Lucas Cobb

  • How To Create Custom Website Backgrounds The Easy Way

    How To Create Custom Website Backgrounds The Easy Way

    In this post I’ll show you how to create custom website backgrounds the easy way with these seven tips to take your site to the next level. While there are many ways to use textures in web design, you’ll get a lot more mileage out of those backgrounds if you take a modern approach, and

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  • Interesting Factoids I Bet You Never Knew About The Principles Of Design

    Interesting Factoids I Bet You Never Knew About The Principles Of Design

    Today I present you with 8 interesting factoids I bet you never knew about the principles of design. Simplicity Consistency Typography & Readability Mobile Compatibility Color Palette & Imagery Easy Loading Easy Navigation Communication

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  • Inspiration: 123klan – Little Known Facts & Why They Matter

    Inspiration: 123klan – Little Known Facts & Why They Matter

    123Klan is a crew founded in 1992 by a couple of French graffiti artists : SCIEN (Sébastien) and KLOR (Carole). This post revolves around Inspiration: 123klan – little known facts & why they matter. Originally from the North of France, they started in the 1990s with graffiti and then gradually evolved into graphic design and illustration.

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  • Macro Photography Tips

    Macro Photography Tips

    Use manual focus if you can. Keep it tidy. Shoot. A LOT. Don’t be afraid of flash. Move the subject, not the camera. Try the effect of different backgrounds. Fine-tune your composition. Deal with the depth of field dilemma. Start parallel, but experiment with different angles. Stabilize your camera as much as possible.

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  • 10 Quick Tips For Website Design In 2019

    10 Quick Tips For Website Design In 2019

    Have a Plan Remove stocky images and ambiguous terminology Include social share and follow buttons Implement calls-to-action Use the right imagery that works for your audience Create a navigation that guides users through your site Stay mobile friendly Focus on SEO Never stop testing Find and fix 404s

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  • Fluid Web Typography: Today

    Fluid Web Typography: Today

    Fluid web typography gives us so many opportunities to better design the reading experiences on the web but, at the same time, introduces problems of font sizes scaling uncontrollably and potential accessibility issues. Is fluid web typography ready to be used?

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  • Designers Are Like Athletes

    Designers Are Like Athletes

    Let’s dig into all the key areas that designers train on a daily basis that makes them ready to perform at top-tier performance athletes.

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  • Accessibility Is Not That Hard

    Accessibility Is Not That Hard

    Here are 7 sure fire steps to follow when designing for accessibility. This refers to the practice of building digital content and applications that can be used by a wide range of people, including individuals who have visual, motor, auditory, speech, or cognitive disabilities.

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  • The most popular tools of the year – 2017

    The most popular tools of the year – 2017

    According to designer from across the globe, these were the most used tools by designers in 2017.

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