Continue Reading »
Liam McKay is a designer that is constantly growing and improving. Every design he creates seems to top the one prior. That’s impressive; and it’s something I always strive for in my own work. I’m stoked Liam agreed to this interview.
Continue Reading »
Every 50 new members to MyInkBlog Flickr group yields an inspirational post of the best work from that period. If you want to be a part of the next showcase, all you have to do is join up, and submit some fantastic design work. Also, if you missed the first two, be sure to checkout showcase I and II.
Continue Reading »
I love discovering awesome Photoshop brushes. So it’s good news that I keep learning about new Photoshop brush sites. However, the market for any service can very quickly become over saturated with too much of the same. Despite the volume of these type of sites, I try to give each one a fair shake to see if they separate themselves in any manner.
Continue Reading »
This tutorial will cover a lot of ground (that may or may not be a bad play on words 
). We will use both Illustrator and Photoshop to create a cool winter background. The focus will be showing you how to create custom patterns in Illustrator and custom brushes from these patterns in Photoshop. I think you’ll find a lot of these techniques very useful.
Continue Reading »
It’s been another fantastic month in the design blogosphere. Here’s my collection of the best articles, tutorials, freebies and more from the design community for the month of October. Enjoy!
Continue Reading »
A great place to find design inspiration is in brochures, flyers and leaflets. Companies have been using these marketing tools for 100’s of years now. With the advances in printing the designs are limitless. The results of this creative marketing can be stunning.
Continue Reading »
In one of my recent web projects I was asked to include dropdown style navigation to the site. I found it quite exhausting just how many articles, techniques and services are out there are on topic. However, what I didn’t find was a compilation of some really slick examples. And, while I’m not always the biggest advocate on using this sort of navigation, I must admit sometimes if can be done quite well. Here are some examples of sites that I think did a great job with it.
Continue Reading »
In web design, it can be tricky to decide how to present your layout to a client. There are some designers who believe you should skip Photoshop and go straight to coding. I disagree. At the very least you should sketch out your ideas with a pencil and pad before ever opening up a text editor. For me, my workflow is: sketch / Photoshop / code.
Continue Reading »
There is less then 1 week left to enter your design into the Big Typography Poster Contest. The results of this case study have been very impressive. I highlighted many of the awesome designs in my last update. Here are a some new submissions that I found visually stunning and creative.
This month has been a complete whirlwind for me. I started my new job yesterday, I’ve relocated 6 hours away, and most of my stuff is still in boxes! Despite all that craziness, here’s my attempt to find the best of what was the month of September. The… Continue Reading »
Suggest a Tutorial or Article
to My Ink Blog
by Email
Twitter
Flickr
Digg
Stumble Upon