I like how so many people like to say that web design and graphic design is going to do this and that. Honestly, I don’t think anyone knows where the world of design, web design and web development is going to to be by the end of the year. Some people say that we need to all jump on the HTML5 bandwagon and that we need to get up to speed ASAp because it is the next wave of the future and blah blah blah.

I think that HTML5 is great in its own respect, but it isn’t the standard yet and it doesn’t work across all browsers, so I don’t see it as a viable way to make a site just yet. The way that web designers and developers are going to stay successful this year is to create a … Read More »

Normally, when I think of Giorgio Armani, I think of mystique, sexy, romantic, masculine, etc. Most people think of these things when they think of Armani. They make amazing suits and are considered as fashion gods. Normally, they really hit the nail on the head regarding their commercials. You are usually transported to a magical setting where an amazingly attractive couple are intertwined, or a man and a woman are intimately close. You can feel the connection and the passion, and the romance is overwhelmingly evident. I love their commercials, as they are usually exemplary in evoking powerful emotions.

With that being said, the other day I had the television on while I was doing things around the house, when I heard this strange scary music flooding my home. Beings a horror film fanatic, I rushed in to see what movie … Read More »

It doesn’t matter what artistic profession that you are in – Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, etc., the majority of us use photos in our work. We will use photography to set a mood, or to tell a story. The saying goes that a picture says a thousand words, and it’s true. For the sake of art, though, are there any boundaries or rules to the way that we should use photography?

Right off the bat, artists for the sake of art say no. We should be able to manipulate photography and create what ever type of imagery that we choose. We should be able to take out images into Photoshop and do whatever we like to them. Photographers should be able to get the basic idea of an image, and we can take it into Photoshop and perfect it. We … Read More »