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Design Behind the St. Louis Zoo

Design Behind the St. Louis Zoo

September 22, 2011 No Comments

The St. Louis Zoo has so many great aspects. It is free to the public, has a wide variety of animals and attractions for visitor entertainment and the things they do sell there are pretty affordable. However, although all of those aspects are what has shaped the St. Louis Zoo to be one of the ...

What’s Good About Bleeding

What’s Good About Bleeding

September 16, 2011 No Comments

A fellow designer and I just finished designing a magazine for the September/October 2011 issue, and I have to say, I learned a lot after having the opportunity to be a part of the final product. Before this issue, I had just designed spreads and ads and handed it over to get prepared for print, ...

Design Tips—Designs With Black

Design Tips—Designs With Black

August 27, 2011 No Comments

No matter what level of a designer you are, there is always more to learn on the road to perfecting your craft. One area that will be valuable to you when getting ready to print, it using blacks in your design and understanding how to determine what the printed result will look like. Read on ...

CSS3: Animations

CSS3: Animations

August 19, 2011 2 Comments

Something new I just found out is that apparently CSS3 is capable of doing animations. Since CSS3 isn’t exactly standard in all browsers, it makes sense that we wouldn’t see this feature anywhere. I still get surprised when I see rounded borders on divs, as it’s just not standard yet. So about this animation feature, ...

Must-Knows of Color

Must-Knows of Color

August 15, 2011 No Comments

Many designers would say that color and typography remain the two most important elements in one’s designs. Thus, I think it’s safe to say, we can all agree that even the most minor color glitch can make or break a design. So whether you are designing a website, creating an ad or poster or even ...

Leafy Tips: Eco‐friendly hair dye?

Leafy Tips: Eco‐friendly hair dye?

March 3, 2011 No Comments

Cheap and friendly ways to change your looks! Many people will tell you that hair dyes can severely damage your hair, so that made me think, why would you put all of these harsh chemicls in your hair, and even worse, imagine what it could do to the environment! Well after reasearching some information, I ...

Parents turning to tattoos for help

  Parents are turning to “SafetyTat” for help. Kids wonder off and don’t always pay attention to their surroundings....

Get with it! Apps you should download

  If you are anything like me, you constantly look for ways that you can fully utilize your smart...

The Eco.. err I mean Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is considered arguably the most highly anticipated sporting event of the year. Even more so for...

Society6 – You make the art, they do the rest!

  Do you have tons of art that you would love to sell but you have no time or...

Green Logos: Simple Design, Complex Meaning

  Recently, I was working for an eco friendly logo design company. I feel that I have little difficultly...

Client Showcase: JH Exteriors

  Recently we have had the pleasure of working with a new up and coming construction company called JH...

Getting Under the Skin

  There has been talk about future technology and what it will being us: robots, cars driving themselves, phones...

How to Sell Great Creative

  How to sell great creative First off, you have to be able to develop great creative. And what...

Green Diners Unite!

Let it be known to the local restaurants that a challenge has been issued. This challenge is a challenge...

Teefury: Tee Today, Gone Tomorrow

If you’ve surfed the internet at least once in your life, then you’ve probably stumbled across one of the...