Articles by Vandelay Design from March 2011

Stockfresh has offered to give 100 credits each to 5 readers of the Vandelay Design blog! If you could benefit from some free stock photos and illustrations, this giveaway is for you....

Paper textures are a common design element in websites, as well as in other types of graphic design. As you'll see in this post, paper textures can serve as a major design element or as a subtle textu...

One of the main goals of portfolio websites is to attract inquiries from potential clients. Most portfolio sites use a contact form as the primary method for collecting those inquiries. While forms ar...

Blogging provides anyone with the opportunity to publish content and the potential to make money. Because of this, there are hundreds or thousands of new blogs launched every day. Unfortunately, the...

Limited time offer: save 76% on a Vandelay Premier design resource bundle at MightyDeals.We frequently provide showcases of well-designed websites, but today we'll focus on designing for print, specif...

Limited time offer: save 76% on a Vandelay Premier design resource bundle at MightyDeals.Lighting effects can drastically change a design and give it an element that catches attention. Photoshop makes...

Limited time offer: save 76% on a Vandelay Premier design resource bundle at MightyDeals.We have a set of 6 high resolution (up to 4000 pixels by 3000 pixels) textures available as a free download for...

Having enough paying clients to earn a living is a primary concern of any freelancer or independent designer. While most designers enjoy getting to know potential clients and determining how they ca...

The color scheme is one of the most important elements of a website design. Some sites use muted colors, while others use bright and vibrant colors. In this post we'll showcase 25 colorful web designs...

Most photographers need a website that they can update easily and frequently, as they add new photos and sets to their portfolio. WordPress is a great platform for that, in part because there are alre...

Finding the right e-commerce system can be a time consuming and frustrating process. No e-commerceplatform is ideal for every situation, but we have found E-Junkie to be very easy to set up and fle...

Stock photo and graphic marketplaces are useful for designers to both buy and sell stock resources. Designers frequently need stock photos, especially when clients don't have high-quality photos of th...

Textures can add a great deal of character and can help to complete a design. In some cases the texture may be a prominent part of the design, but what is more common right now is a subtle use of text...

With the number of blogs online growing every day, it is increasingly difficult to stand out and achieve success with your blog. In the end, many bloggers that start out with high hopes and expectatio...

Most churches and non-profit organizations need a website that they can easily update and maintain on their own, and many are also working with limited budgets. For both of these reasons, a WordPress-...

Although February was a short month, 20 new resource packs were added to Vandelay Premier. As always, members get unlimited access to download all of these files, or they can be purchased individually...

The success of a website is far moredependentupon performance than it is on looks and appearance, although design certainly has an impact on performance. Being able to use analytics programs proficien...