30 Outstanding Examples of Vexel Artwork Illustrations | Dedign.com

Adobe Illustrator isn’t the design tool of choice for most people who make the web. Interface design, bitmap creation, pixel perfect image manipulation; all tasks which have typically been better handled by other applications. The web is undergoing big changes, however, and the role Illustrator can play in a web design workflow is changing too. Let’s find out how! Photoshop and Web Design Recently I wrote about Photoshop’s Role in a Web Design Workflow , an article prompted by changes to the industry and what we know as “best practices”. I recommend you go and read it (obviously), but let me quickly summarise. A decade or so ago, during the transition from print to web design, Photoshop was a very helpful tool which allowed designers to continue the workflow they were familiar with. Classic graphic designer’s workflow This workflow comprised a few simple stages; designing, presenting a proof to the client (perhaps a PDF for example), then after a few rounds of feedback outputting as a final product. It worked for print and it would work fine for the web. However, this approach led designers to push for a pixel perfect version of the final product, before even thinking about building. These PSD comps ( comprehensive layouts ) gave designers the opportunity to fine tune every last detail, before committing to the ghastly process of recreating a facsimile for the browser. Amplius – PSD Template on Themeforest It turns out this was an imperfect process, but it’s only since the rise of Responsive Web Design that we’ve really started to appreciate that fact. Responsive web design allows websites to flex and alter to their surroundings; the same website can appear vastly different on…