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Quick Tip: Tooltips, Courtesy of HTML5 Data Attributes
Tooltips are relatively simple to implement by just adding a bit of markup to your HTML and employing a bit of CSS. However, if you've never heard of HTML5...
Ian Yates
11 Nov 2011
Web Design
Design a Static Admin Bar in Photoshop
Let's whip up a simple, yet effective 'static admin bar' in Photoshop. We'll take a selection of UI elements, and design their various states, ready for...
Ian Yates
26 Oct 2011
Web Design
Accessibility: What’s Your Markup Saying to You?
Today we're going to look at accessibility and semantics. Let's start with a question: have you ever used a screen reader? If the answer's no, you should try...
Ian Yates
21 Oct 2011
Web Design
Vintage Modernism: A Quick Examination
Vintage Modernism in web design has been around a while now, and is one of those definitions which you'll perhaps hear, but doesn't seem to have gained any...
Ian Yates
30 Sep 2011
Web Design
Create a Swish CSS3 Folded Ribbon in Five Minutes
Take one line of markup, a couple of CSS3 rules (no images), and you can have yourself a swish folded ribbon effect in five minutes. Let's see how..
Ian Yates
23 Aug 2011
Web Design
40 Inspirational Infographic Blogs, Portfolios, Showcases, and Resources
Every now and then we all need a good dose of infographic goodness. Varied, emotive and often surprising, infographics help us absorb facts and figures in...
Ian Yates
8 Aug 2011
Design & Illustration
Profiling: Can You Stereotype Your Users by Their Browsers?
A (bogus) report issued on Friday suggests that Internet Explorer users are dumb. While you may or may not agree, it does beg the question: can we stereotype...
Ian Yates
1 Aug 2011
Web Design
Quick Tip: Animate a News Ticker GIF With Photoshop
There's a good chance that this won't interest you at all (animated gif Ian? Are you having a laugh?) but I promised someone I'd write this. I've recently...
Ian Yates
13 Jul 2011
Web Design
The Mechanics of Comics
A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Ian Yates was first...
Ian Yates
24 Jun 2011
Design & Illustration
10 Hilarious Flash Animations to Brighten up Your Day
I'm a huge fan of animation, especially when it's mixed in with a good dose of humor. Check out the following examples of quality Flash animation, get...
Ian Yates
30 May 2011
Code
How to Make a Foolproof Flowery Wallpaper Pattern
Pattern possibilities in Illustrator are endless and knowing them back-to-front can only be a good thing. The key lies in perfect tessellation and while...
Ian Yates
9 Feb 2009
Design & Illustration
Nine Quick Steps to Create an Atmospheric, Misty Woodland Backdrop
Backgrounds in illustration are often solely responsible for supplying the mood, without detracting from the main point of focus. The following nine steps...
Ian Yates
6 Feb 2009
Design & Illustration