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16 tips to improve as a graphic designer

16 tips to improve as a graphic designer
Graphic design is a field that is quickly changing, both creatively and technically, and while it is easy to get caught up in learning new technical skills, it is just as important to focus improving and pushing the limits of our creativity. While in design school, it was easy to surround myself with inspiration and engage in activities that helped my understanding of effective design. Once I graduated I feared losing it, since I was no longer surrounded by a learning environment. I made it a point to continue educating myself as much as possible and become more active in the field of design. I was determined not to let my designs grow stagnant, but rather transgress and improve with time. Become a collector Each time you see a design that inspires you, collect it, bring it home and file it away. Buy books Having an extensive book collection is always essential to learning. Read design-related blogs Start a design blog Join and be active in the design community Take lots of photos Travel

When you talk too much for Twitter 123 Inspiration 50 Creative Business Cards of 50 Graphic Designers | The Design Last week’s post requested all designers and web developers interested to submit their creative business cards for an upcoming post on TDC…. and this week we have the results! 50 beautiful business cards of graphic and web designers. Chris Colhoun Eric | MindFlame Design & Marketing Aaron Irizarry Joanna Klima Indeed Design Victor Konovalov Sergej Melissen | Accentuate Chris Fenison | Pediment Publishing Aaron Miller Andy Owen | Paradise Digital, Inc. Louis Gubitosi | Interactive Blend Colin Wright | Colin Is My Name Antonea Nabors | VelveAnt Lee Munroe | Lookaly Alex ElChehimi | Spicydesign.ca Andrew Regalado | MWW Designs Inc. Greg Wallace Seth Stevenson | ImSethStevenson Daisy Rizzo | Ignertia Jonathan Lackey | Zuno Studios Mark Poppen | Poppen Design Irene Demetri | Youandigraphics Matt Olsen | Matt J. John Leschinski Josh Cunningham Dragos M | DVisionDesign Acedro Todd | Big Love Creative Agency David Gheorghita Andrew Slifkin | BLVD Design Studio Prescott Perez-Fox Isablah Scott McClelland Jean Ming Emily Lozano

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Create your website in Dreamweaver Part 4 on How to Create a Web site with Photoshop and Dreamweaver Learn how to create a website in Dreamweaver. Your layout design is in Photoshop. This tutorial is part of a 4 page tutorial on how to create a simple web site using Photoshop. Tutorial 1 : Creating a unique website header Tutorial 2 : Designing your website layout in Photoshop Tutorial 3 : Slicing your layout in Photoshop Tutorial 4 : Creating your web site in Dreamweaver Let's get started with creating your website in Dreamweaver. Open Dreamweaver. For the thin line effect in Dreamweaver, keep your cursor in the second row and set the height 1 pixel and insert a spacer by choosing it from your images folder (Insert/Image). Please Like, Tweet, Share or Comment on this page if you found this tutorial/resource useful! No portion of these materials may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever, without the express written consent of Entheos.

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Meet People Live in Voice and Video Online Speed Dating Sessions Free twitter themes | TwitterGallery.com Hahlo 3.1 I’m a little bit sad today. Twitter has today turned off v1.0 of their API. As a result of this my mobile twitter client, Hahlo, has also ceased to work just short of its 6th anniversary. Six years is a long time in the web world, I know a lot of things now that I wish I’d known back then - sure would have made many things a lot easier. Twitter has changed a lot in that time, as have the capabilities of the browsers and devices being developed for. So, why is Hahlo dead? Basically, Twitter have turned the old version of the API off which, as you can probably work out for yourself, means it no longer works. When they originally announced the plans for the v1.0 API retirement I investigated ‘upgrading’ Hahlo to use v1.1 of the API, but the changeover would have required much more than a simple find ‘1.0’ replace with ‘1.1’. The beginning, the challenge. The original concept, back when it was iTweetr. Hahlo comes from a time before native apps were even an option. Some numbers. Lots of usage.

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