Archive for 'Tips and Tricks'
Tutorial: Superimposing Text Onto an Image
Posted on 02. Jan, 2010 by Collin.
This tutorial will show you how to properly superimpose text onto an image so that the fill of the text is effectively the image seen in the background.
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10 Sexy Free Fonts for Typography Lovers
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Shoaib.
Typography is perhaps the most important part of design. It makes text into art and changes the way we look at design. I have compiled a list of the free fonts which I believe to be the sexiest!
So let us proceed, in no particular order.
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5 Design Practices to Improve Efficiency in Photoshop
Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Taiyab.
There are times in a designer’s life where they just spend hours in front of a blank canvas in Photoshop, trying to conjure up ideas and inspiration for their project that needs doing the same night. Well, there are ways of getting out of this situation and get things done when you’re spending time in [...]
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3 Ways to Commit Freelance Suicide
Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by Taiyab.
If you’re a freelance designer, then you’re a one-man business, responsible for attaining clients and servicing them to the best of your ability. Because you’re a business, there are certain actions, however, if undertaken that could jeopardize your source of income, and destroy your freelancing career. It’s vital that you keep away from these factors.
1. [...]
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3 Simple Tips to Boost Productivity for Designers
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Taiyab.
If you design for the web or print, whether you freelance, or work for a design firm, it’s always difficult to maintain a good level of productivity so we progress each and every day. Sometimes it can be difficult to produce work that requires constant creativity and energy, which is why it can only be [...]



