Here are some helpful hints, tips and tools to increase your productivity level in photoshop:

Hot Keys: Using hot keys can reduce a lot of clicking when designing in photoshop. Here are a few that I use most regularly and what they do.

CTRL [...]

Welcome to “Business Cards of Bloggers”!
If this post gets popular, it will feature hundreds of business cards from the active blogging community, or the graphic design and web design bloggers at least!
Here’s what to do:
1. Write a post on your blog or website about the “Business Cards of Bloggers” project, and present your business card [...]

Ok, I’m going to start posting random videos I come across during my online travels right here on BrianYerkes.com.  Some of the stuff people come up with these days is fascinating (and often disturbing!) so I would like to share what I find in case you have not seen them yet.
Here’s the first one: Just found [...]

 Rssday.org are trying to build awareness of RSS technology and I am adding my support to the project. Many of us in the web design, graphic design and internet marketing business use RSS technology every day. It is important that our industries try to promote it and get it in front of all general internet [...]

My company was recently hired to take over the management of the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce website, and as we dugg thru the site, the databases and the emails, I realized that the Chamber had two domain names, and 2 identical websites. FortMyersBeach.org, and Fmbchamber.com. Not good! Not good because the all of [...]

Last week we discussed “Symmetry” as Part 2 of our seven part series on Logo Design Composition.
This week:

Part 3: Proportions

The relative size of the elements
Differences in size between the individual elements are often used to create a contrast. However, you should pay attention to not force the smaller element into the background.
All elements combined should [...]

On February 26th, David of DavidAirey.com posted about his logo design project for a client and he also showed a mockup of the business card with a die cut. Due to the fact that this card wasn’t in print yet, David wanted to show the client what the die cut effect would look like.
So, as [...]

Last week we discussed “Format” as Part 1 of this 7 part series on Logo Design Composition.

Part 2: Symmetry

Humans perceive symmetry as harmonical. Visual things that are symmetrical provide a calming effect, and we recognize them more easily. Symmetry signalizes a form of stability. This is why we often use symmetry unconsciously in logo design.
Symmetry [...]

Tables are like that annoying fly that won’t leave the room. Many web developers are still coding their html using tables. When will the fly leave the room?!
CSS coded websites are high quality, professional websites.
Table Layout are low quality, unprofessional websites.
It’s that simple.
There are many advantages to CSS based layouts for web design, and here [...]