“Happy Halloween!” I have a treat for you today. Here are 4 Twitter background templates. They are for everyday use not Halloween, so you can use them year-round. Just click the link below to get them. It’s a zip file about 15 mg.
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Graphic design this week, Oct. 22
Posted October 22, 2009 by jlsnellCategories: Uncategorized
Tags: graphic design, logos, Tutorials
Here are 3 links you may want to check out. I thought they were very interesting reading.
25 logos with hidden messages, amazing graphic designing tricks!
1. http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/wednesday-design-share-5/
Graphic design articles to quench your thirst for graphic design and web design topics.
2. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2009/10/really-cool-photoshop-effects-part-iii/
We encourage you to share your discoveries about favorite or famous graphic designers and illustrators with other readers.
3. http://graphic-design.com/design/desktop-publishing/new-life-old-brochures
Hope you enjoy these links!
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Photoshop on the iPhone… (Sigh) – Website Magazine – Website Magazine
Posted October 17, 2009 by jlsnellCategories: Uncategorized
Photography Blogging for Shutterbugs
Posted October 13, 2009 by jlsnellCategories: Artists, Blogging, Photography
Tags: Artists, digital_camera, Photography, taking_pictures
Whether you are an artist or hobbyist who wants to create a photo blog, or whether you are just somebody who enjoys learning about new places and things, spending some time looking at the most popular photography blogs on the internet can be a very rewarding endeavor.
Posting photographs in a blog format on a daily, weekly, or occasional basis is a great way to express yourself while reaching viewers in an emotionally charged and aesthetically engaging way. Also, surfing photo blogs can help you to get a whole new perspective on the world in which we live.
Many people who run image blogs are photographers by trade, but photo blogging is also very popular among hobbyists and amateur shutterbugs. A lot of the most popular photo blogs have gained attention because the pictures on them are of the highest artistic caliber, and a lot of the people who run these striking blogs are graduates of prestigious art schools with impressive professional portfolios. However, some of the most well known and most often visited photo blogs are as notable for their concepts as for the pictures themselves.
Whether you are an artist or hobbyist who wants to create a photo blog, or whether you are just somebody who enjoys learning about new places and things, spending some time looking at the most popular photography blogs on the internet can be a very rewarding endeavor. You can travel to another place or another time by seeing pictures of faraway locations and long-gone eras. You can see your own neighborhood with fresh eyes by discover how local artists have photographed the town or city in which you live.
Photo blogging allows people to communicate all of these things and more, which makes it a very exciting part of the modern blogosphere. If the best thing about web technology is that it allows people to reach each other in a very personal way from across great distances, then in many ways photo blogs are the most successful kind of web sites.
The fact that photo blogs range from forums to display the work of highly skilled artisans to playful collections of curiosities shows that photo blogging is a truly diverse form. Another fact that photo blogs are so easy to build and to update makes this kind of visual communication very democratic, and enables people at all skill levels to become a part of the global conversation about the nature and value of photography today.
For more information on digital photography Click Here!
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Helpful Graphic Design and Webdesign sites
Posted October 4, 2009 by jlsnellCategories: Design, Tutorials, Web design
Tags: Artists, graphic_design, Tutorials, web_design
Here are 5 sites for insperation and help with your graphic design and webdesign projects.
1. Graphic design articles to quench your thirst for graphic design and web design topics.
http://www.feedage.com/categories/Graphic+Design/1/4
2. Print design templates take a look at these creative graphic design templates for brochures, flyers, newsletters, stationery, postcards, ads, menus and posters for a variety of businesses.
http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=51&p=116171
3. More: colorburned | graphic design resources, tutorials, and more!
5. Com/learning: video tutorials for graphic designers providing tools and information you can trust – and use – on your very next project.
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/recent/2009-09-28/232549.html
6. Free icons, graphic design, inspiration, wallpaper, visual illustrators, in the past, were never ever mentioned in the same breath as traditional or fine artists, and they have consistently came second best in comparison with traditional graphic designers.
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