Archive for the ‘Graphic Design’ Category
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
I don’t think I’m a CSS guru, this is why I had to read a lot so I could understand many things about this subject. Nowadays everybody wants to create and design web sites with CSS. And it’s true that it’s more efficient and easier to change, a simple click chances everything. In Y-Times I found a very good list of advices to improve our CSS knowledge.
Place your style sheet externally. Save the style sheet in one of more CSS files, and then link them with link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”/lib/yourstoreid/yourstyle.css”>
Combine the less number of style sheets possible. If you’re using a lot make sure they all have names on them. Use ID’s to differenciate the elements.
Don’t repeat classes without a purpose, like for example:
< a href=”index.html” class=”nav”>Home
< a href=”info.html” class=”nav”>Info
< a href=”contents.html” class=”nav”>Contents
Define the main design, and then go to those that are more specific.
Don’t import unless it’s really necessary. Don’t use ID chains. ID’s are unique so refer to them all the time, avoid using #main because you’re telling the site that this should prevail in front of others.
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
The talent is something… but not everything in this life is talent, you cannot depend on your talent all your life, sooner or later you’ll pay the price. Technology, softwares, people, equipments, everything chances, you cannot be left apart.1. Read a couple tutorials per week
Reading tutorials is a great way to learn tons of new things, specially if you want to learn something from scratch. If you know a bit of the program, I advice you to set goals. But a realistic goal, you won’t become an expert in 24 hours.
2. Gather inspirational designs
As designers, we need to look a lot around us. And for sure, whether if it’s on the internet or at the bus stop, something is going to catch your eye’s attention. It’s time to take advantage of all the resources you have at hand, including the cell phone camera. Nobody knows, maybe you could use this as a future reference for a design.
3. See what the competition is doing
It’s really important, like I just stated above, to keep an eye over what’s happening and what are the trends. You can do it anywhere in your local area, or when you travel or even online. Analyze the designs, why did they use that color?, why that shape?, how could I do that same thing?, etc.
4. Collaborate with others
If you have friends that also know about graphic designing, do any fun project together, you will be leaning a lot. The idea flow will be astonishing. You’ll be able to develop more your team work skills and use different programs. It’s a great time to learn a new Photoshop effect.
5. Isolate problematic ideas and deal with them
We all have weak spots, and we can’t be the best in all the graphic designing areas. Identify your weak spots. Go step by step and with patience and perseverance you’ll improve.
Source: Evo Art
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
This is a great photoshop recompilation tutorial designed by Design Vitality. We can see here different types of fonts and effects, from fonts in fire up to frozen ones. Keep in mind that a highly attractive text, and well used, can give a lot of art to your design.
- Aqua Text
Re-create the font style that Mac OSX is famous for.
- 3D Cliff Text
Make text that looks like it’s a part of the land.
- Matrix Style Text
Take the red pill and learn how to create text in the style of The Matrix.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
We’ve already mentioned a couple tips to design good logos and their importance. But will it be a successful logo? Here are 10 things you need to do to have a successful logo.
1. Make a list of the things that make your company or product special
2. Keep it simple
3. Don’t use clip arts, it’s not professional
4. Make it black and white.
5. Find inspirational sources
6. Try to use unique things
7. Make a lot of sketches.
8. Find third and fourth opinions
9. Never explain your logo, it has to be self-explained
10. Try to do it without text.
Source: Simple Phics
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Another alternative to the worldy famous Brand of the World is All Free Logo. The logos can be found by name. While I was surfing here I found the logos in .AI (for Illustrator) and .EPS.
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