#91
Bring it to life
Hot Tip #91 is to bring it to life.
Skeuomorphism is the design concept of making digital items resemble their tangible real-world counterpart.
If you are selling a book, consider using a book mock-up template to bring it to life in your Landing Page:
I grabbed this book template from Creative Market and it made a huge difference to the Hot Tips Landing Page design.
Selling a print? Why not put it in a frame and overlay a leaf to really bring it to life:
Creative Market
Pre-selling property? Give it life with an aerial view of the desk and the beautiful plans strewn across it:
Skylark
Another trick to bring your offering to vibrant life is to add a subtle drop shadow behind the image, product mock-up, or browser screenshot:
Ackee
The above subtleties aren’t noticeable at first but collectively mold into a beautiful Landing Page design, like this:
Unboxshot - A service specializing in stop-motion unboxing animations for your products. Instant delight in your Landing Page.
Depth Inspiration - A collection of 50+ Landing Pages I've curated featuring a perception of depth within the page.
Aerial View Inspiration - A collection of 80+ Landing Pages I've curated with aerial view shot.
Creative Market Mock-Ups - The device mock-ups category is filled with unique options by their community.
Facebook Devices - Monster collection of mock-up devices in both PNG and Sketch. Ridiculous this is free.
shotsnapp - Brilliant device mock-up tool that works in your browser.
Ray - Useful little web app to generate beautiful images of your code snippets. Supports a bunch of languages and features a neat UI options panel including dark + light modes.
Rotato - macOS app to generate fancy rotating device mock-ups. Free to try, then $40.
Smartmockups - Tool with a more diverse (tees, cups, devices) set of mock-ups. Free for 200 mock-ups then $9/month.
Lstore Graphics - Top quality device mock-up resource. Video options too!