Graphic Design Forum

So if you look at my logo I have these white dots on the edges. They aren't visible at first but when you zoom in they are. I was wondering how I could get rid of these, i've tried select by color but it seems to select other parts of the logo which I don't want it to. It's OK when you're zoomed out but when you're zoomed in it looks horrible. I'm using GIMP by the way. Can you give me any feedback to what else I need to improve also?

Please share your experience, which are the best practices for logo designing?

Hi all, I am stepping my foot onto a packaging designing company. I got to read a thread in your forum which was really very useful for a beginner like me. I know it is the packaging material and design software that makes a perfect packaging. But I know that getting to that level is really difficult. All I need is advice from the professionals here. Which software do you think is the most usable one? The company that provide quality packaging may be using one specific software for that. Does anyone know about it? Or you can help me by giving some suggestions and advice which would help me to be successful in my new career. Thanks in advance!

Hi Guys, I'm working on this logo for a Real Estate Investment Company (OPENGATE PROPERTIES). The company buys distressed homes from either individual home owners or shortsales/foreclosures, then will either flip them (renovate then sell for profit) or renovate and rent them out. They also market to investors to bring them on for capital. The owner is going for a very professional/sophisticated look, and wanted the logo to look like a large investment firm rather than a small, campy company. He wanted a certain degree of sophistication that would appeal to investors as well as the distressed homeowner, giving a sense that the company has done this before and kn…

59 UI Kits more like this one, and various other designs from Flat to Gradients here, http://beingcreative.co/60-beautiful-free-ui-kits-psd/

Hi Guys, Hope your well. Looking for some feedback on these little bad boys. Hope everyone is well?

Hello. I have a small youtube channel set up and im working on some channel art. Would it be possible for anyone here to create a image of a beaver holding a xbox controller with a PC in the background or something similar? Sorry if this is the wrong section. Thanks

Which of my logos do you prefer and if you have any suggestions I would love to hear them thanks

I need to use sport photos for my web-site. I discovered that shutterstock and others sell them ONLY for editorial use. So I am kinda confused where all other web-sites get images? So my question is can I use flickr photos? I would be willing to pay reasonable money, but i can't negotiate for each photo. And I know this may bring ire, but what if I just use them? There are hundreds of users on flickr (not getty) who are posting their images (like this for example https://secure.flickr.com/photos/121955733@N05/) . What consequences if i just take some images and use them? thanks

I want to make buttons to link to my other pages - the type of buttons that look like tab dividers. i really know nearly nothing, is anyone able to help me

I have a project at uni, it's getting really close and I have ran out of ideas, I need a little help The project is for branding and logotype, my logo is done, - company name evabright What I need help with is how to convey certain things as an advert We were given an item and an imaginary product, I was given a lightbulb and told that the product is a lightbulb that does not require power and never goes out. I need to covey those with a poster without getting too complicated, I did try a few things, this is one But it was over complicated, not everyone got the message I have thought about using a light clock like this or this But am uns…

I know you don't need to be a painter or an artist to be a graphic designer, but I also know it does help. Thing is, I can't paint. And as I ponder the option of whether to focus more on web development or graphic design, I'm not entirely sure whether not being able to paint would hinder my graphic design abilities and learning. What say you?

I am learning by watching video tutorials from tutsplus. what about you guys?

Hi Guys, Me again Looking to get some feedback on this logo for a new customer of mine. As always appreciate feedback and responses.

Hello everyone. In my past I had designed buttons for my website on my own, and some were pretty decent looking, but most were just too simplistic. And I am having no luck finding a dedicated website for templates of all kinds. I use photoshop, who doesn't? I found a few odd ones on deviantart and a few here and there, but they were very simplistic. I'm hoping someone can help me find a site where I can maybe do some advanced searching or narrow the results by types of buttons. I have found these buttons, that I do like, and the site that I found them on had written on the bottom that people are free to use. But I'm hoping to see some different shapes and styles before I…

Hello everyone, lol sorry about the typo mistake in the title.. I made a logo for a project in college. it's for a mall (on earth), but it has a Space theme. something from my imagination... I want to know your opinion about it ,

Doodle / Logo I'm retouching, what do you make of it ?

So i am working something for school in Illustrator and when i want to split it lines they turn grey. Here is the picture.

Hello designers! First post here, I'll try to become an active member. I don't have any designing skills though. We hired a designer to make the logo for our company. The problem now is that we don't know what colors we need to use for the rest of our website (backgroundcolor or backgroundimage, other color use on the website, ...) Do you guys can give me some pointers on what colors to use? Thanks! Kind regards, Jimmy

Hi Guys, hope all is well. Im sorry i've not been around - been crazy hectic busy. My latest work. Its for a local public house thats opening locally and the second is for a renewable energy company Thoughts would be appreciated

Hi Guys, I'm just in the middle of of my first customer design and I really want to make sure it's right - I am by no means a graphics designer yet - as im only 7 months into my Access to art course.. Just hoping to get some feedback, the customer loves it so far.

Has anyone customized a QR code ? I know there are areas on a QR code that you should not alter, which I've followed without much success.

I hope this is the right forum to post this. There is a channel on YouTube called “Blue Lightning TV”, it is all about Photoshop tutorials. The man who runs it Marty, has worked in the TV industry in the past. He is a brilliant teacher, one of the best online. The channel is perfect for people who are starting in graphic design, he also has lots of fun designs. I thought I should share it with you, maybe someone will find it very useful. Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfJlseFwUx2X0h3m5PRILA

Hey guys, I have a new client that wants to use an image (silhouette) of Audrey Hepburn as part of a logo. Surely that's ok given the 'classic' and general public access nature ? I'm not sure - what do you guys think? Steve.

Hi People I am currently redesigning my logo for my web design work.... I have been working on it for a while, the latest iteration is here: Please can I have some feedback please?

Hi, I have just started with Illustrator ... And this is my 1st Bitmap to Vector conversion... Yes I know a lot of work have to be done on it but anyway what do you think about it? http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12360312/btv.jpg Thank you

Hello, First off, please don't eat me alive - im current doing my HE Access to art in Graphic Design at the local college, so I am by no means a full fledged graphic designer yet I've been asked by a friend to "spice up" his logo and website. No problems at all. I'm looking to do a "Vintage" Feel to the logo and branding.. but can't seem to find the right font, I've tried a few and none seem to take my liking. I have tried Vanilla Whale but not 100% sure on it. It could be me be fussy. Any suggestions to fab fonts, preferable free as being a friend i'm not charging, just using it for the experience and portfolio building. Thank you so much

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I was curious if anyone has a good resource for icons: RWD, Marketing, SEO, Gears, & Social Media (FB, Tw, G+ etc.) Letterpress style? Thank you in advance.

I am designing a new logo for the town I live in, Queenborough, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions, feedback etc for these. I would also like comment on the typography and lastly which version appeals to you most thanks very much please dont worry about the colour, did not look like that in illustrator lol..

Hi, i need some help with a graphic banner. it has 15,32 m (width) X 3m (height). The problem is that is the first time doing this kind of banner, so big, and i don't know where to start. I use Adobe Illustrator but it doesn't alow me to create a new document that big. Also the products that will be added in the banner should be continously. I have in mind working on small parts of the size(15,32 m (width) X 3m (height)), but don't know if is the right way. Any suggestions? Productie Autocolant P6.pdf

Hi all, Just a quick question, it seems like this should be simple enough but I don't know how to do it, I've searched online for a bit and didn't find much. Basically I want to add a gradient effect over an wood texture image and still have the texture visible. What I have tried was adding a new layer and adding a gradient to it, but it doesn't look all that good. Attached are examples of what I need. Thanks, Al.

I am designing a new logo for my web design portfolio and i was wondering how i go about creating a paint splash effect in illustrator? can any one advise how to go about this or direct me to any useful resources. Thanks Chris

Hi I was just wondering if anyone knew any good tutorial websites that give tutorials on how to make good mobile designs you know latest trends and how tomake them yourself sort of thing. I am going huddlesfield studying web tech this september but I thought I best learn now to get a tep ahead of the competition.

This is my first post on the board! I wish I had known this piece of internet real estate had existed a lot earlier!! So anyways, I am doing a logo for a distribution center (redeye distribution), and wanted to get some input from some fellow designers, just a simple "yeah, that's nice", or "no, just quit" works. Slap it on me. Biel

I came across this blog post a few days ago: http://angiemakes.com/improper-use-social-media-icons/ In a nutshell, it says that all the fancy social media icons that you often see on websites are against the rules set by Facebook, google etc. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Hello I would like to know what is considered to be the essential (and good to have non-essential!) equipment needed for web graphic design. Also for photographs, is there a particular camera that shines that's priced reasonably for someone starting out. Many thanks Jem

Hello all, I'm a server side developer but unfortunately, I've been forced to design a menu for my website as my graphic designer has let me down. I've traversed the web for tutorials and found some great little menu design tutorials which I've implemented to a decent standard, however, I want my menu to span only a small percent of the width of the screen, for the rest I want to design a great looking banner-like image to span the rest of the screen. As I've mentioned earlier in this thread I already have a great looking menu but need a banner to span the rest of the width and compliment my menu. If anyone knows of any links to pages that teach this for Firew…

Would you mind assessing these logo designs, I am looking for something specific for people to hit upon within one of these logos but cannot say what that is as if I did it would ruin what I am after in feedback Also please tell me which you like best thank you

working on a design for my mates ebay page. just looking for some feedback.

Hello, I want to make a logo for my new eSports community and I have found this example that I wanna make so badly ! Anyone can give me a tut on that please ?

Hello, I'm looking for some help with the following logo design: - EXCEL must have the same font style (while the name itself will probably change, but that doesn't affect anything else) - font for "shop" is undefined, so I'd be glad for any font advises here - background must remain #3f5765, text color must be yellow, but can be in different shade - logo will be used in similar web design: journal.digital-atelier.com/2/ Apart from mentioned, the biggest problem is that "e" character. I just can't find good font, design and dimensions for it. It just doesn't fit. Could you help me out with that? Thanks in advance!

Hello, I urgently seeking a web designer to create my site: www.morava-airlines.com/beta (IPS included "integrated PIREP system") I created a design with interface wix.com: http://gsweet1981.wix.com/lesmordus I have the logo, the background, but I do not have the next files : menu bar, boxes (created only via the interface of wix.com)

Hi All, Sorry to be spamming the forum today. Can anyone tell me what the technique is called or point me to any tutorials on how to make up letters out of images? To try and explain... basically for an example you have the word "ART" and rather than it being just text you have typed in Photoshop you have many small silhouette type images that form together to make the letter A and your eye just fills in the gaps. It's hard to explain and hence why I'm not sure what to search for in Google but I have seen logos done in the past in this way. Thanks for any help.

Packaging is the most effective way for product promotion in nowadays, when people choose a product, the packaging is your best weapon, the good first impression will let the customers pay for it. Thus, in order to do the good packaging, you need choose proper packaging material and clever packaging design software which saves money, time, labor force. I can design many structures in five minutes. Just one tutorial for everybody, some can get inspirations. And i can many inspirations here, so i post one for my thanks. STEP ONE: open Packmage CAD drawing tool, draw a structure CAD Drawing Tool Tutorial Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedde…

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Hi guys, I had some logos designed for a client of mine. Just wondering what your opinions are. They recruit respondents for market researches.

Hi All, I have a couple of questions for the graphic designers out there! I have been asked to design some stationery for a company I am doing a website for. Initially I declined as this is not my area of expertise but they wanted the whole package or would look for someone else. so I accepted....They have asked for a letter head, business card, compliment slips etc. The company already has a logo, (Thank goodness...) but I have not designed for print before as I am a web designer. Can anyone be kind enough to let me know if there is anything I should ask the client before hand to make this go as smoothly as possible as I have no idea about designing for print except t…

Looking for background removal service for product photos used in e-commerce website.