Personal blog of a freelance designer

How to Create a Radial Silver Effect in Illustrator

Posted by on Apr 24, 2013 in Tips & Tutorials | 0 comments

Creating a radial sliver effect in Illustrator allows you to make some really cool UI interfaces and icon designs. Luckily there’s...

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How to Embed HTML into the Body of an Email

Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Tips & Tutorials | 0 comments

There’s a very simple way to embed your HTML Email Newsletters into the body of an email. Here’s how to do it: Once you have...

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Interview with Rob Cubbon

Posted by on Mar 8, 2013 in News | 1 comment

Last week I had the pleasure of chatting to Rob Cubbon – blogger, designer, SEO specialist, web guru and all-round nice-guy –...

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How to Reorganise your Artboards in Illustrator

Posted by on Jan 5, 2013 in Tips & Tutorials | 0 comments

Quick tip for today: How to reorganise the order of your artboards in Illustrator CS5. Below you can see I have 16 artboards set up....

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My Favourite Apps

Posted by on Oct 24, 2012 in Software | 0 comments

I have a few apps on my iMac that I use virtually every day that are usually all open on my desktop at any one time. Here’s my...

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Macro Beauty Retouch

Posted by on Sep 21, 2012 in Featured, Retouching | 0 comments

Here’s a quick peek at my latest retouch – a macro beauty retouch with the focus on skin work. The original photo is courtesy...

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Running A Web Design Business E-Book

Posted by on Sep 5, 2012 in News | 1 comment

Web Guru Rob Cubbon recently published an e-book about the ins and outs of running your own web design business. Rob sent me a copy and I...

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Paint with Ice Tutorial

Posted by on Aug 26, 2012 in Design, Featured, Tips & Tutorials | 0 comments

A while ago I was approached by a design magazine to create a tutorial for them. The result was this: The aim of the tutorial was to...

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