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Creating a Web Design Portfolio that Sells

Your portfolio is your career calling card which provides a sneak peak for prospective clients. It’s one of the most important elements in your career as a web design professional…

Comprehensive Beginner Guide to Choosing a Web Host

When launching a website, one of the most important decisions you will ever have to make is selecting a good web hosting company for your new site.

Web Industry Job Titles: Where Do You Fit In?

With the continuous evolution of the Web, web industry job titles are created at a very impressive rate, opening up a lot of possible career opportunities for more people each day.

Which Languages Should You Learn as a Web Designer?

JavaScript and CSS are two of the foundations of web development, and you simply can't do without them. However, learning JavaScript and CSS alone isn't enough in this day and age.

A Guide to User Flow in Web Design

User Experience, Responsive Web Design and similar terms have made such a serious impact on the lives of web designers that they have almost forgotten the core of website design - User Flow.

How to Get Long-Term, Steady Web Design Projects

There are more than three billion people connected to the Internet – that’s a huge number of opportunities waiting for freelance designers to tap into. But the same dilemma remains:…

Be: 15 Fresh Pre-Built Websites for Small Businesses

Being a freelancer is cool, but it’s not without its challenges. While you usually have a great amount of freedom, you sometimes face challenges that office workers do not. You…

Freelance Websites To Help You Find Web Design & Graphic Design Jobs

You can’t run a freelance business without creating a system to get more clients. Job search websites are a popular tool in that system, but if you’ve used one, you’ve…

How to Create Stunning Visualizations & Presentations with Impress.js

Do you want to create a beautiful slideshow presentation for the web using just HTML and CSS? With Impress.js, a powerful CSS3 transformation framework that lets you convert your HTML content into a slideshow with amazing effects, that will be easy!

The Rise in Popularity of Minimalism in Web Design

If facilitated correctly, minimalist design is the most effective approach to designing websites. It leads the audience to a less cluttered and noisy design.

How to Design a User-Interface in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will be creating a small user-interface element. Most of the attention will be given to the slider, however, we will do our best to improve the overall look of the interface element.

The Great Art Movements That Inspired Modern Web Design

The first modern designers are, of course, inspired by traditional and classical art. We designers, as a whole, get our ideas of beauty and aesthetics by viewing paintings, sculptures, and art from the most powerful art movements in history.

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