Have you ever been working on a design you feel is too simple? Let’s look at a couple of easy ways to make things more interesting in User Interface Designs. Save this page since you’ll need to refer to this list shortly. It’s incredible how many unique professional-level designs have solid foundations, as well as some techniques that are listed below for the UI DESIGNS.
Sprucing up Backgrounds
Every design includes an element of background. Let’s look at some methods to make them more engaging.
Gradient Background Transition
Instead of making use of a “boxy” horizontal background transition, Try an angle-based background transition for some extra energy.
(Note that this option also cut off the image of the product, a picture cut off in the pocket – to add more curiosity)
Curved Background Transition
If the design of your site works with soft forms, this is a great option to bypass the average smooth backgrounds. In this case, the title appears in the background, further increasing interest.
Tilted Highlight Shape
It’s easy to put an outline behind an element and then tilt it slightly. Mainly if it’s vibrant, It can add a certain amount of personality to what would otherwise be a standard layout. This illustration utilizes a gradient fill to the background that helps to give it more visual appeal.
Background Highlight Shape
Sometimes you’ll find an item that blends in with the background, and it isn’t necessary to create an outline around it. Consider putting a design behind the container to make sure it stands out. You can go with geometric (above) and more textured (below). Try different versions. However, make sure you discover something that fits your branding or theme.
Icon Highlight Shape
Shapes with colors behind icons can help reinforce brand colors, add to the significance of the symbol, provide some variety to a grid otherwise stale, and much more. The simple colors can add a considerable amount to the style.
Subtle Pattern to be Background
To make the backgrounds of containers more engaging (without silencing the contents), Try making an elegant pattern. Ideally, the design is in line with the brand you are using.
Subtle Lines for Background
Using lines or other vector shapes as backgrounds is an easy method to increase visual appeal. In this instance, diagonal lines are employed; however, any pattern can be effective in the long run, as long as it’s not too busy that it detracts from the message.
XL text in Background
If you’re bored of hints at concepts through abstract images, Why not try using words? A large, un-emphasized text will convey information without being distracting. The more extensive you use, the more light the style you should choose to employ. The size and contrast are two sides of the same coin.
Spicy Borders and Dividers
Be mindful not to use excessive – or dense several borders. However, if you do use frames, keep in mind that they could be a chance to enhance your design and help to strengthen your brand.
Dotted Border
A border dotted around something could make it appear lighter and more tactile. In this case, the border with dots is utilized effectively to emphasize that the design on the left is part of the background.
Dotted Divider
A dotted divider isn’t able to separate two sections in the same way as a straight line. This is useful when you want the sections to feel like they are part of the same. Since the contrast of the previous instance is so low, it provides an excellent look without obscuring the message.
Double Border
A double-border could truly distinguish content against the backdrop to add an extra dimension. In this instance, the additional white border makes the design stand out against the background. It’s a subtle Skeuomorphism.
Gradient Border
A gradient border, especially when the colors are vivid, conveys that whatever you see within the frame is engaging, meaningful, and both. It’s a fantastic way to increase the brand’s colors without too much space.
Beveled Border
This is a subtle effect, and a border made in such a way appears like a frame is “catching the light” on some of the points that form its boundaries. This effect is often found on metal objects with an elongated edge. The element is a colored gradient around the edges instead of white in this case.
Hand-Drawn Border
It’s not necessary that every aspect of a website or app must be drawn using computers. Borders that appear drawn by hand can give a unique look to an image and require minimal effort.
Patterned Border
Repeating patterns make significant boundaries for the container. The added texture attracts the eye and also helps to highlight the contents contained inside.
In this instance, the pattern border is placed on the left side of the container. However, making the content appear significant is adequate, mainly because it employs the typical visual signal stripes to convey warnings.
Thick Transparent Border
A broad border around an object with a lower level of transparency helps highlight, structure, and highlight an element against its background. It’s also visually lighter than an opaque border.
In this instance, the semi-transparent border surrounding the image is blurred background creating a stimulating effect when it crosses the background color change.
Fading Borders
Create a border with vibrant colors. Make a duplicate, make it a little larger, and reduce the transparency. Repeat this process with flair, and you’ll have a unique faded depth effect.
This particular example utilizes the effect effectively to give the appearance of pulsing light behind the button (with the Dotted Border to add some heft).
Spicing Up Shadows
In this article, we won’t be speaking about ordinary box shadows. Instead, we’ll examine how the idea behind clouds can be used to bring more visual appeal.
Floating Shadow
Most drop-shadows assume that the element is lying on a flat surface on top of the site. With floating shadows, they believe that the site’s background is a flat plane that extends toward the horizon, hovering over it and casting a shade below yet separate from the object. These floating shadows beneath every author’s photo are linked with a tilted Highlight.
Solid Shadow
Shadows from drops need not be blurred. It is possible to have a “shadow” that is an offset form of similar size to the container. The colors of the product tiers make them more distinct and make the whole section more thrilling.
Outline Shadow
Similar to the technique used previously, You can also have an offset outline that acts as a shadow. Check out the “Try Kairn!” button below.
Bonus: The cursor image breaks the frame.
Pattern Shadow
Drop shadows can be composed of patterns. This is a great way to draw attention to an element since the texture catches the attention. This pattern forms a motif using the ways that fill in spaces elsewhere.
Spicing Up Text
It could appear that text isn’t as likely to draw attention. However, there are many ways to spice up typography.
Layered Text
Interweaving images and text is a great way to make both feel like they are one. This is best used for titles since the text partially obscured can be read due to its size.
Inline Imagery
Adding icons, illustrations, or other small visual elements within the text can be wacky and distinctive. Elizabeth Goodspeed has done an excellent job compiling kinds of “nouveau rebuses” on Twitter, and it’s worth a glance.
Interesting Bullet Points
Bullet points are sometimes dull. Replace them with more intriguing (on-brand) images. Bonus Bullet points are an excellent place to incorporate a motif.
Thin Underlines
The internet’s standard underlines are thin and frequently used to highlight hyperlinks. Thicker underlines such as this offer an opportunity to make use of brand colors and also allow you to emphasize specific words more prominently than an ordinary underline could. They can be significant as well as bold. Or subtle and light:
Font-Change as Highlight
This technique is growing in popularity on some more quirky websites. It emphasizes the phrase or word that has been switched out. In this case, they combined the font-change feature with italicization, a Hand-Drawn Element, and a solid Shadow.
Width Changes
You’ve already used bold and italics to highlight certain types of text. Have you ever considered using an extended or condensed size? In the above illustration, the size of the words is animated to create an even more intriguing effect. Worth checking out!
Other Techniques
There are many ways you can make your designs more attractive.
These are just a few of them.
Dot Grid
Dot grids are easy to add excitement and visual appeal to pages. They give the appearance of texture, are easy to make, and can be utilized as a way to “fill out” a space within the grid of a page. Because it’s a grid composed of dots, they aren’t too visually heavy as you would get with a large block of color. Above, more conventional. Above, more stylized.
(Bonus points If you can spot the hand-drawn elements and thick underlines above)
Break the frame
Overturn your rules for design and let the content be released from the container. In this case, you can see that text left follows the rules. The images on the right are exuberant and spilling out from the container. This is a sign of energy and excitement.
Hand-Drawn Elements
Many websites can benefit from human interaction. Hand-drawn designs are an easy method to incorporate. They create the illusion that someone took the pen and sketched it on the site. Notice how the illustrations drawn by hand reflect the feeling the software offers. Debugging is code, just like editing text.
Enter the third Dimension
If you are looking for a retro sci-fi appearance, a fading gradient can be used to add the illusion of depth to the container. In this case, it looks like the blue container is flying toward you, which is a great way to advertise your content.
Offset Borders or Backgrounds
This is another method to violate the rules in intriguing ways subtly. The border of an element usually sticks towards the edges of a component. However, if you move the wall a bit, this can grab attention. It’s also an exciting method to create depth effects. Notice the similarities between Outline Shadow and Thick Underlines.
Pocket Cut-Off
Sometimes, you don’t have to display the entire image (or you cannot fit it in). This technique of cutting off images implies that the photos remain behind the next section of the site.
Tips: This could be combined with background methods.
Repeated Shape
Making a duplicate of a box and shrinking each one may appear to fade out into space. However, unlike shadows, it maintains the sharpness of everything. Above, more real. Below is a more abstract. Note the similarities in entering the Third Dimension.
Uneven Shape Container
Containers don’t need to have a rectangular shape. This is the easiest way to do it in HTML and CSS; however, if you violate that rule, it could help your content stand out. This container is everywhere; however, it just draws the attention of viewers, which is consistent with the five characteristics listed at the bottom.
Tilted Element
Clever use of shadows and even bending the form of elements could make them appear as if the parts are “tilting” in some direction. In this case, the white squares appear tilted slightly towards the top of the page.
Visible Grid
The majority of websites have a hidden structure that controls the layout. Instead, make it (subtly) obvious. Simple and enjoyable. This concludes the story. What strategies do you know of in the world that we didn’t know about?
