Learning Design from Anna
Monday, May 7th, 2007- Use close up pictures of people (big and in your face, with the product)
- Don’t use pictures that show the backs of people who are the most prominent or the focal point.
- Don’t put Red on Blue
Susan L. Smith, Associate Designer, in HOW Magazine, April 2007:
The more I accept that inspiration is elusive, the less I go looking and the more I simply wait for it to find me. Sometimes, we look so hard for something that we miss it. So I’m learning to be OK with the unanswered and the unpredictable and the inconsistent. I’ve realized that sometimes asking questions is more inspiring than having all the answers.
Cool image transfer idea with a blender pen at Photojojo.
Another idea for inkjet prints at art e zine
A good document to show show clients before beginning a website project compliments of Fuelled On Coffee. (PDF)
Here is a cool idea for a Business Card holder: designverb.com
Free Photoshop Plugins - ThePluginSite.com
In Photoshop open the Channel Mixer adjustment layer. For each of the three Output Channels bump up the 100% to 150 or so and the 0% down to -35 or so. This will make the colors brighter and more intense, a much better way of brightening and saturating colors.