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Archives for September, 2009

Designer Checklist
It is important that you cover all the bases when designing imagery that aims to catch the eye of passes by. A few important factors to improve your design may include: Great use of colours – Picking the perfect selection of colours will set the mood of your design and will also attract the public to your design. Picking the correct colours ...more»
Sending your Designs to the Printers
This is usually the skill which takes an amateur graphic designer and takes them to the next level of professional designer. The most common mistake is not thinking about the colours when designing your piece. As most of you will be aware, by default Photoshop will want you to create graphics using RGB (Red, Green and Blue) at a resolution of ...more»
Graphic Inspiration
Where do you normally get your inspiration from? For web designing the best inspiration for me is to just browse other web pages. Web galleries also help to focus on websites that are of a high standard to draw inspiration from. What kind of graphics are you creating? If it’s artistic work, go find your local gallery to gain some knowledge on ...more»
Photoshop Brushes
For those not familiar with Photoshop brushes they are simply graphics attached to the brush tool. To view a selection of brushes choose the brush tool and then bring down the collection of brushes by expanding the list, top left of your Photoshop window. Brushes can range from simple patterns to complex textures that can be dynamically resized without loss of quality. They ...more»
Graphic Training Courses
The next step of developing your artistic skills might be to look at tuition. With the introduction of the internet, there are massive amounts of resources in graphic courses and training. Ranging from Paintings to Internet Web Design you will be able to find anything to help you improve your skills. If you are interested in branching out into new forms ...more»
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