http://www.michaelskwarcan.com Blog for Web Designers and Graphic Designers Tue, 25 May 2010 21:14:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One thing we all have to do in life is to get a job. Getting a job isn’t that hard today, but getting a good job and the one you want can be very difficult. As we graduate from high school or college and go into interviews, we ... http://www.michaelskwarcan.com/?p=8 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 ... http://www.michaelskwarcan.com/?p=7 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 ... http://www.michaelskwarcan.com/?p=6 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 Because I get about 7 links into the page and I start hitting sites that don't even exist anymore or are outdated and worthless.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: For Web ... http://www.michaelskwarcan.com/?p=5 It's been 6 months. I have been designing this site for release for just over 6 months now and I know how to design a site. This is my 3rd draft for my site, my first two were created but never released publicly (view them in my portfolio). I learned ... http://www.michaelskwarcan.com/?p=4