Weekly Fresh Resources for Designers and Developers
We follow many designers and developers and of course websites that share or release resources to help design community.We write down them all every day and at the beginning of each week we bring them together and share with you.Most of the tools,plugins,freebies etc. are mostly latest releases or the ones you might not have seen yet.We hope you find them useful for your existing or upcoming design projects.
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Weekly Web Design Inspiration #113
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There is no limit for inspiration and when it comes to webdesign this is much more unlimited. As usual,we continue to showcase beautiful and interesting web design that we came across during the week.Hope you like this week’s collection.
Education for web designers: formal degree vs. self taught
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For many web design professionals, there was no option but to be self taught. Years ago, the academic qualifications simply didn’t exist.
7 Steps to Build Your Audience on Instagram
Instagram is a great service for artists, designers, and others with a creative eye. Not only is it free, but it requires minimal gadgetry (you don’t need a fancy camera or expensive editing equipment – just a smartphone!) and it’s a social network that directly rewards your creative efforts with engagement. If you don’t have a presence on Instagram yet, you’re missing out on a fun social network that can sharpen your artistic skills. If you do have an account, read on for some ideas on how to build yourself a steady following!
Be Proud, Be Public
If you want to build a following, it is important to make sure you’re sharing your photos publicly! You’re barking up the wrong tree if you want to keep your photos private. Obviously this means that anything you post will be, duh, public – so don’t post anything illegal or that could make a future employer wary of hiring you.
To make sure your photos are public, go into Instagram settings and make sure the “Photos Are Private” slider is set to OFF.
Connect, Connect, Connect
While you’re in settings, take a detour into “Share Settings” and connect away! There is no point for you to log into Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr just to post a single photo. Instagram allows you to connect with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, and Foursquare, so be sure to take full advantage of this feature. Each time you upload a photo, you’ll be given the option to select what social network you wish to share it with.
Be Selective: Don’t Share Crap
As an artistic social network, Instagram’s members collectively value artistic merit. However if your photos are complete and utter crap, no one’s going to want to follow you or engage with your uploads. Though the square format can present some challenges to people trained in traditional photography, it’s actually a pretty easy format to pick up as a beginner. Practice makes perfect.
If you need a little photography 101, Inspiration Feed has some great guides. Whether you’re just starting out and need some beginner photography tips, or if your challenges lie with photographing food or taking pictures in the snow, there are guides. Use them.
And remember, you can take photos with the app without sharing them – just go back to the camera after adding your effects. Wait until you have something awesome before flooding your feed.
Consistency is Key
Speaking of flooding your feed – don’t do it. Just a few photos a day, tops. Since Instagram is still a relatively small network compared to the big players like Facebook and Twitter, chances are that some of the people who might follow you actually follow a relatively small number of people. That means if you’re spamming their feed, that’s all they might see for hours, or even days. Don’t do that – it’s annoying.
The best thing you could do is share one or two photos a day, be sure to space them out as well. Either save them to share at a later time, or just refrain from Instagramming until enough time has passed. Try not to miss too many days in between though – constantly posting is key.
Typography in Mobile Design: Important Aspects and Examples
The designs utilize typography in a perfect way. Take a look, soak it in, learn and execute as they do as these examples are great to learn from.
Flowchart: Where should you post what you want to share
CollegeHumor offers this useful infographic that helps you find the best social network you’d want to use, depending on the nature of content you want to share.
Use of Huge Sliders in Website Design: Best Practice
In a collection below you will find marvelous examples of full-screen slider utilization’s. You can take a look how carefully and accurately designers.
Huge Sliders in Website Design
Focus Point – Free Photography Blogspot Template
Focus Point is great photography blogger template for photography enthusiast. Personal project for photography based blog. Use it to showcase you moment. License is mine, the template is yours. Use if for free, standard restricted applied.
Time 2 Talk – Simple Minimalist Blogspot Template
Time 2 Talk is made as simple as possible that focus on content / article. If you are looking for minimalist template, low image usage and has nice typography — Time 2 Talk is the answer.
Wallbase – Free Fullscreen Portfolio WordPress Theme
Wallbase is a free fullscreen slideshow portfolio wordpress theme. The theme has option to use either a full screen slideshow on the homepage or a regular blog with image slideshow as the background.
