Godaddy Hacked- Creative Beacon is Back Online If you have tried in the last 3 hours to visit Creative Beacon, you would have found nothing here. In fact, you wouldn't find any sites hosted by Godaddy online. Apparently Anonymous went on a hacking spree and took...
Free Contact Form This is a free contact form for your site. The folder containing your free contact form is made up of a few Bootstrap files. The first file is the html file that you will use to display your contact form. The second is the CSS Stylesheet, styling the...
Your Designs Are Not Your Own Many people go into the field of design because they love art and they love computers, and they want to make money creating artwork. This is a common misconception about the field of design. I am even guilty of making this mistake. I...
Free Responsive Resume Template It has become more common to have an online resume present for potential employers to view. Since Responsive design has become so prominent lately, many designers want a responsive resume to ensure that their information looks great on...
Learn Wordpress: 7 Great places to Learn Wordpress Quickly If you want to learn Wordpress, it can be really difficult when starting out. There is so much that you have to know when using Wordpress, creating your own themes, securing your Wordpress site, and even...
24 UI Kits and Resources for Web Designers User interface, or UI kits for short, are pre-made buttons, knobs, sliders, windows, and other elements that you can use in your apps, websites, and more. Having a UI set already made really helps with productivity, so you...
Why You should Choose Design as a Profession I have a lot of friends that hear about my job and think "I would love to do what you do!" I love the enthusiasm, but I don't think a lot of people really know what is involved in graphic/web design, illustration, or...
Build Consistent Websites For Everyone I have been reading some high-impact articles lately about web design, set backs, and our limitations when designing for the web, especially on how to build consistent websites across all browsers. I have heard both sides of the...
Looking for a free CSS3 Dropdown menu for your site? I have put together a free CSS3 dropdown menu for anyone to download and use on their site. It uses the latest in CSS3 techniques, including gradients, which aren't so easy to create from scratch or from memory. You...
Adobe Fireworks has a few more control settings than Photoshop when it comes to certain things, and gradients are one of them. In Photoshop, you have your typical Radial gradients, linear, angle, reflected and diamond. You can also create transparent gradients, but in...
I like how so many people like to say that web design and graphic design is going to do this and that. Honestly, I don't think anyone knows where the world of design, web design and web development is going to to be by the end of the year. Some people say that we need...
As art artist, designer and illustrator, I have come to understand the importance of sketching. Sketching is the proverbial drawing board. It is the place where our ideas start, and where we can put them down on paper. I have found that sketching helps tremendously in...
This article is made to be more funny than anything, just because of how people think when they know, or are friends with a graphic designer. Sometimes it can be really frustrating when being a designer, because a lot of people assume that you can do things that...
This is a really cool feature found right inside of Adobe Fireworks. What is great about this feature is that when you blend the colors, they are safe for the web. Many times when I am building site composite, or a piece of web work I would like a mix of two major...
We have all had this problem when making a web site - You are creating a mock-up of your web site, and you have a distinct number of menus. You want to create buttons that are the same width across as the header and that are spread out evenly across your site....
I really love to work with Adobe Fireworks when making graphics for the web. It is simple, intuitive, and has a few features that give you a little more control than what you find in photoshop. It is almost like Fireworks is a combination of Illustrator and Photoshop...
The economy is in a rough place right now, despite what the media says about no longer being in a recession. None of us can afford to bomb an interview, so I thought I would share some tips and things to think about when going for a big interview. 1. Be confident, not...
Enexis is a branding brainchild of the branding and design powerhouse EdenSpiekermann. EdenSpiekermann was founded b the famous and ingenious Erik Spiekermann, co-author of Stop Stealing Sheep & Learn How Type Works. This book is considered a must-have for anyone...
Many companies and designers think that branding and identity begins and ends with a logo, but there is much more to branding than simply creating a pretty logo. The whole point of building an identity or brand is to build trust with a client and create a connection...
I was asked a question yesterday that really got me thinking: What do you think the future will hold for design and advertising? What will be the next big platform to design for? I thought about this for a long time, and my guess is as good as yours. People are always...