Color is sometimes a struggle for designers, especially when on the hunt for those perfect hues that will convey the meaning behind the design at first glance. We’ve looked at some popular color palettes from a variety of media and even palettes from nature before, and now let’s take a look at some from around [...]
Having struggled recently on finding a color palette for a project, I decided to start keeping track of palettes I find that I like (you already know I collect design pieces I find attractive). I by no means claim these came from my own head.
What I present below is a collection I’ve started, particularly because sites Kuler and ColourLovers have become so overwhelming and I find that many of the palettes do not work once applied to real projects (too many are just pretty transitions from pink to blue or gradients from dark to light of a hue).
How often do you finally decide to start a project you’ve been meaning to work on only to discover you have absolutely no idea what to do?
I feel like I go through that with every project! What do I do? Research.
There are hundreds of remarkable articles on inspiring websites and Smashing Magazine usually puts together pretty good collections, like 60 Elegant and Visually Appealing Designs. If you’re one a little more for the typography of websites, there are 15 that make the crème de la crème list at I Love Typography.
Have you ever seen a design and thought to yourself, “Oh, wow! I need to try that some day.”
I quite frequently do that and a while ago I decided to start a list of these graphic styles I’d like to try. This list, along with a Photoshop document I’ve started of examples, helps me go [...]
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