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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 in Articles
The topic of "hourly rates vs. flate rates" in graphic design has been talked about by everyone and their grandmother over the past years, so rather than re-cover a tired topic in the general sense, we're going to look at it from...
Posted on Jul 23, 2012 in Articles
A designer's font collection is one of their most prized possessions. Thousands of typefaces are considered, but only a select few make it into the arsenal.
In this collection, we share 9 of our favorite dirty, grungy, and...
Posted on Jul 03, 2012 in Articles
Typography can be a tricky beast to tame. There are so many fonts, so many rules, and so many ways to break those rules.
A lot of finding out what looks good and what looks like crap comes from experience, but there are some...
Posted on May 07, 2012 in Articles
There is a seemingly endless stream of new websites popping up every day, making it tough to determine which ones provide really useful content.
This isn't the first list of design resources, but our experience with other...
Posted on May 01, 2012 in Articles
After posting our 11 Things A Designer Should Never Say infographic, we received some questions as to why some of the items that were on the list were, in fact, on the list.
There are some nuggets of wisdom behind the humorous...
Posted on Apr 25, 2012 in Articles
This video will show you the basics of the new Field Blur, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift filters in Photoshop CS6.
The blur tools are much improved upon in the new version of Photoshop, and with a little ingenuity you can use them...
With the release of Lightroom 4, Adobe has certainly gained more fans in the photography industry. With an easier to use interface, new features, and reviewers claiming that photos processed in the new Lightroom "just look better...
Posted on Dec 20, 2010 in Articles
One of the constantly evolving obstacles that every web designer/developer comes across is getting a website to show up on the first page of search results, or even in the top position.
Search engine optimization can be a...
Posted on Dec 09, 2010 in Articles
Many people have had some kind of experience using Photoshop and a small number of those people grow to excel in graphic design. An even more minute group understands the principles of design and can tell you the reasons behind...