Freelance Graphic Designer London

Adding graphics and images to your designs

I am always looking for new ways to add eye-catching imagery to my designs – in the web, on print or wherever.

This happened to me recently: I had a [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• Two tips for design inspiration
• Using illustrators to help with designs
• A gritty, grainy, reportage look and feel to photos
• Designing screen PDF newsletters – Why and How?
• I hate Google!

Posted in Design | 7 Comments »

Box packaging designed for music software

This is a sierra box for a music software company that I did some work on. I did the photo montage of the DJ. This design will also be [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• Box packaging for music dj software
• Sierra boxes and amaray cases for CD and DVD packaging
• Montage design for music DVDs
• Rob Cubbon’s artwork
• Rob Cubbon’s print design

Posted in Design | 7 Comments »

Design stylized images with Photoshop and Illustrator

The image above has been stylised in Photoshop and Illustrator (I went for the American spelling of “stylized” in the heading for Google purposes).

To trace a photo in Adobe [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• How to design shiny web 2.0 buttons in Illustrator
• How to design a cool web 2.0 button in Illustrator and Photoshop
• How to design shiny interface buttons in Illustrator
• How to make PowerPoint presentations and Word documents look beautiful
• Designing eyes in Illustrator

Posted in Design, Illustrator, Photoshop | 7 Comments »

Get your message across with graphics and photography

Everybody knows that your marketing message will be enhanced by the creative use of graphic imagery. A competent designer will be able to communicate your message to your market [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• Rob Cubbon’s photos
• What is an artworker?
• Using illustrators to help with designs
• Improving photos with Photoshop
• Successful freelance design

Posted in Design, Marketing, Photoshop | 4 Comments »

My business cards designed and printed

I recently got my business cards printed and I was amazed at how much of a baffling array of online print companies there are trying to bag your business.

Here [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• How to save money running a graphic design business
• What is a graphic designer?
• Price quotes and estimates for graphic design
• Why RGB colours look bad when converted to CMYK
• Links

Posted in Design | 2 Comments »

A gritty, grainy, reportage look and feel to photos

The above picture of a couple has been treated in Photoshop to give it a gritty, grainy, reportage look. This has also been describe as the “Dave Hill effect” [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• Rob Cubbon’s photos
• Improving photos with Photoshop
• Box packaging designed for music software
• Improving photos with Photoshop by a Graphic Designer
• Contact Rob Cubbon

Posted in Photoshop | 5 Comments »

Photoshop trick for smoothing a model’s skin

This is a quick technique to even out blemishes in a model’s skin. I came across this by accident but I think it’s a really good way to instantly [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• Design stylized images with Photoshop and Illustrator
• Simple design idea for corporate marketing
• Another top tip for PDF optimisation
• Designing tables with a hanging bracket
• How to design sound waves in Illustrator

Posted in Photoshop | 8 Comments »

Sierra boxes and amaray cases for CD and DVD packaging

Here (above) are three sierra boxes I did for a music creation software company.

A sierra box is a piece of packaging is regularly used for computer games where the [...] Continue Reading…

Related articles

• Box packaging designed for music software
• Montage design for music DVDs
• Rob Cubbon’s artwork
• Box packaging for toy helicopter
• Box packaging for music dj software

Posted in Artwork, Design | No Comments »