Archive for December, 2009
50 Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory
Want or need a crash course on everything design from typography to color theory to layouts and grid? Here is a great starting place: 50 Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory.
Excerpts:
10. Master Web Typography: 8 Detailed Typography Tips for the Web: “One of the most under–rated elements of beautiful Web design is the subtle art [...]
Tokyo and Munich’s Olympic Pictograms
For further fun and reference, here are the Tokyo (‘64) and Munich (‘72) Olympic Pictograms.
2012 Olympic Pictograms
Each Olympic host city gets the privilege of redesigning the pictographs of the various Olympic sports. London released their pictographs for the 2012 Olympic Games. Here they are:
Versions One and Two:
Compared to Beijing’s:
(ht We Made This)
Snow Leopard Mac OS X Desktop Wallpaper
Here is a Snow Leopard Mac OS X wallpaper I designed for fun. Feel free to download, use, and share. Enjoy! (click image to enlarge to 1920 x 1200)
Photoshop Tip: Any Color from Anywhere
In Photoshop, you can select any color from anywhere on your visible desktop.
[1] Choose the Eyedropper too.
[2] Click-n-hold anywhere within your Photoshop document.
[3] While still holding the click, drag the Eyedropper tool onto the color/object you’d like to sample.
[4] Unclick.
Wala! Color selected.
Photoshop Tip: Quick Opacity
Here is a quick opacity keyboard shortcut within Photoshop:
[1] Select a layer in your layers pallet.
[2] Now press a number on your keyboard to change the opacity of that layer. For instance, if you press 4 then the opacity of that layer will be set to 40%.
[3] Pressing two numbers in quick sequence will set [...]
Parliament Design Studio and Envy
Our design environment can have a big impact on our creative mood and outlook. When I see a studio like Parliament Design’s, I must admit, the sixth deadly sin sets in. (ht The Best Parts)
