Best of the web for Design and Web Development December 2016

• December 30th, 2016
• News

The final monthly roundup of the year. The final instalment features collection of certainly must read design tutorials, and web article published through out the last month of the year.

Photoshop

How to Create a 3D Ornament Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s 3D tools and settings, along with textures, patterns, brushes, filters, and layer styles, to create a sparkling, fun, Christmas ornament inspired text effect.

How to Create a 3D Ornament Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

In the following tutorial we will create a Christmas ornament ball using some brushes, a texture and standard Photoshop filters.

Create A Christmas Tree Photoshop Text Effect

In this new Christmas tutorial we will make a creative text effect using a Christmas tree branch brush and lots of decorations like glitter stars and a cute silver bow; you can also add tinsel and colorful lights. I am really looking forward to see your results so upload your Christmas tree text effect on our comments section.

How to Create a Cool Glitch Photo Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Photo effects are a great way to practice and harness your Photoshop skills. In this lesson, learn how to create a fun photo glitch effect using Marquee Tools, the Wave Filter, and more!

Illustrator

Create a Christmas Card in Adobe Illustrator

In this Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a Christmas planet card.

Hexagonal Geometric Pattern in Illustrator

In today’s Adobe Illustrator video tutorial we’re going to create a simple geometric pattern using a bunch of hexagons and a nice colour scheme, finished off with some subtle textures. I’ve done a couple of tutorials based on this style of artwork in the past, but I’ve since been enlightened about a third party script that alleviates the tedious process of manually applying the colours, which is the technique I showed in my previous videos.

Create a Christmas Candy Text Effect in Illustrator

In the following Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed candy pattern brush and how to cleverly use it to create a sweet text effect.

Glam It Up! Diamond Happy New Year Vector Text

In the following Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed candy pattern brush and how to cleverly use it to create a sweet text effect.

Web and design articles

Email Design Trends 2017

Design trends for web sites and e-newsletters.

Why you should be using pattern libraries

Have you heard of pattern libraries, style guides, component libraries, design patterns or UI toolkits? Don’t worry if you’re confused or don’t know the differences. Here’s a secret—most people in the design industry are also a little confused.

How Companies Should Secure Your Passwords

The steps that companies should be taking to ensure their users’ passwords never get compromised