Archive for December, 2008
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Don’t Forget To Recharge Your Batteries
The holiday season can be stressful. Clients want all their work done before Christmas, snow slows everyone down, holiday shopping can be a nightmare with tons of people at malls, and being around relatives can be….well…interesting to say the least. How the heck do you not keel over from stress?
6 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design, design ethics by Niki Brown
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Quick Tip #6 – Photoshop – New Layers Via Copy
This quicktip covers a realllllly handy shortcut to create a new layers quickly in photoshop. Apple + J FTW!!! Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
13 Comments » - Posted in All Things Apple, Graphic Design, Screencasts, Tutorials, Web 2.OH, design by Niki Brown
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Design Community Twitter Hours
This Thursday (Dec 18th) 6-8 pm est I will be co-hosting Design Community Twitter Hours ( #DCTH ) along with Chad Engle. What is this DCTH non-sense? Its a weekly time period where you can get answers to your design related questions via twitter.
6 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Package Design, Web 2.OH, Web Design, design, illustration, technology by Niki Brown
Monday, December 15th, 2008
10 Questions For Adelle From Fuel Your Creatvity
I got a chance to virtually sit down with Adelle Charles who runs the graphic design blog Fuel Your Creativity this week. She shares her insights and thoughts on fonts, design inspiration and bananas. Enjoy!
13 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Interviews, Web 2.OH, Web Design, design by Niki Brown
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Quick Tip #5 – Converting Anchor Points In Illustrator
This tip covers how to convert an anchor point while drawing a line – without having to select the pen tool again! Woo! Thanks to @paddydonnelly and @cmdshiftdesign for the idea for this quicktip.
9 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Screencasts, Tutorials, Web 2.OH, design, illustration by Niki Brown
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Quick Tip #4 – Illustrator Patterns
In todays quick tip I go over how to create a simple polkadot pattern that does not involve copying and pasting a million times. I know these videos are simple, but unless you watch someone go over these things its hard to know about the features! Leave a comment and let me know [...]
