February 12, 2013
Be Your Brand is an up-and-coming local company that specializes in promotional products for other businesses. It was very important that the logo reflect not just the business but also the team’s unique, fun and quirky attitude. Since the company wanted an icon for their logo, we played around with the idea of using a ...
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January 27, 2013
In September I designed a custom website for American Patriot Products, a site that will feature various products with Republican images and slogans as well as RSS feeds and blogs pertaining to relevant political news. Putting my personal political views aside, (sorry Jay!) I set out to create some really beautiful and functional work. ...
July 29, 2012
The color wheel, primary and secondary colors, and warm and cool colors have all been terms utilized by visual artists since the late 18th century. Since then, color theory has remained an important aspect of visual representation, and has only become more significant as graphic design hit mainstream. Beginning with Isaac Newton’s controversial theory ...
July 19, 2012
Creating a magazine is an incredibly daunting task – especially if you have never done it before. That was the place I found myself in quite recently when starting work on the summer issue of Yoga & Spa magazine. Sure, designing an ad or a single article that gets placed in a magazine is one ...
May 20, 2012
Rachel Birdsell is one interesting artist. She has an incredibly unique sense of humor and it shows in her found art projects. It can be said that Rachel is a huge contributor to environmental awareness, keeping loads of objects from ever reaching the landfill and turning them into art. She tries to give homes ...
April 28, 2012
Although graphic design is slowly being recognized as an integral part of any user experience, many professions still seem ignorant to the way graphic design and its basic underlying principles can benefit them. So today I’m going to apply some basic graphic design principles to a different, but related industry. The industry I’m going ...
April 24, 2012
Every office has one. The obnoxious co-worker that absolutely no one can stand, not even your boss. While we all might rag on this person, have you ever sat down and thought to yourself, “Do I ever do the horrifying things this disliked co-worker does?” Well TriLeaf friends, I am here to point out ...
April 21, 2012
So I am originally from a small town inMinnesota; The land of 10,000 lakes and my home. I graduated from Minnesota State University-Mankato and I was looking to gain experience in the field of graphic design. That’s where TriLeaf Designs came into my life. I came toSt. Louisfor a great opportunity as ...
April 20, 2012
Hey folks, today I want to talk to you about making your voice heard. The sad truth of our industry is that we are all narcissists. However, like many career paths, we all start at the bottom. It can be very frustrating for a young designer to have their work completely overhauled ...
April 8, 2012
Depthcore collects art from around the globe in categories such as illustration, photography, animation and audio, with its biggest concentration on modern digital art. Their main goal is to help all artists push the boundaries of what the world knows about fine digital art. The unique feature about this site is what they call their ...
