speckboy design magazine 2023-03-28 04:35 Things Your Web Design Clients Should Manage Themselves Freelance web designers have a lot of responsibility. It goes beyond building... speckboy design magazine 2023-03-27 02:51 8 Amazing Metallic Effects Built With CSS and JavaScript Metallic effects are both attractive and flexible. They’re often used to... speckboy design magazine 2023-03-24 18:39 Weekly News for Designers № 687 How Blogs Shaped the Web – A look back at the early days of blogging and how... speckboy design magazine 2023-03-22 14:35 Better Responsive Design With CSS clamp() With so many mobile devices on the market, we’re flooded with viewport sizes. That makes it especially challenging to design a... speckboy design magazine 2023-03-20 15:25 5 Common Tasks That ChatGPT Can Perform for Web Developers Every web developer has tasks they’d rather avoid. Or ones that simply take...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-17 15:20 Weekly News for Designers № 686 Type Design Resources – Tips for everything from learning the basics to running your own foundry. Creating a Clock with the New CSS sin() and cos() Trigonometry Functions – Math nerds will want to explore the...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-15 04:02 Why Is Microsoft Edge Adding Its Own UI to Websites? I’ll readily admit that I’m not a regular user of Microsoft Edge. The browser works just fine. But I’ve been a diehard fan of Firefox for years. The Chromium-based successor to Internet Explorer never gave me a...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-14 14:24 30 Tutorials for Creating Stunning Photo Effects in Photoshop Photoshop is a powerful tool for creating a range of stunning photo effects that can take your images to the next level. With the help of these tutorials, you will learn how to recreate various effects, including...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-13 14:35 Why Losing a Client Can Be a Positive for Your Business No one likes to lose a web design client. Especially when you consider the hard work that goes into finding one. And we can’t forget about all of the efforts it takes to provide them with great service. The whole...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-10 18:33 Weekly News for Designers № 685 The Most Popular Build Tools for Front-end Developers in 2023 – Discover tools that will help you build, test, and deploy front-end code. 8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Custom Text Paths – Examples of text...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-08 14:12 How to Improve Client Email Communication for Web Designers Communication is among the most important aspects of our relationship with clients. Much depends on our ability to effectively explain concepts and reach a mutual understanding. Creating positive project outcomes...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-06 14:21 How to Plan a Redesign of a WordPress Multisite Network There’s a lot to love about WordPress multisite. It allows for hosting multiple websites on a single installation of the content management system (CMS). And it offers a great way to share themes, plugins, and even...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-03 18:03 Weekly News for Designers № 684 The Ultimate LinkedIn UX Designers Roundup – Check out this listing of recommended UX thought leaders. How WordPress Media Management Can Be Improved – A look at specific features that could make for a better user...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-02 05:02 25 Free Lightroom LUTs for Stunning Photo Effects Lightroom Look-Up Tables, or LUTs, are powerful resources for photo editing that can transform your photos into stylish, eye-catching images with minimal effort. Applying Lightroom LUTs to your photos can completely...
speckboy design magazine 2023-03-01 14:25 Why the Grumpy Designer Isn’t Sold on the AI Hype Machine It’s like clockwork. When a new technology emerges, you can count on a couple of things: some will hail it as society’s greatest achievement, while naysayers will bemoan its existence. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-27 14:42 8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Custom Text Paths The ability to manipulate text content’s shape and path are powerful. It allows designers to create a unique flow and make specific elements stand out. But it seems like these effects have always worked better in...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-24 18:23 Weekly News for Designers № 683 Design Threads – This project aims to help unravel the current state of design. Effective Resumes for UX Students and Graduates – A guide to getting past the “blank-space” problem for young designers. The Ups...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-22 14:31 Tips for Graphic Designers Who Want to Build Websites It’s no secret that graphic design and web design are different animals. And despite how far the web has come in terms of flexibility, there are still limitations. For example, CSS has made it possible to create...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-20 14:31 How WordPress Media Management Can Be Improved If you want to know what frustrates WordPress users, just ask. Recently I put out a call on Twitter for recommended improvements to its media management features. And I received a virtual earful of gripes and...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-17 18:08 Weekly News for Designers № 682 TypeTrials – Use this virtual playground to experiment with variable fonts. Shuffling Typography Animation – Learn how to build a shuffling type animation with various effects for a geeky terminal look. Design...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-16 04:28 12 Free Smoke Brush Packs for Adobe Photoshop Adding smoke to your designs can instantly enhance their visual appeal and create a stunning effect. However, creating smoke from scratch in Photoshop can be a difficult and time-consuming process, especially if...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-15 14:31 Keeping Barriers Low for Clients Who Update Their Website The ability for clients to update their websites has become a common project requirement. Thanks to content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress, this functionality is now well within reach. In its most basic...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-14 15:15 25 Fantastic Tutorials For Learning Figma Figma is a browser-based design tool that lets users create, edit, and collaborate on user interface designs. It’s a popular choice among designers, developers, and creative teams, thanks to its powerful interface and...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-13 13:43 Rethinking What It Means to Be a Web Designer Can web design still be considered a “new” industry? Sure, it hasn’t been around for as long as tech stalwarts like software development or graphic design. But it’s no longer an emerging career opportunity,...
speckboy design magazine 2023-02-10 18:10 Weekly News for Designers № 681 Refraction, Dispersion, and other Shader Light Effects – Learn how to create realistic lighting effects with React Three Fiber. How to Use Block Template Parts in a Classic WordPress Theme – A new feature that...