Design, Typography, Coding, whatever, these articles are the MUST READ articles for web designers. Read them and advance your knowledge of web design.

Design Process

• Using White Space Effectively In Web Design
  This article, while being very new has received much attention in its insight into the usage of white space in design. A great article. I expect to see much from this website in the near future.

  

• 6 Interface Design Principles and Tips Every Web Designer Should Know
  While it seems like any other article, this article actually provides important points that are easily overlooked when designing. In web design, you design for the audience, and this article really goes into that fact.
• To be or not to be: Minimalist
  This article delves into both sides of the arguments on whether or not to be minimalist, explaining the difference and clarifying what makes a good design.

  

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Whether it is a blog, portfolio or anything else, web design is what sells the site. Nearly all of your visitors will decide to stay or leave within the first five seconds, and the rest within the next few. So, what makes people stay or leave? Well, obviously nobody can read fast enough, so it has to be the presentation. This alone makes web design crucial.

Then what makes a good web design? Every design varies, so it is important to know what is best to then build off of the basics.

The List

The Header

It is quite obvious that the first thing somebody sees is not going to be the footer of your website, or even the middle. The first thing a visitor sees is the the header. Your header should represent your site, have the title, and a little bit about the site, particularly about the blog.

However, having information about the website is not as necessary as making the header attractive. So, if it comes down to moving the summary of the site versus the beauty of the header, it is much better to move the summary. In short, the goal of the header is to sell the design, and to identify the site.

Usability

Because design is function over form (unlike art, form over function), anything you design will have a purpose. In web design, a design is meant to convey information in an aesthetically and convenient manner. This makes usability one of the key features…

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Introduction

Recently I made a shield in Illustrator, and decided to write a tutorial on how to make something similar. This tutorial will teach you how to make a shield, ribbon with warped text, and small embellishments around it. It will also cover techniques/tips on making a vector symmetrical.

What you will finish with:

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Introduction
The idea of freeform snake-like movement is shown in games such as flOw, and my two games, Worms and Worms V2. This type of movement, with objects following each other, creates a cool effect, but is not often demonstrated. Here I will show you how to make a snake-like creature that follows your mouse…

Final Effect

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Introduction
Collision detection between circles is highly useful because it allows for more accurate collision detection with circles and other objects that require a collision detection other than ‘hitTest’. In this tutorial I will explain how to create collision detections with circles…

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