Archive for November, 2010:
Posted on November 4th, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
Using negative space in logos isn’t something you can exactly teach. it requires vision and creativity which is just something you either have or you don’t. However it is something you can explain and show examples of, which is what this article will do. Here are a few tips to creating a negative space logo for those not born with the natural talent to do so.
1. First, you must understand what a negative space design consists of. Negative space is the part of your canvas devoid of elements. It is sometimes referred to as white space, but it…
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Posted on November 4th, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
Use of differential fonts and typography is being done by website designers for better impact. Their use and selection is although restricted to some fonts only as practical ones for writing the site content.
Arial, Verdana, Times and so on are some of the common and widely accepted standard fonts being used. Other than these decorative fonts and less common fonts, website needs some extra measures for their application. The decorative fonts needs to be first converted into artwork for internet usage. To break these fonts as artwork the Illustrator CS first outlines the fonts and then Flash MX…
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Posted on November 4th, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
Creative Ice Media Group CiMg Comment, rate and subscribe ! Step 1: New image and back the background black for best results. Step 2: Make sure your brush is on the diameter 5px and hardness 100%, now go to your pen tool and make your settings like mine. Step 3: Mess around with the pen tool, when done, right click on the screen and click on “stroke path” make your settings as shown. Step 4: Go to effects menu for the layer and make a outer glow with a selected color and the size…
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Posted on November 4th, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
Program used: Adobe Flash Time Taken: 1 or 2 hours My skill level : Beginner I hope to show more of these animations that i make in my spare time. Hopefully i get better at using this wonderful program. If anyone wants to help me with animation please PM me or leave a video response
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Posted on November 4th, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
I live in the midwest in a city with about 40,000. I’ve started doing some graphic design work from home recently. So far nothing super big and fancy, just some small ads for the local newspapers. I just don’t know what is reasonable as far as how much my time is worth! So what should I charge (per hour) for my services?
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Posted on November 4th, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
Create a grindhouse-style movie poster using Adobe Photoshop.
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
www.devotion-graphics.com This is a time lapse speed painting / preview of my tutorial on photorealistic painting. Painted in Photoshop CS2 with a Wacom Graphire 4. For more details and more tutorials, visit: www.devotion-graphics.com References taken from real life models and photos courtesy of Rosinangel (http Music removed due to copyright so I have uploaded a new and extended video. Hope you enjoy it!
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
www.tasktutorial.com In this tutorial we will learn how to How to create Text reflection in Illustrator.
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
Most of the time, online merchants expend a lot of money in the development of particular elements or looks for their websites. Alternatively, they can consider low-priced or free Ecommerce templates that can serve their purpose quickly and efficiently. There are hundreds of pre-built Ecommerce themes available to principally facilitate the development of open source Ecommerce platforms.
Various free Ecommerce templates with an elegant and professional storefront design can be rapidly incorporated into specific shopping cart software. A template is basically defined as a graphical website design merged with the specific template system or Ecommerce application. The overall design…
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by David Montgomery Jr.
I am designing a website for a friend. I started by using a template and have been going into the code to make changes. I just realized that in IE, the site looks all wrong, but in Firefox, the site looks the way I intend it. Can anyone help me debug this? Thanks much
The site begins at www.ccfeg.com/index1.html
Thanks much
The header looks totally different to me in Firefox vs IE. The smaller byline is supposed to be underneath the title, not along side it as it is in IE 7. help..
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