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A friend has planned to put up an online shopping business. She asked me to design a logo for her. She likes butterfly; she likes red. The business is family's, so I could not make the logo very feminine (in contrast with the first one I did). The business is trading, therefore it involves exchange of goods and money. Thus, the logo has to be professional and reliable. Above is the all-black version with a tag-line, as requested. The one that follows is the red and black version. I hope I made all the essential elements present: The name which is the most important. It has to receive the focus for identification, memory retention and recall. The type of business. After some years, the business must have gained popularity and reputation. Thus, the word trading can optionally be removed. The tag line can be optional but it is used here to express a marketing message. The visual symbol, which is the pentagon shape. The butterfly is a personal expression of the owner. Red...

Brief The year 2021 marks the Jubilee Year for Christians in the Philippines, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the coming of Christianity to this humble land. This is 500 years of evangelising the Gospel. It involves nine years of propagation that began in 2013, with a different theme each year. The Church is called to be Saints Together , which means that everyone in the church -- the Pope, the clergy, the religious, down to the community -- together must work and evangelize the Gospel of Christ. Every year, the Church targets specific sectors such as: Year of the Laity (2014)  Year of the Poor (2015)  Year of the Eucharist and the Family (2016)  Year of the Parish as a Communion of Communities (2017)  Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons (2018)  Year of the Youth (2019)  Year of Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue (2020)  In 2021, the theme is Missio ad Gentes,  which means mission to the nations.   This...

This design is about a lenten activity called Visita Iglesia, a Catholic faith tradition wherein pilgrims visit five to seven Catholic churches during Lent, especially on Maundy Thursdays. From a distance, you can clearly decipher what the design is all about because of the prominent title "Visita Iglesia." For the background, I used a cropped map of Bulacan, showing only its southern part wherein the seven churches are located.  To give emphasis to the names of the Churches, I lighten the colour of the map and all its other elements which are not significant to the purpose of the design. The map, together with the church icons and names, suggest a journey of the pilgrims. For the reason that the upper portion of the map is irrelevant to the purpose of the design, I covered it with a prominent title. But the title was not enough to hide what isn't necessary. Furthermore, with the title and the map alone, the design looked flat and boring. So, I designed a logo for ...

Textual images can be direct to the point or act like a teaser. When headings can be boring, substitute it with a textual image; or use one to emphasize it even stronger. If you do not have a fine-art hand, play with text and colors. It is better to have at least one image rather than none at all. An image is very useful in sharing your page to social media sites such as Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, and a host of other sites. A shared post with an image attracts more attention. Use it for your Top 10 Lists An image that encapsulates your services Emphasize your message

A client wanted a website with a background that changes every a few seconds. My friend and I had two options: use JQuery, or;  Shockwave Flash movie (swf)  Our consideration was which solution would load more quickly. As much as possible, we did not want the site's first-time visitors to see the loading spinner for more than 5 seconds, if not at all. After multiple searches, my friend Eduard found this one. Build Internet's Supersized! jQuery Plugin  Supersized! is a fullscreen background slideshow built using the jQuery library. The demo uses 9 images, sizes ranging from 97 kb to 236 kb. The width ranges from 800 px to 1024 px; height from 511 px to 1000 px. If you are a first time visitor of the site, it takes about 2 seconds before you see an element (some texts); 15 seconds after, you begin to see the slideshow background. Good enough! At least, the visitor wouldn't have to wait for a long time. That depends of course on the Internet and hardware speed. (...

My friend and I always argued about the "right" or better screen size to design websites. He would design websites as wide as 1900 pixels for the reason that his monitor is that wide. I would prefer smaller because I believe most Internet users still use 1024 x 768 monitors. I'm about to design a web site for Legaspi Landscapes. Again, I have this question in mind. What's the size of my website? Maybe, the experts have the answer. At hobo-web.co.uk, the author said that there is no best screen size. What is important is that the web site can be viewed in any device, in any screen size. The size should be flexible, i.e., it should contract and expand fluidly in any screen size. But, there should be a based size or the size to start with. Hobo-web.co.uk shows live global, US, and UK stats on what the majority are using. The screen resolution 1024 x 768 is the one that is widely used globally. So, might as well design websites using this size. Now, I have the kno...

Here's another website I found with a good design. I don't usually like black and grey because I find them morbid and boring; but if used properly like what the designers did for SonicVitamins.com , they could be very attractive and effective. This design is simple yet not boring because how the designers put life to it by applying a good combination of colors and how they are positioned to one another. The black background creates drama. The grey background is hardly noticeable. Designing a web is not easy for me. That's why I admire good graphic designers with amazing creativity. Their ideas are boundless. They are gifted.

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Razor Scooters Central ( razorscooterscentral.com ). This site is simple and minimalist yet effective. It is very straight-forward. What you see is what you get. You really don't have to think about anything else. Just by looking at the site, without scrolling down, you'd know that: It's about scooters. The name says so. The images say it so. It's an online store because it says so. Likewise, the images of the types of credit card honored tells you outright that you have to buy the scooters and that it accepts payment using those cards only. It's complete because you'd know what you have to know. You didn't have to read much but it has enough. It leads you to make an action. The three buttons on the right have large fonts that clearly tells you that there are three types of scooters. The image adds creativity in order not to make it look boring. These rectangular buttons make the users to click a choice. What you see is what you get. Clicking on ...

According to Smashing Magazine , "usability and utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web site ." If the user can not find what he's looking for on a web site, in seconds, he leaves the site. If there's nothing that he can do on a page, in seconds, he leaves the page. Therefore, the user must be able to see in a short time what he is looking for on a web site. On the landing page, immediately, the user must be able to see what he needs. Therefore further, the web site must be clear of its main purpose. A message should catch the user's interest in order to make him stay longer or read further. The landing page plays a crucial purpose. What makes a user click on a link should be the same message that he must see on the landing page. National Geographic's tag line is " live curious ." Similarly, users of the Net surf curiously. If a user knows that the web site is going to satisfy his curiosity, answer some questi...

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This is another invitation my friends from YUPPEACE asked me to design in short notice. It is based on the passage "Do you love me?...Feed my sheep." The invitation's requirement was only to contain a heart, a sheep, a shaft and the words "do you love me." This is an invitation to a cocktail, not exactly a party, but a presentation of the organization's plans for next year. My idea was to make the look of it young and upbeat and less formal. The event, anyway, is not formal. Yet, the spiritual touch is still there. I simply played with upbeat colors randomly on the background. To emphasize "love", the red heart does it. I'm not a cartoon artist, so drawing a sheep would be a challenge. Somewhere, on the web, I looked for an inspiration and drew the sheep the way I wanted it.

My friends from YUPPEACE asked me to design an invitation for the seminars that they are going to conduct. Given a short time, this is the best I could do. Originally, their idea was to put a bottle of coke but I saw no sense why that bottle should be there. "Dare to start with zero" was one of the slogans of Coke Zero; thus the title "Dare to start with J." In my opinion, it will be too much of a copied material if I draw a bottle of coke there. That will be a murder of creativity and originality. I believe that what I designed is more appropriate.:-)

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This is the web I am designing for a F.W. Guico Ortho-Dental Clinic  . I made the layout a bit away from the traditional web design. You may call it modern or contemporary. Common web designs place the navigations horizontally on top or vertically in the sidebar. The main image is usually a horizontal rectangle that occupies the width of the page. The logo is usually placed in the upper left-hand corner. Most medical sites use shades of blue. For this non-traditional design, I placed the navigation in the upper left-hand corner and the main image on the right and top third. The look is a bit upbeat but without sacrificing professional feel. For the color, I was thinking of blues but my friend, Dr. Winston preferred the oranges, which came out effective. My inspiration on this design is the simple and minimalist designs of a German cable channel DW-TV  . I enjoy watching its news because the studio looks so clean yet elegant. In contrast, other news channels are cluttered wit...

I'm a self-learned freelance graphic designer. I design web sites,  brochures, business cards, fliers, posters, tarpaulin banners, pamphlets, e-zines, e-books, CD kiosk, logos, stationery, wedding albums, CD covers, portfolio, catalogues, invitations, and a bit more perhaps so long as it uses graphic design. I can also do photo fantasy and photo editing. I am not an artist. I cannot draw freehand. In order to design, I need tools like Adobe Photoshop.  I learned how to use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and other applications by simply exploring the software and reading manuals and help utilities. To improve my skills, I learn from other artists' tutorials available free on the Internet. Thanks to them. One of my favorites is Just Creative Design by Jacob Cass. If you wish to get my services, leave a comment or email me at amikvs at gmail dot com. Remember to substitute the 'at' with @ and the dot with '.'