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Free fonts versus paid fonts - Which is best?

Free fonts versus paid fonts – Which is best?

Col 25th March 2017 Graphic Design 2 Comments

Choosing the right font for your project can be tricky. Which style and do you go for a free or a paid font? Find out the pros & cons of free vs paid fonts.

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What is the colour wheel?

What is the colour wheel? How to use a colour wheel

Col 4th February 2017 Graphic Design Leave a Comment

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35 free stock photography website catalogues & libraries

35 free stock photography website catalogues and libraries

Col 26th October 2016 Graphic Design 16 Comments

35 free stock photography website libraries for you to search and find that perfect photograph for your project when you have a limited, or even zero budget.

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Colour and what it means for your brand

Colour and what it means for your brand

Col 8th October 2016 Graphic Design 1 Comment

Did you know that the colours that you’ve chosen for your brand have a psychological and emotional response on the viewer? Colour is a strong tool in brand design.

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What are crop marks?

What are crop marks? Why you need crop marks for print production

Col 1st October 2016 Graphic Design Leave a Comment

Crop marks are used to let the printer know what the final size of your document will be and where to trim the artwork. Let’s find out how that works.

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5 important questions for your graphic designer

Top 5 important questions for your graphic designer

Col 30th September 2016 Graphic Design 1 Comment

In order to get a project off to a really great start, there are 5 questions that need to be discussed between the designer and the client.

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What is bleed? Why you need bleed for print.

What is bleed? Why you need bleed for print

Col 30th September 2016 Graphic Design Leave a Comment

When you want graphics or images to go off the edge of a printed page you will be required to set up a print bleed on your artwork. Let me explain more about printers bleed.

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What is White Space?

What is White Space? Why you need White Space.

Col 9th August 2016 Graphic Design 4 Comments

By using White Space you can have clearer, more impactful marketing and promotional materials. I’m going to show you how to implement White Space.

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Typography basics - Learning about typography

Basic Typography – Learning about Typography Basics

Col 17th July 2016 Graphic Design Leave a Comment

Typography is a key skill in anyone’s design toolkit. By learning about basic typography your layout and design work will improve by leaps and bounds.

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5 Reasons You Should NOT Hire A professional Graphic Designer

5 Reasons You Should NOT Hire a Professional Graphic Designer

Col 1st July 2016 Graphic Design 1 Comment

Why would you want to invest in a professional graphic designer when you can do it all yourself? 5 reasons you should not hire a graphic designer.

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Top 5 Tips for an effective, well designed business card

Top 5 tips for an effective, well designed business card

Col 25th May 2016 Graphic Design 2 Comments

Business cards still play a key part in any brands arsenal of marketing tools. I’m going to give you 5 design tips to an effective business card.

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Can I use a stock photo or image with a watermark?

Can I use a stock photo or image with a watermark? Am I breaking copyright law?

Col 28th March 2016 Graphic Design 2 Comments

If you use a watermarked image on any of your marketing materials, digital or print, without written permission from the rights holder then you are infringing the copyright of that watermarked image.

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