A nearly perfect cereal box can be a designer’s best classroom. In this critique, I break down subtle alignment issues on the back of a Quaker Oatmeal Squares box and show how tiny adjustments—hanging punctuation, optical tweaks, centering, and type alignment—can take a layout from 95% to polished and intentional. Video and full transcript included.
Fix Photoshop’s “unknown or invalid JPEG marker” error fast. Learn why iPhone images mislabeled as JPEGs break and how to fix them on a Mac in minutes.
Ever created a beautiful PowerPoint pitch deck and thought, “This would make a great LinkedIn post”? In this tutorial, I show how I transformed one client deck into a swipeable LinkedIn carousel and an animated social video—using simple tools like PowerPoint, Canva, and a free video upscaler. It’s a fast, creative workflow for repurposing your design content across platforms.
Ever stretched a pattern in Illustrator and wondered why it looks distorted—or why it won’t move with your shape? Learn how to precisely align, scale, and reposition pattern fills using the Transform Patterns option and the tilde (~) key shortcut. Perfect for designers who want more control and cleaner results.
Learn how the DOM tree affects heading hierarchy in web design. Improve accessibility, SEO, and UX by mastering H1–H3 structure and real-word example of using Wix Studio effectively.
Copycat Design Series Have you ever wondered how designers bend and warp text perfectly into custom shapes—like the Pringles logo’s bowtie? In Illustrator, it feels like magic when you see it happen with just one click. But here’s the catch: not every logo plays so nicely. Take the Harley-Davidson badge, for example. The word MOTOR across the top isn’t something Illustrator can nail with a single...
Easily control your site's max width in Wix Studio with this quick tip. Learn how to set global and per-section width limits to keep your content clean and readable especially on large screens.
Learn how to change units in Photoshop, including pixels, inches, and millimeters. This beginner-friendly guide shows you where to update your measurement settings, how to fix mismatched units in the toolbar, and reveals a hidden Control-click (Mac) or right-click (PC) trick every designer should know.
Learn how to use Photoshop artboards like Illustrator to design and manage multi-format campaigns in one organized, print-ready file.
“This is fun—more fun than Squarespace!” A designer’s first experience using Wix Studio, from layout wins to little frustrations (like missing superscript!).