Archive for January, 2009

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Quick Tip #13 Paragraph Styles in InDesign

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In this quick tip we cover setting up paragraph styles for quick test formatting. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

4 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Screencasts, Tutorials, design by Niki Brown

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

An Adventure In Package Design

I just finished up a project that involved designing for packaging.  I’m primarily a web designer so switching gears to print design was interesting to say the least.  Check out these tips and tricks that I picked up during the process.

4 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Package Design, Web 2.OH, design, illustration by Niki Brown

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Quick Tip #12 Animated Masking In Flash

This quicktip covers a simple masking method with animation in flash. Click read more for the lo-fi version. Leave a comment and let me know if you have any other suggestions for quick tips!

3 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Screencasts, Tutorials, Web 2.OH, Web Design, design by Niki Brown

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Free Business Cards, Postcards, And Canvas Prints Oh My!

I’m sure that my graphic design readers out there have used online printers before. Quick turn around, great pricing, and good quality. Uprinting and Bizcard.com have given me the opportunity to give away some cool stuff on The Design O’ Blog. All you have to do is leave a comment and let me know [...]

77 Comments » - Posted in Free, Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design by Niki Brown

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Do You Hate Helvetica?

I got a chance to interview VinneyT on his hatred for Helvetica. Yes…thats right. This guy hates helvetica!!! Click read more to find out why!!!

33 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design, design ethics, funny, type by Niki Brown

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Quick Tip #11 Keep On Scrollin!

Scrollin…..scrollin….scrolling on the internet river… Hmmm ok nevermind. This quick tip is just something cool I discovered in FF and Safari. Hit spacebar and watch your page scroll down screen by screen. Hit Shift+Spacebar and go back up! Woo! Simple and cool.
Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

11 Comments » - Posted in Screencasts, Tutorials by Niki Brown