Comments on: Everyone is a Designer: Practical Examples

By: Marie Curie High School

Marie Curie High School — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:12 +0000

I am a master of Marie Curie high school, I’d like your blog.
I will tell my student about your post for them to get more exp

By: andy

andy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:20:29 +0000

By: Danon

Danon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:51:54 +0000

This is true. Today, they have made so many templates and user friendly software for design, its really not about creativity. However, I feel the creativity is what gets us in trouble. I always want to tweek the templates, or change fonts and colors and thats when I get in trouble. Save money and follow the template, or just spend the money on something original. Decent design is simply an added bonus to a good plan.
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By: James

James — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:56 +0000

Repeat after me, “White space is your friend” and “People over 40 need bigger fonts and lots of contrast.” Your blog design is an excellent example of both.
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By: Mario Kohan

Mario Kohan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:21:22 +0000

Today, I thjnk it’s much more effective to hire some expert, that charges 10$ and hour and you know you get the quality that you want. I’ve also tried to design several things myself. Eventually I wasted a lot of time and had to hire an expert anyway. Good article, though.
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By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:41:50 +0000

Great article. I find that there are plenty of non-artists that have great concepts – but just don’t know the technical end.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:02:30 +0000

some good ideas and advice in this for “wannabe” designers. i find myself lacking the creativity side of things sometimes, but i keep on trying.

By: Tea

Tea — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:56:59 +0000

Great tips i will make the most of them. Thanks
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By: Paul@ComputerRepairUpgrade

Paul@ComputerRepairUpgrade — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:56 +0000

I am not a “creative” person in the usual sense in that I cannot draw, and although I have an excellent vocabulary I cannot write poetry.

I am a mechanically minded sort of person and so I work to my strengths and am a computer repair tech running my own small firm. The first step in trying to expand your own small business is building a website for people to find you and see what you are all about. Problem is this costs a fortune if you want a professional website built to your spec.

So I got “creative” and built one myself. I spent a long time thinking about how I wanted it to look and playing around with Photoshop to achieve the feel of the site I was after. Eventually it got easier and easier and I was left with pretty much exactly what I had envisaged. I now try to “draw” a couple of things a week in Photoshop as I’ve found that I really enjoy it.

I have received no professional training or advice and I don’t need a professional to tell me I’ve done a good job. The proof, for me, will be in the sales…

By: OweEng2

OweEng2 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:16:31 +0000

Great article Crystal, really inspirational. I totally agree that everyone’s a designer, it’s just a matter of who’s looking. Keep up the good work, added you to my bookmarklist
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