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As a graphic designer, you’ve probably designed at least a few infographics for your clients – or even for fun. You can create (and sell) infographics for any topic or industry, which means infographics can be a lucrative source of income. Some designers make a full-time living designing infographics alone. And while infographics always require the talents of a graphic designer, how many infographics have you seen that feature graphic designers? The following 10 awesome infographics were made by graphic designers, for graphic designers. Follow the links to view the full infographics. Enjoy! 1. Learn what different colors represent and what emotions they stir, and when and how to use them in your own designs. 2.
This infographic serves as a quick reference for the basic elements of design, complete with tips for how and why each should be considered when creating any design. 3. 4. Want to be a better, more successful, more inspired graphic designer? 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. By Glantz Design. 50 Beautiful Color Palettes for Your Next Web Project. Choosing the right color scheme is essential to your website’s success. Your layout and other design choices — including font — should be developed in concert with your color scheme, which can ensure readability, cohesiveness, and beauty in the final product. Unfortunately, making that choice or creating a color palette from scratch can be quite the challenge. That’s why for today’s post I’ve put together a collection of 50 beautiful color palettes that are ready to use for your next web project.
If you like these, check out another 24 palettes I’ve recently rounded up. Getting the Most Out of This Post Before diving into the color palettes I’ve collected, I want to mention a few tools that can help you get the most out of this post. Colorzilla for Chrome/Firefox and ColorPick Eyedropper for Chrome are free tools that will help you capture the data (such as hex codes) that you will need to start experimenting with these palettes. Editor’s Note: Want to make your own palettes even better? How to cite references in a web article. So you've written an article for the web. Maybe it's on your blog, maybe it's for some kind of awesome webzine. You googled around a bit to find out information for your article. Maybe you grabbed a creative commons photo from flickr. Being the conscientious person you are, you want to make sure that you give credit where credit is due. Here are a few easy tips to help you cite, reference and link all your creative sources.
Hyperlinks and inline citations If you can link to it, do it. Scenario 1: You're writing an article comparing eReaders. I love the Amazon Kindle Fire, but the Nook is a little too booky. Scenario 2: You read an article somewhere that inspired you to write a passionate response. Liz Dwyer believes that "supporting your local library is honoring Ray Bradbury. " Scenario 3: You found a creative commons photo that you're free to use as long as you give the author credit (don't even think of just grabbing a photo from just anywhere) and want to place it in your article. 3)