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Paul Andrew (629 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.
20 Creative Personal Blog Web Designs for Inspiration

20 Creative Personal Blog Web Designs for Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

As clearly and concisely defined by Wikipedia, a blog is ‘a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries (“posts”)…’. But when you do read back…

Remarkable for Inspiration Examples of Steampunk in Web Design

Remarkable for Inspiration Examples of Steampunk in Web Design

Inspiration / Web Design

Even if you are not familiar with the term steampunk, you have doubtless been introduced to this design phenomenon through popular culture. Steampunk refers to a whimsical style that is…

6 Great iOS Photography Apps for Pros & Beginners

6 Great iOS Photography Apps for Pros & Beginners

Photography

We all know that smartphones don’t exactly have the most best cameras in the market, but there are a number of great apps to make your photos look awesome. For…

20 Amazing Implementations of HTML5 Canvas

20 Amazing Implementations of HTML5 Canvas

Inspiration / Web Design

In this article, we explore some of the most awe-inspiring implementations of HTML5’s canvas element. From all of the new HTML5 tags, canvas is likely to be the most powerful….

Alternative Sources of Design Inspiration, Where Do You Get Yours?

Alternative Sources of Design Inspiration, Where Do You Get Yours?

Freelance

Great designers know that designing is less thinking and more seeing. Because of this, they have a tendency to find areas other than design showcases or tutorials for new inspiration.
Here are some alternative or different places to find inspiration; inspiration that should help your designs stick out from the crowd.

40 Fantastic Examples of Using Circles in Web Design

40 Fantastic Examples of Using Circles in Web Design

Inspiration / Web Design

Maybe you wouldn’t call the current popularity of using circles in web design a ‘trend.’ But it has become very, very popular. This popularity is partly indebted to the popularity…

5 Alternative Methods for Typography Inspiration

5 Alternative Methods for Typography Inspiration

Inspiration

Typography is the Jan Brady of graphic design – it doesn’t generate the rabid excitement of color nor cooing over flashy images. But typography can’t be ignored – in its…

20 jQuery Plugins to Help with Responsive Layouts

20 jQuery Plugins to Help with Responsive Layouts

JavaScript

We highlight 25 jQuery plugins that will help you optimize and resize web components and elements when using responsive layouts.

8 Free WordPress Plugins for Improving User Interaction

8 Free WordPress Plugins for Improving User Interaction

WordPress

If there is a sense of community and vibrant life surrounding a blog it tends to be successful and ultimately popular – that is a fact. So, if you own…

25 Addons for Getting More Out of Thunderbird

25 Addons for Getting More Out of Thunderbird

Web Design

With the added installation of the many freely available extensions and addons, you can bring Thunderbird many steps closer to becoming a viable alternative to the very powerful Microsoft Outlook…

20 Inspiring Desktop Wallpapers for Spring

20 Inspiring Desktop Wallpapers for Spring

Desktop Wallpaper

Spring is finally in the air and with it a brand new sense of renewal and regeneration. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and the flowers are budding —…

How Flat Design Has Helped Make the Web More Accessible

How Flat Design Has Helped Make the Web More Accessible

UX Design

A look at some of the recent improvements that flat design has brought and how it has helped make the web a little bit more accessible.

50 Inspiring Web Application & Service Web Designs

50 Inspiring Web Application & Service Web Designs

Inspiration / Web Design

Developing a powerful and useful web application or service is just one aspect of the job. Developers must also consider whether users will like it, understand how to use it,…

Our 50 Favorite Web Designs from 2012

Our 50 Favorite Web Designs from 2012

Inspiration / Web Design

Web design is a constantly evolving art form that offers endless opportunities for innovation and improvement. Each year, we are treated to a multitude of awe-inspiring designs that showcase the…

10 Resources for Getting Started with HTML5 Forms

10 Resources for Getting Started with HTML5 Forms

CSS

This article explores some of the new HTML5 form features and how it has significantly improved text inputs, search boxes, and other form fields by providing better and cleaner controls…

50 Examples of Large Image Backgrounds in Web Design

50 Examples of Large Image Backgrounds in Web Design

Inspiration / Web Design

The first thing that springs to mind when thinking about large photography backgrounds in web design is basic photographer portfolio website or even that of a design company. Upon researching…

Bing & Google Recommend Responsive Web Design

Bing & Google Recommend Responsive Web Design

News

With so many conflicting views in the SEO community as to whether it is best to design a separate mobile site or make your site responsive, I thought I should…

50 Inspiring Examples of Using Black in Web Design

50 Inspiring Examples of Using Black in Web Design

Inspiration
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