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My Favorite Articles of The Week 2

It's no secret that I like to keep up on industry news and information. Trying to keep up with all of these websites and articles can be a huge chore. That's why I have put together a collection of my favorite articles in the graphic design and web design industry. In...

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Web Design Graphic Design and Typography Weekly 12

What's New in Web Design Graphic Design and Typography After a brief hiatus, I am back with the weekly round up. You'll see a lot of great stuff this week, from a lot of great sites. You will see some new Photoshop tutorials. You'll also pick up some freelance...

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My Review of the WordPress 3.5 Update

My Thoughts on The New Wordpress 3.5 Update I am ecstatic about the new update to Wordpress 3.5! The new Media Library looks great, and it works well. I like the look of Wordpress 3.5 much better, over the look of the list view. The toolbar buttons look great and are...

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Cool Stuff For Designers 8

Cool Stuff For Designers 8 There is a lot of cool stuff for designers this week. You will find a lot of stuff on web design and Photoshop. There is alo a lot of stuff on Wordpress, a contest for free themes and more. Here are some great links to check out! The...

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Godaddy Hacked- Creative Beacon Online

Godaddy Hacked- Creative Beacon Online

Godaddy Hacked- Creative Beacon is Back Online If you have tried in the last 3 hours to visit Creative Beacon, you would have found nothing here. In fact, you wouldn't find any sites hosted by Godaddy online. Apparently Anonymous went on a hacking spree and took...

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A Truthful Review of OSX Mountain Lion

Review of OSX Mountain Lion Forethought I want to start out by saying that I have always been an Apple customer, since I started using computers 20 years ago. The imac was actually my first computer. I am not biased to Apple, though, as I have used and owned both...

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Why I buy Apple: My Personal Experience

In this day and age, customer service seems like a rarity, but I had an experience this past week with the Apple Store that really made me a loyal customer for life. I was filled with excitement 2 weekends ago, because I was in  a position where it was time to upgrade...

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Places to go for creative Inspiration November 2010

Yanko Design- Never Miss the Keyhole Fast Company - An Amazing Collapsible Lamp My Modern Met - Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes The CSS Awards- The Best Free Fonts of 2010 The Photo Argus- 60 Breathtaking Fall Images for Your Inspiration Andre Jolicoeur Illustration...

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Things to Remember During an Interview

The economy is in a rough place right now, despite what the media says about no longer being in a recession. None of us can afford to bomb an interview, so I thought I would share some tips and things to think about when going for a big interview. 1. Be confident, not...

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Should Pentagram Sue? Would it do any good?

I recently came across a case involving Pentagram, where one of their designs were blatantly ripped off by a famous clothing company Sean John, owned by the famous rap artist known as P Diddy. Sometimes you can argue that a work is inspired by someone else's work, and...

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Create a Dark and Gritty Effect in Photoshop

Create a Dark and Gritty Effect in Photoshop

First, take your image and duplicate the background layer, so you can go back to your original if you need to. Hide the background layer and work from your copy. Go into the channels panel and hold down the command key (CTRL on the PC) and click on the RGB channel to...

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The Future of Design and Advertising

I was asked a question yesterday that really got me thinking: What do you think the future will hold for design and advertising? What will be the next big platform to design for? I thought about this for a long time, and my guess is as good as yours. People are always...

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Winner Announced: Free Design Book Giveaway

First off, I want to thank everyone that participated for their invaluable comments for this post. There are many aspects to branding and corporate identity, and I think each comment touched on a different aspect. Branding is a vital part of marketing and building a...

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Red Giant Software Announces Knoll Light Factory 2.7

For those of you that love good plugins, Knoll light factory is a very cool time saving addition to After Effects. The new edition works with CS5, and has a few new features as well. if you own an older version, you can upgrade for a reasonable price of $99, but if...

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Is the New Mixer Brush in Photoshop Considered Cheating?

I was playing around with some of the new stuff inside of Photoshop CS5 and came across one of the new tools that they have included called the mixer brush. This is a great new tool that allows you to take a photo and use different settings to create a painting from...

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Places to go for Creative Inspiration #9

X-RITE With this site, you take a color test to see if you are as good with color as you think you are. This site goes off the notion that a large number of people have color deficiencies. RECAVE This is a cool blog about all types of interesting artworks, including...

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Quiktip: Have The Masks Panel

The masks panel is a big help, because you can easily edit and refine your masks via a handy panel. From the masks panel, you can define the density of your mask, which is very handy. Instead of having a black and white mask, the density setting lessens the affect, as...

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Playing with Opacity and FX In Illustrator

Playing with Opacity and FX In Illustrator

Opacity has a lot of uses for different types of effects. We like to see certain things bleed through in some areas, while in others we want a shape or text to be a certain color. Recently, I was playing around with opacity in the appearance panel in Illustrator, and...

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Web Design: Layout and Tools

Web Design: Layout and Tools

When creating your web site, it is important to create a site that flows in a way that helps to get your message across to your viewer. You have to create something eye-catching, but well designed. Having a solid structure is key. To me CSS is the only way to go for a...

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