The virtual medium has become so strong these days that every entrepreneur with a small business or a multi-national company is vouching for online advertisement and promotion of their business. Having a website is the basic step that makes people across the globe aware of your presence and gives them a medium to get in touch with you. There was a time when it was difficult to get products from different countries but not anymore thanks to the internet. But the question arises, how businessmen can ensure a strong virtual presence and profits via the website? How can a website pool in traffic? And most importantly, amidst so many websites of the same product; how can your website stand out of the crowd?
Let’s start with basics:
Always have a Wireframe: What is a wireframe? A wireframe is like a map or a blueprint that guides the web designer about the design and template of the website. This will help the designer arrange all the elements required on the website like the logo, color, theme, widgets, headers, footers, etc. Half of the work is done when one gets a wireframe ready and rest is all about execution. There are many vectors available that you can get at a reasonable price with the help of ByDiscountCodes.
Let your website tell your story: Every business has a story to tell and let your website narrate your story. Anyway, when viewers open a website they try to decode about the working and style of the business but it will be much easier and safe; if we let them hear what we have to say. In this way, we have all the controls on our business and it helps to create a positive impact. So when you are thinking about creating a website; think what kinda story you want your viewers to know? What kind of target audience you have in mind? Is the blueprint doing justice to your story? Accordingly, create a theme and set the tone of the site.
Be cut to the point: Gone are the days when people used to love reading essays. Now is the time when people want everything short and crisp. So how about creating a website which is visually appealing but not confusing. Create a homepage that is catchy but not chaotic. Opt for logo and images that does not make the viewers confused as this will not serve your purpose and make the viewers shift from your site.
Think out of the box: Don’t be a stereotype and change according to time. Innovation is the key to success in the digital world. You might not have something different to offer but if the presentation is different; it will make your website the most visited one.
To conclude, web designing is an art that can make or break your business. So while creating your website; it is essential to work on these key factors and hire a professional web designer who will help in creating a strong website.
Una Kravets is absolutely right. In modern CSS development, there are so many things to learn. For someone starting out today, it’s hard to know where to start.
Here is a list of things I wish I had known if I were to start all over again.
1. Don’t underestimate CSS
It looks easy. After all, it’s just a set of rules that selects an element and modifies it based on a set of properties and values.
CSS is that, but also so much more!
A successful CSS project requires the most impeccable architecture. Poorly written CSS is brittle and quickly becomes difficult to maintain. It’s critical you learn how to organize your code in order to create maintainable structures with a long lifespan.
But even an excellent code base has to deal with the insane amount of devices, screen sizes, capabilities, and user preferences. Not to mention accessibility, internationalization, and browser support!
CSS is like a bear cub: cute and inoffensive but as he grows, he’ll eat you alive.
Learn to read code before writing and delivering code.
It’s your responsibility to stay up to date with best practice. MDN, W3C, A List Apart, and CSS-Tricks are your source of truth.
The web has no shape; each device is different. Embrace diversity and understand the environment we live in.
2. Share and participate
Sharing is so important! How I wish someone had told me that when I started. It took me ten years to understand the value of sharing; when I did, it completely changed how I viewed my work and how I collaborate with others.
You’ll be a better developer if you surround yourself with good developers, so get involved in open source projects. The CSS community is full of kind and generous developers. The sooner the better.
Share everything you learn. The path is as important as the end result; even the tiniest things can make a difference to others.
Share! Write a blog, documentation, or tweets; speak at meetups and conferences.
Find an accountability partner, someone that will push you to share consistently.
3. Pick the right tools
Your code editor should be an extension of your mind.
It doesn’t matter if you use Atom, VSCode or old school Vim; the better you shape your tool to your thought process, the better developer you’ll become. You’ll not only gain speed but also have an uninterrupted thought line that results in fluid ideas.
The terminal is your friend.
There is a lot more about being a CSS developer than actually writing CSS. Building your code, compiling, linting, formatting, and browser live refresh are only a small part of what you’ll have to deal with on a daily basis.
Research which IDE is best for you. There are high performance text editors like Vim or easier to use options like Atom or VSCode.
Pick up your way around the terminal and learn CLI as soon as possible. The short book „Working the command line” is a great starting point.
4. Get to know the browser
The browser is not only your canvas, but also a powerful inspector to debug your code, test performance, and learn from others.
Learning how the browser renders your code is an eye-opening experience that will take your coding skills to the next level.
Every browser is different; get to know those differences and embrace them. Love them for what they are. (Yes, even IE.)
Install every browser you can and learn how each one of them renders your code.
5. Learn to write maintainable CSS
It’ll probably take you years, but if there is just one single skill a CSS developer should have, it is to write maintainable structures.
This means knowing exactly how the cascade, the box model, and specificity works. Master CSS architecture models, learn their pros and cons and how to implement them.
Remember that a modular architecture leads to independent modules, good performance, accessible structures, and responsive components (AKA: CSS happiness).
Learn about CSS architectures, keep up with the trends, and have an opinion!
Modern CSS is amazing. Its future is even better. I love CSS and enjoy every second I spend coding.
If you need help, you can reach out to me or probably any of the CSS developers mentioned in this article. You might be surprised by how kind and generous the CSS community can be.
What do you think about my advice? What other advice would you give? Let me know what you think in the comments.
We’ve already covered „The Notch” and the options for dealing with it from an HTML and CSS perspective. There is a bit more detail available now, straight from the horse’s mouth:
Safe area insets are not a replacement for margins.
… we want to specify that our padding should be the default padding or the safe area inset, whichever is greater. This can be achieved with the brand-new CSS functions min() and max() which will be available in a future Safari Technology Preview release.
It is important to use @supports to feature-detect min and max, because they are not supported everywhere, and due to CSS’s treatment of invalid variables, to not specify a variable inside your @supports query.
Jeremey Keith’s hot takes have been especially tasty, like:
You could add a bunch of proprietary CSS that Apple just pulled out of their ass.
Or you could make sure to set a background colour on your body element.
I recommend the latter.
And:
This could be a one-word article: don’t.
More specifically, don’t design websites for any specific device.
Although if this pushes support forward for min() and max() as generic functions, that’s cool.
Marvin Visions is a new typeface designed in the spirit of those letters you’d see in scruffy old 80’s sci-fi books. This specimen site has a really beautiful layout that’s worth exploring and reading about the design process behind the work.
Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by
you, the Envato Tuts+ community!
Every day, visitors like you take the
time not only to read our tutorials but also to try them out. This is an
assortment of those comment submissions found throughout the Design
& Illustration section. Check out this set of results and join in
for the next roundup, published next month!
Vector Tutorial Results
Taken from the
comments section of your favorite tutorials, these first pieces are an
assortment of results created with vector drawing programs. Check out
these amazing results!
How to Create a Futuristic Racing Illustration in Sketch
Beautiful tutorial! Thank you for sharing it, I had a blast following it. I
just had a little trouble regulating the size of the pattern, but oh
well!
Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Results
Let’s
take a look at this next set of results inspired by Adobe Photoshop
tutorials published here on Envato Tuts+. Contributions range from photo
manipulations to text effects and more! Check out these wicked results
below!
How to Create a Double Exposure Action in Adobe Photoshop
How to Create a Glossy, Puffy Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Jonas Stark walked away with many new tips from this Glossy Text Effect tutorial by Rose. He commented:
I really liked the tutorial! Short and easy, but the outcome is amazing. And I get to learn the English-German Photoshop translation more and more. Thanks Rose!
Create a Photo Manipulation of the Emerald City of Oz With Adobe Photoshop
Step into a fairy tale with this Emerald City Manipulation from Jenny Le. Reader Koko tried it and created this insane manipulation. She commented:
I enjoyed it! Very cool. Thanks for the tutorial.
Design Tutorial Results
These final
pieces are inspired by an assorted of design tutorials that don’t quite
fit the previous categories. They include everything from print design
to drawing and more! Enjoy these beautiful pieces created by the
community below!
How to Create a Vintage Music Festival Flyer in Adobe InDesign
Awesome tutorial! Here are my Sunday sketches! Thank you Carlos!
How to Be Involved in the Next Showcase
Have
you created a piece based on one of our tutorials here in the Design
& Illustration section of Envato Tuts+? We’re keen for you to share
your results with us! Check out the general guidelines below to join in
with our community:
Your artwork should be similar in some
way to the tutorial that you followed or that inspired it. The aim of
these showcases is to share what readers have created after following
the tutorial.
Comment on the tutorial you used, attaching an
image of your result. We’re keen on all levels of ability: from beginner
to advanced!
Include a comment about your result, yourself, or your process. We like knowing about you and what you’re sharing.
Share
the tutorial when you share that artwork elsewhere on the web. If
you’ve posted your piece on sites like Facebook, Tumblr or Behance, link
back to the tutorial so that other users know your source and can join
in on the fun.
Thanks to everyone who was highlighted above for sharing your results with the Envato Tuts+ community. We look forward
to checking out your brilliant versions of our tutorials in the near
future, and welcome users new and old to participate in upcoming
showcases.
Win $250 in Envato Market Credits!
Jump over to the Envato community forums to show off your creation from one of the many Tuts+ tutorials. Read more about it over here.
The Study of Human Being, the design elements used in the 2016 Dentsu Advertising Awards, has been awarded a Gold Clio at the 2017 Clio Awards. The Dentsu Advertising Awards is the most prestigious advertising award in Japan. Five posters feature crowds of people, in various configurations and levels of proximity. The images were used in an installation at the Awards, as well as in the awards year book, the rule book and promotional material. “Great advertisement only comes from acute observations of human being: its behavior and the deep understanding of psychology. This universal value never changes with the times, however the modes of advertising become more varied and ambitious.”
The Study of Human Being Credits
The Study of Human Being design project was developed at Dentsu Inc, Tokyo, by creative director Yoshihiro Yagi, copywriter Haruko Tsutsui, art director Yoshinaka Ono, copywriter Marina Danjo, designer Katsunori Nishino, print producer Masaharu Nishiyama. Print was produced at Dentsu On Demand Graphic Inc.
Photography by Amana Inc photographer Ryohei Takanashi was retouched by Takuya Tsugane, with producers Ryo Ikeda, Tomomi Arii and Kumiko Furukawa. Installation was managed by J2 Complex.
It’s not so easy to find a perfect photo for a photo manipulation we have in mind. Sometimes, for example, we want to create a night scene, but the available photos are either too dark or already heavily edited. What do to in such a case?
Well, you can always turn a day scene into a night scene with the power of Photoshop! In this tutorial I will show you how to play with the brightness of the scene, how to add stars to the sky, and how to add new light sources with convincing effects.
What You Will Need
You can use any photo you need for this exercise. If you want to follow my steps directly, you can find the same photo I use here:
Open your photo in Photoshop. Take the Magic Wand Tool (W) and change its Tolerance to 100. Caution: such a high tolerance works best with a good contrast between the sky and the buildings.
Step 2
Use the Magic Wand on the sky.
Step 3
Go into Quick Mask Mode (Q) to see the selection better. Pick any brush to paint the areas that aren’t part of the sky (paint with black to select them as red).
The mountains in the background are affected by the color of the sky, so let’s make them a part if it.
Step 4
Exit Quick Mask Mode (Q) and go to Select > Refine Edge to make sure the selection is perfect. Select a view that lets you see the effects the best.
Step 5
Now check Smart Radius and increase its value. You can also play with other sliders to get a perfect result. When you’re done, click OK.
2. How to Darken the Sky
Step 1
Go to Window > Adjustments. Select Hue/Saturation from the panel.
Step 2
Clip the Adjustment Layer to the layer below (the sky). Then change the Lightness to make the sky very dark, but not black.
Step 3
Every Adjustment Layer has a Layer Mask. You can learn how it works from this quick tutorial:
In short, when you paint on a mask, you define the transparency of the layer: black makes the layer transparent, white makes it opaque, and the shades of gray become the states in between.
Click the mask to make it active.
Step 4
Take the Gradient Tool (G) and click the gradient in the upper panel.
Change the gradient to very bright gray-white.
Step 5
Apply the gradient to the mask from top to bottom. This will make the upper part „white” (opaque), and the lower part „bright gray” (slightly transparent).
Step 6
Click the background layer now. We need to darken it too! In the Adjustments panel, find Photo Filter.
Step 7
Change the color to dark, desaturated blue.
Step 8
Uncheck Preserve Luminosity…
… and make the effect very intense.
Step 9
The sky could use some blue tint as well! Add the Photo Filter adjustment to it, too, this time using a brighter, more saturated shade.
Don’t forget to clip the adjustment to affect the sky only!
Step 10
Normally, the night sky is brighter than non-illuminated buildings below, so let’s darken that lower layer some more. Duplicate (Control-J) the Photo Filter adjustment and lower its Opacity to adjust the intensity.
3. How to Create the Stars
Step 1
Create a New Layer on top. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill it with black. Then go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Add a maximum amount of black-and-white noise.
Step 2
Now go to Filter > Filter Gallery and select Sketch > Stamp. Play with the settings to create an optimal effect. The sky is not perfectly clear, so we don’t want too many stars.
Step 3
Use the Move Tool (V) to move the stars up, over the sky.
Step 4
Right click the stars layer and select Blending Options. Drag the upper black marker to the middle, to make the dark part of the layer transparent.
Step 5
Add a Layer Mask to this layer. Use a black-and-white gradient to make the lower part transparent, gradually turning opaque towards the top.
4. How to Illuminate the Windows
Step 1
Let’s pick some windows in the background—the farther they are, the harder it will be to notice the little imperfections. Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) to select the panes. Hold Shift to keep selecting after closing one selection.
Step 2
Click the background layer and duplicate the selection (Control-J). Move the duplicated part to the top.
Step 3
Right click the layer and select Blending Options. Check Color Overlay and change the color to bright orange.
Step 4
Click the Blend Mode and scroll through it until you find the effect you like. I’ve decided to use Hue, as it adds the color without concealing the details.
Step 5
Check Outer Glow.
Change its color to bright orange.
Step 6
Play with the Blend Mode again…
… and adjust the sliders to the effect you want.
The effect should be quite subtle.
5. How to Add a New Light Source
Step 1
There’s something resembling a lantern on the side of one of the buildings. Let’s use it to add some interesting light to the scene! Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) to select its shape.
Step 2
Click the background layer, duplicate the selection (Control-J), and drag the new layer to the top.
Step 3
Right click the layer and select Blending Options. Check Color Overlay and make it white.
Step 4
Check Outer Glow and make it bright orange.
Experiment with the settings to get the best result.
Step 5
Create a New Layer and drag it right below the lantern. Pick bright orange and use a soft brush to paint the light around the lantern. You can lower the Flow to make the brush even softer.
Step 6
Go to the Blending Options and drag the lower black marker to the right to remove the bright orange from the shadows.
Hold Alt to split the marker to make the effect more transitional. If you want to learn more about this technique, check out this quick guide:
Scroll through the Blend Modes of this layer to find the best effect.
Step 8
Add a Layer Mask to this layer and paint the shadows on it. Nothing detailed—just make sure the light doesn’t reach to the parts blocked from it. Use black to paint the shadows and white to remove them, until you are happy with the result.
Step 9
Create a New Layer and take a bright orange again.
Subtly paint some highlights on the protruding elements of the building to keep them 3D.
Step 10
Change the Blend Mode and add a Layer Mask to make the effect more subtle.
Step 11
Finally, duplicate the glow (Control-J) and change its color to white.
Then remove it from the darker parts, leaving it only on the bright elements of the building. They should reflect more light and shouldn’t be so vividly colored.
Change the Blend Mode and lower the Opacity to adjust the intensity of this effect.
6. How to Add a Late Dusk/Early Dawn Effect
Step 1
Let’s adjust the final brightness of the scene now, since we have it all together. Go to the top of the layers and add a new Adjustment Layer: Levels.
Drag the white marker to the left to increase the amount of bright shades in the scene.
Step 2
Create a New Layer. Fill it with black, and then go to its Blending Options and add Gradient Overlay.
Give it the colors of a low sun.
Step 3
Hold Control and click the sky layer to get its outline.
Step 4
Click the gradient layer and add a Layer Mask. The selection will be automatically applied to the mask.
Paint on the mask to reveal the mountains in the background.
Step 5
Duplicate the sky (Control-J) and drag it to the top. We’re going to add special effects to the clouds.
Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment.
Clip the Adjustment Layer to the duplicated sky, desaturate it, and make it slightly brighter.
Step 6
Add a Levels adjustment, clip it, and add more contrast to the sky with it.
Step 7
Select all three layers (the sky and its Adjustment Layers) and Merge them (Control-E). Then go to the Blending Options of this new layer and remove it from the bright parts of the sky using the lower white marker. Change its Blend Mode to Soft Light and lower the Opacity.
Step 8
Duplicate (Control-J) the layer and play with its Blending Options too, this time removing it from the dark parts of the sky (the lower black marker). Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light as well, but leave the Opacity at 100%, adjusting it with a layer mask if needed.
Step 9
Time for some final adjustments. Add an Exposure adjustment on top to play with the overall brightness.
I’ve also decided to drag the sky slightly down to make the change of the colors more gradual (you can do it with a smart use of Layer Masks).
Step 10
The background seemed a little too bright, so I darkened it too using a Hue/Saturation adjustment with some masking.
Step 11
When you’re done, merge all the layers (right click > Flatten Image) and go to Noise > Add Noise. This will add some realism of a photograph taken in low light.
Good Job!
If you liked this tutorial, you may also be interested in our other guides on photo manipulation:
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Volkswagen with Car-Net Last Parking Position – 2017
“Finding your Volkswagen is just as easy”
Source : Cannes Lions Print BRONZE
Agency :DDB (Germany)
Grids are a useful feature in any design software. In this video from my course Affinity Designer Quick Start, you’ll learn how to set up grids in Affinity Designer. I’ll show you how to use the key features of both the standard grid and the isometric grid.
How to Set Up Grids in Affinity Designer
Basic Grid Setup
Affinity Designer has a versatile grid system with some really good tools for things like icon design, and it also has isometric grids for doing graphics for games.
We’ll start by showing the grid. So head up to the View menu, and then check the Show Grid submenu. That brings up the default grid.
Now, to change the way that this grid is laid out, go back up to the View menu and then go down to the Grid and Axis Manager.
By default, Use automatic grid will be checked. So if you want to change things around, you just need to uncheck that checkbox.
How to Set Up a Grid for Creating Icons
Let’s look at how you can set up a grid to create icons.
A pretty common size for icons is 64 pixels by 64 pixels. So in the same Grid and Axis Manager, you can go to First axis and set the Spacing to 64 pt. And then under Second axis, we can also set the Spacing to 64 pt. So now each one of our squares is the right size for an icon to fit inside it.
What we can also do is increase the amount of space between each of these grid cells. So increase the Gutter to 24 pt for both axes. And now we can fit exactly one icon into each one of these little grid squares.
And we can take that even further to help us work with our layout by increasing the number of divisions. So we can make smaller grids inside our grid.
So let’s say that we set the Divisions to 32. And now if we zoom in, we can see that we’ve got several lines that are breaking down each one of our grid cells even further. So when we’re trying to align all of the different nodes and points in our icons, we can snap to each one of these lines. And we can do the same thing horizontally, so that we’ve got a really nice little self-contained grid for each one of the icons that we produce.
How to Set Up an Isometric Grid
That icon grid layout is just using the standard mode of grid. But you also have several other predetermined types of grids that you can work with.
For example, you might be working on graphics for an isometric video game. So you can head up to Mode and choose Isometric from the dropdown menu.
And now your grid will be converted into an isometric layer. So let’s just drop that Gutter back down to 0, and we’ll keep our grid divisions.
And now we’ve got a really nice framework that we can use to start plotting out isometric graphics, without having to worry that the angles and the perspective that we’re trying to lay out are incorrect in any way. Here’s a closeup showing the divisions:
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