Comics of the Week #58
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your...
Our Most Popular Posts of 2010
As 2010 draws to an end, we’re taking a moment to look back at some of our most popular posts of the year.
2011 will finally see a much overdue redesign of WDD and we also have another great website for designers that will be released in early 2011, which is something to get excited about!
On behalf of myself and the entire WDD team, I’d like to thank each of you for your ongoing support and loyalty. You truly helped us build an amazing WDD with all your emails, your ideas, comments and suggestions. Big thanks!
Now...
Are You a Comic Sans Criminal?
Who knew that a college graphic design project could turn into an overnight viral sensation?
On Tuesday, December 22nd, UK-based graphic design student Matt Dempsey, 21, launched a cute primer called Comic Sans Criminal.
The elegant site instructs amateur designers how to use the most juvenile-looking typeface in a designer’s toolbox.
His cheeky project caught on, causing “Comic Sans” to trend on Twitter on Wednesday and gaining nearly 200,000 unique viewers in the first 30 hours...
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week
Dec 20-Dec 26, 2010
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.
Note that this is only a very...
Comics of the Week #57
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your...
Amazing Holiday Brushes from BrushLovers
Our new website, BrushLovers, was just launched last month and is already becoming immensely popular, with thousands of free downloads every day of our unique designer collection of Photoshop Brushes.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been adding loads of exciting new brushes, just in time for the holidays.
As usual, most of the brushes are completely free, and to make the premium sets even more worthwhile, we’ve introduced very attractive lower priced premium packs.
Today, we’re...
What to Do When a Client Relationship Goes South
Client relationships almost always start out really well. You’re both excited to be working together, they’re looking forward to a new site and you’re looking forward to creating something really amazing.
Sometimes it stays this way throughout the process and the working relationship between web designer and client goes smoothly. Other times… not so much.
One of the most frustrating things about client relationships going south is that you often feel like there was absolutely no way to have anticipated it.
Sometimes this is absolutely true but the majority of the time there are...
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week
Dec 13-Dec 19, 2010
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.
Note that this is only a very...