Archive for February, 2011:

Adobe Illustrator 101 Tutorial: Create a Vector Badge

Posted on February 16th, 2011 by Sharon Cornwell
Go ahead and follow along with this pretty basic tutorial and you will be sure to pick up some valuable tips and tricks for working in and with Adobe Illustrator. We will be creating a cool little badge icon which can be used in all kinds of different design projects so not only will you be learning some cool stuff, but you will complete the tutorial with a nice piece of ready-to-use artwork.

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Is Becoming A Graphic Designer For You?

Posted on February 16th, 2011 by Richard Thomas
by John Joseph Flood – What Are Graphic Designs? Graphic Designs are an extremely effective method of marketing digital products where an eye catching combination of words, symbols and images are put together to create a visually attractive presentation. These graphic designs help to enhance a web site by giving it a well put together professional look that is not only effective in that it helps the customer to see what the good are all about, but is also an inexpensive way of marketing digital products online. Are There Jobs In The Web Designer Industry? There are many types of…

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CSS Tutorial to build your own CSS website – Part 2

Posted on February 16th, 2011 by Patricia Hooper
Part 2 – CSS Tutorial on how to build your very own CSS website using nothing but Notepad or similar text editor. We show you how to build your CSS tags, how to use those tags to impliment the structure of the website, and how to do basic customisation on that site to add images, links and make the site “user-friendly”. This is part of a larger series that will see the new site go from a basic page to a fully usable and helpful website, including embedded content, images and information.

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Ideas That Work For Effective Landing Page Design

Posted on February 15th, 2011 by Lauren Chambers
by Jim A Zimmermann – The biggest reason that Internet Marketers fail in their first year is that they have difficulty turning website traffic into sales. What makes this so hard? This is because many IM-ers focus more on traffic sources than they do on their landing page design. While it is important to find targeted traffic, if you can’t get that traffic to buy from you then what’s the point of getting it in the first place? Creating an effective landing page is extremely important for the success of your online business. In this article we shall be looking…

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Freelance Web and Graphic Design: Tips to Succeed As a Freelance Artist

Posted on February 15th, 2011 by Patricia Hooper
by Cullen Swanson – Over the years, it has been a process of elimination, but I’ve noticed that some of the things we have done over the years are so simple, and seem to be basic business sense, but they continue to give us an edge in this industry and provide Innovated Media with some selling points that separate us from other firms. Here are a few of them: Get and Stay Organized Web designers, graphic designers, and freelancers in any type of creative industry tend to be grossly unorganized. It’s kind of a cliche’, I know, but get organized,…

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CSS Tutorial to build your own CSS website – Part 1

Posted on February 15th, 2011 by Robert Zimmerman
Part 1 – CSS Tutorial on how to build your very own CSS website using nothing but Notepad or similar text editor. We show you how to build your CSS tags, how to use those tags to impliment the structure of the website, and how to do basic customisation on that site to add images, links and make the site “user-friendly”. This is part of a larger series that will see the new site go from a basic page to a fully usable and helpful website, including embedded content, images and information.

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Web Site Design : How to Create a Web Site in Dreamweaver

Posted on February 14th, 2011 by Peter Gallagher
Creating a Web site in Dreamweaver is helpful for those who are not familiar with more advanced HTML code, as there are several templates available to use with this software. Learn how to use Dreamweaver to build a Web site with advice from an IT engineer in this free video on Web sites.

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Graphic Design Business Success Secrets

Posted on February 14th, 2011 by David Montgomery Jr.
by Christopher Loch – As a Graphic Design business owner you are expected to do a lot of things. Designing pays the bills but if you really want your business to take off there are some high-level business development tasks that you should be paying mind to. Here are seven “success secrets” that I’ve personally used to develop my own graphic design business. Manage Your Time – There are only so many hours in a day. Ultra successful graphic designers seem to get more out of them then the rest of their peers. It would do you well to study…

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Q&A: Do you know of a good summer Graphics and Web Design course?

Posted on February 14th, 2011 by Patricia Hooper
Question by eliannemsr: Do you know of a good summer Graphics and Web Design course? I’m looking to learn some Web Design (HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, PHP, Dreamweaver) and hopefully graphics (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and I want to do it over the summer. Preferably in or near the north east but anywhere in the country is fine. (also, China and/or Latin America) Help? Any suggestions? Best answer: Answer by Shishir BabelMy personal suggestion for you is not to go for any courses from institute. If you are a decent student and having knowledge of computers the best way to go…

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- Craven College students design logo for Skipton Rotary … – (Graphic Design Competitions)

Posted on February 14th, 2011 by Lauren Chambers
- Craven College students design logo for Skipton Rotary … Working as a team on a live project is part of the students professional training as the graphic designers of the future. Bill Lambert, lecturer in graphic design, said: We are always looking for new opportunities for our students to experience working as … a tight deadline. Laura said: At first it was quite difficult working on a live brief as it put a lot of responsibility on us as a team. In the end it worked out well as we produced designs that the client really … International E-Waste…

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