By Cameron Chapman Usability is paramount in creating a good website or web app. If your site isn’t user-friendly, the majority of visitors won’t come back, regardless of how good your content is. You need to do everything in your power to make sure every website you design or web application you create is as user-friendly as it can be. So how do you do that, exactly
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50 High-Quality Free Fonts for Professional Design
Designers love to have a lot of quality fonts available to them, and fortunately there are some very good free fonts out there. In this post we’ll feature some of the best free fonts that can be used in your commercial designs. If you’re looking for a place to find more free fonts that can be used for commercial projects, I highly recommend Font Squirrel .
Logo Design A to Z – M
Some time ago we began a series of posts on logo design. Our goal? To cover as many logos as we can until the end of the year… we started with logos starting with A, today is all about M’s.
The Best jQuery Plugins of 2009
During the past few weeks we’ve been publishing our “Best of 2009″ series in which we’ve shown you the best WordPress themes , fonts , icons , and Photoshop Tutorials . In this article, our focus is on jQuery. Over the past couple of years jQuery has been growing in popularity, which means more and more plugins are being created to make web designers’ lives easier.
17 Breathtaking Visual Effects Show Reels
By Aquil Akhter In the film and motion picture industry, nearly every major release utilizes some form of special effects. Some movies make minimal use of such effects, while others present plots and storylines that depend almost entirely on computer generated images . Examples of movies that have captivated audiences with special effects include the well-known science-fiction film The Matrix and the fantasy-based Lord of the Rings . In this post, we’ve compiled a list of 17 unbelievable and implausible visual effects “show reels” from a variety of artists and professionals, demonstrating the virtually unlimited possibilities presented by complex computer effects and animations.
40+ Excellent Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Tutorials
Back when Mickey Mouse was drawn by Walt Disney in 1928, it was all pencil and paper, and the frequent use of the ever dependable eraser. More than 80 years has passed and yet we still see Mickey Mouse cartoons all around the world. That 80+ years has also brought advances in computer technology and software which now allows us to move away from the pencil, paper and the ever dependable eraser, to advanced drawing applications and input (drawing) devices.
25 Kickass Skydiving Pictures
There are some sports that really deserve being captured on camera. A long time ago we had a post featuring football pictures… today, it’s time for some kickass skydiving photography! This gotta be that one sport that I keep promissing myself I ought to do it someday.
20 Super Impressive Examples of Papervision3D in Action
For those not familiar with Papervision3D, it’s a real-time 3D engine for Adobe Flash. In the past couple of years Papervision3D’s popularity has been growing and we’ve seen and an ever increasing adoption by Flash developers, and it’s no surprise as to why. By coupling Flash’s interactive nature and the power of a 3D engine, developer’s imaginations can run wild.
Design Inspiration: 25 Vintage Rock Posters
Poster design can be a great source of inspiration, and posters from various musicians, bands, and gigs in particular. In this post we’ll showcase 25 vintage rock posters for your design inspiration. Pink Floyd Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix The Schaefer Music Festival The Sunrise Festival
40 Beautiful and Colorful Blog Designs
Bright colors can scare off a lot of web designers, especially when you use a few of them together. It takes more care and precision to create a design that uses eye-popping color well, without being overwhelming or looking amateurish. And if you’re combining contrasting colors, extra care needs to be taken to prevent your design from being jarring.
