DON’T MISS: The Best Design Articles from May 2008
Written by Jacob Cass on Monday, June 2, 2008 – 9:12 pm
As usual I round up the best design articles from around the web however as I leave in 4 days I am extremely busy trying to get everything sorted before my trip around Europe so instead of going through all of my feeds I have scoured the net for the best round up posts and combined them here on this page. The sources come from Vandelay Design, Noupe and Smashing Apps. This post will keep you very busy. Read more »
DON’T MISS: The Best Graphic Design Articles from April 2008
Written by Jacob Cass on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – 2:04 pm
As usual each month I round up the best graphic design articles from around the web and this month is no exception except only it has doubled in size. There is only one or two articles from a singular blog to ensure quality and differentiation!
Articles have been broken into categories:
- Personal Favourites
- Graphic Design
- Freelancing
- Tutorials
- Typography
- Web Design
- CSS
- Other
- Just Creative Design Posts
Just incase you missed them, here are the best articles from January, February or March 2008.
DON’T MISS: The Best Graphic Design Articles from March 2008
Written by Jacob Cass on Monday, March 31, 2008 – 1:27 pm
A list of the best graphic design articles from March 2008. They are sorted by category.
- Graphic Design
- Typography
- Freelancing
- Web Design
- Tutorials
- Photography
- Blogging
- Social Media
- More Best Of Links
- Other
You can check out January’s Best Graphic Design Articles or February’s Best Graphic Design Articles if you missed them.
Graphic Design
- 24 Graphic Design Articles from our $5000 Prize Giveaway Group Writing Project - from Just Creative Design
- Must Know Shortcut Keys for Designers - written by myself for You The Designer
- 10 Excellent Web & Graphic Designer’s Get Interviewed - from Vandelay Design
- The Secrets of Grunge Design - from Smashing Magazine
- International Poster Design Competition - from You The Designer
- What To Do With Dirty Money - from Freelance Folder
- Creating A Successful Online Portfolio - from Smashing Magazine
- Top 10 Places to Work as a Graphic Designer in the USA - written by myself for Outlaw Design Blog
- How and Where to get Paid Freelance Work While You’re Still A Design Student - from Just Creative Design
- 9 Insane Portfolio Designs to Make You Drool - from Freelance Switch
- The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black - from Blog.Spoon Graphics
- The Ultimate List of 45+ Adobe Photoshop Forums - from All Graphic Design
- How to Combine Colors & Choose Color Schemes - Part III - from All Graphic Design
Typography
- 60 Brilliant Typefaces For Corporate Design - from Smashing Magazine
- 101 Typography Resources for Web Designers - from Vandelay Design
- 30 Fonts that All Designer Must Own - from us here at Just Creative Design.
- What is a Font Flag? What is a Font Specimen Sheet? - from us here at Just Creative Design.
- Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography - from Inspiration Bit
- Showcase: Superb Examples of Slick sIFR Typography - from Alpha Blog Designs
Freelancing
- 28+ Freelance Job Sites - from Outlaw Design Blog
- Client Communication: The Most Important Part of Freelancing - from Wake Up Later
- 5 Reasons You Didn’t Get That Freelance Graphic Design Job - from You The Designer
- Trading the Hourly Rate for Task-Based Pay: Should You Do It? - from Freelance Switch
- Designers and Communication Skills: Why and How to Improve - from Vandelay Design
- How to Instantly Bump Your Income 25-50% With Cross-sells - From Freelance Switch
- 10 things you can learn from Gordon Ramsay about running a business - from Creative Briefing
- A Collection of Articles for How to Outline and Write a Business Plan for Freelancers Starting a Small Business - from All Freelance
Web Design
- The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (And Have Not) Changed - from Wake Up Later
- 30 Ways to Increase Website Traffic - from You The Designer
- 50 of the Best Church Website Designs - from Vandelay Design
- How to Completely Test Your Website - from Digital Inspiration
- Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques - from Smashing Magazine
Tutorials
- Tutorial: Using the Pathfinder and Align tool in Illustrator - from Veerles Blog
- Adobe Photoshop Video Tutorials - Best Of - from Smashing Magazine
- Create Spectacular Concept Art in Photoshop - from PSDTuts
- 45 Photoshop Tutorials for Better Navigation - from Vandelay Design
- Top GIMP Tutorial Sites - from Kristarella
- How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop - from Blog.Spoon Graphics
Photography
- 35 Fantastic HDR Pictures - from Smashing Magazine
- 56 Awe Inspiring Must See Creative Photographs - from Just Creative Design
- How to create HDR Photos - HDR/Photomatix tutorial - from Abduzeedo
Blogging
- How to Install DomTABs on WordPress - from Pro Blog Design
- Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques - from Noupe
- Group Interview: What do Online Advertisers Look for in a Website? - from Daily Blog Tips
- 20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider - from ProBlogger
- 45+ Must See WordPRess Themes - from Noupe.
- 20 More Free First-Class Wordpress Themes - from Smashing Magazine
Social Media
- What is the best social media website and why? Stumble Upon, Digg, Reddit … or? - from Just Creative Design
- Across The Universe With Social Media - from Inspiration Bit
- Social Media As A New Way Of Doing Business - from Inspiration Bit
- Redditers – What They Tend to Do? - from Graphic Identity
More Best Of March Links
( Just incase you needed more links )
- March’s Best Links - from Vandelay Design
- Best Of March 2008 - from Smashing Magazine
Other
- Group Writing Project based on Advertising Slogans - from Randa Clay Design
- 26 Free Icon Sets We Love - from Outlaw Design Blog
- Design and Photography Logo Design Love Awards - from Logo Design Love
- The Best Mouse for Designers and Web Additcts - from Just Creative Design
- 13 Ways to Move Big Files on the Web - from Essential Key Strokes
A Must See Video
Design Coding Rap by the Poetic Prophet
Have I missed any other great graphic design articles?
DON’T MISS: The Best Graphic Design Articles from February 2008
Written by Jacob Cass on Friday, February 29, 2008 – 5:53 pm
Here is a monthly round up of the best graphic design articles from around the blogosphere this February. The articles are sorted into the categories; freelancing, graphic design, web design and various.
You can check out January’s Best Articles if you missed it last month. You could also check out the best March graphic design articles.
Freelancing
- 5 Reasons why you must reinvest in your business
If you read just one article of all the following, I would say to read this one… a long but very valuable read.
- 10 Tips for getting started as a freelancer
Some quick tips on how to get started to become a freelancer, also useful for people all ready freelancing.
- How To Get Paid Freelance Work While Still A Design Student
This was a guest article I wrote for Freelance Folder which received a huge response.
- What to do when you have nothing to do as a freelancer.
For the 0.0001% of you out there, this one is for you!
- How to become a more environmentally friendly freelancer / designer
Protect our environment using these steps.
- 5 Downsides of working at home
A newcomer to the blogging world, Verne Ho outlines some of the downsides of working at home. A good read.
- 25 Ways To Become An Effective Freelancer
A list of ways to improve your freelancing skills, a must read.
- 7 Reasons why you shouldn’t charge by the hour
A great list of reasons why you shouldn’t being using this style of payment. Very valid reasons! - 20 more resources for freelancers
Still hungry for more great freelancing posts? Here is 20 more. - Identifying the ProBono Client
How to identify a pro bono client along with tips, no-nos, and a discussion on the benefits and draw backs of pro bono work.
Graphic Design
- 70 of the Best Logo Design Resources
David lists 70 of the best logo design resources on his blog Logo Design Love.
- Veerles What is Graphic Design Poster Competetiton
I didn’t enter this as I found out about it too late but there was some awesome awesome prizes and a huge response (430+ comments). Check out the winners.
- You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice
This is an old website (not from February) that deserves a mention as they were my source for popular 22 plagiarised graphic design rip offs post.
- The Logo Design Process of Top Graphic Designers
Want to learn the secrets of logo design from the professionals? Look no further.
- How To Create Your Own Vector Cartoon Character
A great step by step tutorial from Chris. This came in very useful. - Logo Design Love Awards
A competition to uncover the most effective blog logos amongst today’s popular blogs. I believe there is 1 day left to enter from the time of me writing. Be quick!
- Spice Up Your Business Card
This is a surefire way to get more business just by improving your business card.
- Drunken Munkey Photoshop Tutorial Character Design
Another tutorial, this time in photoshop, this is truly inspirational!
- Online Business Is All about transparency
I enjoyed this article from David as it gave a great insight into the business practice of not hiding things.
- The One Page Graphic Design Portfolio Guide
You have all seen those portfolio pages with a persons work all on one page, well this is how to do that step by step.
- 22 Graphic Design Plagiarised Rip Offs
Another popular post from JCD with a huge response. Check it Out!
- Customise Illustrator for maximum efficiency
Move around your palettes to make a more productive work flow. Great for all levels.
- U-Printing International Poster Design Comp
Win an iPhone and other great prizes in the poster comp! It is about to start.
- $5000 Prize Giveaway Graphic Design Group Writing Project
Hosted on this blog, you definitly should not have missed this one.
- 99 Websites ALL Designers should know about
A hugely popular post listing 99 resources that all designers should know about.
Web Design
- Grid and Column Designs
A list of some great websites that use an underlying grid structure in their design.
- Finding the perfect webhost for you and your clients
This will appeal to bloggers and web designers out there
- 25 Beautifully Coloured Website Designs
Showcases 25 great colourful websites in a social-media-friendly manner.
- 11 ways to get exposure as a web designer
Another one from Vandelay webdesign. This can also be applied to designers in general.
- 53 Steps to follow if you want to become a web designer
Very easy to follow 53 step guide to become a successful web designer.
- 25 Visually Stunning Header Graphics
This was a great inspirational post for those who are thinking of improving their blog header design. (I like mine).
Various
- Brian Gardners Wordpress Theme Contest
Win a holiday on a cruise to the Bahamas just by advertising Brian Gardner’s new theme!
- How To Set Up A SideBlog
I have wanted to get onto this, this is a tutorial on how to make a mini blog for your main blog so you can post smaller articles. Not so much a graphic design article but useful to blogging designers.
- Stunning Photography that inspired me to learn photography
30 creative photos that are very much worth looking at. - Is Your Blog C.R.A.P?
This was a guest article I wrote for dailyblogtips outlining the 4 basics principles of design.
Viviens Social Media Project project has now been extended for one more month! Learn more about social media and its benefits in this massive project.
Hope you enjoyed the list. Is there any others that you really enjoyed this month?
DON’T MISS: The Best Graphic Design Articles from January 2008.
Written by Jacob Cass on Monday, January 28, 2008 – 4:03 pm
As outlined in my Blogging Goals post at the start of the year, one of my goals was to start a reoccurring monthly post and with a little thought, I came up with this idea of showcasing the best articles of the month on the topic of graphic design, so I present to you “The Best Graphic Design Articles from January 2008″. Expect the next one at the end of February.
- Design A Logo - The Ultimate Guide
This was an article written by Gino over at You The Designer which showcases exactly how to go about making a logo for yourself along with some tips, references and inspiration. This got featured on front page of Digg. - Photoshop Quick Tip: Bigger Font Previews
Shows you how to make your font previews bigger in Photoshop, something that is quite handy when choosing a font. A great article from Jennifer from Laughing Lion Design. - 16 Sensational Poster Designs
This is another article from Gino, which showcases 16 band poster designs. A good mix of different styles of design and good inspiration. This article was also heavily dugg. - 16 Blogs With Unconventional Layouts
This is a showcase of 16 blogs that use a different style of layout (much unlike other blog showcases), useful for anyone wishing to redesign their blog. A great article from Vivien at InspirationBit.
- 15 Great Examples of Web Typography
A post which showcases great typography on the web because of their treatment of text - not just because they are pretty. - 20 Signs Your Working For The Wrong Graphic Design Company
This is a guest post written by Louisa Nicholson on Tara’s Graphic Design Blog that tells you 20 tell tale signs, in order, that you are working for the wrong company. - Finally, a PC that Every Designer has Dreamed about
This is a great article from DT, an industrial designer from Designer Sojourn, that shows the features of the Napkin PC - “Using e-ink and RF technology it allows designers to draw in colour and skip the very tedious stage of transferring the sketch into a digital format.“ - Logo Design Love Launches
If you love David Airey, then you will love Logo Design Love - a new blog by David Airey focused entirely on logo design.
- 5 Vital Logo Design Tips
This was actually a guest article written by myself for David Airey’s blog. It outlines the 5 vital steps you need to know for a logo design. A must read for any one needing to improve their logo design. - The Creative Process
Lauren from Creative Curio is in the middle of redesigning her blog and she is recording her creative process. So far she has written about her Research and Thumbnails, her Experiments and her Researching Alternatives. - 32 Amazing Inspirational Pieces of Graphic Artwork
This is a compilation of 32 great pieces of graphic design from BlogSpoonGraphics. I love these posts and I have added it to my 101+ Places to get Design Inspiration. - Show Us Your Workspace
This is a cool, fun post from BittBox (a very awesome resourceful blog) which showcases designers workplaces. This can be inspirational and depressing as some of their workspaces do make you quite jealous! - Best of January 2008
Although this is not entirely on graphic design, Smashing Magazine have compiled a good list of the things you shouldn’t have missed in January 2008. Many hours required here
- 15 Wonderfully Simple Logo Designs
A showcase of 15 logos proving that the best logo designs are simple on David Aireys new blog, Logo Design Love. - 7 Ways to Give Your Freelancing Career A Boost
A short and sweet post from Freelance Folder on how to effectively make your freelancing business a success. - Vintage Web Design Inspiration
A great collection of web designs that use a vintage style over at Web Designer Wall. This list is a great source of inspiration for all. - 12 Incredibly Crafty Ways to become a High Profile Freelancer
Over at Freelance Folder, Skelli, a great writer that posts on many famous blogs provides 12 things you can do to add value to your freelancing business and build your profile as a freelancer.
I hope you enjoyed this list and if you did so please don’t forget to subscribe to my blog. If you have any other articles that you think should make this list, please add them to the comments.
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