Design - Monday, October 6, 2008 19:38 - 0 Comments

Top 5 Terms You Don’t Know for T-Shirt Printing

Pretty arrogant title, right? With graphic design and t-shirt printing going hand in hand these days, you possibly know a few of these terms. We think it’s important that we go over them as an introduction or possibly a refresher. The more terms and knowledge you put in your designer toolbox, the better you will be when it comes to designing your own promotional t-shirts or working with a client.

Now I am not saying t-shirt printers are shady (I am a printer myself), but knowing the lingo will make sure no corners are cut and your t-shirts will come out looking great. Here goes:

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Design, Tutorials - Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:00 - 1 Comment

Character Design Tutorial: The Oh My’s

Some of the most fun illustration work you can do involves creating characters.

In this Illustrator tutorial we will be creating a small family of characters call The Oh My’s. I encourage you to play with the sizes, shapes, and colors to design your own unique characters and then post your designs to the Designerside Flickr group.

I’m using Adobe Illustrator CS3 but pretty much any version of Illustrator (or any vector application for that matter) should be able to accomplish all of these steps.
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Design, Inspiration - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:00 - 5 Comments

20 Inspirational Logo Designs

Logos can be some of the hardest things to design both because of what they need to accomplish (representing an entire company) and what they need to accomplish in such a small amount of space.

When designing a logo if you are getting stumped it can be good to flip through some other logos to get some inspiration.

Below are 20 different logos to help get your creative wheels turning.
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Design, Tutorials - Friday, August 1, 2008 13:18 - 12 Comments

Create A Set Of Glowing Rings

In this tutorial we will be making use of some different light effects to create a really cool set of glowing rings.

If you like this tutorial, you should definitely check out our rundown of 20 Amazing Photoshop Light Effects to continue to get your fix of this sort of thing.

As with any tutorial, be sure to following the directions initially but always go back and try it again using your own flair and ideas. The goal here is for you to learn a new technique that you can make your own.
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Design, Resources - Monday, July 28, 2008 8:00 - 1 Comment

25 Color Scheme Resources

Having a solid color scheme is one of the best ways to make sure your design gets off on the right foot. It also can be one of the hardest things to do time and time again.

Over the years I’ve found the resources below to be an invaluable way to get some inspiration and ideas.

So take a look through these 25 different color scheme resources and find one that works best for your workflow. These resources cover everything from color scheme creation to entire social networks built around color schemes.
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