Have photoshop will design seems to be the motto of many “designers” these days. They have customized some buttons on their blog, created a header and feel on top of the world. So then they start thinking that it could make them some money if they did the same thing for other people. No, no full designs. No, no real research into the user of...
1. Twouble with Twitterers: yeah, ok, so I may be this bad sometimes…2. Redesigning the Stop sign – if a marketing team was in charge of designing a stop sign…definitely true for some of the large agencies.3. Font Fight – for the Web Geek in all of us (first shown to me by Creative Whirlwind)4. Hulu and Dennis Leary – bliggity blogs, facey spacey’s, tweety...
Have you ever reached your creative breaking point and wondered where to turn for help? The usual coffee/glass of wine/rock music/running/etc just isn’t cutting it? Try breaking out your favorite tools from when you were 6 (okay, my favorite tools still!): A coloring book and crayons.I am serious! I even talked about how my 10 year old niece reminded me of how powerful coloring can...
Last week, I had a proposal for a new website design turned down. Unfortunately, it was because of the size of my portfolio. Since I have only been doing freelance work for a few months, my portfolio is rather limited. It doesn’t mean my talent is, it just means that I have not had enough clients to really show off my talents. Frustrating? Yes. Surprised?...
Although a bit tongue in cheek, this list (Pointed out to me via Twitter, can be found at nheerdesign, and originally put together by someone on facebook) is the ultimate list of ‘ways to know you are a graphic designer. Although my career is not 100% a graphic designer, I definitely had to shake my head at a few of these. Oh, and I...
For those of you who remember, throughout the month of November and December, I spent endless hours and a lot of swearing at my computer, re-designing Wright Creativity. It took me forever to decide on a design, and to make all the elements work. Unfortunately, I am still not happy with it. I absolutely love the background image on my blog, and I love the...
There are hundreds of great graphic design posts – and endless lists of tips and tricks. But, most of those lists are for graphic designers that design for a living, or for people who need advanced tips and ideas. I have found that while helpful, we often forget some of the basic design rules that everyone should know. Regardless if you design for pay or...
8 hours of Photoshop, graphic design and images = difficulty getting my mind focused on writing. The designs that I created today were great (if i do say so myself…) but I was having a lot of trouble pulling myself a way to write. And even when I did, the most writing I could do was on twitter (and even there was hit or miss). After...
