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Typeface selection plays a critical role in the readability of your content. Although it may be one of the overlooked aspects when it comes to designing websites. One of the main finding of Nielsen Norman Group Eye-tracking Study of Web Readers was “Text Attracts Attention Before Graphics”. The study revealed:

“Of users’ first three eye-fixations on a page, only 22% were on graphics; 78% were on text”.

As a web designer, you need to pay more attention to typography.To make your design more effective and impactful we have compiled a huge list of typography tools and resources available on the Internet. If you are serious about web design and want to improve your skills, Take time to work your way through this resources.…

In order to arrange your design, you need a place to start. Backgrounds are the foundation of your graphics — it helps pave the path to forming a successful composition.

Textures and colors help create depth and contrast, allowing your graphics to stand out and get noticed. Well composed images can help create space for you to overlay text, while visually communicating your message at the same time.

Using a background can help give your designs more context and provide a visual element to help support your content.

Bonus: We’ve designed most of the images in this article as templates for you to personalize! To use them for your own stuff, just click them and they’ll be ready to edit in your Canva account (No Canva? It’s free!). 

As an owner of a blog, you need to have engaging, relevant and updated content that satisfy the needs of your readers. There are several ways through which a blog owner can make sure that there is enough and more content on his or her blog at any given time.

The most invincible pillar and pinnacle in any online business are therefore the creation and writing of content which is engaging to the readers that visit your blog. There are several ways in which you can create more content for your blog to make sure that you achieve your desired goals of online business.

Although most blog posts are primarily text, graphics and images can be extremely effective for holding the interest of your visitors and for improving your results with social media. With major social networks like Facebook and Twitter become more graphically-oriented, quality images can go a long way in helping your content to stand out, get shared more frequently, and attract more traffic.

And with Pinterest visual content is everything.But if you are not a designer you may be unsure of how you can get quality graphics for your blog without hiring a designer.

The good news is that you don’t need to be a designer in order to get effective images, and you don’t need to hire a designer or own Photoshop. Canva is a free web app that makes it possible for anyone to create graphics for a variety of purposes, including use with your blog posts.

In this post I want to highlight several tutorials that will help you to get more familiar with Canva, it’s tools, and what you can create with it....

Color makes a design come alive.It can attract attention, set a mood, and even influence our emotions and perceptions.

But sometimes it can be hard to know where to start when choosing a color palette for your design project.

So we’ve done the hard work for you— giving you 100 color combinations inspired by nature, food & drink, travel, and everyday items.

Want to use these color combinations in Canva? Click here to sign up for free if you haven’t already (if you haven’t — are you kidding me?!).

Canva lets you change the colors of your design by entering the hex code in the color menu. Check out the video below for a quick tutorial on how...

As a designer, we thrive on staying informed on what are the latest and coolest sites to learn trends and take inspiration from. Last year, I shared with you my 2014 picks for the must-bookmark websites for designers. And so far, my most used websites from the list that I find really helpful are 0 to 255 and Adobe Kuler.

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Here I am again giving you my top list which I think every designer or non-designers must bookmark this 2015:...