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FREE ALL CAP FONT ALMELO
I came across this handsome font and thought that I should share it with my fellow designers. It’s a wonderfully clean font, that could be used in many places. I only wish there was a lower case version. Download FV...
read moreAttack of the Top Lists!
Have you ever noticed that some blogs hit a point where they don’t know what to write but, perhaps out of a sense of duty end up trying to come up with some sort of list? They’re all over the net now. Top 10 blogs, Top 50 wordpress themes, 20 awesome Photoshop brushes. I’ve even been guilty of this in the past. But I think I’m going to try and fill my blog with things a little more useful than that. Looking back on my posts, I’m pretty proud of them. There’s a lot of decent information I think. At any rate,...
read moreRepair a Popped Underwire Bra
Well, I know it’s a bizarre topic for a designers blog, but not from an imaginative point of view. Imagination doesn’t start and stop at art, it can effect all things. The Back Story I have a wife, and like many woman she needs support. Many of you are in a similar situation. Most guys have no clue that a decent supportive bra can cost from $50 – $200 and of course you should have one for every day of the week, or at least every other day, so that’s say 4 bra’s rounded up. 4 bra’s at an average price (CAN)...
read moreDon’t Forget Your Image Meta Data
The web is a vast and wonderous sea of sites and at the end of the day you’ll never know where your images will wash up. One sure fire way to make sure you get credit for your images is to add the meta data to them. For example I collected from around the web all the best costumes that I could find and have been adding them to an album in my facebook. If you have the proper data in your images it will auto fill fields in facebook with your image information. Through the looking glass. Lets start. I first get my image – in...
read moreAmazing WordPress Contact Form.
A client of mine wanted me to create a ‘membership’ sign up on their wordpress blog and I really didn’t want to have play contractor and out-source to a developer. My primary area’s of expertise is the visual appearance of a website. I’m a front-End developer not a programmer. But thankfully it was wordpress and there are literally 1000′s of plug-ins and widgets for use with these themes. Contact Form 7 Saves the Day! At first I wasn’t sure what I was dealing with but another designer I know highly...
read moreWonky Photoshop CS5 Linespaces
I’ve been having some really weird issues with Photoshop lately. I’ll be laying out some sample body copy and hit the enter key to start a new paragraph and the space between lines is HUGE. I check my leading and it’s at alright 12pt font 16pt leading. So the spacing should be fine. Well, I had the issue for a few days and it was really starting to tick me off. What was causing the line height to be all wonky. I tried to correct the issue pulling the line height waaaaaaay back to like 0.01pt which kinda made it...
read moreDesigner Style Free Icon Set
There’s an artist over on DeviantArt that has totally nailed creating icons. His icons are masterpieces, they really are. Feel free to visit him and check out more of his work here: http://svengraph.deviantart.com/ Click To Download Icon...
read moreInstall Adobe CS on Several PCs
So you’ve just bought the latest version of Adobe CS5, perhaps its the designer suite and you’ve installed it on your desktop computer and you think. Hey I wish I could install this on my Laptop too. I could work on some image editing down at the coffee shop and look all suave and designer guy-ish and pick up chicks with my Photoshop skills. But how do I do that without getting the Activation problems from Adobe. I mean you bought the software you just want to use it on several of your machines. Its not like your handing...
read moreRoyalty of Retro Illustration
As you can see by the surroundings here I’m a devotee of a style and design that is nostalgic if not in an era of rebirth.The illustrative stylings of the 40′s and 50′s are simply beautiful to me.And over the years I’ve clung on to some artists that really have mastered the genre.This article is about paying homage to the artisans that I hold in great esteem. Warning Due to the nature of some of these artists favorite subject matter some of these may not be safe for work, you’ve been advised. Shane Glines Brian...
read moreStock Photo Freebie
The good folks over at istockphoto.com are giving away another stock photo for FREE.They’re a jolly good bunch of folks over there aren’t they. Check out this really cute pooch. Cute Pooch
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