photography - Rob Cubbon | Design and Marketing

Free stock photography for a graphic designer

All graphic designers and people trying to create eye-catching imagery for print or web with have at some point used stock photography. Stock photography negates the need for hiring expensive photographers can license individual photos for specific uses. The two largest traditional stock photography agencies are Getty Images and Corbis. They offer mostly photographs that [...]

October 18, 2009 22 Comments Filed Under: Design, Freelancing
Tagged With: copywrite, free, graphic design, photo agencies, photography, photos, stock photography

Using vector illustrations in designs to deliver your message

Do you ever wish you didn’t use stock photography so much? Recently I’ve found myself trawling through pages of stock images from sites such as Shutterstock, iStock and Fotolia, usually looking for a well-presented young professional smiling to camera. These sites contain some good photography but I’m always worried that the stock approach lacks creativity [...]

August 15, 2008 54 Comments Filed Under: Design, Illustrator
Tagged With: client, colouring, design, email, Illustrator, illustrators, images, Marketing, message, photography, Photoshop, simple, trace, vector, vectors

New logo and identity designed

I have created an identity for IMG Associates who are a China based contract manufacturer and distributer of fine kitchen and bathroom furniture. This is for business stationery, online catalogues, print material and eventually a website. The company is committed to manufacturing high quality products and strives for design excellence in every facet of its [...]

July 25, 2008 37 Comments Filed Under: Design
Tagged With: box, boxes, business stationery, catalogues, ceo, china, contract manufacturer, design, design assignment, design excellence, distributer, headings, high quality products, layouts, lighting, logo, Logos, long time, lowercase, photography, printing, shiny, technique, white space

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 graphic designer will be able to communicate your message to your market. But have you ever wondered what is the best way to make the graphic communicate the message? The above picture provides an answer. And it [...]

February 13, 2008 16 Comments Filed Under: Design, Marketing, Photoshop
Tagged With: competent designer, creativity, design, dollar bills, graphic, graphic imagery, graphics, imagery, images, marketeers, Marketing, message, negative message, photography, Photoshop, pitch, spending money, symbols, type

What is an artworker?

Many people have asked me this question and, in the absence of a Wikipedia entry, here’s my definition. The term pre-dates desktop publishing when “artwork” or “mechanical art” meant the material (photography, bromide, film, tranparency) or completed, camera-ready pages that could be photographed with a stat camera to make a same-size film that would be [...]