I bring this point up at every talk I give because, well, its important. Being a designer means you focus on design. That is, in one sense, concept. Design is also a business. Which means you have other things to worry about as well. Here, you’ll find a short list of people that, unless you’re a jack of all trades, you should have in your network. Read more…
Being nearly wine season, my last couple big projects have been wine labels for the plethora of new wineries cropping up near by. Not only did we complete the label design, but the winery branding as well. I love this because it’s like a new canvas that allows complete creativity.
This is a topic I covered last year, but not in a video format.
Here is Skin smoothing in photoshop 2.0!
Well, kind of.
Brand New critiques new and redesigned brands. Do all brands meet the intended criteria for which they were designed? Read more…
Taking a break from the tutorials, freebies, and what nots, to announce; Missy the Cat is missing.
Story goes :
Shannon (the secretary) has lost her cat and has asked David (the graphic designer) to help with a lost poster. This is their email correspondence…
Read from top to bottom…. Read more…
It took some time, but I was able to track down a number of PDF documents that have been in my collection that I feel no designer should be without
Some may require registration, but trust me, its worth it.
| Isn’t it just frustrating to hear blunt criticism after weeks of toiling and sweating over a design project? You may be thinking “all the trouble I’ve been through and this is what I get?” But dread not, as criticism is normal and graphic designers are prone to criticism from their clients. Read more… |
Packaging design is always fun. Especially when the only limitation is your imagination. You can make some cool stuff when you have an unlimited budget. But back to reality….Often limitations come in the form of budgets and manufacturing costs. Read more…
Yeah, ok. Other than being reminiscent of a 15 year old’s myspace page (Thanks Dave), the bill looks like it was “redesigned” in microsoft publisher. I understand the need for security measures, but trying to mix old with new…just isn’t working. They need to go back to the beginning and do an actual redesign job from the ground up. Read more…
Don’t you hate it when you go to put your portfolio together, and find out half your work is gone?
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