6 Wacky Web Sites
Do you remember long ago, in the days of yore, when Web sites were two-dimensional pages of text, maybe with an image or two sprinkled across the pages for flavor? No more is it so; designers are getting more and more creative as they invent new ways to experience the Web. Images move, navigation jiggles, and many sites are acquiring a three-dimensional quality.
Here we’ve compiled some of the wackiest sites out there – pages that make full use of all available tools to create a truly fun experience. From shopping to cheeseburgers to product promotions, surfing the Web has…
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5 Ways to Gain Web Design Clients
If you’re in the web design market, you’re going to find that competition online is rather fierce. While there are always people, as well as companies looking for web design companies, I wanted to give you some tips that I have used in order to gather up some new clients. As long as you take action and you have motivation, you will find that many of these tips should work.
#1 Go local with Craigslist – With Craigslist you’re going to have to be aggressive, and what I mean by that is that you’re going to have to put up…
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Photoshop tutorial: Halftone patterns
Examples of some of the halftone patterns you can do in Photoshop. Although, ideally you would use a program that could output the files as vectors, such as Rasterbator or the Scriptographer plugin for Illustrator (Google them to find them, if you want – both are free)
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Graphic Design – Self Promotion Ideas
by Tara R Roskell -
Create a Design Blog for Self Promotion
Creating a blog about your design services is one of the best ways to promote your graphic design services. It is simple, even for a technophobe, to create a blog using WordPress (a free blogging platform). Once created you can begin writing articles related to the areas of design that you are the most interested in. Search for other design blogs and read design related magazines to find ideas for topics you can write about. Comment on other blogs to both participate, but also to leave a link…
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Graphic Design Career Tips : How to Set Up a Graphic Design Business
When setting up a graphic design business, keeping good records is extremely important to organize clients, payments, bills and taxes. Hire a bookkeeper before starting up a business in the graphic design field with information from the creative director of a design firm in this free video on graphic design. Expert: William Fridrich Contact: www.fridrichphotography.com Bio: In addition to being creative director of Wm. Fridrich Design, William Fridrich has 35 years of experience as a commercial photographer and an extensive portfolio of personal work. Filmmaker: Albert Hedgepeth
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How to Find Web and Graphic Design Gigs on Craigslist
by Adnan Masood –
If you are an experienced web designer or graphic designer, you can make money using the popular classified service Craigslist.org. This website has two great sections that you can take advantage of. You can advertise your services on the website or search for paid gigs.
If you are interested in advertising your services on Craigslist, select your state and city. In the upper left-hand corner, you will see a “post to classifieds” link. Select this link. Follow the step-by-step directions to post your advertisement. Actually getting your ad on the Craigslist.org website is easy, but…
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Adobe After Effects CS5- Rotoscope with Rotobrush
Isolate moving foreground elements from their backgrounds dramatically faster time using a revolutionary new approach that works much like the Quick Select tool in Photoshop. Visit Adobe TV for more videos bit.ly Go from wow to real cs5 is here! bit.ly
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4 Ways to Make Money With Photoshop Brushes
by Darijan Gasevic -
Creating your own designs using Photoshop brushes with commercial license is a number one prerequisite for each of the money making ideas we will present in this article.
There are various ways to make money creating your own stuff on-line. Everyone knows about various on-line services that let you upload your designs, apply them on various items like, mugs, apparels, t-shirts, personal gifts and so on.
Let’s just mention cafepress.com, zazzle.com, fotomoto.com and similar.
However, not everyone is aware of four additional ways to make money with your designs even if you are a total newbie…
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A Branding Strategy is Crucial to Compete in Today’s Market
by Kim S Sethi –
Effective marketing encompasses a wide variety of strategies, including online marketing, social media, and advertising, however, without a solid branding strategy most marketing efforts will fall flat. A branding strategy will provide a foundation for a successful marketing campaign, giving it direction and substance, so that the marketing message hits the target audience.
Branding is the whole message prospects and customers receive about your business. It’s the conveyed personality, mission statement, logo, slogans, customer service style and employee perceptions all rolled up into one. Anything your business does or creates ties into branding.
When…
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Graphic Design Career Tips : How Much Money Do Graphic Designers Make?
Graphic designers make different amounts of money depending on what company they work for, how successful they are and who their clients are. Calculate a graphic designer’s salary, which can range from 000 to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, with information from the creative director of a design firm in this free video on graphic design. Expert: William Fridrich Contact: www.fridrichphotography.com Bio: In addition to being creative director of Wm. Fridrich Design, William Fridrich has 35 years of experience as a commercial photographer and an extensive portfolio of personal work. Filmmaker: Albert Hedgepeth
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