Jake Rocheleau Author at 1stWebDesigner

The Best Sites To Find Completely Free Stock Photos (Updated for 2025)

Free stock photos have become a huge commodity on the web. They’re easier to find than ever before and it’s quite possible there are millions of these photos to choose…

10 Open Source Calendar UI Layouts Built With CSS

Building a full calendar UI is tough work. There are major differences between calendars on the web and calendars for mobile apps, so it’s good to study examples and see…

10 Free Mobile UI Kits For Sketch

You can find plenty of free mockups online, but most cater to Photoshop users. In recent years Sketch has grown rapidly with tons of plugins and free tutorials to help…

Top 10 Free Resources For Learning React.js

The frontend ecosystem is dominated by React.js. It’s one of the fastest rising JavaScript frameworks on the web with no signs of slowing down, and there’s plenty of job opportunities…

Top 10 UX Blogs That All Web Designers Should Read

There’s a lot to learn in the world of UX design. There’s so much terminology along with varying workflows that it can take years to master the craft. It helps…

The 10 Best Free Icon Fonts For Web Designers

Open source web fonts let designers radically change their page designs and typographic styles. And some of these web fonts use icon sets to bring vector-based icons into CSS. If…

8 Websites To Find Free Creative Commons Icons For Design Projects

It doesn’t take much work to find free icon sets online. While they’re useful, they aren’t always the best option for finding specific icons. That’s where free icon resource sites…

Top 10 Google Web Fonts For Bold Header Text

I’ve picked my top 10 best header font choices from my extensive experience testing & designing layouts. These header fonts are the best ones I’ve seen using them on my own sites and finding them on many others around the web.

11 Instagram Accounts For UI & UX Design Inspiration

Instagram is one of the best sites to find quality UX inspiration. But you need to know who to follow and which hashtags are worth browsing. I’m hoping this article…

10 Amazing Examples of CSS & JavaScript Animated Logos

Building an animated logo with HTML & CSS is easier now than ever before. And with newer JavaScript libraries it’s possible to push the boundaries of web animation even further.

9 Best Free CSS Flexbox Tutorials

Every modern website needs to be mobile friendly. You can accomplish this by using responsive techniques, one of which is the CSS flexbox feature. Flexbox lets you define layout elements…

Top 13 Web-Based Color Tools for Web Designers

Picking the perfect color scheme shouldn’t be a miserable task. All you need are the right tools for the job and an eye for design. I can’t help develop your…

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