by Sheri Hall | Oct 13, 2017 | How to, Photography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Sometimes you need a selfie I recently had a large design project where I received a bunch of DIY headshots (many selfies) from 350 people and needed to process them in Photoshop to resize them, correct white balance, improve contrast, and...
by Sheri Hall | Oct 5, 2017 | Graphic Design, How to, Typography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares This may be the most common typography mistake I see people make: using a single open quote mark or a foot mark when they should be using an apostrophe. The following graphic shows a bunch of what not to do. First we’ll look at the...
by Sheri Hall | Sep 28, 2017 | Graphic Design, Typography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares No one wants to be ugly, boring and dated; so why use fonts that are? This is my not-at-all exhaustive list of typefaces you should stop using right away. Some were too popular for their own good, severely overused and landed here, while...
by Sheri Hall | Sep 21, 2017 | Graphic Design, Resources, Typography
TweetShareSharePin22 Shares My favorite dingbat fonts, how you access them and what cool things you can do with them Here’s the scoop; in typography, a dingbat (formally known as a printer’s ornament) is a decorative element character. Dingbats can be combined to...
by Sheri Hall | Sep 14, 2017 | How to, Photography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares If you haven’t tried playing around with black and white photography on your camera phone, now is a great time to do it. There are a bunch of apps out there to help you; some of them are black and white only, while some of them include black...
by Sheri Hall | Aug 31, 2017 | Graphic Design, Package Design, Typography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares For better or worse package design affects the perceived value of a product. Seeing the price tag also affects the perceived value, and it’s comforting to a consumer when a low price and inexpensive packaging match up; likewise, an expensive...
by Sheri Hall | Aug 27, 2017 | Fonts, Logo Design, Typography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares I’ve had to take art appreciation classes throughout my academic career and studied painting, architecture and sculpture, but never graphic design and typography as its own class. If there was a typography appreciation class, I’d...
by Sheri Hall | Aug 10, 2017 | Graphic Design, How to, Logo Design
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Logo design is serious stuff. It’s often the first design project for a new organization, and it sets the stage for everything that comes after it. It is the cornerstone of one’s visual brand. This post will take a step-by-step look at the...
by Sheri Hall | Aug 4, 2017 | Graphic Design, Resources
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares When you’re staring at a blank screen or piece of paper (like I am right now, yikes!) it can be hard to come up with something brilliant. This is where resources come in! In this post I’ll cover my favorite resources for finding typefaces,...
by Sheri Hall | Jul 28, 2017 | Graphic Design, Package Design, Typography
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares For better or worse package design affects the perceived value of a product. Seeing the price tag also affects the perceived value, and it’s comforting to a consumer when a low price and inexpensive packaging match up; likewise, an...
