1. An over-size sketchbook and a set of good pencils For drawing out designs, for mapping out a problem, for inspiring creativity 2. An ergonomic mouse or graphics tablet All those clicks. Enough said. 3. A Pantone swatch book For choosing colour schemes, for checking colour trueness 4. A cutting mat, various scalpel blades and [...]
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Ten items every designer should have
Posted: April 15, 2011 in DesignTags: creative space, inspiring good design, items for graphic design
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I am absolutely loving Ten free fonts used by The Oatmeal – the first two especially, and with links to download this is a little gem! Thanks TO for sharing. http://theoatmeal.com/blog/free_fonts
Good pre-press tips here at The Printed Image
Posted: March 23, 2011 in DesignTags: pre-press best practice
Stumbled across this and thought it was a handy one for designers who are preparing art straight to print http://www.tpi.ie/customer-service/artwork-specifications/
“Design should never say, ‘Look at me.’ It should always say, ‘Look at this.’ “ David Craib
I’m getting married next year! And through my wedding planning I have found a beautiful Irish blog called OneFabDay. When I found it a number of months ago it really inspired me to design my own freelance wedding stationery website, for which I did some preliminary work. There are some really beautiful blogs in the [...]
Should I work for free?
Posted: March 1, 2011 in DesignTags: flow chart, graphic design, work for free
Ah. THAT formidable question every graphic designer asks themselves from time to time. A quirky flow chart is available at http://www.shouldiworkforfree.com, designed by New York designer, illustrator and typographer Jessica Hische to help you discover the right answer.
Thumbs up! Absolutely love the beauty salon work done by Charlotte: http://chacrebleu.tumblr.com/
Stumbled upon this pretty cool website – Hello Lucky – and thought it most definitely worth noting. Love the option of letterpress printing!
At first I wasn’t sure what I felt about this… designers putting their work out there in an environment where it could be copied or undervalued, but now I think I’m coming around to the idea. Check it out – iwantadesign.com launches today at 3pm and will host ‘contests’ for designers to submit pitches to [...]
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Stumbled across this article over on You The Designer and thought it was worth sharing.
Book cover script for Adobe Photoshop
Posted: February 23, 2009 in DesignTags: Adobe Photoshop action scripts
This action script for Photoshop is simply brilliant – it converts a flat image into a convincing book cover – and needs to be seen to be believed! Download it from psdrecipes here.
psdrecipes.com
Posted: February 23, 2009 in Blogs, DesignTags: Adobe Photoshop blog, graphic design
psdrecipes is a really cool new Photoshop blog with some handy and original tips.
Logo Designer Blog
Posted: February 23, 2009 in Blogs, DesignTags: design blog, logo design, Logo Designer Blog
Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design and Logo Of The Day has just launched another blog aimed at anything and everything to do with logo design, called Logo Designer Blog. It’s already got some excellent articles up and promises to be another brilliant design blog from a really dedicated designer.
The One Page Graphic Design Portfolio Guide
Posted: February 16, 2009 in Design, WebsitesTags: graphic design portfolio websites, online portfolios
Found this really good post on creating effective online portfolios over on YouTheDesigner.
My 10 tips for junior graphic designers
Posted: February 14, 2009 in Design, MiscTags: 10 tips for junior graphic designers, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, graphic design
#1 Become a perfectionist If you’re not one already, start becoming one! Sloppy graphic design is poor graphic design. #2 Keyboard shortcuts Learn as many as you can and configure your own additional ones -shortcuts are the key to becoming an efficient designer. #3 Learn about printing processes Don’t let printers pull the wool over your [...]
Become an ACE
Posted: February 3, 2009 in Adobe InDesign, DesignTags: adobe certified expert, adobe indesign exam
Are you interested in becoming an Adobe Certified Expert? Find out all you need to know about how to register for an ACE exam in your area here. The Adobe InDesign CS3 exam can be taken at New Horizons in Dublin for €138.
thedesigncubicle.com
Posted: February 2, 2009 in Blogs, DesignTags: the design cubicle, tips to improve as a graphic designer
Thanks John again for some excellent links – particularly this one to The Design Cubicle – I especially like the post 16 tips to improve as a graphic designer, there’s some valuable stuff in there.
Found this really good post on Paperclipping all about free design software. Hooray! Heaven knows I still can’t afford CS4!
