How To: Create a Web 2.0 Background

Gradients, reflections, easy to read font, and simplicity. Keep these four things in mind when creating your website and you are sure to manage a site that gives you users a little eye candy while holding on to simplicity and usability. Most designers have trouble making the compromise between usability and making artwork. The web 2.0 trend focuses on usability while still giving the user something to look at. [Read more →]

How To: Creative Ways to Display your Work

Don’t just create some art in Photoshop, put it on something, give it a little spice. Today I will be using a picture I created myself in Photoshop and then put it into a stock photo I downloaded. I got the one I’m using today at Stock Exchange. If you wish to follow along [Read more →]

700+ Designer Links, And 10 You Might Care About

I’m so tired of people throwing up these 100+ Designer Links Every Designer Should know. Because I get about 7 links into the page and I start hitting sites that don’t even exist anymore or are outdated and worthless. But I promised you 700+ links so here you go: [Read more →]