There’s a growing number of design blogs scattered around the web, each focusing on various aspects of design. This collection of 30 design blogs all have a primary focus on Web Design, and each one consistently pumps out great content, whether it’s in the form of inspiration, discussion, theory or tutorials. If you’re looking for some scrumtious goodies to feed your creative inner geek, look no further than this feast! UX Booth UX Booth is a blog focusing on user experience, usability and interaction design.
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How to Create Interactive PDFs in InDesign Using Hyperlinks
There are several ways to make PDFs interactive when building them in InDesign. The easiest and probably most widely used way is to make hyperlinks that jump to pages within the current document, to pages in another document or to web pages. InDesign hyperlinks can be confusing, frustrating and even intimidating if you’re just trying to figure things out intuitively, so let’s take a close look at how to create hyperlinks in InDesign and export them into interactive PDFs.
Sketchy Web Icons: 30 Hand Drawn Icon Pack
This Free Icon Pack is for use in your personal and commercial projects, and can be used without attribution. It may not be redistributed. This Icon Pack includes 30 Hand-Drawn Web Design Icons . This is the perfect set for adding that handmade feel to your own creations online.
108 Mono Icons: Huge Set of Minimal Icons
This Free Icon Pack is for use in your personal and commercial projects, and can be used without attribution. It may not be redistributed. Complete list of icons There are 108 simple icons included in this set.
How to Create a Clean 3D Notepad in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a realistic notepad icon using Layer FX and Photoshop’s pen tool. The final image may look complicated, but it’s surprisingly easy to make. Quick Nav: Tutorial Download the PSD Step 1: Setting Up First off, we’re going to get our canvas and background set up. Create a new document nine hundred wide by six hundred high, and call it Notepad
Usability Testing Toolkit: Resources, Articles, and Techniques
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
Blend a Planet Transparently into a Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial I will show you how to use different blending modes to blend flying hairs easily and to make semi-transparent planet. I’ll also show you different techniques of adjustment to get the most realistic results in your photo manipulations! Final Image Preview Take a look at the image we’ll be creating. Want access to the full PSD files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one?
How to Design a Print-Ready Flier with Photoshop and Illustrator
In this tutorial we are going to create 3D text and integrate it in a natural environment. We will not use any 3D programs, so all you need is Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create this effect. Final Image Preview Take a look at the image we’ll be creating. Want access to the full PSD files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one
The Best Vector Tutorials of 2009
During the past few weeks we’ve been publishing our “Best of 2009″ series in which we’re picking the best of the best in design resources created this year. This week our focus is on vector tutorials. Vector applications such as Adobe Illustrator that are used to create scalable graphics are ideal for creating such things as logos, characters, and icons. There were many great vector tutorials put out this year, which made it difficult to choose the best, but here are our picks
15 of the Most Promising Flash CMS Solutions
Flash developers and users are constantly looking for powerful Flash CMS solutions. The case is any Flash CMS (Flash Content Management System) allows anyone to easily build Flash web sites and update them whenever necessary. These days the number of Flash CMS solutions is growing rapidly and it takes a lot of time to find every new Flash CMS that enters the market. In order to save you time we offer a list of the most promising Flash CMS Solutions
