When you first come across a new design where does your eye go? What’s the first thing you see on the page? Where in the design is your attention drawn? The answer to all three questions is one of dominance.
Dominance through emphasis of one or more particular elements creates a focal point in your design. It’s where most people will [...]

I am giving away ad spots on my blog this month and your ad will be up till the end of February! The spots are 125×125 and will be given away to the first 4 commenters below. I’d appreciate some feedback on making the blog better or what I should post on in the future.
Thanks all for reading and following [...]

Here is a slick list of several keystroke shortcuts to use when making a post in Wordpress. This saves you a whole lot of time, especially if you post every day. With these simple keystroke shortcuts you can cut at least an hour a day out of posting. Hope these help and if you know any more leave them in [...]

One thing we have no shortage of these days is stuff. We have so much stuff that I’m not really sure where we’re going to get the room to keep buying all the new stuff that we seem to be constantly on the hunt for. And I can’t judge; I’m just as bad. I always want to buy something. But [...]

We’re all creative, there’s no doubt about that. Nobody is born without creative tendencies and abilities; it’s just that some people are better at putting their ideas on paper and relaying them to other people. A lot of it is to do with confidence. If you’re confident that your ideas are great, other people will think so too!
Freelancers in the [...]

It is nearly a month since the beginning of the new year and Wordpress developers created some great premium wordpress themes for us.The search for Wordpress themes is never ending and developers know that.
Now,why to choose a premium wordpress theme?If you want an eye-catching wordpress layout or something unique or perfectly coded to render with all browsers or something of [...]

Lighting effects are often used in modern web design to give a site an interesting and different look and feel. There is something about strong lights and colours – used right the combination will catch our attention and affect our emotions in certain ways. Skilled designers know this and use it. Light effects are typically used on dark designs as [...]

Heather Hermann, aka Calliope at DA, is a 21 years old Costume/Character Illustrative Designer and Conceptual Artist, Actress/Model and Professional Dancer that currently lives in Las Vegas, NV. Heather attended the Las Vegas Academy and graduated with a diploma in AP Visual Arts and Photography. She also has been a dancer for fifteen years, professionally for nine. Was a principle [...]

As graphic designers we are asked day in and day out to be creative, be original, and be knowledgeable. Our ideas can go anywhere from impressing a few fellow classmates to greatly increasing the revenue of a local/national establishment. Yet, how do we develop into a successful designer in the first place? Additionally, how do we stay on top of [...]

Last week I went into the details of creating a Facebook page for you brand and now I’m going to go into the apps you can use to customize the look and feel of your brands page to stand out from the crowd. There are quite a few useful apps that utilize RSS, tweets, feeds, etc… but these are the [...]

I decided to build a business page for my new design blog on Facebook today and realized it is simply “difficult”. After about an hour of customizing this and that I finally got the hang of it and decided there should be a simple guide published for others trying to create a Facebook business page. Well here is my attempt [...]

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.
Download the newest version of Jquery for use with these plugins here.

MOPSLIDER 2.5

Mop Slider is a revolving image gallery plugin with functionality for auto-rotation or user-rotation.

Vegetables, what can I say? They are good for you. You should eat vegetables everyday. Etc…
But have you ever stopped to look at the beauty in vegetables? There are vibrant colors and rich textures on the surface in every variety you can think of. Reds, greens, blues, smooth, rough and rigid. The sky is the limit when it comes to [...]

Usability is key for your readership. Here are some tips to keep you on track with keeping your blog in order. Let me know which ones you liked in the comments section. Thanks!

Tip 1 – Ask for comments.
It is key to ask for comments in your posts. How often do readers just scan through your post and bounce? If you [...]

Every graphic designer needs his resources and in this post I have compiled my favorite places online to download free vector graphics. As you know, vectors make designing large posters a snap due to the fact that they don’t pixelate when you blow them up. Not everyone has the time to design every vector they are going to use in [...]