making the web a more understandable, usable and hopefully more delightful place, she loves sketching, doodling and playing around with various little side projects.
12 Awesome websites with continuous scrolling We have already seen the continuous scrolling effect in sites like Google Reader or Tumblr, but this trend is growing strong. It can be a smoother solution to show more content on a site than pagination, as it does not require to refresh the page and dynamic loading makes the site faster. We have selected some of the best continuous scrolling websites for your viewing pleasure. Be careful not to hurt your index finger because once you scroll, you can't stop! Use the Scribble Effect to Transform Common Everyday Symbols Follow this quick tip and learn how to give some personality to common everyday symbols with the help of the Scribble effect. We will use the Appearance Panel, the Offset Path and Feather effects and we will play with the Scribble settings to turn symbols into fun colorful objects or even labels. Step 1 I will use the first symbol in order to explain the method in detail and for the others I will highlight only the essential steps.
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