Slab Serif Fonts: 15 You Should Use in Your Designs Slab serif fonts are excellent for adding character and impact to your designs. Some are thick, and some are thin. However, they all have a distinct presence that really grabs attention. You will mainly use them for...
10 Freelancing Tips You Must Know If you've read: Things to Consider When Freelancing or Freelancing: 10 things you can do to get business you know that Getting started in the freelance design business isn't an easy task. For one thing, it doesn't happen overnight. It...
Photography: Telling a Story It doesn't matter what artistic profession that you are in. Whether it's Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, etc., the majority of us use photos in our work. We use photography to set a mood, or to tell a story. The saying...
Letterpress Effect in Photoshop Creating a letterpress effect in Photoshop isn't as hard as you might think. You can create a letterpress effect in Photoshop in just a few easy steps. Creating a letterpress effect in Photoshop is all about how you fool the eye...
Being Aware of 3D in Illustrator Illustrator is the go-to place for most illustrators to do their work. Many artists do their 2D work inside of Illustrator, and they create amazing results. Many artists and designers are aware of the fact that you can create 3D in...
Essential Design Books For Any Pro Whether you are new to design or you have been around for years, you can never have enough books. There are books on design, typography, web design, coding, inspiration, color, design history, design theory, and more. With so many...
A Design Blog When you're first starting out as a designer, the world seems like a huge place. It's tough to gain recognition. You may feel like you're in a sea of other designers, and you're all screaming at the top of your lungs to try and get noticed. One of the...
Difference Between Art And Design Not all art is design and not all design is art. You might be wondering what in the world I am talking about, but it is true. Many people consider them to be one and the same in both ways, but that just isn't true. They are actually...
Focus on your Strengths to be a Successful Freelancer. I remember the day when being a print designer could get you a job. If you could create a print advertisement and you were good at it, you could land plenty of jobs locally. Being a web designer or a logo designer...
Lab Mode in Photoshop When you're working with color in Photoshop, many people have heard of RGB and CMYK which work with print and web design. Many people will convert their images from CMYK to RGB to work with colors, perform color correction tasks, and other image...
How Do You Gain A Good Team Of Freelancers For Your Business Every small to medium size business online generally has at least one freelancer helping them. They may be classed as a company but under the hood it is one or two people doing graft, acting as freelancers....
Social Media & Career Growth Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and all of the dozens and dozens of other social media sites are all gathering spots for people from around the world to come together and talk, share, play and get to know one another. It is our own...
Adobe Illustrator Does Math Anything that you can learn to save you time will only make you faster and more efficient. I've been using design software for years, and no matter how much I think I know, I always find another little hidden gem that makes it that much...
If you look at how SEO used to be, then it seemed to be the antonym of brand building. Brand building was about building quality pages and copy, but SEO was about making as many links as possible regardless of the copy’s quality. The two are now converging, and many...
Why customer service matters A famous business adage says “The customer is always right”. What this quotation really means is that your customers are the life and blood of your business. Good customer service will help you in three main ways: • It will help you create...
The Psychology of Attraction What does shape have to do with visual appeal and human behavior? Can’t you use a triangle in your graphic displays if you want to, for no other reason that you like triangles? Well it turns out, things like shape, color and symmetry have...
Video: Burst Effect in Photoshop It's funny how a simple little trick can take all of the tedious work out of a given task. Little tricks and menus can save you tons of time, but it just takes finding the right combination of filters, effects, and menus to create the...
Wide Format Printers Today, it is so important for businesses to come across as being environmentally friendly and ‘green’. This is because, not only does this improve their image but also helps boost sales, as customers are more likely to say yes to a deal if a...
Travel Infographics Do you love to travel? Of course you do, who doesn't? The thrill of a new place, people you have never met, adventures on the horizon...just thinking about it is enough to get the heart pumping. But wanderlust doesn't start on the plane, it begins...
Create a Digital Diary For Design Ideas Design ideas are everywhere and can strike at any time. That's why it's so important for designers to keep a sketchbook with them at all times. But carrying a sketchbook around constantly isn't always practical. In this post...