Eloine’s Blog

Metal up your type

Eloine — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:27:02 +0000

The purpose of design is to communicate a message and therefore I believe special effects should be used only if there is a reason to use them. This means it’s probably rare that you’ll need to create metal type but as a designer you should know the concept of how to do it even if [...]

Excited about a new beta program!

Eloine — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:17:05 +0000

I’ve signed up for beta access but don’t have my code yet. I gotta wait in line Typecast Beta Overview from Typecast on Vimeo.

Three Free Books on Greenhouses with Plans

Eloine — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:48:44 +0000

Republishing some useful information from the garden share site myfolia.com There are three books on Greenhouses available under “fair use” download. Fair-use means that the books are free to download, read, and store on your computer, but must be purchased if you wish to print, sell, or distribute hard-copies. They are in PDF format. The [...]

Tangerine Tango Sunrise?

Eloine — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:19:04 +0000

Apparently every year Pantone (the world authority on color) picks a color. For 2012 it’s Tangerine Tango (Pantone 17-1463). You can download the color palette from their website. I was a bit intrigued by the color choice for this year and realized they might be right. I have been leaning towards warm charged colors for [...]

How to design a quick mobile website

Eloine — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:15:34 +0000

When designing your websites for multiple platforms it can be a time consuming challenge. Well I’ve been sounding like an add for Google lately but if you want to quickly get a mobile version of your site up and running then google sites has some templates that will get you started while you are taking [...]