Black Friday Designer Deals

fun — by Shannon on November 27, 2009

The thing on (most) everyone’s mind today, is BLACK FRIDAY! And I know I certainly can’t resist a good deal. So I’ve compiled my shopping list and scoured the internet for good deals, since you certainly don’t want to brave the crowds to get those deals in the stores today…

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Mac Mall: 1TB External Hard drive: $59.99 (with mail-in rebate)
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Six Revisions Post: How to Design a Band Website Layout in Photoshop

tutorials — by Shannon on November 19, 2009

Six Revisions is a great blog with useful information for designers and developers. My first blog post as a guest author there was published today: How to Design a Band Website Layout in Photoshop. The in-depth tutorial takes you through the process of building a band website in Photoshop step-by-step, just as the title suggests! It was great fun designing the layout and the tutorial is packed full of Photoshop stuff. Check it out at sixrevisions.com.


Apple. Is. Awesome.

fun — by Shannon on November 12, 2009

We’ve all seen the “Get a mac” Apple commercials out these days, haven’t we? They’ve been running since 2006, can you believe it? I firmly believe the people behind these commercials are genius. The simple, minimalist commercials in full Apple-glory are not only hilarious but they point out PC flaws without remorse and without saying sorry. They say it loud and proud, Apple is awesome.

I’m a complete Apple fangirl and I whole-heartedly love all of these commercials. Here are a few good ones for you to enjoy today.

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Conquering Photoshop: Tips, Tricks and Tutorials for Beginners

web design — by Shannon on November 6, 2009

The majority of our clients are hooked up with a content management system, giving them the flexibility of editing content themselves. They enjoy not only tweaking text, but adding photos and updating pages so that content doesn’t get stale. The problem is photos need to be retouched, cropped, resized, etc. This creates the need for a graphic program, and although there are many alternatives out there, Photoshop remains at the top of my recommendation list.

As I’ve mentioned before, Photoshop isn’t the easiest program to learn but it gives users the flexibility and power to do just about anything they want with images. I’ve compiled a list of tips and tricks as well as some helpful tutorials that beginners should find extremely helpful in their quest to conquer Adobe Photoshop! read more