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Jessica Hische

Jessica Hische
About the Site Designing and building my own website over and over again has been one of the main ways I’ve been able to teach myself HTML markup, CSS, PHP, and a bit of jquery. I tend to revamp my site every year or so and this latest iteration is definitely my favorite! I rebuilt my site from the ground up with a folder based CMS called Kirby made by the brilliant Bastian Allgeier and recommended to me by Maykel Loomens. Russ, my wonderful husband, has been insanely helpful over the years (begrudgingly) tutoring me in php and javascript so I have to give him credit for helping me figure things out when I couldn’t quite get something to work. The fonts used are Whitney and Mercury by the amazing H&FJ—many thanks to them for allowing me to be an early beta-tester!

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So you want to create a font. Part 1 By Alec Julien So you’re a brilliant designer, a master calligrapher, and you’ve learned all about serifs, side-bearings, and kerning. Now you want to create your own font. (What! You haven’t learned all about serifs, side-bearings, and kerning? Well, make sure you read all of the articles on iLT before you embark on font creation! Remake / Submissions I will be updating this post with all the submissions to our “Remake” project. Check back here to see work as it comes in and make sure yours is added! Full details about this project are here. “Composition With Red, Blue and Yellow” remake by Katie Jackson “Composition With Red, Blue and Yellow” by Mondrian

9 Amazing Type Designers to Inspire You Type design is a growing field these days, from beautiful labels for beer and coffee to custom typography, type designers have a lot to work with. In this post we feature some of the top type designers from around the world. Some are amazing new type designers, others have been around for a while. They are the creators of beautiful logos, awesome labels, and creative typographic layouts. Some have been featured in typography magazines, major news publications, & adobe forums across the world.

Neil Watson Have a look at the showcase of Neil Watson personal creative work and commercial commissions over the last 8 years working in retail, luxury and fashion. BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 (2011) : Irina Werning - Photographer Now its time for KOREA, TAIWAN AND TOKYO. If you live here and want to participate in my project, email me amazing old pictures to : backtothefuturepics@gmail.com Riff Raff 1976 & 2011 London 10 Inspirational Typography Posters Typography should inspire. Motivate one to create. Shine a light to a dark corner and uplift a broken spirit. I hope these designs inspire you in your next project or assignment. “As the saying goes, type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters.”

25 Christmas Inspired Free Fonts Resources November 30, 2012 Hello creatives! December is officially on so the most celebrated time of the year in most countries is just a few days to go. For designers and creatives, Christmas is not just a season for giving and a moment to spend time with loved ones but also a nice opportunity for possible design projects for the holidays. So today in You The Designer, we give you a nice collection of 25 free fonts just perfect for those Christmas themed designs you might be working on.

Alan Kitching Alan Kitching is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. Alan Kitching is renowned for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in creating visuals for commissions and his own limited edition prints. Alan Kitching has had solo shows in London and Barcelona, and contributed to various group exhibitions including the Pompidou Centre Paris, the British Library and the Barbican Art Gallery London. In 1994 Alan Kitching was appointed Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) and elected member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI).

How much to charge for design work? Posted on 26'09 Feb Posted on February 26, 2009 along with 98 JUST™ Creative Comments Often I get asked this question via email, facebook or twitter about how to price yourself as a designer. The usual phrase goes something along the lines of “how much should I charge for” … web design, graphic design, logo design, etc. In reply, I usually send them off to Freelance Switch’s pricing yourself section (they removed it) and / or refer them to my article on the fast, good, cheap pricing method however I have come across a few other valuable resources: Danny Outlaw suggests to ask yourself 10 Questions when pricing yourself: What services am I pricing? Web Design Trends in 2013 The past few years have seen a tremendous shift in the way developers are building websites. More users have switched onto mobile platforms, along with newer browsers which support HTML5/CSS3 web standards. There are so many unique ideas flowing out of the design community – it seems like new thresholds are being replaced every few months! In this article I would like to go over some of the most recent trends we have seen evolving. Many of these design ideas have been around for a long time.

Illustrator Tutorial: 3D Logo Prev • Tutorials • Next This tutorial will show you how to make a 3D gradient logo in minutes by using the Warp and 3D effects. It is great for making 3D graphics and icons. Download Source File Required: Illustrator CS2+ How much does logo design cost? Clients need to know. Designers, too. One client might think a designer is stalling by not sending an immediate quote, as if the designer wants to figure out how much is available. But the designer is by no means guaranteed the business, so it makes more sense to offer a quote as soon as possible. Thing is, no project is the same and every client differs.

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