The hardest part of creating a website can sometimes be coming up with a ‘look.’ You’ve done the research, have the content, created a solid wireframe and now it’s time to dress up the layouts with photos, colors, and type. Whether you’re working on a personal project or a project for a client with no brand standards in place, applying…
WooCommerce for WordPress makes it easy to set up your e-commerce site and start selling your products. Because it’s simple to implement, WooCommerce has become a favorite among developers. With so many installations, it’s no wonder WooCommerce has an abundance of add-ons that can help you customize your online store to match your exact needs. We’ve outlined a few our…
Using photos on a website is a great way to create credibility and connect users emotionally to your brand. You can now take it a step further and ensure the photos on your site have a similar look and feel without the need for Photoshop or Instagram filters. CSS image filters allow you to change the look and feel of…
Global color authority, Pantone, recently announced it’s Color of the Year. ‘Greenery’ is a vibrant green hue said to be symbolic of new beginnings. The ‘fresh and zesty yellow-green shade’ evokes feelings of restoration and revival and will no doubt have a major influence in fashion, design, and web industries. It’s a drastic contrast to the two colors chosen for…
Each year brings new and continuing trends in web design. 2017 promises websites full of interaction and engagement. We’re checking out the layout trends that will be taking over the web in the next year. Video Background The use of high quality background images and illustrations has been on the upswing the past several years. That trend continues in 2017…
A few months back I implemented a method of organizing personal tasks I had to complete around the home using a Bullet Journal. This started with purchasing a regular notebook, listing tasks and events for each month, assigning each task to a week, then adding each task to a specific day. I could see on all the tasks I had…
Icons and graphics are the universal means of communicating an idea. When creating a design concept, we rely on images to convey our message. Graphic designers have unlimited resources when it comes to finding icons, photos and illustrations but every once in a while it becomes necessary to create our own. Newer versions of Adobe Illustrator offer powerful tools for…
No matter what you’re designing, using great photography in your work can take any project to the next aesthetic level. Websites, banners, and brochures can always benefit from the use of stunning, carefully selected photos. Although we advocate taking your own photos when you can, there has been an undeniable increase of professional photography made available to the public. Stock…
Web design trends are constantly in a state of flux as advancements in browser capabilities continue to evolve and grow. Forward thinking designers spend countless hours developing new ways to display content on the web through various types of grids and layouts. Many of the frameworks created have caught on quick with the rest of the web world. I’ve outlined…
Few things bring more frustration to a web designer than creating a design in Photoshop and not being able to translate it to the web. If you’re like me, you probably find yourself using Photoshop blending modes on images and text to create stunning effects but getting those effects to apply on your websites can be impossible without using large…