Best of the web for Design and Web Development December 2023

January 1st, 2024
News

Happy New Year to all! As we embark on this exciting new year, we want to take a moment to look back on the past month by presenting you with the best design tutorials and web articles that truly stood out. It’s been an incredible month filled with a wealth of knowledge and creativity.

We have an excellent collection of design tutorials that are sure to inspire and educate. Among them, you will find a detailed guide on creating a gold text effect, a fascinating tutorial on Generative Fill, and a comprehensive walkthrough on how to Change the Background in Photoshop. Each tutorial is packed with information and practical techniques that you can apply in your projects.

But that’s not all. The second half of our post is dedicated to web articles that we believe are truly worth your time. Ranging from an insightful piece on CSS Wrapped to an informative article detailing 6 Tailwind CSS best practices, tips, and tricks for 2024. These articles offer a wealth of information that can help you navigate the world of web design and development.

We’ve curated this collection with the hope that it will inspire, educate, and help you in your creative journey. We hope you enjoy this month’s monthly round-up post, and we look forward to bringing you more great content in the coming months.

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Design Tutorials

How I Use Generative Fill to Change the Background in Photoshop

The new AI powered Generative Fill has quickly become my most used tool in Adobe Photoshop to quickly change the background of my photos. Take this one for example, it’s a boring iPhone photo of my truck after a recent flurry of snow, but with a quick AI background swap it’s suddenly teleported from an empty car park to a picturesque lake with snow capped mountains. So let me show you how it’s done…

How to Paint Watercolor in Procreate

This Procreate watercolor tutorial will teach you how to create a vibrant yet soft digital watercolor portrait in Procreate from scratch. We’ll explore different watercolor drawing techniques and textures to achieve an authentic watercolor look.

How to Create a Gold Effect in Illustrator

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a gold effect in Illustrator using a gold gradient with a shiny gold texture, basic blending techniques, and a bunch of effects.

How to Make a Faded Text Effect in Illustrator

Surely you have seen many text effects all over the internet that seems to take a long time to make and probably they look very complex. While some of those can in fact take a long time to make, there are others that are actually very simple to replicate if you use the correct application and the right tools.

Web development and design article

CSS Wrapped: 2023!

From #Interop2023 to many new landings in the CSS and UI space that enable capabilities developers once thought impossible on the web platform.

A guide to crafting a compelling marketing plan (with template)

A good marketing plan can work wonders for an organization, but it’s no easy feat to create. As a product manager who works with many talented product marketing managers, a good marketing plan aligns the organization and keeps everyone moving in the same direction.