Category Archives: Tutorials

Targeting Kids: Various Strategies Involved in Designing their Websites

Have you ever wondered, “ Children don’t read to find their identity, to free themselves from guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology…. They still believe in God, … Continue reading

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Understanding the Z-Layout

The Z-Layout is a great way to start just about any web design project because it addresses the core requirements for any effective site: branding, hierarchy, structure, and call to action. While it would be nearly impossible to claim that … Continue reading

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25 Tutorials for Getting Started with your Wacom Tablet

You’ve just unwrapped your brand new Wacom drawing tablet, but what’s next? Here’s a roundup of super useful articles and tutorials that take you through the process of setting up your pen tablet and give you tips and techniques on … Continue reading

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Mixing Type and Imagery: How to Manage a Controlled Collision

Images and text can be harmonized seamlessly, but only if we follow some guidelines that balance the readability of both.

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The Basics Of Conceptualization In Character Design

The things I have learn’t from Project 365 Vector Characters are things I haven’t read online or in any book or magazine, so I thought I’d share.

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How To Create Floral Theme Typography Using Photoshop and Illustrator

To get the best quality, we combine vector from Illustrator with pixel editing in Photoshop.

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Why is My Website Down?

A list of the common reasons that a website might be or appear to be down. Continue reading

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Minimal Blog Design Tutorial

I came across this wonderful minimal blog design recently and managed to talk the designer into writing a tutorial on how he created it. You can also download the PSD file at the end of the tutorial. You can see … Continue reading

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How to create a Holiday Party Invitation

This tutorial aims to create a seasonal and eye catching layout for a holiday party invitation. Continue reading

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Beginning Flash: Filters and Color Effects

To truly make an animation the best it can be, the understanding and implementation of Filters and Color Effects is essential. These techniques range from the commonly used Alpha Color Effect, to the image enhancing Bevel Filters. However, these aspects of Flash can be overused and unnecessarily incorporated into a project, so it is worthwhile to know when and how to use these techniques, so as to best target their effectiveness. Continue reading

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