The latest WordPress Themes Cookbook is coming out this month, so you have one last chance to preorder and save yourself some cash. The book is available in print (10%) or as a full color drm-free e-book(15%). You can also buy both as a combo pack (a 12% savings). You don’t need a special code [...]
Design
5 Ways to Save $ on Design Projects
Many companies and small businesses are taking a closer look at ways to save money in all areas. Design projects, whether they are web banner ads or a print ad, all take time, money, and people to create. Companies that can smartly make the most of design will stand out from competitors who cut design [...]
Design
Five Tips for using color on a dime
Most people have a subconscious, emotional response to color. In the United States, a green rectangle will immediately cause most people to think of money. It can quickly become very complicated to talk about color, but just to begin with, here are several guidelines to follow:
Design
Quick Design Tips: Proximity
I’m starting a new series of Quick Design Tips articles to help small business owners and beginning designers create quality design work quickly. This week we’ll be looking at Proximity and how it affects the look and flow of your creative projects. Proximity means “How close things are together”. It implies the relationship of objects [...]
Design
Do You Need Design Help?
It’s easy to find design templates online. There is more to design than colors and content placement though. Have you ever downloaded an “easy” brochure or flyer template and didn’t know where to start? Was something wrong with the look of the piece but you weren’t sure what? Making a simple flyer or brochure should [...]
Illustration
Raid your supply closet for creative type
There is a big trend lately to create fonts or text treatments from found objects. Condiments, water, fire, glue, cables, paperclips – nothing is safe.
Illustration
Smooth Half tone effects in Illustrator
Ways to go the extra mile to create smooth half tone effects in Illustrator
