Lately, I’ve been getting back into designing just for my own personal enjoyment, and I’ve come to realize how much I’ve missed designing for fun. We humans are pattern-matching creatures, and in my case, my brain loves finding patterns in the noise. That gives me ample sources of design inspiration. The other day I was …
One of the cornerstones of successful web design is being able to easily navigate a page within a website easily with no surprises. These days visitors have a short attention span and an even shorter tolerance for a website not working correctly. We can’t really get away from it, in these days convenience is key …
Where Do Your Previous & Next Links Go in WordPress? Read More »
As designers, we’ve all been there, we build a comp in Photoshop were incredibly happy with that we’ve spent a good amount of time color proofing only to save it as a JPG, open it in our browser and it looks dull and washed out. It gets even more complicated when you’re working with another …
Color Shift Between Photoshop and The Real World, A.K.A. Online Read More »
I’m a serial procrastinator. I always have been. My Dad always said to me “Always put off what you can easily do today, tomorrow might be too late, right, Chaz?” In the past few years I’ve made leaps and bounds in learning not to fall into the traps so easily afforded by instant gratification at …
The Windshield Holds the Future, Not the Rear-view Mirror Read More »
What do you do when you have a great idea? Do you run full speed ahead not listening to dissenting opinions? Do you ask your closest friends and confidants and hope they think it’s a good idea? What do you do when you encounter opposition? I used to have great ideas and run them by …
There are an increasing number of sites offering contests for graphic design services from logo designs and branding systems to print design to full service websites. In theory it sounds like a good idea from a client’s perspective: you get a good website or logo for cheap and the added benefit of many different takes …
