Logo Tutorial #4: Be Fontastic!
Some of the liberties we're allowed in logo design stem from the fact that we're including the company name along with the imagery. The big boys like Nike and Apple can get away with just an icon. Your...
View ArticleHow to Make a Bad Photo Look Good
Between my wife and me, we have a number of small businesses and ventures. And as a graphic designer and web developer, I'm able to promote these ventures effectively while spending little money. It's...
View ArticleHow to Type Accents and Special Characters on a Mac
Let's start with the obvious. There are more characters than keys on a keyboard. We're all familiar with the shift key, which allows multiple characters to be accessible via one button. But again, that...
View ArticleLogo Tutorial #5: Black & White
Blueprints have been used by architects, engineers, and many areas of industry since the 19th century. They provide information detailing how a structure or object needs to be assembled. As we usually...
View ArticleLogo Tutorial #6: Single Concept
We love to overthink our logos. They're very important, and they do deserve a lot of thought. But we like results. We feel like the amount of thought and time we put into something needs to be apparent...
View ArticleLogo Tutorial #7: Never Clever
You get an idea stuck in your head. It's an interesting idea. It's a clever twist on a concept, but can you make it work visually? You play around with it and it starts to come together (or so you...
View ArticleLogo Tutorial #8: One-Hit Blunder
People think alike. That's the whole premise behind the Family Feud game show. They survey one-hundred people and typically fifty percent of those surveyed will respond with one of the top two answers....
View ArticleLogo Tutorial #9: Client Headaches
As this logo design series winds down, we now make the jump from discussing the design process to discussing communication and collaboration with your client. I say collaboration because they will play...
View ArticleLogo Tutorial #10: Forget Design
When it comes to logo design, the design itself isn't vital. "What?" you ask! "After writing nine posts in this series on logo design, you're going to end it by saying the design isn't important!?"...
View ArticleStarting a Design Business
The UPS guy was just here. I now hold in my hands new business cards for Piksl Design. Now in business for over ten years, this is the third iteration of Piksl's cards. When the business celebrated its...
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