Alex Dimitrov

Category: Design

  • How I crafted my view for the League of Legends champions select screen

    It all started in my school years when I and my buds were playing together online in the hours after school till midnight (and after more often than not).

    Now, I wasn’t a hardcore gamer, not even close, though I could say that I am more or less proud of my “Global Elite” rank achievement on CS:GO.

    So it was then when I stumbled upon League of Legends – an MOBA style game by Riot Games – a game with more than 100 million active users each month!

    So you can see how quickly I got addicted to it, hitting hours and hours every day. In case you don’t know it (or the MOBA genre in general) it’s a team based 5v5 game where each player controls a champion with a set of unique abilities.

    I won’t get into details about the gameplay as this is not the goal of this writing, but I must say a few general words to explain it better anyways.

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  • Decision making as a designer and front-end developer in a WordPress agency

    First, let’s start with what “decision making” is, and more importantly – good decision making.

    When trying to make a good decision, a person must weight the positives and negatives of each option, and consider all the alternatives.

    Clients come with problems. And they want them solved. Most of the time that’s a business problem, not technical. They want growth, they want improvement, they want income. Designing and developing must come with this core idea in mind. You want to provide a product that will improve your client’s business.

    But to do so as an agency, you have to understand the business of your client. Why a certain design decision is better than another. What is the user base? How will this design decision affect the technical implementation of it and therefore the budget of your client? Long term commitment is crucial for understanding this.

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  • Colors in web design

    Colors in web design

    Why are the right colors for your website so important? This article will outline when, why and how to pick your colors in order to make your visitors feel comfortable and convert into buyers/users of your product.

    Adobe’s color scheme; Source: brandcolors.com

    Color theory is often used in marketing and branding. Warm colors attract spontaneous buyers, while cooler ones are more create the sensation of security and elegance.

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  • Should a Front-End developer be a good designer as well?

    Should a Front-End developer be a good designer as well?

    No. Yes?

    Maybe. And here’s why:

    It depends on the work really. Here is one example: You are a front-end developer working in an agency. The task of converting a designed business site comes. What do you do?

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  • My experience with Adobe XD so far.

    My experience with Adobe XD so far.

    Originally published at Medium

    The latest app in the Adobe family – Experience Design CC, previously called “Project Comet” is live for a few months now and it rocks! Well, Kinda…

    I must say that the tools they provide are very limited, but are also the core ones needed for the modern web/app interface design. Now, there are some quite useful ones like “Text underline” or “Gradients” that are missing. It’s quite understandable considering the (preview) tag in the app’s title.

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