6 Ways To Take Your Webdesign From Good To Great

When it comes to flawless web design, it's all about details that can be spotted only by top notch experts while usual visitors get that hard-to-explain feeling of admiration.

Intro
The difference between good and great webdesign is relatively small. The average person may not be able to explain the tangible differences that make up great design, but they can usually spot a design they like. By examining some awesome sites, I'll attempt to put my finger on some of the small details that make up the difference.
This post is chock full of awesome examples. I made a conscience effort to only pick sites that were great all the way around.

Making the 'Clean Grunge' Blog Design

This tutorial will cover the steps of designing the Clean Grunge blog design from scratch. It also discusses the techniques and styles of this kind of web design.

Step 1

Open up a new document (1050x1500px). This won't be the width of our main layout, but will take into account parts of the background to the side of our main content areas. Create a new layer set called 'background' and create a new layer called 'main background color'. Select all (option+a) and fill this layer with a light cream color (ECE5D9).