Discovering ‘My Toolkit’
I've read a few posts lately about 'What's in Your Toolkit?' I honestly thought I knew what was in mine.
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Are we putting design before readability?
Your first consideration when designing for print is readability or your content won’t reach it’s market. Why spend all that time preparing your text if people are going to struggle to read it? The design style should not overshadow the content otherwise you might as well scrap the text all together. I was told last year by a recruitment company that…
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Improving Product Photography
This week Etsy Resolution got me thinking about my photos as some of them don’t do the products justice. If you’ve ever had to photograph printed designs you’ll know the problems I’ve been having. The aim is to make the media and the design look as crisp as possible but both can look pixelated when photographed. The results can look…
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Visual Communication & Instagram
Are you a Visual Communicator? Back in the 90’s you studied Vis Comm to become a graphic designer. Nowadays it’s a skill that all people in the creative industries need to learn to share their work and signpost their selling platforms. My favourite platform for visual communication right now is Instagram. It’s a great place to tell a story using photographs…
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Rethinking my ToDo List
Do you love a ToDo List and the satisfaction you get when you cross an accomplishment off the list? I like writing them in pencil in case I have to change something, then I can rub it out and replace it later. I picked this up from my Dad who would write estimates using the pencil he would stash behind his…
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