Adding graphics and images to your designs

March 3, 2008 – 1:12 pm

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…

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Box packaging designed for music software

February 23, 2008 – 1:43 pm

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…

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Design stylized images with Photoshop and Illustrator

February 18, 2008 – 11:20 am

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…

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Get your message across with graphics and photography

February 13, 2008 – 9:41 pm

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…

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My business cards designed and printed

February 9, 2008 – 3:19 pm

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…

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A gritty, grainy, reportage look and feel to photos

February 3, 2008 – 3:08 pm

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…

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Photoshop trick for smoothing a model’s skin

January 27, 2008 – 3:33 pm

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…

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Sierra boxes and amaray cases for CD and DVD packaging

January 19, 2008 – 7:48 pm

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…

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