From the category archives:

Skill Development

It’s the weekend. Time to leave off ‘work’ and brush up on your skills!
Here are some of the best Photoshop tutorials I’ve come across lately. Not all of them produce a great end product, or something which you could actually use. However, replicating them will help you to develop your skills, and execute what you [...]

A bad workman always blames his tools.
So they say, and who am I to argue.
Most of us these days, are extremely consumer orientated, and gullible. We upgrade our computers more frequently than we have too. We buy clothes we don’t really need, and we buy the latest software versions when we have no need to.
We [...]

Recently I was emailed by a student of design, asking me to answer a couple of questions.
One of the questions was,
“What are the skills and attributes to succeed in your career [design]?”
What a probing question!
To be honest, I didn’t answer it immediately. I was busy, and I didn’t want to give half an answer.
When I [...]

(Note: this is a fairly long post, but read it carefully. I hope it inspires you to quit messing around, and get your act together). 
Do you ever feel like almost everyone is ‘making it’ except you?
Do you ever get frustrated, because you know you’re better than what you get recognised for?
We’ve all been there. I [...]

No designer likes to be hindered, either by their own inability, or by something outside of their control. Part of the beauty of self crafted design, is the freedom.
Since I’ve given myself more to design, the importance of good typography on the web becomes ever more real and apparent. Of course, one must be careful [...]