The UPS guy was just here. I now hold in my hands new business cards for Piksl Design. Now in business for over ten years, …
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Logo Tutorial #10: Forget Design
When it comes to logo design, the design itself isn’t vital. “What?” you ask! “After writing nine posts in this series on logo design, you’re …
Logo Tutorial #9: Client Headaches
As this logo design series winds down, we now make the jump from discussing the design process to discussing communication and collaboration with your client. …
Logo Tutorial #8: One-Hit Blunder
People think alike. That’s the whole premise behind the Family Feud game show. They survey one-hundred people and typically fifty percent of those surveyed will …
Logo Tutorial #7: Never Clever
You get an idea stuck in your head. It’s an interesting idea. It’s a clever twist on a concept, but can you make it work …
Logo Tutorial #6: Single Concept
We love to overthink our logos. They’re very important, and they do deserve a lot of thought. But we like results. We feel like the …
Logo Tutorial #5: Black & White
Blueprints have been used by architects, engineers, and many areas of industry since the 19th century. They provide information detailing how a structure or object …
How to Type Accents and Special Characters on a Mac
Let’s start with the obvious. There are more characters than keys on a keyboard. We’re all familiar with the shift key, which allows multiple characters …
How to Make a Bad Photo Look Good
Between my wife and me, we have a number of small businesses and ventures. And as a graphic designer and web developer, I’m able to …
Logo Tutorial #4: Be Fontastic!
Some of the liberties we’re allowed in logo design stem from the fact that we’re including the company name along with the imagery. The big …