Solid web design and security go hand-in-hand. Putting together a flashy looking website that has all the latest features and cross-platform, cross-browser compatibility is great.

Let's face it, if your design sucks people won't stick around. Period. Why would they? You wouldn't shop in a store with cluttered shelves, carpet on the walls and a crazy person in the back popping up to remind you that you're the millionth visitor when right next door is a store selling the same goods and services with clean, well organized stock, friendly service and no distractions. Design People are visiting your website and in their minds your website is a direct reflection of the quality of your business. Crummy website = crummy business. The inverse is also true … Continue reading →Visit us at InstantShift.com

In today’s video tutorial, I’m going to take you through the process of creating a mascot character to go within a retro cereal box design, using a mixture of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. We will begin in Illustrator to draw the character, using simplified shapes based on the old mid-century style of cartoons and […] The post Video Tutorial: How To Create a Retro Cereal Box Design with a Mascot Character appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

The July 2021 update of Visual Studio Code C++ introduces new features such as Disassembly View while debugging, inline macro expansions, and debug support for Windows ARM64 architecture. Disassembly View allows users to debug assembly code corresponding to the instructions created by their compiler and will be included in the 1.59 release of Visual Studio … continue reading The post SD Times news digest: July 2021 update of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, .NET Framework July 2021 update preview, Nintex K2 Five enhancements appeared first on SD Times.

Making geometric patterns in Adobe Illustrator is always a fun creative project. You can follow the same basic technique each time but experiment with different shapes and colours to create endless pattern styles. Follow along with today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a colourful geometric pattern based on a series of triangle shapes. I’ll show […] The post How to Create a Colourful Geometric Pattern in Illustrator appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

How can you convince your clients to make a faster (and easier) buy-in? With the help of a guided design exercise, Kelly Schummer explains how the *Design Shopping* workflow can help guide you throughout the design phases.

Almost everyone is shooting video these days. From social media clips to full feature moving images for websites and more. But you have to do more than just take video, to get the right finish requires a solid video editing tool. Two of the best options available are Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. […]

When it comes to building a conversational chat assistant that could be used at a small or enterprise level, Dialogflow would most likely be one of the first options that would show up in your search list. But apart from its console that is provided to design and manage an Agent, how can we create a chat assistant that can be used within our built web applications, too?

In 2020, it's vital to build sustainability into your internet presence - for the environment, your customers & your business. Discover easy eco-friendly options.

Don't think your poor design choices won't be seen. Keen graphic designers are judging your shortcuts and rolling their eyes. Just because these are things that only a designer would notice, it doesn’t mean they aren't important. (Do you really want all that judgement from your peers?) Here's a list of things that make my […]