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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.
Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Design / Freelance

Gone are the days when publishing houses were the gatekeepers of the book industry. We are in the midst of a revolution, and the book industry is being turned upside…

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

UI Design / Web Design

Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as for prototyping with Fireworks over any other graphic…

CSS3 Compatibility Tools for Internet Explorer

CSS3 Compatibility Tools for Internet Explorer

CSS / JavaScript

CSS3 is the coolest thing to happen to web design in a long, long time. With all of its incredible new properties, border-radius, box-shadow, border-image, transform to name just a…

20 Examples of Fullscreen Responsive Menus for Inspiration

20 Examples of Fullscreen Responsive Menus for Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

We’ve covered responsive navigation a number of times over the last couple of years, from off-canvas reveals and nested accordions, to the simpler <select> drop-down menu system. There really are…

Free Sublime Text Shortcut Cheatsheet Desktop Wallpaper

Free Sublime Text Shortcut Cheatsheet Desktop Wallpaper

Desktop Wallpaper / Web Design

This cheatsheet desktop wallpaper is a must-have for anyone using Sublime Text. Download it today and take your productivity to the next level!

Freestyle & Square Free Social Media Icon Sets (56 Icons, PNG Format)

Freestyle & Square Free Social Media Icon Sets (56 Icons, PNG Format)

Icon Sets / UI Design

Whether a blogger or designer looking to add some personality to your social media presence, these icon sets are perfect for you.

25 Adobe Fireworks Templates & Tools

25 Adobe Fireworks Templates & Tools

Web Design

Adobe Fireworks’ features and work-flow undeniably make it the industry pioneer and leader for web graphic prototyping and rapid web site building. Even though, with each new version, Adobe have…

15 Free Adobe Fireworks Extensions & Commands for Web Designers

15 Free Adobe Fireworks Extensions & Commands for Web Designers

Web Design

Despite last weeks sad announcement that Adobe would no longer be developing it, Fireworks will remain a firm favorite amongst web designers for many, many years to come. I am…

20 Websites with Original, Non-Standard Geometry

20 Websites with Original, Non-Standard Geometry

Inspiration / Web Design

Geometric shapes are widely used as design and framing elements, navigation components, or as a way of drawing users’ attention to certain parts of a website. The most popular geometric…

30 Pure CSS Alternatives to JavaScript

30 Pure CSS Alternatives to JavaScript

CSS

With all the cool things that surround JavaScript (especially with jQuery), it’s easy to forget that it’s possible to push pure CSS (with a touch of HTML) into an all…

Using the Web as a Designer Without Losing Your Mind

Using the Web as a Designer Without Losing Your Mind

Design / Freelance

The web is a monster that’ll devour all the time and energy you give it, and then some. The sheer amount of time-wasting opportunities that are literally a click away…

10 Useful Google Docs Templates for Web & Mobile App Designers

10 Useful Google Docs Templates for Web & Mobile App Designers

UI Design / Web Design

If I am honest, I don’t know how popular Google Docs is within the freelance community, but I have found that I have been using it a lot more recently….

15 Inspiring Examples of Creative Depth in Web Design

15 Inspiring Examples of Creative Depth in Web Design

Inspiration / Web Design

Breathing life into digital design can be a tough call. A flat surface will always command less attention compared to the one that creates a 3D-feel. Adding depth to a…

Free OSX Yosemite Replacement Dock Icons (ICNS, PNG, and PSD Formats)

Free OSX Yosemite Replacement Dock Icons (ICNS, PNG, and PSD Formats)

Icon Sets / UI Design

A free set of flat replacement dock icons based on the most popular Mac applications, designed in the style of Yosemite. ICNS, PNG, and PSD formats.

The Origins and Evolution of Flat Design

The Origins and Evolution of Flat Design

Web Design

Ever since Windows 7 Mobile was released in a distinctly anti-skeuomorphic format, the explosion of flat aesthetics has been obvious, evident, and pervasive. Anything with an edge is eschewed, gradients…

Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping

Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping

UI Design

Paper prototyping is a commonly used low-cost usability method for testing and evaluating web designs and applications. This approach lets developers conduct tests before a single line of code has…

The Fantastic World Cup Posters from ESPN

The Fantastic World Cup Posters from ESPN

Inspiration

World Cup excitement is rising. Recently we came across (via Business Insider) the work of Brazilian artist Cristiano Siqueira who was hired by ESPN to design posters for all of…

10 Mind-Blowing Experimental CSS3 Techniques & Demos

10 Mind-Blowing Experimental CSS3 Techniques & Demos

CSS
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