Posts Tagged ‘features’

Sep 28th, 2008
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What Not To Do When Designing A Logo

There are many things to consider when designing a logo , from developing a concept, to the final production. Along the way, sometimes a logo will start to move in a bad direction. This is often down to either an inexperienced designer, or a client that just wants what they like, and doesn’t realize that [...]

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Sep 25th, 2008
17

Create an Animated Gif in Photoshop

Many users of photoshop don’t seem to ever get their hands dirty in the animation tools that Photoshop gives you. Well, this post is here to help you to start using more than $50 worth of photoshop! First , we need to create our image, with all of the layers that will make up this [...]

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Sep 20th, 2008
3

Guest Appearance | Inside Digital Design Radio/Podcast

Last week, I was asked to speak as a guest on "Inside Digital Design ", a radio show and podcast. The topic of the show last week was "Social Networking" and I spoke a little about what social networking has done for me and my career. The recording here is a little jumpy but other [...]

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Sep 11th, 2008
17

Subscribers/Readers Love and Links>

So here I am…..after starting this site on February 26th 2008 , as a fun side project where I could release some thoughts and ideas, and make a few friends along the way..I find myself with a rapidly growing blog and having an exciting time networking with some excellent and highly skilled designers and developers. [...]

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Sep 9th, 2008
28

Most Important Thing I Would Tell A Design Student

I was recently interviewed by a graphic design student from a near-by University and a few of her questions made me think more about my career as an owner of a creative design and development studio . It also made me think about how it was to start out in the design industry…the things I [...]

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Sep 7th, 2008
12

Designers Present Their Workspace | Here’s Mine

A new blog diving into the online design community is Craig Farrell , and this week he has asked everyone to show their workspace, whether it be a designer’s corner in an office block, or a programmers dungeon with no sunlight. Nice idea and it will be fun to see our online friends’ work areas, [...]

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Aug 30th, 2008
12

Logo Design Case Study | Bayfront Bistro

This was an exciting design project for me personally as well as for my company to receive, as this client is soon to be the most popular restaurant in our area. It is currently under construction, and will be part of a $20 million Luxury Yacht Club & Marina property. The Brief The imagery in [...]

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Aug 26th, 2008
14

3 Questions for 3 Top Design Bloggers & Productivity Tips

Twitter, Technorati, Digg, Stumble Upon, Design Float etc etc…..the list is endless. Social Networking consumes a lot of our time, and it is now a difficult task to manage that time effectively, and remain as productive as possible with the jobs that pay the bills. Later on in this post we will be discussing this [...]

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Jul 28th, 2008
45

Use WordPress as a CMS and Blog – The Best Way

So, you are just like me (one week ago) and are wondering how to set up WordPress as not only a blog for a website, but also as a content management system for the site. WordPress by default **sort of** allows you to do this, by creating pages and posts alike. However, one problem that [...]

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