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- Helvetica - Why is it SO Popular?November 17
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The other day I was thinking about what font to use for a some Photoshop work I was doing, and whilst searching through the many different fonts I had, the one that jumped out at me was Helvetica I don’t quite know what it was about the font that stood out so much to me, was it the simplicity, the beauty or something else, this got me thinking and so I did some research…
First let’s look at some of Helvetica’s history,
Who Developed It?
Helvetica was developed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann in Münchenstein, Switzerland.
The font was originally called Neue Haas Grotesk based on a typeface called Schelter-Grotesk, the main aim of Helvetica as a typeface was to create something that was quite neutral and could be used on a wide variety of signage.
The Name was changed to Helvetica in 1960 which was derived from Confoederatio Helvetica which is the Latin name for Switzerland, this was an idea to make it more marketable internationally.
Variations
Neue Helvetica is a re-working of the original font done in 1983, this style of Helvetica offered more structurally unified set of heights and widths, this was developed at D. Stempel AG which was the daughter company o
- 17 of the Most Visually Beautiful HDR ImagesOctober 27
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After a break for a little while, and concentrating on my University Assignments I am back with another collection of inspirational and stunning images, this time its a collection on beautiful HDR images,
What is HDR?
High Dynamic Range. An HDR image aims to store pixel values that span the whole tonal range of real-world scenes. In order to create such an image several low dynamic range (ie ordinary digital photos) taken at differing exposure values are combined.
This process then gives amazing images that have a full range of tones and colours, which look truly amazing as can be seen in the collection below, I hope you enjoy them:
- 1000 Business Card Giveaway - Winners Announced!October 19
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So it’s been 2 weeks since I announced the 1000 Business card giveaway and today is the day where the winners are announced,
There were quite a few entries to this competition and making a decision was really tough because to be honest all of the entries offered a viable reason to be given the business cards, but I have made a decision and the winners and there reasons are listed below.
What I need the winners to do is to contact me via the CONTACT form telling me there:
- Email Addresses
- Full Name
- An Address For Delivery (e.g. Home Address)
All of the above are needed in order for the business cards to be sent to you!
Another thing is that you need to have a business card design for Uprinting as they do not make one for you
The Winners:
Below is the list of the winners in no particular order, If any of the winners do not contact me within a week then I will offer the business cards to someone else, so it’s best to send me your details as soon as possible:
1. Andrew Taylor
I need these business cards because I can’t afford them on my own. I’m leaving my job and losing my apartment and moving in with family to stay in town. I deserve these because I’ve been working harder than anyone I know to get my freelance career started. I almost started a freelance team with
- User Link FeedOctober 17
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Hello! Welcome to the User Link Feed. Anyone can submit links with a short description which will then appear in the sidebar. Links must be approved before appearing and we filter out links that aren’t relevant to the audience. We generally want:
- Links to Useful Resources and Downloads
- Links to Tutorials
- Links to Inspirational Work (*really good* work only please)
- Links to Articles
You can submit your links below using the form. They are generally approved within 24 hours.
- The ‘Colour’ Wallpaper TutorialOctober 16
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This tutorial is an addition to the previous wallpaper tutorial I did, as that got such a good response I thought I would make another wallpaper this time using different methods to achieve quite a unique look.
What We Are Going To Achieve
Step 1 - New Document
With this being a wallpaper tutorial you will need to make the canvas size the resolution of your screen, so therefore I am using the size 1440 x 900 but make sure you match it to your screen size and just go ahead and create a new document with these sizes.
Step 2 - Gradient Background
Now you need to fill in the background with a Radial Gradient, so pick the gradient tool off the sidebar and make sure that radial gradient is selected:
Now select the colours and set them to #243430 -> #000000 so that the greeney colour is on the left hand handle in the colour sele
