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Graceful Green

01 Dec 2009

Graceful Green

Some time ago, a client asked me to do a "green" logo, meaning it had to reflect 'eco-friendliness', 'connected to earth', 'nature' and so on. I liked his briefing and decided to go for it. After doing some research and gathering some ideas and inspiration I started to draw and color.While I was looking for the 'right' green color, I found out that it's hard to find a beautiful green. It took me a long time to decide what green I should use. I created a Graceful Green Flickr gallery to collect inspiration from the color green and the green idea.
Art & paintings Graphic Design Webdesign
Creating a unique avatar

19 Nov 2009

Creating a unique avatar

Yesterday, a person on Twitter was complaining about the fact that some other company/person had stolen his/her avatar. It resembled the original avatar quite a lot. In fact, there are a lot of avatars with the same look, same colors etc... I think you can avoid having your avatar looking similar to others if you spend a little more time when you choose your avatar and look for some ways to be more unique, more special, more attractive ...
Art & paintings Webdesign
iPhone tools for the webdesigner, part 2

06 Apr 2009

iPhone tools for the webdesigner, part 2

In the first part of iPhone tools for the webdesigner, I wrote about the tools I use on my iPhone as a webdesigner, tools that you can use for color, html, css, fonts, filesharing and printing from the iPhone. In this second part, I write about tools for social networking, podcasts for webdesigners and some handy utilities.
Software Webdesign Apple
iPhone tools for the webdesigner, part 1

25 Mar 2009

iPhone tools for the webdesigner, part 1

From september till november 2008, I stayed in hospital and had 3 surgeries from an acute appendicitis. Sickness can never be avoided, but I can tell: it was a long period without my kids, without Tim and without my work. My stay wasn't catastrophic for Bene, my self running business, thanks to our hospital and income assurance. It was in hospital that Tim bought me this wonderful present: a new iPhone 3G mobile phone. It was - and still is - a fantastic present: I was able to read my mail messages, visit websites, play games, read books, write notes, take pictures and so many more. The long, boring hours in hospital were a lot easier to carry since I got this iPhone. I realized what an amazing tool it really is (without mentioning battery life, of course). Today, the iPhone is a valuable tool for my work as a webdesigner. I sum up a few powerful tools for webdesigners for the iPhone.
Software Webdesign Apple
A webdesign brief document for every website

27 Feb 2009

A webdesign brief document for every website

It's no luxury to make a document for every website that you design. A document with a design description. Before starting a webdesign project, a webdesigner collects lots of information. You get a lot of information in your mailbox (clients tend to send you everything by e-mail), you receive a logo, a brochure and text for the webdesign, that's about it. Over the years, I collected everything nicely in a folder with the name of the client. I still work this way but I add a design brief to every project now. The client receives also a copy of this document. It's important information, my clients use this document for marketing material that they afterwards (after the launch of their website) need to order.
Branding Graphic Design Webdesign
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