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Paul Andrew (633 Articles)

Paul is the founder and editor of Speckyboy Design Magazine. He has a passion for UI design, print design, motion design, and graphic design, and loves discovering and sharing new resources and templates.
Skymetrics – Contrasting Minimal Urban Photography with a Beautiful Blue Sky

Skymetrics – Contrasting Minimal Urban Photography with a Beautiful Blue Sky

Discover Skymetrics, a unique take on minimal urban photography, where the sky meets geometric cityscapes in harmonious compositions.

Mastering Responsive Web Design: The Dos and Dont’s

Mastering Responsive Web Design: The Dos and Dont’s

Web design for mobile platforms is not about cramming all of your site’s content onto a smaller screen. You may have worked for years to optimize your content, but the…

A Beginner’s Guide to UX Prototyping

A Beginner’s Guide to UX Prototyping

Creating a stunning user experience (UX) is both an art and a science. It takes a team of knowledgeable designers and site engineers to put together a site that provides…

The Role Fluid Layouts Play in Modern Web Design

The Role Fluid Layouts Play in Modern Web Design

Fluid design is ultra-adaptable, user-friendly, and cooperates across devices – a necessary design foundation for the modern web user. However, it’s surprising how many web designers don’t understand the role…

The Beginner’s Guide to Google’s Material Design

The Beginner’s Guide to Google’s Material Design

You may be the type who struggles to keep up with web speak, confused by phrases like “UX (user experience) design” – or the type who confidently navigates the contemporary…

Free Mobile App Icons & UI Kit (AI & EPS)

Free Mobile App Icons & UI Kit (AI & EPS)

Free icons and various UI elements, such as buttons, sliders, and forms, designed to help you create a visually appealing mobile app or website.

The Emotionally Intelligent Web: How Will Machine Learning Affect User Interaction?

The Emotionally Intelligent Web: How Will Machine Learning Affect User Interaction?

One of the biggest technological revolutions in recent history has been the advent and increased precision of machine learning. Artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era of the…

Putting the Guitar Solo Philosophy into Your Designs

Putting the Guitar Solo Philosophy into Your Designs

Ever have those moments where you want to really show off your design skills? To impress people with the cool effects you can pull off? Unfortunately, you usually can’t. Because…

Why Influencers Should be Part of Your Social Media Marketing

Why Influencers Should be Part of Your Social Media Marketing

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram have become virtually ubiquitous in today’s culture, and it’s more important than ever for businesses to consider them essential components…

Essential Tips for Creating a Beautiful & Engaging UI

Essential Tips for Creating a Beautiful & Engaging UI

User interface, or UI, is a consideration in the design of anything created to be used. Although industrial and graphic designers also use UI design principles in their work, UI…

Exercise Caution When Using These Popular Web Design Trends

Exercise Caution When Using These Popular Web Design Trends

Like most cultural products, web design has its own zeitgeist. Every year sees a new crop of popular design components, features, and trends. Attitudes change rapidly, especially with the fast…

Introduction to User Experience Personas

Introduction to User Experience Personas

The user persona is one of the most valuable tools in your UX toolbox. These imagined people allow your entire design or development team to envision a single user story…

Is Artificial Intelligence an Opportunity for Web Designers?

Is Artificial Intelligence an Opportunity for Web Designers?

The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) was nothing more than science fiction a few decades ago. Now, thanks to tremendous innovations in technology, computing, and communications, true AI may no…

Understanding the Potential of Adaptive User Interfaces

Understanding the Potential of Adaptive User Interfaces

Interfaces are one of the most crucial aspects of modern design. Users depend on intuitive, responsive interfaces to access content and services on the internet, and interface trends have evolved…

A Gallery of Skillful Motion Photography

A Gallery of Skillful Motion Photography

Master the dynamic world of motion photography, capturing the beauty of movement in stunning, lively images.

The Free Minimal White Stripes UI Kit (PSD Photoshop)

The Free Minimal White Stripes UI Kit (PSD Photoshop)

A minimalistic free UI kit that comes in Photoshop PSD format and can be freely used in both your personal and commercial projects.

The UX Design Trends to Watch out for in 2018

The UX Design Trends to Watch out for in 2018

There’s no such thing as “too early” in web design. By the time you implement the user experience (UX) design trends of today, the industry is already looking to tomorrow….

10 Funny Corporate Logo Parodies That Will Bring a Smile to Your Face

10 Funny Corporate Logo Parodies That Will Bring a Smile to Your Face