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Welcome to the odin version 4. I have been planning this for a long time, but finally I managed to make room to sit down and start again. I am now running the entire site on wordpress as it has many advantages with plugins and statistics. You may notice my branding has also changed somewhat, as I wanted to give a more defined brand and feeling to the odin. Continue reading
Being able to come up with truely unique ideas is a very difficult thing to achieve. However there is nothing wrong in taking inspiration from things you see around you, in fact most good teachers of design will encourage this. I have put together a roundup of some of my favrioute places to find inspiration for business card design. Continue reading
As a rule I’m not usually a massive fan of frameworks, and my first thoughts on the 960 grid system were ‘why bother?’. If you know how to hand code HTML and CSS and you have a copy of Photoshop, that should be all you need. Well here I am today to tell you how naive and wrong I was, and here is 4 reasons why! Continue reading
A jquery plugin is a powerful addition to the jquery library. also known as extensions these are nothing new to the development world and have been around for quite some time in various languages. But what makes jquery plugins so unique is the ease in which they can be developed. Continue reading
I have finally found the time to make some business cards. Ive tried to go for something which isn’t too “in yout face” but at the same time gets the message across.
I chose to use moo cards as I had heard some really great stuff about them, and they certainly didn’t disappoint. The turn around time was around 5 days and they even give you a snazzy little case to keep them in. I only opted for 50, and that cost me £10, which is very reasonable, although if you buy in bulk you can save yourself some serious money.
I got some inspiration from the logo designer blog which has some fantastic designs to get you in the creative spirit. As well as this there are some other really great blog rolls which deal specifically with the craft of the business card. Of course if you want to go one further you could always try out chris spooners tutorial on creating a professional print ready business card yourself!
I have just finished This fantastic book by Elliot Jay Stocks Entitled “Sex Web Design” I was so impressed with It I felt it deserved a review.
Im not usually a fan of web design books. I have had bad experiences in the past with web development literature, which I found to be quickly out dated and very cumbersome to navigate through. However this book has a refreshing take on how to enlighten and engage with the reader. The book is a great resource for web designers of any caliber. It is packed full of useful suggestions and examples of web tools which will help you improve you design skills. Even once you have finished reading the book is a great point of reference to help you direct your creativity. Continue reading
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Follow meEducated to degree level in Digital Media at Canterbury Christ Church University. I have over four years of commercial experience in front end web development. My disciplines include XHTML, CSS, PHP, MYSQL, Smarty and javascript. I am also a keen advocate of the jQuery framework.
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