Brenda Stokes Barron is a professional writer and blogger and The Digital Inkwell is her personal brand. You can often find her typing furiously at her local Starbucks. (Yes, she's that person).
In the market for some high-quality icons to add to your business website, app, or infographic? Little graphics like these can go a long way in enhancing a design. They…
Minimalism is always in. The universally appealing, clean web design trend has dominated the internet for many years, and will certainly continue for many years to come. While there’s plenty…
If you’re coding with JavaScript, jQuery should be one of the first things you install. The lightweight JavaScript library optimizes and simplifies core features like Ajax handling, animation, event handling,…
Every developer, especially those working on a team, likely knows about Git. The wildly popular version control system enables you to snapshot instances of your project as you code, so…
When you’re designing a company’s logo, you need a way to test out how it will look once it’s off the computer screen. Applying a logo to real-world scenarios, such…
Illustrations can beautifully and uniquely capture reality. If your website has a nature/outdoors theme, photography might not quite cut it for really nailing that stylized, personal touch. Need some ideas?…
What are webpages made of? Knowing the individual elements that make up a website can really help you understand how to craft an effective webpage. And if you’re new to…
Looking for some free Halloween-themed graphics to spice up your designs? During the fall season, you’ll find a lot of freebies for autumn icons and backgrounds. If you want to…
One of the biggest hurdles to becoming a web or graphic designer is the cost. Professional design software takes time to learn and is expensive on top.
Photoshop may be…
Are you on the hunt for some gritty, textured experimental fonts for your website? Grunge style typography might be just what you need.
The inspiration for many art styles, grunge…
When you’re first learning the nuances of typography, all those different font types can be confusing. You might know the difference between serif and sans-serif, but do you know the…
Free stock videos are an insanely valuable resource for web designers and video editors. A sweeping landscape shot can set the scene for a website’s animated background, or nicely fill…