5 Free Vector Resources for Illustrator: Part One

Posted on October 14, 2015October 9, 2018 by mark williams

As a designer, one of the most frustrating things can be trawling through search engine results trying to find some vector illustrations that are not only suitable for your current project or design, but are also great quality, and, of course, free to use. I’ve lost count of the times that I’ve finally found a vector image that I like – or that it contains an object within it that I could make use of – only to find out that it can’t be used commercially. var uri = 'https://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp?type(img)g(22838624)a(3049974)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11); document...

How To Optimise Photos For The Web In 2 Minutes With Photoshop

Posted on October 12, 2015October 13, 2015 by mark williams

Goose flying out of laptop screen. Cool graphics

As with so many things in life, when it comes to optimising your images for the web, it all comes down to striking the right balance. The images on your website will play an extremely important role in visitor retention. And in fact they will do this in two ways – one aesthetic, and one technical. Firstly, the images you choose for your website of course need to be of professional standard and quality. They also need to be germane to your brand and your online message to the world. They need to be original, too, as well as eye-catching, beautiful and thoughtful. If your images lack any o...

3 Reasons To Subscribe To Adobe Creative Cloud

Posted on September 23, 2015October 6, 2015 by mark williams

Adobe products have been synonymous with creative media for many years now and many of you will have begun your Adobe journey with the Creative Suite. The sixth incarnation of the latter was of course the final instalment of the highly revered and successful software where you would buy the software as a disc or download for a fairly hefty sum. What Happened Next…? Well, let’s first take a look at what happened almost simultaneously. Being one of the most successful purveyors of boxed software, Adobe’s CS6 was of course met with as much excitement and critical acclaim as all of its pr...

3 Ways Learning InDesign Can Save You Money

Posted on September 10, 2015September 11, 2015 by mark williams

The software offerings from Adobe have always had a somewhat fearful reputation for being far too complicated for the average person to learn for themselves. However, whilst it’s certainly true that the likes of Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator are professional tools that have not been built to be ‘user-friendly’ as such, this shouldn’t mean that these programs should be the sole reserve of professional designers. Adobe Creative Cloud has made the pricing of Adobe software much more accessible. In the past, each program would set you back £100s, whereas now, a simple monthly fee is p...