Posts Tagged ‘Graphic Design’

Large Format Printing – The CMYK Black Problem

CMYK

I recently printed a large PVC banner for a customer. The design and branding consisted of a flat black background, which didn’t print correctly because of a conflict between how different colour models, such as CMYK, RGB and HSV are interpreted. This is a post about the problem and my solution to get the correct CMYK black colour specification.

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Save Me From The ‘Messers’! – A Freelance Designer’s Plea For Help

Man Pulling Hair Out

I was always delaying publishing this post because I thought it may show me and my fellow graphic designers in a negative light, but after being bitten by the third ‘serious messer’ this month, I’m pushing ahead. You see, I’ve got some great clients with which I share amazing social/professional relationships. Getting shitloads of repeat-custom [...]

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My Top Six Fonts I Am Sick To Death Of, And Will Be Deleting – NOW!

Algerian Font

Intro These are six fonts I have decided to remove from my computer because I think they can be easily replaced by more modern types, or they’re too overused to be involved in my design work. Either way, these are the more notorious ones. No doubt there exist some absolutely idiotic and ugly fonts too. [...]

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Ten Highly Creative and Detailed Vector Artworks

The Power Of Colour

I don’t claim to be the world’s best graphic design artist but my love for it can appreciate great design when I see it. Just recently, I was scouring through the photo albums of a popular art related group on Facebook. There were over 250 great pieces of vector art, from these I selected my [...]

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The ‘Lost Coursework’

Old School Photo

OK, so you should be at a point where you know what the ‘Lost Coursework’ is, and how it’s related to Herbie. For those of us who are thick and have a memory worse than a sieve, I’ll give you a recap: ‘The Lost Coursework’ was one of the fundamental discoveries of my life which [...]

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