Graphic Design Forum

I am currently doing a project on promotional products, ie branded products that businesses give away for free, things like that, and I started thinking of business cards, why cant the business card be considered more of a product as opposed to something we take, put in our pocket and then lose/ throw away/ file away and never remember or see again? Imagine a thin plastic or metal business card, say for a British airways executive, where the bottom half of the business card, underneath all the vital details, is a sprue toy airplane, ( a sprue is one of those toy sets where you break parts off of flimsy frames to then assemble them together). So the person who received thi…

Anyone know how this shadow effect was made; not a drop shadow but one all round the image/frame?

Hey guys, new to designing currently been learning about what to use and I found a free design programme called Inkscape. Is this any good it seems ok and I have been studying tutorials but my main question is how do I convert them to Vectors. The reason I am asking is because I want to enter design competitions for now to build up my experience. Anything you can tell me will go very far! Jamie

Right as you may have seen my previous post about inkscape, I have decided to give photoshop a go. Has anyone got any tutorials that can help me learn the very basics? I am using this to design logos for a moment. Is this still good? Jamie

Hi, I'm working with a square logo (dark blue background with white text and an under strip of white background with blue text) and need to fit this onto a rectangular copy space which is 600px wide by 150 / 200 high. I'm struggling to fit this into the header space in an effective yet attractive way. Any thoughts?

Hello, need a font that is used on the old number plates from the 1980's Cant find anything except all i know is its called Serck. Heres a picture:

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Hey guys and gals, I created these forum banners for a very popular forum over a year ago that was eventually shut down. I still have the PSD's and PNG's etc. from this project. I loved being creative on Photoshop CS4 where these were done, but have since upgraded to Photoshop CS5. Here is the original banner that I had to work from: Here is my rendition of above Banner: Here is the Megauploadforum.net Christmas Banner that I created in November 2011: What do you think? Answers on a postcard. John III.

Does anyone know of any tutorials for the above. I am looking to try and create my own but dont knw where to start

Hello, For a project in Ruby on Rails I need to make a custom cms. Now it looks like a good idea to use a dock instead of a normal menu. Now I wonder where I can find a icon set which contains something like images, articles and categories, edit new and delete. Does anyone know a good iconset ? I did google but did not find it. Regards, Roelof

Hi, i'm working on a web project (as project manager), and as it's a new concept we need to clearly and effectively describe the process to the user, in say three steps, which we'll have on the homepage right at the top. Visually, they only need to be really simple (stickman type diagrams) but the concept has be clever such that it describes what's going on to the user without them having to read anything (although text will go underneath the images). How do i go about finding someone who can do this? Does this have a specific job title? How much can you expect to pay? Thanks in advance!

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Hi, who knows MAYA? I am starting it for my logo website, where I can find good samples and tutorials on it? Amany.

Hi, could someone tell me what this looks like ?

Hi guys this has been bugging me for about an hour now, can't seem to find any tutorials to explain how to do this. Basically i want to have hollow text through the rectangle shape to show the background image behind it hope that makes sense

Hello fellow designers, this is my first post here and hopefully not my last. Anyway I am currently working on a logo for someone, I have designed logos in the past but there is a slight problem I cannot get my head around. The client has asked for the 2 Chinese symbols which are basically Chinese words to look more westernized. Now how does on do that? The logo itself needs to be clean, simplistic and to look like it is endorsing an expensive product, so I guess the client thinks anything Chinese automatically makes it appear cheap. There is a word in English as well as these 2 symbols and I think I am heading down a decent enough route, but I would like to hear of s…

I was just thinking about branding, identity design etc, and I was wondering: Has anyone tried including a style set for Microsoft Word / Open Office Writer as part of the deliverables for an identity design?

Hi folks, I have a logo in .gimp format, can anyone help me to convert to hi res format, transparent background, png for example? Roughly 400px in width. It wont allow me to send as an attachment here, but I could send via email no probs. Thanks in advance. Emma

Making a logo to put as the title of my website (at the top) and need some suggestions. What ways could I go about making it that incorporate: Name (Iron Hammer Gaming, could also add A Multi Gaming Community in there) A Hammer symbol Not so plain text and that goes along with this background(remember it will have to be at the top of that background as well): Thanks!

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Hello, bit of a different logo type for me to create so was quite challenging. A barber shop was looking to change their look and try to look more classy so the task was to move from bauhaus . Here is the final decided product, i don't like the white backing on the BB part but its what the client wanted... Have just finished creating the wall art of this logo ready to fit tomorrow (will update with pictures): Craig.

Hello all, I am doing a favour for a friend of mine who owns a local dance school and am building her a website. I'm still in the very early design stages and was wondering whether anyone could help me out with the logo? I have the original logo that she has used on posters etc. before, but this is rather small and pixelated so isn't very suitable for the website. I have tried to trace the image and turn it into a vector so that I can edit it and make it larger, but haven't had much success with this... I have also tried to use online vector converters, but they make the edges of the cursive letters square-ish. My question is, would anybody be able to spare th…

Hello everybody, Thanks for looking at my topic, I really appreciate it, thanks. I saw a logo of a guy and I found it cool. I tried to make it with Adobe Illustrator but I didn't succeed in making it because I didn't knew how to make the line in the middle. Here is a SS: As you can see there is a line in the middle of the text. I was wondering how to make that line. Can anyone please explain to me how to make this? Best regards. BTW: I tried to Google this but I didn't knew how to explain this in a good sentence.

Designed these earlier today first time doing business cards, what does everyone think ?

I have been facing problem with my flash drop down menu as the drop down menu is not over laying on text and image section of website, .

Hello and Hi to everyone. This is my first post and also my first Logo design, I do not normaly do Logo designs but just do graphics for the web and other stuff. I have been ask by a friend of mine to re design a Logo for their business which is called Inside & out which is a bulding projects company. their colors are red and blue. I normaly design in photoshop for the web but this was done in a vector program. Just wanted some feed back, not sure on the font used?

Hi everyone. I have done an art work in photoshop at canvas size 3000px X 2000px in rgb colors at 600dpi. I want to get it printed onto a real canavs then framed. The question is as far as print go's, should this have been done on the cmyk mode or can i just send the flatten psd file to the printer, or would it need to be a PDF file ? not sue what format to send to the printers? Thanx.

Can anyone please tell me what font is this? The "EMME" is comic but i want to know what font is ".ee". I recently had to reinstall my windows and now i cant find it in Photoshop... and i cant remember where i got it or what was its name. Im pretty sure i didnt create it by myself.

Hey, a family friend has just finished building a bar in his house... They wanted some signs done for them so asked me about sorting it for them. Bar name is: Lemon's Bar. Thoughts? P.S The gradients etc are just for presentation to client, i will be creating the signs in vinyl so they will actually just be 1 or 2 colours. Not gradients.

A while back I had a client who asked for a login form where the user could choose "admin", "user", "guest", or "custom" from a thumb panel. He later changed his mind to have a different kind of look and so this was never finished. It's Friday and I'm bored so I decided to try and design it (and perhaps implement it and add JQuery animation magic). Here's what I have so far though it's a work in progress (I haven't gotten to color yet, I'm still moving stuff around, and I'll probably design icons instead of using my ugly mugshot that I use for everything). Any suggestions are welcome. I'm not quite sold on "Amaranth" as the font for the username and I think spac…

Hello, I'm wondering how to make this effect in photoshop: Where the circles are joining together, kind of like cells merging/splitting. This image came from here for those of you who are wondering. Thanks in advance

Ever since I invested in PS CS6, whatever image I save looks blurry especially text. Its driving me mad and stopping me get my work done. Can anyone help?

Hi, I've always been a web designer and now I'm wanting to turn my company also for print works (packages, folders, flyers, magazines, anything that is print). I would like to ask if using Photoshop (using pixels, not ps vetorial tools) is acceptable for doing such kind of works? I know that Illustrator might be much better, and Photoshop isn't even intended for web design, but my point is that I'm with no time now to learn how to use other softwares, and I want to ask then if I can be in the market using Photoshop for print work, or if the clients will think I'm a swindler? I believe Logotypes can't be made in pixels, right? But print work, that have a specif…

So, i run a small vinyl sticker business and wanted to make a mass load of something people can just stick anywhere. Wanted them to be kinda funny, sorta cheesy but of course, memorable. Thoughts? Not sure if its because its half 12 that these random ideas pop into my head...

I'm doing a complete rebuild of my site/business/approach to work at the moment, so I'm playing around with some design ideas. I'd be interested to know what you think of this...

Hi dudes. I want to learn Sketch Design. so please introduce me some sketch learning Resources.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/CCR_Chronicle_Vol2.jpg anyone know this font - tried what the font but nothing that close

Thought some of the designers on this forum would be interested in this. A nice cash prize and not a bad little something to put your name to. http://creativeallies.com/contests/657-Design-a-Tour-Poster-for-Michael-Kiwanuka

Hi everyone, Just wanted to see if there are any opinions on my newest logo design? Thanks in advance! Stevo!

hi Guys can anyone here help to get header like this but in english http://www.2-steps.net/test/?styleid=21

Before I get Glowbridge to design me a professional one I though I would at least give it a shot at designing a logo myself. Just a general crap or not will do please The letters stand for Hegarty Mortgages

Hi All, If someone could advise me on this I would be greatful. If you take a looke here: My FB Page You will notice the logo in the cover photo is all sort of smudged. Is there something I am doing wrong or is that just the way it is. I have tried flattening the image making it bigger then resizing down. I haven't got a clue. Thanks in advance

Does anyone know how I can create the effect of the background image?

hey guys, as im still learning how to design websites using photoshop i decided to have a little go designing logos, just for fun, possibly use them towards my portfolio in the end. But would love some expert feedback on how ive been doing. Please note they are not for anyone but I have been playing around the last couple of weeks and this is what I have at the moment... Jamie Evans

Any idea how to make this? See the attachement.

I see lots of hover buttons etc. that are 2 images on top of each other like the image that I have attached. How can you create a button like that? Whats the trick to line the image? And what does is used?

I wanted to get some thoughts on my company logo, have had three concepts within the last two years but am never 100% satisfied, so just wanted your thoughts on the design.

Hello, I have new website flyers ontwerpen flyer ontwerpen means flyer design in the Netherlands. Somebody have some critic to the website ? Then I can repair somethings maybe, I hope somebody will look.

I am new to photoshop, and wacom tablets. Very excited to get going quickly. Any suggestions on some good forums or video tutorials? I would like to get started by understanding the possibilities with brushes as it seems to be where everything starts. I also have the rest of the creative suite, but illustrator seems a little bit too much to start with. thankyou Sonja

Earlier today I found myself researching web designers and companies around the area where I live. It was a bit surprising to find that our leading web developers had websites that looked as though they were made 10 years ago. Discovering this gave enough motivation to make an attempt at freelancing... which is what leads to this thread. A while ago I designed a logo for myself and I'm asking for feedback on it. It's nothing jaw dropping, but I wanted something simple and professional looking. Any suggestions or criticisms are welcome (especially since I don't consider myself to be a great logo / brand identity designer. Attached is the logo. Thanks in advance.