The Internet and the Artist
The internet has changed nearly every facet of life; beyond mindless ‘net-surfing, its impact has changed business, social activity, and the worlds of most: including artists.
Web pages have opened an entirely new field for graphic designers and those with a flair for technological-art. But the impact has extended to those who work with traditional mediums as well. From social networking to online shopping, understanding the relationship between the internet and the artist is crucial in today’s art world.
Blogs, Sites, and Social Media
Blogs and sites provide a platform for creative minds to gather and share their insight. One…
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Contemporary art often makes us think of abstracts, or deep and insightful explorations of the human condition. What we tend to forget is that there are also a lot of artists who show us the humourous side of life. Here are seven artists that bring us a lighter look at life.
Craig Davison – Starting life as a cartoonist in Birmingham, Craig Davison has developed other skills such as a computer games animator and a sculptor. It wasn’t until 2008 that Davison took up painting. His work is beautifully nostalgic, catapulting us to a world of make believe, when we…
Mobile browsing will soon overtake desktop browsing. Very soon in fact. Faced with this certainty, webmasters have two choices: to redesign, adapt and move forward or to be left behind by their competitors. Sites that are fresh, beautiful and stylish no matter what type of device, operating system or browser they are viewed from will dominate those who are stuck in the old paradigm of desktop, mouse, keyboard and fixed width.
What Is Responsive Design?
A website that is able to respond to the available viewing space of any device is said to be responsive. It will adapt dynamically…
When you create a website, you need your site to engage your visitors and provide them with information. When users are engaged and informed, they tend to be more inclined to take action. One great way to engage your users is with the use of multimedia. Multimedia refers to those items that cannot be classified as simply images or content. This includes sound clips, videos, games—basically anything that a user can interact with.
The benefits of multimedia.
When done tastefully, multimedia is a great tool to use to engage your web visitors. Websites that contain videos or games will…
Everyone nowadays is usually yearning for a presence on the global online stage. Be it for fame or business, to do so you need to have a website through which you can communicate to your target audience and sell your products and services. Due to this, there is high competition and everyone wants to have the best looking websit
Navigation
To begin with, simple websites are easier to navigate. They do not have too much information. This ensures that they have fewer pages and sections. All this prevents them from looking cluttered, hence making it easy for visitors to find…
As a designer, one the most valuable assets to you and your business (apart from your natural talent for design) is your website. Your website is the perfect platform on which to spread the word of your services and to showcase your work.
Many designers use their websites just to direct clients or potential clients to as a means of communication or as a means of showing off a portfolio. Sure, if a potential client has already heard about you through word of mouth or through some form of advertising, of course you should send them to your site to…
If you want to boost the sales of your local store, it is a good choice to build and develop ecommerce website for your store. So, instead of accepting only local customers, you can start accepting orders from people outside of your local area easily. However, building successful ecommerce website will have a lot to do with your design choice. Here are 7 rules of successful ecommerce web design:
1. Logo and branding
Logo is important for branding. Logo will boost your website reputation. So, create a professional-designed logo for your ecommerce website. Choose a color combination that matches with…
by Jordan Siron
Perhaps one of the most vital elements to account for in the trifold brochure printing is preparing the text properly. In essence, the guidelines of the text included in the trifold brochures should be short and sweet, meaning straight to the point. The idea is that the reader should understand the highlights presented rapidly while browsing through the brochure. If the text is organized in bulky paragraphs and dense messages then in most cases the reader will decide that he does not have time to go through it and consequentially, he will disregard it and throw it…
Works of art are usually considered human traits – the likes of Monet, Van Gough, Picasso and Cezanne all possessing unique styles and an image. Yet as humans who feel averted to the bright colours, strange and bizarre things happening in a world, we are now introduced to ‘animal art’. This isn’t artwork based on animals such as portraits, collages or landscapes – but the actual instance of an animal creating their very own artwork.
Of course, over the years the word ‘art’ has diluted its specialist originality of fine drawings and water colours. Art is a word that could…
Nobody understands branding as well as sports teams. Team logos need to be instantly identifiable and provide a symbol for fans to rally behind and support. If a logo isn’t instantly recognizable, it’s not doing its job right. Nevertheless, some teams are better at logo design than others, and a few teams have logos that are a cut above the rest. Here are some of the best-designed sports logos around, and what makes them so great:
1. Westminster Griffins
This griffin shows a combination of speed and ferocity, two things any sports team needs to succeed. The clean lines…
