December 28, 2011
Designing the perfect logo requires an in-depth understanding of the company, the product, the consumers, and the culture in which all these operate. But what if you are starting out with your own small business and need a logo? Costs come in the way of hiring the best logo designers. The makeshift answer could be to look for some creative logo inspiration and design a logo yourself.
May 11, 2011
It seems like there’s a growing number of users that have given GIMP, Inkscape and other open-source software a chance. With a lot of patience, skill and enthusiasm, many users have demonstrated time and again that Photoshop really isn’t the only tool capable of producing high-quality visual art.
March 10, 2010
With the increasing availability of powerful graphics tools, color schemers, and logo generators, even those of us who are artistically challenged can create a professional looking logo design. But there is more to consider than simply whether the logo looks good on your website. These days your logo needs to be adaptable to a variety [...]
March 8, 2010
There are numerous reasons you might want to design a custom image featuring your name or that of your website, product or service. Maybe you’re doing a re-design of your website or just want a new image for Facebook. The “˜professional’ option would be to get to grips with Photoshop and spend your time setting [...]
March 3, 2010
So you have just started your own website or blog and you are looking to make a logo or a header for yourself. Do you want to use cool bubble letters or another text style? You can either go to Photoshop, its open source equivalent, Gimp or an online generator to spit out your letters [...]
December 26, 2009
First off, a warning. This how-to article is about graphic design written by a non-designer, for non-designers. I only claim to be someone who appreciates the art and work that real graphic designers do. But I also know that just like you don’t have to be a professional photographer to make great photos, you don’t [...]
November 9, 2009
As a logo designer, I am frequently asked to make a logo for blog owners. Mostly, blogs have this Web 2.0 styling which is a simple design, eye-friendly, three-color scheme and WordPress powered websites. If you paid attention to their logos, you can see what they have in common: glossy, reflected (often) and light-colored text. [...]
October 11, 2009
I think it’s fair to say that Google’s logo has become an icon of the Internet. Hell, the word Google is now officially recognized as a verb in some dictionaries. Whenever there is a big holiday coming up such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick’s day, Oktoberfest, Google will use a new Google logo, known as a [...]
October 8, 2009
There’s nothing really eye catching on the simple white page of Google. Except, the Google Doodle pictures. Google has always found a way to make a signature statement using special logos for special moments. The homepage logos have become a part of internet folklore. Going by strict logo definitions, the “˜Google’ we see is a [...]
