Archives September, 2009
We use punctuation everyday when writing articles, blog posts and emails. We’re all aware that using the wrong punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence or even a whole document. So, where else do people use punctuation? In logo design of course!
The 34 logos showcased in the post use punctuation as a design element. Some logos feature commas, colons and semicolons while others use exclamation marks, question marks, brackets and parentheses. I found they were very creative and thought I’d share them with you. Enjoy!
We use punctuation everyday when writing articles, blog posts and emails. We’re all aware that using the wrong punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence or even a whole document. So, where else do people use punctuation? In logo design of course!
The 34 logos showcased in the post use punctuation as a design element. Some logos feature commas, colons and semicolons while others use exclamation marks, question marks, brackets and parentheses. I found they were very creative and thought I’d share them with you. Enjoy!
Inspiration comes in many forms and this article is no different. We’ve seen the numerous showcases around the web for minimal web designs, dark designs and so many others that have been drug through the mud.
My goal is to make sure the showcase posts that I create are ‘out of the box‘ and something that will spark your creativity. So, in this article I am going to showcase 25 creative websites that have a retro theme. They range from the use of old-time photos to retro patterns, colors and graphic elements. I hope you enjoy it :)
Inspiration comes in many forms and this article is no different. We’ve seen the numerous showcases around the web for minimal web designs, dark designs and so many others that have been drug through the mud.
My goal is to make sure the showcase posts that I create are ‘out of the box‘ and something that will spark your creativity. So, in this article I am going to showcase 25 creative websites that have a retro theme. They range from the use of old-time photos to retro patterns, colors and graphic elements. I hope you enjoy it :)
The 2 most popular typefaces used on the web today are surely Verdana and Georgia. They’re great and I used them all the time since they’re web-safe fonts. I use them mostly because I’m not a big fan of flash replacement techniques or solutions that require Javascript (sIFR, Cufon, etc…). But what about the @font-face CSS property?
While @font-face may not work in all browsers, I think it’s still one of the best solution available today. Of course not all type foundries will let us embed their fonts on our webpages. There are solutions like Typekit which look very promising but today we’ll simply go over the @font-face CSS property and check out some typefaces you can use with @font-face :)
WordPress can be so much more than just a blogging platform and can be used to run many types of sites from personal sites to online magazines and portfolios.
I guess I could say I’m a hardcore WordPress user. Actually, almost every website I’ve designed/coded runs on WordPress.
Throughout the years I’ve learned a lot about WordPress and how it can be used to run almost any type of website. Today I’d like to share some great resources and tutorials that have helped me along the way! :)
I believe that creating a great user interaction with your blog or website is key in keeping return visitors and helping with word of mouth advertisements and link love.
I know I’m not alone in this either because on almost every blog about marketing, blogging, and tutorials you find that the owners have added all of the extra plug-ins to help create a better user experience. But what else is there that almost all blogs are overlooking that could help put them one step closer to creating the perfect user interaction?
I believe that creating a great user interaction with your blog or website is key in keeping return visitors and helping with word of mouth advertisements and link love.
I know I’m not alone in this either because on almost every blog about marketing, blogging, and tutorials you find that the owners have added all of the extra plug-ins to help create a better user experience. But what else is there that almost all blogs are overlooking that could help put them one step closer to creating the perfect user interaction?
Channels are just one incredibly powerful tool in Photoshop’s vast arsenal of image editing capabilities. They have a number of different uses, and are frequently my tool of choice for creating masks and selections, or to make slight colour adjustments to an image.
Today, we are going to learn how to create an interesting photo treatment using channels and colour spaces. We will move from RGB to CMYK to Multichannel and finally back to RGB again. All, with the purpose of changing the way that the images colours interact with each other.
Channels are just one incredibly powerful tool in Photoshop’s vast arsenal of image editing capabilities. They have a number of different uses, and are frequently my tool of choice for creating masks and selections, or to make slight colour adjustments to an image.
Today, we are going to learn how to create an interesting photo treatment using channels and colour spaces. We will move from RGB to CMYK to Multichannel and finally back to RGB again. All, with the purpose of changing the way that the images colours interact with each other.
