Notes from The Deep End
Hello fellow graphic and web designers, developers and general creative-types! Today marks the switch-over from one-man show Wes McDowell Creative to The Deep End, my own graphic & web design...
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Why Crowdsourcing is Bad For Design
When you think of mortal enemies you think of legendary foes like the Hatfields and the McCoys, Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty, Batman and the Joker. Design also has a mortal enemy that’s come...
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Infographic: How to Protect Your WordPress Website
Having just gone through this very site being hacked into, I know firsthand the horrors of dealing with such an attack. While there were very few visible indications that it was broken into, search...
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A Showcase of 20 Thoughtfully Designed Landing Pages
Designing a good landing page – something that describes your product, sells it’s benefits, builds excitement and answers any questions a potential customer might have – is an artform in itself. The...
View ArticleBreaking Bad Photoshop habits: follow these steps every time you design to be...
The words ‘Breaking Bad’ depress me after watching the last episodes of the show on Netflix. I watched those episodes with the kind of attention a bomb-diffuser uses. Savoring each moment, pausing for...
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How to create a professional looking political candidate palm card in under...
Whether you are active in politics or could care less, (gasp!) doing design work for a political campaign can lead to some pretty fruitful gigs. One of the most common pieces that any campaign needs is...
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10 Web motion design trends to make your site stand out
Gaining and retaining website traffic is fundamental in today’s competitive online landscape. There are some crucial trends that can help any site stand out while remaining engaging, and perhaps most...
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Infographic: 2016 Web Design Trends to Boost Conversions
2016 Web Design Trends to Boost Conversions With every new year, we eagerly anticipate the newest trends that emerge in web design. Most of these trends simply have to do with whichever visual style...
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Infographic: Is it Ever Ok to Use the Desktop Hamburger Icon?
Like it or not, the hamburger (or menu) icon is quickly becoming one of web design’s most ubiquitous trends. Since it has been so widely used over the past five years on mobile sites, it only makes...
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10 Lessons from Relationships to Help You Make a Stunning One-Page Website
We have seen our share of one-page WordPress themes and award-winning one-page websites on the internet. Almost every small business, startup or budding agency these days wants a one-page website as...
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4 Ways to Get Website Traffic Through Facebook
If you’re looking to build traffic to your website, you need to look at the places where your potential customers reside online. With more than a billion active users from all around the world,...
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How the Mannequin Challenge Can Help Your Marketing This Holiday Season
How long can you stay frozen in time? That’s the challenge people everywhere are taking up, producing fun videos that are going viral on social media. If you haven’t noticed #mannequinchallenge on your...
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Infographic: 2017 Web Design & UX Trends to Boost Conversions
Every year brings us a new batch of trends we can expect to see popping up on websites. But being an agency that doesn’t necessarily hop on the trend-wagon, we sought out the ten most promising web...
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