Google Adsense – Losing My Google Virginity, My First EVER Adsense Cheque

Me, my blog and my cheque...

I recently received my first EVER cheque from Google Adsense. I started blogging in 2009 and added Adsense to my site in mid-2010. It’s certainly a milestone for any avid blogger so let’s have a party, paid for by my jaw-dropping first-cheque from Google. All £61.94 of it…

Signs and Vinyls: Spruce Up Your Mirrors With Cut Vinyl

Vinyls on Mirror

This post shows a basic technique of using cut vinyl to brand mirrors and glass of all sizes and shapes.

Graphic Design: My Top Ten Ways of Avoiding ‘Designer’s Block’

Stressed

All graphic designers, and any other creative professional for that matter, suffer from ‘designer’s block’, that state of mind which temporarily halts you from generating new ideas, concepts and designs. Here’s my favourite ways of tackling this little ‘boo-boo’, as I like to call it.

Business Cards: My new business cards just arrived!

Herbie's new business cards

My new business cards just arrived this morning so I thought it was a good opportunity to show them off and inform you how you can get yours.

Canvas Art: Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

This details a painting I completed of Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, or ‘Sheikh Hisham’ as he is also known. Using acrylics on canvas board, the portrait depicted a ‘life-like yet abstract’ concept I had for the project.

Facebook Pages – My New Welcome Tab and How You Can Get Yours

Facebook Welcome Page - New Fans

This post describes how I created the new ‘Welcome’ tab on my Facebook Page and how you can easily do the same with some basic HTML skills. It’s a great way to greet your page visitors, look more professional and can lead to an increase in the number of fans or ‘likes’ you get.

Portfolio Update: July 2011 – Vehicle Graphics

Astra Van

A recent portfolio update consisting of two vans, a small Vauxhall / Opel Astra Van and a bigger LWD Merc Sprinter. Graphics designed and applied with strict budgets in mind. The initial cost can be minimal compared to the potential business acquired through marketing on vehicles.

Vehicle Graphics – Back Screens are Back!

Back Screens

This post shows a couple of recent back screens on vehicles I designed and applied. This would be the ‘no-frills’ approach but it can be very effective if done correctly.

Portfolio Update: June 2011 – Custom Clothing

Custom Embroidery

A recent portfolio update in the Custom Clothing section of the online portfolio. Full design and print service for tees, polos, hoodies and sweatshirts.

Fonts: Recent Discovery of the Horrific Use of Comic Sans in my Locality

Comic Sans

The ever-slated Comic Sans is a font which needs no introduction when it comes to over-use, uselessness and general hatred and annoyance amongst the graphic-design community. In fact, I included it in a blog-post called ‘My Top Six Fonts I am Sick to Death of and Will be Deleting – NOW!’ which I published in May last year (you can view that post here. This font caught me off-guard recently when I discovered it’s horrific use on a recent appointment to see my dentist…