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40+ free PSDs and actions for mock-ups

By Kendra Gaines  |  May. 13, 2013  |  11 comments

It’s all about presentation. Ideas and concepts are great, but mean nothing if they cannot be properly communicated. To help others understand them, we may create prototypes or sketch out an idea to get to a meeting of the minds. Fortunately, in graphic design, we do that by creating mock-ups.

Most times when we create designs, it’s tempting to send a flat graphic, as is, to our client or out to our intended audience. It can work, but it’s much more effective when we have a way for people to actually visualize a design in its intended environment. It’s easier to understand a mobile app when it’s being presented on an actual mobile phone, rather than just a standard graphic in a simple size.

It’s best to have...

Fresh freebies for February

By Juan Pablo Sarmiento  |  Feb. 15, 2013  |  6 comments

It is never a bad time to have an idea for the web, and when it comes, the best thing to do is developing and creating as soon as possible before the idea fades away.

That’s why freebies have become so important, they’re great time savers, giving you the items to build awesome projects, placing quality over price.

In this list, we bring the latest free resources for web designers. Some of them will serve as inspiration to create stuff by your own, and some others are simply a spectacular and complete job that...

40+ Friday freebies

By Juan Pablo Sarmiento  |  Dec. 7, 2012  |  29 comments

Every once in a while we all run out of ideas. It’s a stressful and frustrating experience. And it’s no coincidence that it often comes at the end of a long working week.

However, Friday is a great day to finish up projects, draw in new inspiration and let those ideas percolate over the weekend in time for a productive start to the following week.

So to help you finish up this week’s work and prepare for next week’s, we’ve put together a...