design Tag

23 Dec

Posted at 05:20h in Get know Invicta

This is a great presentation on workflow by Chris Coyier. I first came across Chris as an instructor on lynda.com. I particularly got into his creating custom Wordpress themes tutorial. In this video he presents alot of great solutions to issues I constantly run into while making websites.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTrAfJFLXI...

19 Dec

Posted at 05:14h in Get know Invicta

A popular trend these days is to display examples of  interactive design work on Mac moniters. Here is a great .psd file that you can use to put your own designs into. It even has a nice shiny light reflection layer. Get it here...

14 Dec

Posted at 22:42h in Get know Invicta

Using grids is a classic design concept, and using them is a great way to see big improvements in the quality of a design. I've been wanting to incorporate more solid grids into my UI Designs, and I have discovered a couple of great tools for doing this.   The first is the 960 Grid System by Nathan Smith. There are templates for Photoshop and Fireworks in various grid sizes, as well as app plugins for a similar effect.I'm now using this on every project I do.   The second is the awesome Google Chrome extensions called Grrrid. This allows you to overlay a grid onto a website you are looking at in a browser window. Download it here...

24 Aug

Posted at 02:19h in Get know Invicta

In researching corporate websites to use as inspiration for a project I am currently working on, I came across www.cbs.com. This website has a lot of great things going for it. I like the blue and white colour palette for one thing, and the next and previous buttons for the billboard area are fantastic. I also appreciate the transparency gradient with the stripes on the background behind the text in the billboard area. The drop shadow on the content area is a common technique, but it really works on this website. All in all, this website is just easy on my eyes. Check it out.  ...

19 May

Posted at 04:14h in Get know Invicta

I remember when I first started in New Media, one of the first things I had to learn was how to get more fonts. My computer already had a bunch, but I wanted fancier, more interesting fonts! I discovered dafont.com, and I continue to go there to find new fonts. I like the option of previewing text in the different fonts before you download and install. Another great font resource I discovered recently was typekit.com. If you are a web designer then you are probably aware of advent of web fonts. Until recently, the fonts available to use online were limited, and designers would put text in images as a workaround. Now, the options for using different fonts online are opening up, and one of the most popular tools is typekit.com, which allows you to use their collection of beautiful fonts on your website....

17 Apr

Posted at 02:22h in Get know Invicta

This is an amazing graphic design blog from Brazil. It has tutorials, interviews, fonts, and  tonnes of amazing illustration and photography. It is my favorite design blog, and the guys who contribute to it are amongst the most talented designers in the world. The thing I like the most about it is the Photoshop lighting tutorials. If you want to make shiny, glowing graphics that are often used in the entertainment industry, This website is THE resource to do that sort of thing. Check it out!...