Basics and principles for a good Web Design

Simple way to create CSS arrows for tooltips and the like

Most designers reveal their creativity on paper in the form of sketches. So why not in web design?

Here at WDL we love textures, specially because they can add personality, depth and style to websites, print, apps and everything else you can think of.

PSD files are very helpful resources for learning purpose because you can see all the layers and also what method have been used to create the work.

Before deciding on a color scheme for the business site that you are building, take a look at this rundown of what each and every color mean in business.

Create fluid and flexible HTML and CSS layouts that adapt and respond to the device on which they are displayed.

We have just tried to support web designers to let them make aware of the latest web design trends. Thus, we have placed 14 best web design trends of 2012 in the post.

Retro Rocket inspiration in modern web design is something that has inspired me with my work. Enjoy these fantastic looking web sites.

In this post we have put together some clean web designs for your inspiration. Enjoy!

You’ll notice as you scroll down the page that there are several different elements of the site that are all moving at different speeds. Let’s take the page in our image above as an example. As you scroll down through this page you’ve got blue dots in the far background that are slightly blurred, these appear to be moving at the same rate as the scroll bar. You then have a grouping of blue dots that are more in focus and in the foreground that are moving slightly faster than the scrollbar.

Beautiful Designed HTML5 Website Showcase. HTML5 website boasts a lot of features for embedding audio, video, graphics and many more.

Presentation by Lea Verou @LeaVerou (use the arrow keys to navigate)

Most webmasters know that your bandwidth is stressed when you have a background image loaded every single time somebody visits your website.

Designing and developing a single page website is a hard craft. Lots of decisions must be made to achieve great result. Today we collected you 15 great examples of single page websites.

Wherever we turn online, typography jumps out at us — sometimes literally, with the assistance of some clever coding. And now more than ever, we are seeing greater focus on this design element and its varied implementations around the Web.

Creators, no matter which is the medium of their creation, are often seen taking inspiration from nature. In case of website designing the idea does not become very different.

As designers attempting to creating functional work, oftentimes we are required to make our designs look as finished as possible.

Dose of cool web design inspirations....