The first thing to know about getting started with WordPress is creating a blog post. Blogging is the first thing that comes to mind when people think of WordPress. Even if you’re not a blogger it’s a good feature to know for the future, especially if you’re selling products or services. Not only that, but creating a blog post in WordPress is easy. Read More “Creating a blog post in WordPress”
This is an inside look at my Web Design process. I follow these steps in the Web Design package and it is the same process I use in the Brand x Web Design package. You can read more about the full Brand x Web Design process here. Read More “Inside Look at my Web Design Process”
Below is an inside look at my brand x web design process. This is an update to my previous blog post on my design process. In this article, I will outline my step by step design process. This doesn’t include my client process, but in the future, I will post a separate post on my client process. Read More “Inside look at my Brand x Web Design Process”
*This Brand x Web Design for Pink Tint is a fictitious company created for my portfolio.
Pink Tint Productions is a music production company specializing in independent music. They support artists who are bold and charismatic. Read More “Brand x Web Design for Pink Tint”
When I first uploaded my website to my host, it was hard. I didn’t know what FTP was or how to use my host. I use Arvixe (affiliate link).
In fact, I used to HATE my host. I only chose them because they were cheap and my sister referred me. I hated Arvixe because it was hard to navigate, especially for a beginner like me and they didn’t answer my questions quickly enough. Read More “Upload Your Site Using Dreamweaver: Simple Step by Step Instructions to Upload Your Website”
When I first started off with graphic design, typography was my biggest weakness. I didn’t know how to choose fonts. I made the whole idea very complicated. My teacher even said that I thought about it too much. When I knew what he meant, I felt really dumb.
I’m not going to say typography is easy, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Here is the not so complicated way to think about type. Read More “How to choose fonts for your brand: A not so complicated way to think about type”
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It’s used to create styling for HTML. As you saw in the previous blog, Learn Basic HTML, HTML is very plain. To style your website, you add CSS. Read More “Learn Basic CSS”
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, but I’m not going to go into too much historical detail because I know what it’s like to listen to the teacher go through each fact and then forget about it if it’s not on the quiz. Read More “Learn Basic HTML”
Going into graphic design wasn’t my dream. When I was in high school, I took Theater Arts. I did this because public speaking was one of my biggest weaknesses. I’m the type of person that likes challenges. If I know I have a weakness, I want to know if it’s possible to improve it. While I was in Theater, my script was chosen as a group project and I became the Director of my team. That’s when I knew I wanted to become a Director. Read More “How I got started in Graphic Design and Web Design”
I think being organized is the most important step of any project. If you have a process and follow the same steps over and over, it becomes second nature and you’re not scrambling trying to figure out everything. Read More “My Process Before I Create a Website”