Designing effective ads that attract attention can be tough in a crowded market where your target audience gets bombarded by millions of marketing messages every day. To stand out, you need to show your unique value proposition and your brand in an eye-catching way. Use proven strategies like design principles to direct the viewer's eyes... The post 7 Design Principles to Leverage in Your Advertising appeared first on noupe.

If you're looking for unique Photoshop filters to turn your photos into artwork, you've come to the right place. In this post, we feature a collection of the best Photoshop filters and plugins you can use to add various effects to photos. There are many benefits to using Photoshop filters. They are quite useful in […]

7 top tips for growing your personal brand with content marketing. We've found easy & effective ways to create & promote content to maximise your reach & leads. The post 7 Ways to Use Content Marketing To Grow Your Personal Brand first appeared on JUST(TM) Creative.

The way we design and build WordPress themes is evolving. With the introduction of Full Site Editing (FSE), it is now possible to change every aspect of a site's look... The post How WordPress Full Site Editing Could Impact the Design Process appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

If your website is powered by WordPress, integrating social media functionality couldn't be easier if you use one of these free plugins. The post 8 Powerful Plugins for Integrating Social Media into WordPress appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

This is our popular weekly design news post where we share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies from the past week. You can sign-up to our awesome weekly... The post Weekly News for Designers (N.318) appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Introduction Adapting to the new technology and making the best use of it for your business is the mantra for the success of your business. You continuously need to upgrade your website and use the best possible technology. Further, as per stats provided by FinancesOnline, in 2020, the digital transactions valued around USD 5.2 trillion, [...]

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In today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial I’m going to take you through the process of creating a retro text effect, inspired by the title art for the Superman comic books. Old comic book titles feature some really simple but effective text styles, often incorporating faux-3D effects, bright colours, and thick black outlines. It’s a graphic style […] The post Video Tutorial: How to Create a Retro Superhero Comic Text Effect in Illustrator appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

We web designers are often great at helping our clients develop a winning content strategy. But our own websites? That can be a different story. Quite often, we're so focused... The post How to Create Compelling Content for Your Portfolio Site appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.