Category: Design

Create a water drop effect in Photoshop

Posted in Design by Schumi Create a water drop effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to make water drop layer style. Following these 8 easy steps you will be able to make realistic water drops from scratch and use them as you please. Let`s get started!

A step-by-step guide on the logo design process

Posted in Design, Tutorials by Schumi A step-by-step guide on the logo design process

A logo gives the power of creating a visual communication between the visitor and a company, which serves as an extension to the company’s business. A logo should be designed in such a way that it serves the company’s identity on Websites, brochures, fax forms, social media, and almost everywhere. Speaking in a more structured [...]

20 Quality examples of high contrast in web design

Posted in Design, Inspiration by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/06/20-quality-examples-of-high-contrast-in-web-design/

My 10th grade art teacher told me that high contrast can be used only on white or black backgrounds to underline focus on things you want to communicate. I think it was a bold declaration of not thinking out of the box and not following design trends set by teenagers and young artists. Anyway, since [...]

How to achieve the new and trendy letterpress effect with Photoshop

Posted in Design, Tutorials by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/03/how-to-achieve-the-new-and-trendy-letterpress-effect-with-photoshop/

One of the most unexpected trends Smashing Magazine observed over the last months was the emergence of letterpress in Web design. Probably the most important reason for this trend is the simple fact that this technique has been rarely used until now. Few of the top web designers in various countries re-designed their website and [...]

How to get peace between designers and web developers by using Firebug?

Posted in Design, Development by Claudiu Murariu http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/03/peace-designers-and-developers/

Pixel Perfect is a firebug extension for Firefox that allows web developers to easily overlay a web composition over top of the developed html.

Color Scheme & Color Palette websites for web designers

Posted in Design by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/02/color-scheme-color-palette-websites-for-web-designers/

I was searching for some cool color combinations yesterday for one of my new projects, and I found some great websites offering color combinations and palletes or just tools for you to create your wanted combination on the fly. I thoug it worth sharing with other designers so I made a list for everyone who [...]

An alternative to sIFR: FaceLift Image Replacement

Posted in Design, Freebies, Web Apps by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/01/an-alternative-to-sifr-facelift-image-replacement/

Dind’t you have enough of Arial and Times New Roman and Verdana? Or maybe Tahoma as well? Well ME and some other briliant guys sure did have enough so the universe have given us sIFR. This sIFR thingie is an inline flash text replacement tool for web pages, so you can use any font-face you [...]