As a graphic designer, I love type! Here's a round-up of the best typographic games. They're a pleasant way to spend time. You'll find yourself exploring kerning, font-shaping, font pairing, testing your identification skills, and even exploring the history of famous fonts. Enjoy!
Explore examples of websites using modal pop-ups for their mega menus on desktop views.
Brand's logotypes used to be known for their unique flourishes; these unexpected touches added distinction to a brand's wordmark. Now, brands are moving towards minimalism, simplification, and optimization in digital contexts. Here's a collection of big brands using extremely generic typefaces as their current wordmarks.
This post includes How-To videos that I use when I'm teaching beginner undergraduate Graphic Design students about Color. The Illustrator Color Wheel uses the HSB color mode and Live Paint Bucket tool. The Photoshop Color Wheel uses an RGB additive technique the brush tool. Enjoy! Happy Designing!
Today, I was trying to follow instructions from Apple on how to Screen Record on my iPhone. The instructions said to open my Control Center. I didn't know what Apple considers my Control Center. In case this is you too, here's a quick description and instructions for customizing and accessing your iPhone's Control Center.
Ever had a PhotoShop file with many, many layers and wished there was an easy way to find the named layer you're looking for? Well, there is! Adobe Photoshop allows you to search for layers by name, search for layers by kind, search for layers by effect, search for layers by mode, search for layers by attribute, search for layers by color, search for layers by smart object, search for layers by...
Submitting sitemaps via Google Search Console is an important step in ensuring your website is listed in Google search results. Sometimes, a sitemap that you know is valid and fetchable doesn't work in Google Search Console. In this case (which is likely a bug on Google's side) try this trick.
If you found this post, then you likely host a website using Tumblr. If your Tumblr theme is older, then broken tag links are something that probably started occurring on your site around October 2021. Read on to discover the simple fix.
Learning the nuances of the Illustrator pen tool takes time and practice. Many years ago, I found an exercise created by Belgian-based web/graphic designer, Veerle. I've often used her exercise as an in-class project for my beginner design students. This post shares tips and provides videos of completing this beginner pen tool exercise.
This post is based on the skills and exercises I teach my beginner design students during a project where we make two-letter logotypes using our initials. Watch videos and get how-to tips for making your own initial/monogram logo.