Free Vintage Seamless Textures
This free set includes 10 vintage seamless textures for digital scrapbooking. Tileable textures are always useful for creating seamless backgrounds.
Author: Steven Snell
Steven is an industry veteran with nearly two decades of web design experience. He was instrumental in the launch (2007) and growth of the Vandelay Design blog. Vandelay Design is one of the leading web design blogs and has reached more than 50 million visitors. Steven has also been a regular contributor at other websites like Smashing Magazine and Envato's Tuts+ and was a contributing author for the Smashing Book. Connect with Steven at LinkedIn.
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Time Management: 5 Steps to Be More Effective
In this article we’ll take a look at 5 steps that you can implement to better manage your time and get more out of your working hours.
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Why Blogging Is Good for Freelance Web Designers and Other Freelancers
Here’s why blogging has fallen out of favor with some freelancing. I’ll also list over 24 ways that your design business can still benefit from blogging.
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How to Create Grunge Brushes in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’ll go through the process of creating grunge brushes. Duplicate the process and create a full set of brushes if you like!
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10 Things You Can Do Today to Become a Better Designer
One of the challenges of being a web designer is the need for continual improvement. Here are 10 Things You Can Do Today to Become a Better Designer.
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Restaurant Websites: Inspiration and Options
National chains and local restaurants both have the potential for impact with their website, and in this post we’ll showcase websites for inspiration.
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Learning Web Design: Self Taught vs. a Formal Education
In this article we’ll take a look at the arguments for both approaches, and we’ll also provide resources to help you get started with learning web design.
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Illustrator
Using this keyboard shortcuts for Illustrator cheatsheet you can learn all the basics from tools to menus and quick access panels.
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop
There’s no denying that photoshop is the most-used design software. In this post we’ll showcase keyboard shortcuts for Photoshop that will help you…
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Building Better Grids: CSS Grid Systems to Know About
CSS grid systems are essential tools for designers. A well-designed grid system can make all the difference to your design, giving your site solid structure.
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Is It Time to Redesign Your Website?
If you’ve been a web designer for over five years, it’s probably time for some of your early web design clients to upgrade their websites. Or you may be contacted by a prospect who already has a website, but wants to update it.
The question is, how do you get them to upgrade?
Unfortunately, it is often much harder to convince a web design client of the need to upgrade a website than it was to convince them of the need for a website in the first place.
It’s almost as though they are trapped by those old web designs and can’t break free…
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Blog Design: Does Design Impact Your Success?
Just how much of an impact does a blog’s design have on its ultimate level of success? In this article we’ll look at the importance of a blog’s design.
