I just wanted to share the new logo for one of the projects I am currently working on. Odds are if you’re in the WordPress world, you know John Saddington. He operates under @human3rror on twitter and has released a number of WordPress themes on his website. He is a great guy and I am very excited to be working with him on a very fun project. I just recently completed the logo for this super-secret project and asked John if I could share this with you all to get some feedback on it. Basically, the concept behind the logo is the idea of being recharged or refueled. I’d love to know what you think about it!
One of the cardinal sins in the design community is stealing someone’s work and calling it your own. About a month ago, a good friend notified me that his site and portfolio were completely ripped off by a guy he found on ThemeForest. The guy basically took his entire portfolio, slapped a new logo on it, and uploaded it to his domain. My friend was distraught about the whole situation and had no idea what to do. As a Christian, he wanted to help the person, and wasn’t sure what the best approach would be. Obviously, he wanted to get the stolen portfolio taken down. At the same time, he didn’t want to come off as merciless or cruel by completely embarrassing and discrediting him by blasting him throughout the halls of twitter and Facebook (which seems to be a common practice lately). This got me thinking: What’s the right way to deal with a design ripoff?
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You may not have noticed, but the rest of the world has. Collis Ta’eed and Envato have just completely revamped the Envato Marketplace, including ThemeForest.net. With the latest redesign, I wanted to share some awesome themes that I think really deserve a look when purchasing a new theme for your blog or a client project. These are hot, yo!
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I love WordPress. That’s why I put together my list of the 10 greatest WordPress themes ever. I tried to avoid having too many “frameworks” and obviously excluded my own themes, Gallery, DesignFolio+, and Absynthe, which could possibly have made the list (in my dreams). Please enjoy and as always, add your own suggestions and omissions in the comments.
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A workspace for a designer is a very important thing. It’s where all the magic happens. From drawing inspiration from beautiful works of digital art to pushing colorful pixels in Photoshop, this is where a designer makes their visions come to life. In my opinion, a designer’s success all starts with the perfect monitor.
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If you hadn’t yet noticed, I’ve added a feedback tab to my site in an effort to gain ideas and suggestions for upcoming blog posts. If you have any ideas, feel free to pop open the suggestion tab and post a few ideas or questions you’d like to see answered. One of the questions I’ve received thus far is, “how the h do I get to be as sexy as Rogie King?” Since I am dedicated to my readers, I thought it would be good to answer this question in detail, however, I felt it was a bit off-topic for this blog. To make it interesting I changed the topic to “5 Keys to Being a Sexy Designer like Rogie King.” I hope these tips help you in your personal pursuit of design sexiness.
5. Incorporate leaves in all your designs
This may seem obvious, but any designer who knows anything understands the value of leaves in design. Rogie obviously knows what he is doing and should be commended for using leaves absolutely everywhere.
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If it seems like I haven’t posted much recently on Designer&Developer, well, yes, that’s true. But to be fair, I have been extremely busy with some monstrous projects. Even with all those crazy projects going on, I still had some time to pull together a post for my buddy Jacob Gube of Six Revisions called “16 Genuine, Authentic Designers on Twitter.”
Now, I know what you’re all thinking, “Oh no, not another list of designers on Twitter, we’ve seen like 40 of those in the past three weeks.” Well, this one is quite different, listing 16 designers who’s updates and work I find quite interesting and worth a follow, if I do say so myself. Some of them you know, some you don’t. There were even a few designers a bit chafed they weren’t on the list, and for that, I do apologize. I wanted to keep this list brief, instead of finding 200+ designers which would be overwhelming to most people. If you haven’t already stopped by to take a gander, please do!
You can look forward to more posts of mine on Six Revisions as well. If you have any ideas or questions, don’t hesitate to hit me up.
If you love to check out fancy blogs, then you will love this list of 10 top blog designs from designers! These are the cream of the crop, the creme de la creme, so take notes and enjoy.
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