Archive for December, 2007

Bedtime Stories Comforter

This cleverly designed concept comforter has a traditional bedtime story written on it in a large font size. Each page adds a layer of warmth over your body and by the time you are done with the story you will be ready to count sheep under your comfy and warm bedtime comforter! I just wish I knew what the story was! Anyone have exceptional vision?

Bedtime Stories Comforter – www.platform10.co.uk

How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer

The new eBook “How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer” is a general guide to freelancing that covers many important topics such as your brand, getting your first jobs, clients, getting paid, marketing yourself and much more. This book would be great for anyone looking to work from home, no matter what area of business you are in. The books is written by Collis & Cyan Ta’eed – the founders of the website freelanceswitch.com.

Graphic Design Portfolio – Emil Kozak

Emil Kozak is a graphic designer from Barcelona, Spain with a passion for design and skateboarding. He was inspired by skateboard-art at an early age and soon began experimenting with graphic design. Today he creates a variety of great work on a regular basis for many clients such as ELEMENT, Streetmahcine, VANS and more.

Photoshop Abuse?

So I was on a website recently and I happened to see this advertisement for some sort of skin care product. As a designer I’m pretty used to noticing how overly Photoshopped people’s images are on certain magazine covers, but this advertisement really seemed over the top to me. I believe this is false advertising and I think its a shame people abuse Photoshop in this way to promote products.

The Ultimate Guide to Designing Your Own Custom T-Shirts

Outlined by Gino Orlandi, Written by Jessica Stockdale

The custom printed T-shirt business is mega-huge. If you want to talk about the benefits, we’ll be here all day. But a few of them include being able to use readily available templates, having tons of sites online to choose from to submit your designs, being able to express yourself creatively and show off your talent (you know you want to do that!), and it’s not a full time job, but it’s a great way to make some extra income.

Outlaw Design Blog Interview

Outlaw Design Blog asked me to do an short interview for their website, so if you guys are interested in checking out my answers to their questions please feel free to read the interview. Thanks!

Outlaw Design Blog Interview – Gino Orlandi

2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards

The 2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards are upon us! Students from around the world will compete in 12 categories in 3 media areas for over $60k in cash prizes! The contest is open to students in more then 30 countries and the prizes include a trip to New York City and cash money!

Free Stripe Generator

This great free stripe generator has pretty much every option you could possibly need to create the perfect stripe patterns for your design projects. They have many adjustment options such as stripe size, stripe spacing, color, stripe orientation and even shadows!

30 Delightful Graphic Design Books

Outlined by Gino Orlandi, Written by Jessica Stockdale

I have probed the web for the most highly recommended and best-selling graphic design related books that can inspire and help you as a graphic designer. These books cover many areas of design, including typography, color theory, layout, design theory, web design, business and even search engine optimization and marketing for designers.

Graphic Design Portfolio – Nik Ainley

Nik Ainley is an incredible illustrator and digital artist. Nik Ainley taught himself Photoshop while working towards a degree in physics at Imperial College London and since then he has become a full time designer. His artwork has been featured in many major magazines and Nik Ainley was listed as one of the “Top 10 up-and-Coming Creative Talents of 2006″ by Computer Arts magazine, and also the “Computer Arts Artist of the Moment”.

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