Last week, Adobe announced that there will be no further development of their Fireworks application.... read more
Farewell to Fireworks
HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1
HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed systems, and is the foundation of the modern... read more
HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1
HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed systems, and is the foundation of the modern... read more
ESPNU taps into college loyalty
Sports branding used to be about differentiating two opposing teams on a field; it used to be about an umpire or referee quickly identifying the team to award points to, or to penalize; it used to be a world in which the identity of a team could be summed up in the color of their socks. But with The Bluebirds... read more
Design a Postcard in Photoshop (Part 1)
In this tutorial, Martin Perhiniak will explain how to design a postcard that depicts a Roman soldier lost in the modern tourist-packed Rome. In the process, we will show how to clean up the image, straighten it, add a frame around it and create a non-destructive vignetting effect using a vector mask. Let’s get started!... read more
How to speed up your website load times
Do you want your website to load blazing fast? This article will teach you how to make your website load faster than you ever thought possible. In order to understand why having a fast website is important, check out these statistics: the average smartphone user will leave a website if it does not load within 3 seconds; Google now considers page speed a major consideration for search engine rankings; 75% of internet users agreed that they would not return to a website if it did not load within 4... read more
Sebastien Hue’s Awesome Sci-Fi Environments and Matte Paintings
Sebastien Hue is a French artist who originally learned digital art because he wanted to create a logo design for his metal band. Hue has come a long way since then and is now creating some fantastic sci-fi matte paintings and environments. In this article, we will take a look at some of our favorite pieces from his... read more
Typographic art
Good typography is an art: choosing the best type to complement the meaning of the content, balancing sizes and spacing for optimum readbility, and not drawing attention to itself in the process. But now designers and artists are increasingly taking typography a step further, blurring the lines between words and pictures.... read more
Slides From Recent Presentations
As you know, slides alone pale in comparison to being there to see a talk, but I still feel they are worth sharing.... read more
10 Great Prestashop 1.5 Themes
Prestashop is a powerful open source e-commerce platform. In September Prestashop released version 1.5 and the Prestashop 1.5 themes over at ThemeForest have been growing steadily ever since. Here’s a quick round-up of what’s available and maybe a little inspiration for you to develop you’re own great Prestashop themes for sale on ThemeForest! 1.... read more
