You’ve no doubt seen in your travels around the internet, various webpages offering RSS subscriptions, if you didn’t know what they were you soon will. Above is little video from commoncraft explaining exactly what an RSS feed in.
In short, an RSS feed is a great time saver, allowing to you to subscribe to the latest news from all your favourites websites which offer the service (including this one, wink wink).
Additionally, as a blog operator it’s the best way to get regular updates to your regular readers. Enjoy.
Flash is pretty common now-a-days, I’m sure you’ve all been to a website that’s had a great flash introduction or menu that you’ve been really impressed with. You’ve also however probably used an office / friends / other computer to visit the same webpage and been greeted by a decidedly less impressive blank box.
Flash can have a great visual impact, but does carry its share of restrictions, this articles explains a few things to consider and hopefully help you decide if your website design should incorporate flash. Continue reading...
Included here are few great digital paintings from Blackeri over at deviantART featuring the 7 deadly sins. Onto my wish-list they go. Thanks to wikipedia for the sin definitions.
Lust
“Lust (or lechery) is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Giving in to lusts can lead to sexual or sociological compulsions and/or transgressions including (but not limited to) sexual addiction, fornication, adultery… Dante’s criterion was “excessive love of others,” which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary. In “Purgatorio”, the penitent walks within flames to purge himself of lustful/sexual thoughts and feelings.” Continue reading...
You might have caught some months back David Pache’s great blog post 100 brands of interest, a collection of over 100 brand identities from fellow graphic designers. The time has come again, with the second installment of the series.
In this second collection we see again the basic elements of design from geometry and linear imaging to the more creative and flamboyant techniques. Below are a few of my personal favourites, be sure to stop by the Dacheboard and see the rest.
