design for the web 20 things…
26/11/2010 Comments Off
“20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web” is a short guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web.
Archive for November 2010
how good is your code?
25/11/2010 Comments Off
How would you rate your understanding of XHTML/CSS code by now? Go on ~ find out :) To check how well you know your code - here's a quiz - or two - to test your coding skills :)
- W3Schools XHTML Quiz
- W3Schools CSS Quiz
- HTML Quiz web designer help
- CSS Quiz web designer help
- HTML Quiz wikiversity
clipping & opacity masks – Illustrator
19/11/2010 3 Comments
a quick tutorials for clipping masks and opacity masks in Illustrator – great fun to experiment with and immensely useful :)
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mini project ☞ icontastic ☜
18/11/2010 Comments Off
To give you a topic to work towards with your new Illustrator skills ~ here’s a little mini project to get your creative juices flowing :)
Consider the subdomain you will soon have – and try out a mega icon design for your initial holding page. Your task is to use the sample file shown here as starting point for a possible design.
pathfinders & transformations – Illustrator
18/11/2010 Comments Off
One of my favourites in Illustrator: pathfinders :) The pathfinder tools are among the most powerful design tools in Illustrator as they allow you to combine several shapes in different ways, combining, intersecting and dividing them. Just having a play and experimenting – you will hopefully have lots of new ideas for different graphic directions.
So here are 2 handouts to wet your appetite.
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back to basics – Illustrator
12/11/2010 4 Comments
let’s have some fun with Illustrator – to start off with -a few tutorials to help you get started :)
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