Archive for the ‘graphic design’ Category
Friday, August 13th, 2010
This week I have a quick source of inspiration for you: The Inspiration Blog. Created by the designers at Circlebox Creative, it is a collection of design round-ups and showcases. The site features a variety of motivating artwork, including “all things visually pleasing and inspirational.” No matter what creative industry you’re in (or if you’re not a creative but are needing some visual stimulation anyway), the site features graphic design, illustration, photography, interior design, architecture and of course, web design related posts. It’s a great resource when you’re feeling stuck and need a quick jump-start to get going again at work.
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
A web icon is the small symbol or picture displayed on the left side of a browser tab, in your bookmark menu and/or in the web address bar. Commonly called the ‘favicon’, short for favorite icon, the web icon can be a variety of file types and is recognized by most modern browsers. The icon is a small graphic with big impact; the presence of a unique icon helps viewers easily recognize your site among others, and increases brand recognition. Every major website has a recognized icon, and there is no reason your site can’t (or shouldn’t) have one too.
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
A valuable aspect of your website is how well people respond to the site and remember it later. One of the best ways to distinguish how well your site accomplishes these important attributes and more is a critique. While it is great to have your mom, significant other and BFF take a look at your site and provide feedback, it is unlikely that any of your favorite people will be as honest and free with their critique as a total stranger. Not to mention, it is likely that those closest to you have inside knowledge about your company and/or website and will view the site with a well-intentioned but unavoidably biased eye. Lucky for us, there are a number of websites that offer solutions to this dilemma.
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
In addition to full-service web design, GetCreative also offers graphic and print design services. We offer these supplementary services in an effort to provide businesses with marketing materials that are consistent and effective. When your logo, your business card and your website are all coordinating in design it shows your clients that you are both reliable and dependable, creating feelings of trust and confidence in your abilities.
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
With the recent release of Google’s Font API, this seemed an appropriate time to address web fonts in the Tips & Tricks section. Fonts used for the web are in some ways more limited than the fonts available for print or electronic design. Web safe fonts used to be dependent on each browser’s settings; today there are numerous ways to incorporate specialty fonts into your website.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
In this spirit of Spring, I bring you a blog post full of cheerful color. Today, I have for you a collection of colorful logos, some of which made the cut with clients and others that have sat quietly on my hard drive, waiting for their moment to shine. Until today. Today they are let free to glisten in the sun and catch your eye and all the other wonderful things logos are meant to do. Some will look familiar, as they sit proudly in the headers of various GetCreative designed websites, while others are new to the public eye. Contact us for logo design information and pricing. Enjoy!
Posted in All About Family, Baker's Kitchen, Focused Beam, PBJ Resources, People's Blues of Richmond, Precision Modeling, Rose & Clay Cafe, Shear Image, The Warehouse, color, graphic design, logo design | No Comments »
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Friday Finds is a new section where I will pass on to you one product, blog, website or other item that strikes me as worth sharing. And, you guessed it, I’ll be adding to this list of little treasures every Friday. Usually these posts will be web, graphics or photo related, but you never know what may catch my eye. Did you find something worth sharing? Feel free to send an email or leave a comment with suggestions for future Friday Finds features. (Try saying that three times fast!)
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
(To see the first group of before and after websites, click here.)
Here is it, the second installment of before and after screen shots of websites that have been redesigned by GetCreative. The amount of change varies depending on the needs of each client, some receiving an entire new look while others just needed an update. Enjoy!
Before
After
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Here at GetCreative I have worked with clients that have all manor of ideas and knowledge (or lack thereof) about their websites. Sometimes the easiest clients are those whose own careers are furthest from the realm of web design, so they are a blank slate for me to draw my ideas upon. On the other hand, a client who knows the ropes a little better may have a better appreciation for the creative process and all that it involves. No matter what the background of my clients, I follow a general Web Design Process for getting us from Point A, the clients’ interest in a website, to the ultimate Point B, a successful and effective website designed and executed by yours truly.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Baker’s Kitchen is a Wedding and Special Events Bakery in Richmond, Va. As a wedding photographer in Richmond I have had plenty of opportunities to sample the products of local bakeries, and rarely does the chance for free cake get passed by. In the past it was not uncommon for the creators of these towering fondant-covered confections to remain unknown to me- until I started planning my own wedding. Then I asked brides everywhere about the details of their vendors that I found enjoyable (and those that were not so enjoyable too, in order to avoid them). Baker’s Kitchen was a top answer from brides whose cakes were a treat to both look at and devour. It was not until November 2008, when my sister-in-law tied the knot, that I became more familiar with Baker’s Kitchen.
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