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How to Get Graphic Design Jobs

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:41:00 PST

Graphic design is one of the most in demand jobs these days. People from all walks of life are sharpening their skills for various graphic design fields in order to get a job. No doubt, this is the type of job that will allow you to express your creativity, to have fun while working and to earn enough money for you and for your love ones. But due to the demand of graphic designers, many people have ventured in the said field and the competition to get a job is getting higher. Even skilled designers find it stressful to find a job. So to help you, we will give you some tips on...

Web design Ideas and Tips in Using Circles

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:14:48 PST

When you were a kid, you were taught different shapes and various examples of each shape. You really know how circle was associated with the sun, a balloon, a smiley and others. Now that you have grown up, you make use of circles in different manners as you saw various usage of it. As a graphic designer and web designer, your use of circles even levelled up. You now use it to make great designs not just for your own use but for your clients. Well, circles are just one of the many shapes that can be applied to a web design. As you look at the showcase of sites that uses...

Take control with colour in digital art & illustration

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:46:00 PST

Illustrator Dan Stafford shows how balancing colour is the key to amazing compositions. Three golden rules Colour is a slippery creature to wrestle, and there are three principles to be aware of when attempting to tackle this pig. Firstly, remember that individual colours aren’t as important as their relationships with surrounding colours. That’s what creates chemistry within an image. Secondly, juxtaposing colour with breathing space is essential for a well-balanced image. And lastly, a game of colour-picker-lucky-dip can sometimes yield fantastic results. Choose a reaction,...

Website Design Ideas and Trends of 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:21:00 PST

There are various ways to make a website look captivating and stunning. There are also different design trends in creating them. Since websites are used by many people for their businesses and by others to get information, it is important that the design is appealing. It wouldn’t be nice to be staring for long towards a website that is poorly designed. One thing, once you own a website, you will certainly see to it that it has a professional design and it could achieve your purpose in creating it. Today, we will give you web design ideas and trends used this year in...

Master masks and selections in Photoshop

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:30:01 PST

Derek Lea reveals ways to make compositing layers using layer masks, vector masks and alpha channels a doddle. Add masks to groups In Photoshop, each layer can have a single layer mask and a single vector mask. However, if you place a bunch of masked layers inside a group, you can add additional masks to the group. You can then edit the group’s masks without affecting the masks of individual layers. To take this even further, you can put this group within another group, add that to another group and so on, masking each group individually. Mix your masks As each Photoshop layer...

6 drawing tips from leading illustrators

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:49:00 PST

Inkygoodness’ creative director Lisa Hassell asks six of her favourite illustrators to tell us how to get the most from drawing with real pens and pencils Am I Collective Pencil line work (such as above) can be a great tool for creating tone through manipulating pattern and texture. You don’t always have to work tone into the line itself. Rather, consider how repetition and accumulation of lines describes the form and shape. Giving specific personality to your line work is a good way to add character to an object. amicollective.com Barnaby Purdy The base for my...

12 Tips for Freelance Web Designers that Will Bring You to Success

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:26:00 PST

It would really be satisfying if you could handle your time, express your creativity and still be your own boss. You might want to do some freelancing job as a web designer for it could give you these benefits. You might even earn more than what you are recently earning. Many freelance web designers even love this job more than being employed. But not everything about freelancing is good. There are still certain aspects in the job that is challenging like promotion and marketing. But still, with the right practice, being a freelance web designer can be truly fulfilling. In this...

15 Tips for Designers to Remain Open-Minded

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:29:00 PST

As a designer, it is important for you to be open-minded especially in this technological world. It is important to keep an open mind to gain new knowledge and to keep up with the trends in design. Also, it is a vital factor to make you a better designer in dealing with clients. It can also make you a better person for you will be able to accept things easily. You should also be willing to change your views when you are given facts. Being open-minded is also being tolerant, fair and receptive of different ideas, traits and attitudes. If you possess these qualities,...

Digital Mixed-media techniques

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:58:00 PST

Intro From sketching the initial concept all the way through to final piece, here you will follow the creation of an editorial illustration that mixes rich textures and flowing vector curves. The artwork featured is Simon Brader’s The Donor Trail. It was commissioned by the Radio Times for a feature on a Radio 4 play about the emotional journey of a donor heart, as seen from the perspective of the donor’s and the recipient’s families. Simon says the illustration, which was selected for the AOI’s Images 35 annual and exhibition, represents the dichotomy of a heart...

Colourful type art

noreply@blogger.com (Graffititools) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:07:00 PST

Intro Michael Kammerer’s abstract works feature heavy doses of typography and geometrical shapes. Here he shows you how to produce an illustration based on the letters D and A (Why those two, I wonder… – Ed.) in a kind of dismembered style. The plan will be to use Illustrator to create some basic abstract forms and import them into Photoshop as Smart Objects. Then you will learn to assemble these elements into a whole that has an arresting intricacy as well as integrity.The tutorial also covers working with textures and some colouring tricks Michael relies on. These techniques can be...