Not Just Pretty: How to Make Design Effective
Today, we can easily see millions of beautiful designs from an innumerable amount of designers from all over the world, but we rarely stop to see if the works presented have met their goal. Here, let's take a look at this reality of design that we sometimes forget....Read more
How to Mockup Any Photo Inside a Frame with Photoshop
This quick tutorial will walk you through the steps to mockup any photo within a photo of a frame. This technique uses basic clipping masks, layer styles and adjustment layers to achieve the effect....Read more
How to Enable OpenType Features in Word, Photoshop and Illustrator
If you have recently downloaded a font which uses advanced OpenType features and are wondering how to actually use those features, then this post will show you how. Whether you are using Apple apps, Microsoft Word or Adobe apps we have you covered....Read more
The Elements and Principles of Design
With some minor alterations according to the design discipline to which we are referring to, we can make a global reference to the elements and principles of design. We will divide this article into its two main categories: Elements and Principles and briefly discuss it...Read more
[Free Download] How to Create a Sticker Mockup with Photoshop
This tutorial will teach you how to create a realistic sticker mockup with a glossy overlay effect using Adobe Photoshop. This effect uses Smart Objects, Transforms, Layer Styles and the Glass filter....Read more
Convert a Photoshop Pattern into an Illustrator Swatch Pattern
Sometimes, you need to use a pattern (whether is for a background, a text or any other design element) that is available in Photoshop but it turns out that you are working in Illustrator and you want to use that specific pattern there. How do you do that? Well, in this ...Read more
10 Free Line Icon Sets for Sketch and Illustrator
There is a veritable smorgasbord of free icons available on the web. So many in fact, that it can sometimes be tricky to filter through the outdated ones and find what you are looking for. We have compiled a list of free to download, all-purpose vector icons that you ca...Read more
10+ Beautiful Neon Sign Fonts and Effects
Neon signs and their unique stylistic features have been around for decades. What we've come to know and love as the neon style was born of the necessity to carefully bend glass tubes into letters in a way that allowed their internal neon gas to be electrified and illum...Read more