Being Creative in a Digital World
I should be excited, but more often than not I soon get depressed. "I'm so delighted with my new website. I can't thank [insert name of the person who designed the website] for the tremendous work - it's amazing." Who doesn't love a new website? Fab looking images, some great typography, oh and lovely colour...
How do you name your website images? A: My camera names them for me B: I've never thought about it C: Who cares I've been looking at a client's website that requires a makeover. Their ex-web designer has vanished. Yes, it was a friend of Bob who retired from IT ten years ago. Here are...
As a graphic designer, I can go some way to help with brand building, yet I am unable to build a reputation. There is a broad misconception that brand and reputation are one and the same thing. This also breads the misconception that your audience, customers etc are the ones that build your brand whilst...
It was a typical enquiry. "Can you design a roll up banner for us? We have a couple of photos and our logo ready." "Sure, send them over and I'll take a look." My hopes are never that high. Logo, photos and wording arrived promptly. Vector Logo To my surprise the logo was vector drawn...
Do you lose sleep wondering about all the different image file formats? Are you unsure which one to use for different requirements? Many people don't worry about them until comes the day and they ask me to design some leaflets, posters or roll up banners. Sure no problem, I say; can you send me your...
Not a day goes by when I’m in need of that perfect picture that sums up a thousand words. Be it an image for a blog post, a social media graphic, an eye-catching leaflet . . . you get the idea. When I started out, my tool of choice was my good old 35mm film...