Speckyboy Design Magazine

Weekly News for Designers № 577

Video Tutorial: How to Create a Stained Glass Window Effect – Craft a stunning effect in Adobe Illustrator with this tutorial.

The State of Design in 2021 – A survey of over 1,000 designers, asking them how they work, what they value, and what kinds of challenges they’re facing.

8 Examples of Icon-Based Navigation, Enhanced with CSS and JavaScript – Some interesting examples of how icons can improve website navigation.

VISIWIG Vector Pattern Generator – Create seamless patterns and export them to your favorite editing software.

Doing Away With Bad Design Ideas and Moving on to the Good Ones – A few strategies creative professionals can use to quickly do away with all those bad design ideas, and move on to the good ones.

On-Scroll Letter Animations – A small set of examples showing how letters can be animated on scroll.

Vector Mockups Library 3.0 – A large collection of device mockups for Figma with light and dark versions.

How to Play and Pause CSS Animations with CSS Custom Properties – Learn the techniques behind controlling CSS animation with tutorial.

Create a Local WordPress Development Environment for Free with DevKinsta – A look at Kinsta’s new local WordPress development suite. Now available as a free download for Mac and Windows.

A comprehensive list of UX design methods & deliverables – Here’s a handy listing of the most common tools, methods, processes, and deliverables that designers use throughout the digital product design process.

The Blazor Component Library – Download this free and open source set of 60+ native Blazor UI controls.

SVG Tutorial: How to Code SVG Icons by Hand – Learn to create your own SVG icons and implement them into your projects.

Flagpack – A library of 260+ open source flag icons.

Dealing with the Isolation of Freelance Life – Freelancing can be lonely – especially during a pandemic. Here are some tips for beating those stuck-in-your-home-office blues.

Flexbox-Guide – This interactive tool will help you master CSS flexbox layouts.

UX Audit Checklist – This handy tool will help you check for 100+ common UX issues.

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