Typography is the study and application of type and font and how these styles affect the presentation and reception of the message conveyed through text. And if you have any aspirations of making it in graphic design, web design or even in advertising, you need to have a solid grasp of these principles. In short, how the text is presented from font, to letter spacing to
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HTML5 CSS3 forms let you take your contact form designs to the next level. Â Web forms are crucial for interaction between a website and the user, and you’d be hard pressed to find a website these days that didn’t have a form somewhere on it. Â Even here on CreativeFan, we have a contact form and a comment form. HTML5 forms allow for cleaner, more semantic code,
Character design is the art of creating realistic and recognizable characters for comics, websites, vector illustrations, and even animated films. Â Not only do you have to have a mastery of whatever character design software that you’re using, such as Photoshop or Illustrator, but you also have to understand how to capture and illustrate emotions and body language. In this character design tutorial roundup, we’ve gathered up
Over the past few weeks, we’ve covered a few topics relating to custom browser theme design, including A Deeper Look at Custom Browser Theme Design and Creation and Design Decisions for Google Chrome Browser Themes.  Also, if you’re lucky, there might still be an invite available from our giveaway: Giveaway: 25 Invites to BT-Engage Custom Browser Theme Creator In this article, we’ll look at how to design for a
As a creative writer, nearly every day I make use of creative writing exercises in order to keep my inspiration and creativity alive and well. I’ve found that many of these creative writing exercises are incredibly helpful when I deal with creative block, and I’ve also found that the results of many of these exercises somehow find their way into longer stories or other projects that
The entry into the 21st century brought about many changes, and as we move forward toward the second decade we can expect to see even more in the way of promotional technology. Business owners no longer have to rely on expensive newspaper and magazine advertising nor are they limited to promoting a website that does nothing more than act as “show and tell” for the products
