Archive for August, 2010
Photoshop CS5 Tip: Selecting Specific Sizes
Want to make a precise selection using the Photoshop Marquee tool, say 300 x 250 px? This brief tutorial show you how: Select the Marquee tool Up in options bar, select the style drop down menu entitled Normal and select Fixed Size (you can also select Fixed Ratio which will lock in a specific ratio [...]
Designa Thought: Good vs. Great Design
Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent. ~ Joe Sparano
Designa Thought: Smoke & Mirrors
Bad design is smoke, while good design is a mirror. ~ Juan-Carlos Fernàndez Toy Mirror By Ryan McElhinney, 2007 Made of recycled toys sprayed in polyurethane glass lacquer.
Designa Thought: Innovative Designers
The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong. ~ Marty Neumeier
Do Not Disturb: Bath and Body Product Design
This is a product design I created from concept to completion. Do Not Disturb bath and body products: It’s your body. Pamper it. The daily burdens of life weigh heavily on your body. Dryness. Cracking. Acne. Left uncared for your skin will rebel causing months of aging to turn into years. Yet life will not [...]
Adobe CS5 Illustrator—3D Mode for Mockups
I personally think that Adobe CS5 was the best upgrade Adobe has released in a number of years. Here is a 3D product mockup using Adobe Illustrator CS5. Quick. Easy. And very versatile.
Great Ad: Heinenken Gets Fresh
hehehehe. Sometimes a great beer ad can give me those junior high giggles. This witty advertisement from Heineken is one of those. A reminder that great ads draw from cultural symbols and allusions.
