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Case Study: Hassan Ali ‘The Lion’ Re-branding and Team Apparel

Herbie Hysteria — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:30:06 +0000

I was approached by the owner of Stylz Hairdressing from my home-town of Nelson, Lancashire, to design and print the official sponsored team apparel for Hassan Ali 'The Lion', young British and European Kickboxing champion. The project started with a brand new logo, and the design and print of the hoodys to be worn on official functions and charity events. Related posts:

Cool Web Apps – Create An Oil Spill On Any Website!

Herbie Hysteria — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:28:48 +0000

This is just a quick post about a nifty web application which creates a graphical oil slick on any website. It's kinda cool and creative, whilst also generating awareness about the recent BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Related posts:

Save Me From The ‘Messers’! – A Freelance Designer’s Plea For Help

Herbie Hysteria — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:49:50 +0000

I was always delaying publishing this post because I thought it may show me and my fellow graphic designers in a negative light, but after being bitten by the third ‘serious messer’ this month, I’m pushing ahead. You see, I’ve got some great clients with which I share amazing social/professional relationships. Getting shitloads of repeat-custom [...] Related posts:

Woman Gets Knocked Out By Falling Nightclub Sign

Herbie Hysteria — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:47:28 +0000

I just came across this article on the UK Independant newspaper’s website and just had to give my take on the event, because designing, building and installing signs is one of the services I offer my own clients. A sign outside the Reflex Club, in Plymouth, Devon apparently fell off and struck a young female [...] Related posts:

Case Study: Victor’s Liquors, Manchester, Lancashire

Herbie Hysteria — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:01:29 +0000

Victor’s Liquors is a new off license and liquor store in Sale, Manchester. In the summer of 2009, I was approached by the owner to manage the whole project and get the store ready for it’s opening in August, 2009. The Brief – ‘The Best Dressed Off License In Manchester’ Victor Shah, the owner, is [...] Related posts:

My Top Six Fonts I Am Sick To Death Of, And Will Be Deleting – NOW!

Herbie Hysteria — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:46:18 +0000

Intro These are six fonts I have decided to remove from my computer because I think they can be easily replaced by more modern types, or they’re too overused to be involved in my design work. Either way, these are the more notorious ones. No doubt there exist some absolutely idiotic and ugly fonts too. [...] Related posts:

Poster Design: Movie Themed Poster Design For Senior Citizen’s RailCard

Herbie Hysteria — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:43:44 +0000

Just recently, I noticed some posters which had been put up around my local town centre by the town council. These were advertising a senior citizen’s concessionary RailCard, part of the public transport infrastructure. I don’t know who the designer is, but hat’s off to him or her for innovation! What made me stop, and [...] Related posts:

Xara Xtreme Pro: How To Make Fonts Look Embroidered or Stitched

Herbie Hysteria — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:51:53 +0000

I like sharing new things I learn ‘on the fly’ with everyone. I’ve not done many online tutorials but I’m quite confident about it and I’m hoping to offer an ‘organic’ service. Blogging as and when I overcome a hurdle. This could do with anything such as my business, wordpress, graphic design, web design, FTP, [...] Related posts:

Ten Highly Creative and Detailed Vector Artworks

Herbie Hysteria — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:35:28 +0000

I don’t claim to be the world’s best graphic design artist but my love for it can appreciate great design when I see it. Just recently, I was scouring through the photo albums of a popular art related group on Facebook. There were over 250 great pieces of vector art, from these I selected my [...] Related posts:

Case Study: Mansha Sweet Centre, Nelson

Herbie Hysteria — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:31:21 +0000

Mansha Sweet Centre, A Hit With The Locals! Mansha Sweet Centre started of with their first branch in ‘home sweet home’ Nelson, Lancashire, back in 1999. Their selection of freshly-cooked asian sweets, confectionary and savouries made them quickly become ‘jam-packed’ (forgive the pun) with customers every time you visited. Yes, be it morning, lunch or [...] Related posts:

Case Study: Splash Car Valeting, Nelson

Herbie Hysteria — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:32:42 +0000

Splash Car Valeting is a vehicle hand-wash business from Nelson, Lancashire. They have two sites, one in Nelson within a covered business unit, and one in Brierfield, Lancashire (about 2 miles away) on the main road running through the town. During summer, both sites are extremely busy where people get their prides and joys washed, [...] Related posts:

Dell 3100CN – How I Fixed The Colour Streaking Problem

Herbie Hysteria — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:36:38 +0000

Dell 3100CN – A Slick Piece of Kit My Dell 3100CN colour laser printer has been good to me ever since I forked out £350 back in 2006. It’s a great big hulk of a thing that weighs more than my fat cousin, but the print quality is second-to-none. However, in early 2010, I started [...] Related posts:

How To Automatically Update Your Facebook, Twitter and Myspace Profiles via Your WordPress blog

Herbie Hysteria — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:06:37 +0000

The Power of Socializing Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are a ‘must’ for any blogger. Be it a beginner or a seasoned-pro, the social networks are a great resource if used properly. Facebook has nearly 300 million members right now and Twitter isn’t that far behind. So, utilising this stream of people and potential [...] Related posts:

View Your Website or Blog on the Apple iPad, Without an Apple iPad(!)

Herbie Hysteria — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:58:02 +0000

Just a quickie, for all those of us who haven’t yet purchased / seen / tried / tested / stolen an Apple iPad. So, Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of release. Not bad for a day’s work, Steve! Die-hard Apple fans would probably have had multiple orgasms when they opened their boxes, [...] Related posts:

Was Adolf Hitler an Aspiring Artist Before He Became a War-mongering Dictator?

Herbie Hysteria — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:15:03 +0000

Should’ve stuck to Art, Adolf(!) After stumbling across an online article today, it came as a surprise that, apparently, Adolf Hitler was a ‘bit of an artist’ in his teens. The claims come as a collection of drawings and sketches believed to be the handy-work of the mad-man himself, are up for auction. They were [...] Related posts:

Burnley Brawl 3 – Deano Miles of Spartan Free Fighting Kicks Ass With His First Win!

Herbie Hysteria — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:52:58 +0000

Go, Deano! Saturday, March 20th, 2010. Burnley Football Club, Turf Moor, Lancs: Burnley Brawl 3 – UK BAMMA EVENTSpartan Free Fighting from my hometown of Nelson, Lancashire is a mixed martial arts club who have been great clients of mine since late last year, 2009. Always one to support local businesses in my neighbourhood, tonight’s [...] Related posts:

David Beckham’s ‘Vihctoria’ Tattoo

Herbie Hysteria — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:12:03 +0000

Anybody Got An Eraser? Do you remember the ‘David Beckham Victoria Tattoo’ story? Back in 2000, Beckham decided to get his wife’s name emblazoned on his arm in Hindi, as he thought it would look ‘tacky’ in English(!) So he did, only to be told afterwards that it actually spells ‘Vihctoria’ with the additional ‘h’. [...] Related posts:

Other Infamous People Called ‘Herbie’

Herbie Hysteria — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:07:48 +0000

Yeah, I thought I’d write a post about all the other infamous people called Herbie. Even though it’s been my nickname since school, I’ve still not yet met another ‘Herbie’ in real life. I really don’t know what it feels like to have a common name. Even my real name is so unique I’ve never [...] Related posts:

Out With The Old, In With The New

Herbie Hysteria — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:06:21 +0000

Design The old www.artbyherbie.com website was a simpler affair than this one. Back in early 2008, I registered the domain name because I wanted to showcase my wall art. I was becoming renowned as a ‘shit hot’ wall artist around my neighbourhood and felt a web presence was mandatory. I was already a confident web [...] Related posts:

Alt Tags Not Showing Up in Browser?

Herbie Hysteria — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:07:53 +0000

Hi, just a quickie here. If you’re out there putting alt="blah blah blah" within your HTML image tags and hoping for your alt text to appear in your browser in a ‘tooltip’ or ‘hover’ behaviour, then I suggest you give yourself a slap. Reason being, so many people are still thinking this is the norm [...] Related posts: