If you examine most mobile apps, you might notice they all look the same. They all use navigation bars, table lists, and a linear data display. These default patterns that designers habitually use may get the job done, but they’re not always the best approach for UX.
A slideshow page layout with a filter enhanced navigation effect.
On the third of June 2021, I created my very first CSS art. I had so much fun building this, and I continued building more and experiencing different methods to create them. My CSS art became better the more I practiced, and I got to know CSS better because of it. In fact, CodePen picked two (out of four) of my CSS arts to feature before. I decided to write this blog post to illustrate my thought process from the very beginning up until publishing the art on codepen. Hopefully, this will attract more people into creating CSS art and have fun with it,
They all look like the current IntelliJ IDEA splash screen
In this article, I’ll walk you through seven different examples that showcase how ::before and ::after can be used to create interesting effects.
Look at the image above. Don’t you feel some colors are brighter than others? For example, between the yellow and blue: which is brighter?
In my humble opinion, the best websites and web applications have a tangible “real” quality to them. There are lots of factors involved to achieve this quality, but shadows are a critical ingredient.
Browse through Dribbble or Behance, and you’ll find designers using a simple technique to add texture to an image: noise. Adding noise makes otherwise solid colors or smooth gradients, such as shadows, more realistic. But despite designers’ affinity for texture, noise is rarely used in web design.
5 guidelines help users tolerate the long waits and frequent interruptions that are typical of complex workflows.
This collection of trends – from fun angles to illustrations where you wouldn’t expect them to cool three-dimensional concepts – is sure to help you think a little more out of the box. It might be just the right inspiration to cure some of that design boredom.
