Ahhh, and finally it is a brand new year! A chance to go out with the old and come in with the new. Typically at any given point in time, we as people can make changes in our lives from day to day. But for some reason, it is the beginning of a new yearContinue reading “A REAL Fresh Beginning…”
Author Archives: Amanda Rodriguez
Tis’ the Season for Christmas Card Designs
This is by far my favorite time of the year! I absolutely love the Christmas holiday. I do my fair share of designing Christmas cards around this time of the year as well. And because it is the season of giving, I usually don’t charge for any of my designs. If I am not tooContinue reading “Tis’ the Season for Christmas Card Designs”
5 Ways to Successfully Use Social Media
As a designer and you’re NOT using social media to help market yourself, then you’re missing out on some big opportunities. Your competitors, co-workers and clients are all using social media, which means if you’re not, you’re getting left behind. Social media provides many different ways designers can use it to advance his or herContinue reading “5 Ways to Successfully Use Social Media”
Photoshop Bloopers
Ever since photo editing programs have been developed, the limits to touching up photographs are virtually nonexistent. Photoshop however, was the beginning of an era in photography and photo manipulation among the masses and still is the greatest photo editing software out there. But Photoshop doesn’t make everyone a designer. Non-designers should probably NOT tryContinue reading “Photoshop Bloopers”
Designing Email Templates
One of the trickiest things I have ran into lately is designing email templates. Nowadays a lot of advertising comes right to your inbox especially if you are a store card holder or have signed up for email notifications. There are two things to remember to achieve a good email deign: Effectiveness and functionality. Effectiveness:Continue reading “Designing Email Templates”
For the Sports Lovers…
Often times we can learn a lot about a designer based on what type of work that they do. Designers who are huge sports fans usually design some of their best work with sports-related graphics. Here is a showcase for the sports lovers out there…
Less is More…
Doing a lot with very little. It’s a hard sentence to wrap one’s head around, however, it is important, if not the most important thing I’ve learned about design. Many designers have trouble creating a minimalist (simplistic, clean) design; either they have a hard time making a page with so few elements look good orContinue reading “Less is More…”
THE Site for Designers
As a designer, we want feedback to our work. To both improve and grow. Online communities help designer, developers and creative types showcase their work, gain thoughtful feedback and most importantly help expand networking possibilities. One that has most recently caught my eye is Dribbble. Dribbble is a online community for designers who featureContinue reading “THE Site for Designers”
Visual Storytelling
It is one thing to attract a reader visually, it is quite another to attract a reader visually and emotionally. Another task layout producers face is keeping the readers attracted visually and emotionally throughout a story. This particular task is what peeked my interest in graphic design back in high school. It was a taskContinue reading “Visual Storytelling”
Graffiti is Art
Graffiti is a form of art that I take personal interest in. Although my experiences with graffiti are minimal, I enjoy the complexity of what some artworks I’ve seen. My favorite pieces have underlying social and political messages through artistic expression and are based upon spray paint styles. Graffiti is inspirational to me because althoughContinue reading “Graffiti is Art”
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