Articles by Vandelay Design from August 2013

If you're looking for inspiration for your own work with text effects and typography, there are plenty of amazing examples available. Gallery sites like Typography Served, Behance, and deviantART are ...

 Fact: Smashing Magazine puts out some of the most informative and helpful articles around for Web Designers. They even go 1 step further and collect some of their best articles into a series of ...

With more websites and blogs publishing large amounts of content on a daily basis, one of the priorities in designing these types of news sites is to create a layout that allows visitors to find the c...

Inspiration is an important part of the design process. Whether you are designing a website, a logo, a business card, or anything else, inspiration and creativity will be critical to achieving the bes...

Some of your web and web app design/development projects may involve an admin dashboard. Depending on the specifics of the project you may be able to save considerable time and money by using a pre-ma...

Estimating design projects is a time-consuming process. But a good estimate can mean the difference between a profitable design project and a costly project failure.Creating an accurate estimate can b...

Badges are versatile resources that can quickly add a unique yet refined look to your designs. Our friends at Vecteezy have shared not just onebut two packs of badges for our readers to enjoy absolute...

Are you short on time? Does it seem like your day rushes by, and yet again, you were unable to check off as many items on your to-do list as you had hoped? If this rings true for you, as it does for m...

Does your web design business have a brand?Even if you haven't put much thought into branding your web design business, your clients probably already have an opinion about your business. You may even ...

Ask any designer and they'll tell you that masking is painful, tedious work. But it's necessary. For some images, it's easy. But what if there are tons of different colors, a busy background, and some...

Did you ever finish a day of hard work and feel like you got nothing done?Believe me, you're not the only one. Time management is a challenge for many professionals, and web designers are no exception...

Making an immediate impact on visitors is a goal during the design process of many websites. One approach to making that impact in a visual way is to use a large, full screen background photo. As you ...

Twitter's Bootstrap framework has become incredibly popular since it was initially released in 2011. If you're looking for a way to quickly build and deploy responsive websites, Bootstrap is a great o...

When it comes to creating beautiful and creative text effects Photoshop is the first choice for many designers. But Illustrator also provides plenty of potential and opportunities in this area.In this...

 It's frustrating being a web developer. See, it's tough enough creating an amazingly awesome website, making sure everything looks and functions properly. But once you're done with that, then co...

One of the most common questions I'm asked by freelance designers is how to get more clients. There are certainly a lot of different ways to market yourself and your services, some will cost money and...

The logo and branding of a restaurant can have a big impact on how potential customers view the restaurant. In an industry with a high rate of failure it is important to make a strong impression and t...

Although WordPress's massive popularity has led to all kinds of specialty themes and the possibility to use the CMS for just about any type of website, there are still tons of great themes for powerin...

Many designers and developers choose to work on side projects in addition to their work as a full-time designer or developer. Whether you are a freelancer, employed by an design agency, or work as an ...

Building a new website?Giving your old site a facelift?Completely lost either way?Not to worry! What you need is a simple yet elegant solution. Less is certainly more, and that's exactly what you'll g...

For non-profit organizations having an effective web presence is important for a number of different reasons, including communicating with donors and volunteers, encouraging gifts and donations, expla...

Characters and mascots are often used by brands, products, and websites to help with identity and communicating a specific message to customers/visitors. For many web designers character design is not...