Articles Tagged 'color'
Guided Tour Through Web Design History
Christian VasileWeb design has been with us for a bit longer than 20 years now and sure, it is easy to criticize poorly designed websites nowadays, but few people really know how and where it all started. Things when web design started were really different - actually so different than such a website would be a shame today: weird colors, cluttered information, tables all over the place, Vegas lights and so many other things that everybody despises today. It is never too late to know a bit more about the history of web design, so let's take a look at the most important changes throughout it. Twenty years ago nobody knew what they were doing when designing a website. It was all something new and you couldn't talk about strategies, research, laws, theories and typography. It was all chaotic. And it all started in 1989, when the first browser called World Wide Web was released, in the same time as the first website. However, it is not possible to see the first website ever, as there isn't much information about it, but a website looked pretty much like this one and was used to give out basic information.
Mind-Bending Facts About Colour Perception
Costin GămanGoing by the principle “I’ll believe it when I’ll see it”, it’s normal that you would never think that things that are right before your very eyes are something completely different. Things like optical illusions created by simply associating colours and shapes in a certain way, or distinguishing seemingly identical shades just because of the way a language is built. Have you ever thought about what exactly these colours are that we see in our everyday lives? They are so common, such a natural part of the world, that we take them for granted without feeling the need to delve deeper into the subject. Prepare to see the world through different eyes!
Graphic Design Basics Part 2: Design Principles
In the first part of the series we covered the basic elements of graphic design with shapes, lines, textures and color among others. Today we go a bit more in-depth and will take a look at the principles of design, which are very important to know because they're what separate the good designers from the amazing designers. Some of the principles we'll cover today are applied unconsciously, but they definitely exist and we will show you examples from the web to illustrate the concepts.
Graphic Design Basics Part 1: Elements
Graphic design is a very wide domain and getting a job as a graphic designer is not an easy task. Besides the many skills you will have to learn, getting a job on the web also requires personal attributes such as resistance to stress, creativity and self-motivation. But before your personal skills will be evaluated, the practical ones are the first to be looked at; and the most important, obviously. Therefore today we start a short series of articles in which I will talk about the basics of graphic design. Today we review the most popular elements of the industry.
Look Under The Hood: Photoshop Color Settings
RyJekColor settings are often skipped by self taught Photoshop users and usually people can get away without any knowledge of them. So should you bother getting familiar with them? The real question is - how serious are you about your work? If the answer is anything else then “not at all”, then any additional knowledge benefits you. Basic knowledge of the options here can make your life much easier at some points. Your designs will probably be displayed in multiple places in various shapes and forms, therefore you might want to make sure, that they look they way you intended them to look. The following article will give you a helping hand in achieving that goal.
Please All Types of Clients: Guide to Choosing Color Combinations
Rachel ArandillaEvery graphic designer knows that choosing the color combinations is among the most important parts of the design making process, on print or on the web. There is no universal color combination that will please all types of clients. For some designers, it is a matter of trial and error. But trial and error means you wasting plenty of precious time. Time is an important commodity in the graphic designer's fast paced world. Through proper research, sense of style and good common sense, you can eliminate the long time of experimentation.
Boost Your Inspiration: 75 Amazing Eye-Popping Colorful Logos
Hilde TorbjornsenIn this showcase, we'll have a look at some logos that are using multiple colors in their designs. If you're designing a logo, adding a number of colors can make or break your design. These artists, for sure, have succeeded in making memorable and inspiring logos.
Beautiful Gradient Effects On Web design – Research: Part 2
Dainis GraverisIt's Monday and beautiful time to get inspired with very good examples and research a little bit what's happening behind the scenes from graphic designer view. This time I will showcase and analyze gradient effects used effectively in web-design and logo design creation. It's very important to create and use subtle and eye-catchy color combinations and transitions to achieve modern and stylish effect. Maybe you haven't noticed but light and shadow effects are widely used and it doesn't necessary mean just color, but to bring greater effect, use textures and then put on them light but observable transparent color effects and you'll see magic happening. Using light you can easily emphasize places and actually lead visitor's attention from point to point using just color, illustrations, text size.
15 Useful Color Mixers For Effective Designing
I wanted to create this list, because there are times when I struggle choosing my design colors - for me it's not always easy task to just play with the colors and choose the right ones - of course, there are few favorite colors for everybody, but finding new great color combinations are not so easy task. That's why there a lot of helpful resources to ease this task, and I am here to show You those! Hopefully this will help You to create new designs and the process will become a little easier.
