Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #4 – HTML Entities

HTML entities are something we must use for different reasons. These reasons could be typographic or simply that a browser can’t render a character so you must replace with an HTML entity, which looks something like this – …. … is the HTML entity for ellipsis, which is a series three dots and is used to “denote a thought trailing off”. (more…)

Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #3 – Great Artists Steal!

Good artists copy; great artists steal

The above is one of Pablo Picasso’s most famous quotes. It’s a quote that Steve Jobs embraces, as he admits that Apple have never been ashamed of stealing great ideas. Don’t be fooled by the title of this post, I’m not going to tell you to copy or steal another designers’ work, as you should only be influenced by another designers’ work. In this post I’m going to give you another quick tip on how you can speed up your workflow by “stealing”. (more…)

Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #2 – Project Templating

Starting a new project can be exciting for web designers. A fresh canvas on which to create your latest work of art. Unfortunately it’s never that straightforward. There’s a lot more to a web project than just designing. If you’re a freelancer you might be faced with the task of brainstorming, creating wireframes and mockups, slicing PSDs, building layouts in HTML/CSS and integrating these with some type of CMS. (more…)