In the history of the Internet, where new businesses and technologies are continually upending the old, the GIF is a curious case of longevity. …

Creating a custom map is one of the most daunting tasks in visual design, simply because when you are using a program like Mapbox or Mapme, your canvas is the size of the world itself. As a designer, you will be faced with a series of complex decisions, ranging from…

These are interesting times in illustration, animation and design. — For anyone involved in illustration, animation, or graphic design, creating an iMessage stickerpack is a great opportunity to put your work out there for people to use in the App Store. I first got the idea to create a stickerpack earlier this year. In 2016, frustrated with the political climate…

In this post, I’ll be talking about how to create a custom loader in After Effects and export it to a .json file using a plugin called Bodymovin. For a user of an app or website, a “page loading” icon may be the smallest of your concerns. But as a…