These templates and resources appear in our book Communicating the user experience: A practical guide to producing UX Documentation

Subtle Patterns is a collection of 40 high quality design patterns for
you to use freely. New patterns added weekly.

If you're like most people, you feel like a baby when it comes to visual design. You sometimes have a vague sense of what you want, but can't articulate it or make it come about. All you can do is point and cry. This guide will help you communicate with conscious skill. It will show you how to create designs that are easy to understand and attractive.

Beyond giving you practical tools, I hope this guide inspires you. One of my favorite quotes is, "I open my eyes and I see paradise." What a great gift vision is! What an incredible way to connect to the world around us and to each other. My hope is that this guide will allow you to communicate with more creativity and more control – and that you'll want to learn more.

Once you sprite your images, the next step is to compress them as much as possible. PNG is a great format for this, but…

If you are looking for that perfect icon for your web site, blog, web app or application, you will find them here.
Below is a compilation of the best ever Web Design and Development Icon Sets.
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Opacity is an easy to use program for drawing graphics for the screen. It's great for making resolution independent images and icons for applications and the web.