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If you are a web designer or even a graphic designer it is important to make sure your design is compatible with as many different devices as possible and that means that it has to fit different sized screens so that it is functional and displays properly on each one [...]

I have been working on a website for a musician and I spent a lot of time searching for some inspiration in the form of websites, surprisingly I had a hard time finding posts that had what I was looking for. I started searching different artists by name on google and couldn't believe that after an hour of searching I couldn't find more than ten websites that I thought were really good, so I decided to [...]

I have been doing some banner work recently and I have found these tutorials very helpful during the process. There are some different aspects and techniques that should be added to make a banner look more like an ad and to get viewers attentions, after all there main purpose is to get the viewer to click and land on a specific[...]

Using sketches to make illustrations is a great method to use, especially for cartoon characters, comic book characters, and logo design. Tracing over your sketches helps you to get more precise illustrations and can also help you to create more detailed illustrations. For those that don't use tablets creating illustrations[...]

In this post I put together a collection of some great tutorials that will teach you how to take your designs and create amazing photo-realistic mock-ups that you can present to your clients or include in your portfolio to give viewers an idea of how your design looks on a dvd or cd cover, package, business card, t-shirt, and more. [...]

Being a young designer myself I get a lot of people expecting me to design something for them for free or for a very low fee, when I was first starting out I would have been happy to accept these projects. Once I had built up my portfolio and became serious about my work [...]

For those that don't have any experience with t-shirt design you might think that if your a designer you can just create something in photoshop and send it out to a printer, but its not that simple. There are a lot of guidelines and techniques involved in creating a good t-shirt design, if you want the best results then you should get to know them. This post features a collection of great tutorials on preparing your t-shirt designs [...]

Now that you have built a up a nice portfolio, the next step is to go out and find some clients who are willing to pay you for your work. In this post I will list a few methods that I have used to find clients. Hopefully [...]

Blast From The Past is a collection of articles written on other blogs that I have found to be useful and good to have in your bookmarks so that you can go back and read them every once in a while. These articles were published at least a year ago but that doesn't stop them from being great resources [...]

Graphic design is not something that should be put together just to look pretty or without any thought. Effective design uses design principles to have a certain effect on the viewer and to give the viewer direction as to what they should do after seeing the design [...]

The first step when starting your freelance business is to sort out your best work and build a portfolio that will showcase your talent, but how do you do this if you have never had any clients before? This post will provide you with plenty of great ideas on projects you can work on to help you build your portfolio and eventually start bringing in clients [...]

This post is the first in a series of posts about design principles. This post will be covering different types of lines and will explain why they are important in graphic design. Also included will be some examples of graphic design work that use the different types lines. I hope you find this post useful and make sure to [...]

Originally Posted On 1/27/2010 Below are 10 amazing ebooks that you can download for free! Some require you to leave some of your info but are free and definitely worth it! Get Your Free Logo Design Love Chapter AIGA: Get A Design Job From performing a self-evaluation on the core design competencies that can add [...]

Originally Posted On 12/16/2009 I recently bought myself a tablet and to be honest I didn’t think it would make a big difference before I bought it, after setting it up and trying it out I realized that I had been missing out and my work was very limited with a mouse. Now I have [...]