Dec 11, 2007

Typographic Contrast and Flow

As you have probably know, most online readers don’t read line by line, instead they scan (from one point to another). For this reason, designers create typographic contrast and flow ...

Dec 7, 2007

CSS: The All-Expandable Box

In HTML, if you don’t specify a specific width, block-level elements are vertically expandable by their nature. Think of an unordered list. That list will grow be be as big ...

Nov 23, 2007

Vector Polishing Techniques

Someone emailed me and asked how did I do the illustration background on Next2Friends. It inspired me to write this article. He asked "Did I do it in Photoshop or ...

Oct 29, 2007

Advanced CSS Menu

Last tutorial, I showed you how to design a watercolor effect menu in Photoshop. This tutorial I will show you how to slice up the menu design (step by step) ...

Oct 25, 2007

Design Watercolor Effect Menu

This is a two-part tutorial on how to create an artistic and un-typical CSS list menu as seen on Web Designer Wall. In the first part (this article), I will ...

Oct 15, 2007

WordPress Theme Hacks

WordPress was originally created as a weblog or blog platform. But now WordPress has grown so powerful that you can use it to create any type of website and use ...