In creating a website, it is crucial to have not only a great UI design, but a great accessibility as well. It may be a tedious task especially if we cannot relate to certain conditions that can hinder a good user experience. One of these conditions is color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD). If …
Have you ever experienced feeling nervous and excited at the same time to share your final design to your client, just to be rejected afterwards? It sucks, I know. You’re almost to the finish line. You’ve done all the necessary steps to come up with the perfect design, and yet the client still didn’t like …
Every designer knows how important a presentation is in making a client to approve your design. Not only do you need to explain your work, the client also needs to see what the design would actually look like in the real world. This can be a challenging feat for many. Thankfully, there are mockups that …
First developed in Germany, Gestalt is a theory that tackles on how our cognitive behaviors are affected by various visual perceptions. It illustrates how our minds react to what we see with our eyes – how we relate and separate elements to make sense of an image. Gestalt, in dictionary, means “a whole that is …
It is agreeable that in any profession, learning and mastering the basics is a very important foundation to succeed in the future. Though this statement holds true, some designers seem to skip this process and proceed to creating designs without even knowing the theory behind it. This results to poor quality designs and sometimes just …
White space has hugely been underrated in web design for the past few years. Although many have previously neglected this in designing a website, white space is actually a fundamental element that is crucial for an effective design. Now, its importance is now observable in most, if not all, websites today. Gone are the days …
404 page is a dead-end in your website. Landing on this error page can cause a bad user experience for your readers. This may cause them to go back to your homepage with dissatisfaction, or go to other competitors’ websites, or worse, avoid your site entirely. It goes without a saying that these instances should …
Nowadays, it may not be enough to just create a great design and putting it to various websites to get recognized as a professional graphic designer. Although sharing your work to many design platforms can be helpful, you’ll still need personal branding to push you to the top of the competition. It may have been …
Graphic designers in the pre-information age only had limited options in converting their abilities and products into financial fruition. They had to have good talent in drawing and get postgraduate degrees to get a decent job that deals with sharp tools and chemicals. Suddenly, everything changed as the computer era arrived. Now designers can earn …