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Nataly Birch (70 Articles)

Nataly is a web developer from Sevastopol, Ukraine with a passion for WordPress and IT writing. She runs her own blog where she shares helpful stuff, articles and tutorials.
8 Beautifully Illustrated Onboarding Screens in Mobile Design

8 Beautifully Illustrated Onboarding Screens in Mobile Design

To understand the value of your application and enjoy its features, modern web programs need to have an onboarding process. It is not just a whim. It is a crucial…

Clicking Around: The Use of Circular Mouse Cursors

Clicking Around: The Use of Circular Mouse Cursors

Just recently, we discussed a tiny trend in mouse cursors, exploring a dozen examples of lonely but eye-catching effects. Today it has come under the spotlight again, this time with…

A Showcase of Websites That Have Been Inspired by Wireframes

A Showcase of Websites That Have Been Inspired by Wireframes

This inspiring gallery takes a look at those beautifully designed web design interfaces that have been inspired by wireframe or a digital blueprint’s ideology.

Shining Examples of the Flashlight Effect Web Design Trend

Shining Examples of the Flashlight Effect Web Design Trend

2019 has already seen numerous tiny trends where the mouse cursor played first fiddle: mouse trails, repelling effects, interactive 3D globes and fantastic hover effects – to name a few….

Room to Breathe: Using Whitespace in the Hero Area

Room to Breathe: Using Whitespace in the Hero Area

Developers are often so obsessed with extravagant solutions that they sometimes get carried away – forgetting how the simplest things can make an interface a better place. One such example…

Crypto-Inspired Mobile & Web UI Design Concepts

Crypto-Inspired Mobile & Web UI Design Concepts

Cryptocurrency is one of the biggest mysteries of our times. Is it a real thing? Is it a fraud? No one can tell for sure. People are split into two…

Using Shaders to Create Realistic Special Effects in Web Design

Using Shaders to Create Realistic Special Effects in Web Design

WebGL has become the subject of experimentation and testing the limits of what is possible on the web. Almost each day we stumble upon grandiose solutions powered by it. As…

Beyond Glitched: Using Distorted Images in Web Design

Beyond Glitched: Using Distorted Images in Web Design

It began in 2017 when designers started to play with the glitch effect. It was seen everywhere: videos, animations, and of course, images. This effect perfectly blended into a wave…

10 Beautiful Examples of Particle Animation in Web Design

10 Beautiful Examples of Particle Animation in Web Design

Taking the Web by storm, particle animations managed to carve out quite a niche for themselves several years ago. The massive current obsession with designs that have a high-tech vibe…

How Ultra-Thin Lines in Web Design Can Create an Impact

How Ultra-Thin Lines in Web Design Can Create an Impact

Last year, the web development community was obsessed with vertical lines and vertical rhythm. This year, we see some interesting solutions that have originated from that tendency. The use of…

12 Playful Ways to Learn How to Code

12 Playful Ways to Learn How to Code

Love for studying, like wisdom, comes with age. Ironically, the majority of us miss a precious opportunity to learn something new at the most favorable time. The younger we are,…

10 Beautiful Examples of Illustration in Web Design

10 Beautiful Examples of Illustration in Web Design

The current state of technology allows us to create different user interfaces. From plain, oversimplified designs where all the information is placed in one screen to massive, overwhelming experiences with…

10 Fantastic Examples of Dynamic Centerpieces in Web Design

10 Fantastic Examples of Dynamic Centerpieces in Web Design

All is fair in love and the fight for clients, especially in the digital world. Unlike the real one, where you can use various psychological tricks to foist the goods…

Exploring the Elegance of Line Typography in Web Design

Exploring the Elegance of Line Typography in Web Design

Typography is one of those things that we can talk about forever. Just remember our outstanding articles where we discussed The Rise of the Hand-Written Typography Trend on the Web,…

Adding Warmth and Personality to Websites with Human Illustrations

Adding Warmth and Personality to Websites with Human Illustrations

When it comes to excelling with visual appeal, there is no better way than to use illustrations on your website. Of course, it is not something that can be created…

A Selection of Festive Websites to Get You in the Mood for Christmas

A Selection of Festive Websites to Get You in the Mood for Christmas