Web Design, Graphic Design, & Typography News, Tutorials & Inspiration This week is full of great stuff. You will find a wide range of tutorials and articles about different topics. You will find design freebies, including a huge bundle of goodies. You will...
Intro to Negative Space Have you ever looked at a design, realizing that you liked it or didn’t like it, but you weren’t sure why? What about it did you like? What didn’t you like? Could you put your finger on it? Most likely, the reason behind your opinion was...
Fighting Designers Block We’ve all been at a point where the wheel just won't turn. You have a huge project that is due right around the corner. You have a lot of ideas that still need to fall into place, and the pressure is on to be productive and get things done....
What's New in Web Design, Graphic Design, & Typography on the Web I decided to change the name of my weekly post, "Cool Stuff For Designers" to a name that made much more sense. This will be a weekly digest of the latest resources for Web Design, Graphic Design,...
Random Design and Natural Design I was looking at a bunch of artwork the other day, and I noticed that I tend to lean toward a certain trend. While I like Modern and minimalist artwork, I really tend to lean towards artwork that has a touch of random or asymmetry....
Getting Started With Branding Part 2 - Simplicity is King In Getting Started With Branding Part 1, I talked about branding and how you treat your employees, and your customers reflects upon your business and your brand. In the example company, they stopped doing...
Getting Started With Branding Part 1 Branding is in the world around us. Branding can make or break any business. Branding does a lot of things, but what does it matter to you if you don't even know what branding is? That is where I come in. What is a Brand? A brand...
Cool Stuff For Designers 4 This week is another jam-packed week with tons of cool stuff for designers. There is tons of inspiration, such as character art and mind-boggling pencil sketches. You'll see some great examples of hand drawn websites. There's also a chance...
Cool Stuff For Designers 3 This week's list of cool stuff for designers is jammed-packed full of the latest news, tips and tricks that will keep you up-to-date on the latest information available. This week, there are textures, html5 tutorials, web fonts, and...
Best Free WordPress eCommerce Themes It is amazing how easy it is to build your own online store these days. With ongoing development for Wordpress, developers have created some fantastic ecommerce themes. More amazingly, they have created free Wordpress ecommerce...
Mac Vs PC-Which is Better For Design? This has been an age-old debate for the longest time. What platform should designers use for their work? Why do we care? Can the equipment you choose make a difference in your work? There are many questions to ask and plenty of...
Grow Your Design Business: A How to Guide Figuring out how to grow your design business should be your main focus. You have the talent, and you have the expertise, but where is the steady flow of clients that you are looking for? One of the hardest things for...
Your Designs Are Not Your Own Many people go into the field of design because they love art and they love computers, and they want to make money creating artwork. This is a common misconception about the field of design. I am even guilty of making this mistake. I...
15 Essential Serif Fonts for Professional Designers This is a list of 16 quality serif fonts for professional designers that you will find in most professional graphic design work. These are all found in body copy of books and magazines. They are all beautiful and...
Why You should Choose Design as a Profession I have a lot of friends that hear about my job and think "I would love to do what you do!" I love the enthusiasm, but I don't think a lot of people really know what is involved in graphic/web design, illustration, or...
I am always looking for neat ways to keep track of things. I am the type of person that likes to make checklists and check them off as I go. I am forgetful sometimes, that is just part of my personality. However, that doesn't work so well when having multiple clients,...
I like how so many people like to say that web design and graphic design is going to do this and that. Honestly, I don't think anyone knows where the world of design, web design and web development is going to to be by the end of the year. Some people say that we need...
As art artist, designer and illustrator, I have come to understand the importance of sketching. Sketching is the proverbial drawing board. It is the place where our ideas start, and where we can put them down on paper. I have found that sketching helps tremendously in...
Yesterday, I covered some basics regarding glow effects and how to use them to your advantage. Today, I will cover some more advanced techniques that will help you to achieve some really cool effects. I created a new document with the dimensions 1024 x 768 and filled...
Glow effects can really add drama to your designs and really make them stand out. Contrast is key here, so it is always a good idea to use a really dark, or even black background. You can add these types of effects to anything such as text, lines, shapes, etc.To do...