Ryan Ahrens

My New Business Card

Ryan — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:36:14 +0000

I’m excited to have a Business Card of my own again. I am very pleased with the finished product thanks to some creative feedback from friends. I hope it will look as good printed. I chose a 14 point stock with a glossy UV coating on the blue side and just regular coated on the info/QR Code side. I just hope it won’t be too glossy for the QR Code. I can’t wait to hold these in my hot little hands!

I love the digital age but nothing compares to the rewarding feeling of creating something and being able to physically touch your work and hold it in your hands, it’s one of the things I love about print design. Check out my Photoshop mockup below:

The new website has arrived!

Ryan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:42:44 +0000

After a far-too-long hiatus I am pleased to launch my brand new website! I had a couple hiccups; for a while I was publishing from Blogger to my hosting provider. Then Blogger no longer supported FTP publishing to external hosting providers, so I had to find another solution. I tried Joomla once, but found it to be way too complex and cumbersome to use. In the end, WordPress proved to be the best solution for myself and my clients; it has a very clean, user-friendly interface which makes publishing a breeze, a huge library of plugins and developer support providing excellent flexibility for creating blogs or CMS sites.

When I am designing a site it always starts with Photoshop. For the past few sites I’ve done I have chose to use the 960 Grid System as the guide for the layout. the 960 Grid System provides commonly-used dimensions based on a width of 960 pixels. Of the two varients, 12 and 16 columns, I have chosen to use the 12 column grid for my site. I like the 960 Grid System because it helps me create some structure and gives me a foundation to build upon, but still provides a lot of flexibility.

You can check out my mockups below showing the overlay of the grid system I was working with.

Ann Moser

Ryan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:46:28 +0000

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Rob Fretz

Ryan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:45:04 +0000

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Shamis MusicWorks Productions

Ryan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:41:42 +0000

Visit the website: www.smwp.ca

Advanced Gerontological Education

Ryan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:06:20 +0000

Health Intitiatives For Youth Hamilton

Ryan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:46:02 +0000

Launch website: www.hifyhamilton.com

Vaxsis Inc.

Ryan — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:00:29 +0000

Twitter Follow Me Graphic

Ryan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:50:52 +0000

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Hockley Valley Coffee Roasters

Ryan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:42:30 +0000

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