The Temptation to Over Please
I’ve been working for a client for the past three weeks that has sapped the joy out of every piece of art that I have created for her. “TOO MUCH WHITE SPACE” is her main complaint. This complaint is common when working with individuals who are trying to maximize their advertisement real estate.This particular project [...]
Tags: clients, Design, Print Ads, WordpressThese are My Favorite Types of Jobs
Getting creative with invites. The client is pretty upscale and so when they asked for a fiesta theme I tried to stay away from Sombrero’s and Burros. I’m quite proud of these since I did them in Photoshop from scratch. Sometimes I use stock art in my designs, but these I just had to have [...]
iJustine – Will You Marry Me?
Dear Justine, This is an open proposal and if I knew where to find you I would get down on one knee and pop the question – are you really as awesome in person as you are in all of your videos? You are perky and hot and you make geeky gadgets sleek and sexy. [...]
“No one is reading my blog”
They aren’t reading it because: 1. You aren’t updating it often enough 2. It’s boring 3. It’s irrelevant 4. It doesn’t fit into a niche 5. It’s poorly designed, ugly, covered with ads or cluttered This list could go on forever, but the simple fact of the matter is: people have so many great options [...]
You Need A Gravatar!
Do you read blogs? Do you leave comments? If so, you need a Gravatar. A Gravatar is a graphic image that shows up next to your comments on thousands of sites. All you have to do is leave a comment with the same email address and your Gravatar automatically shows up. Since the majority of [...]
Smashing Magazine – More Info Than You Can Shake A Stick At
I’m always looking for free tools, tips and tutorials and yesterday I was directed to this site from a Tweet on Twitter posted by designer/blogger Rondostar. Smashing Magazine is a tips and tricks gold mine for anyone who is into anything web related. I find it hard to believe that I’ve been a fanatical blogger/designer/social [...]
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEO – It’s all the rage and why wouldn’t it be? How many times do you actually click through the numbers at the bottom of Yahoo or Google’s search results? After you type in your search string you probably click on one of the links that pops up on the first page or you try [...]
When He’s Just Not That Into Your Blog
The world wide web exploded back in 1995 when windows 95 came out and the personal computer was made affordable. Hideously designed Geocities websites flooded the blogosphere as well as a huge dump of poorly design web trash that is for some reason still floating around 13+ years later. People, we’ve moved beyond dial-up and [...]
