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By Noel Gill , http://skyje.com Color has become an essential element of every logo design. With that said, many designers concentrate greatly on incorporating the best image and font style, but fail to give adequate attention to the color scheme. By doing so they are missing out big time. Proper selection of the color scheme not only enhances the overall appearance of the logo, but also helps in communicating the intended message. Read More

The Color Blue By Guest Blogger, You The Designer   Whether we realize it or not, colors have an impact on our lives. As a rule we are intuitively looking for colors we need. When you wake up in the morning and feel really tired, you may not realize it but you’ll definitely put on clothes of warm and vivid colors like: orange, yellow or red. People with fine mental organization choose colors more accurately. Usually these are women; because men are more reserved with social limitations and often suppress... Read The Rest →

By STEVEN HELLER, New York Times Published: October 19, 2012 on Graphic design is an art best served as ink on paper. Despite the inevitable transition to digital media, a devoted connoisseur still prefers to hold a beautifully printed book, letterhead or brochure. David Jury, an English design scholar whose previous book, “Letter­press: The Allure of the Handmade,” revealed his obsession with the kiss of hot metal type on sheets of hand-­printed paper, has been collecting artifacts of the “black art” for decades. I’m not talking about occultist paraphernalia but... Read The Rest →

It’s been forever since my last post and there are lots of updates to be made on work, but this one I had to share. I had the honor of custom designing invitations for my precious best friend’s baby shower.  She and her husband are like family to my husband and I so welcoming their first child is like having a new niece or nephew.  This was a fun project not only for that reason, but because I was allowed to use my mojo however I wished (woohoo!!) The shower... Read The Rest →

I always find it interesting that when I present concepts to a new logo client that their choice is always number one. I have no idea why. I spend hours on delivering several very different concepts to each customer, but always the same.  Door number one wins.  My latest logo client was for the After School Enrichment Program (previously known as the Boys and Girls Club of Carthage). With an emphasis on the initials AYEP and a focus on the education, support, encouragement, enrichment, growth and community support of the... Read The Rest →

Commercial Real Estate Investing, Architecture, Building and Interior Design tends to be our niche thanks to one of my first clients in the business “Builder Architect Magazine”. We recently had a new commercial real estate firm referred to us for a website design. I suggested WordPress for their platform since there was a need for in-house listing updates. We settled on a design concept and moved forward to build the site you see here. This was a fun project and we could not have asked for a more enjoyable client... Read The Rest →

Owner and Publisher Krista Cheatham of Home Upgrades Magazine, found us through our long time client IBB Design. Desiring a look similar to what she found at IBB, she came to us for an upgrade of her own.  With a simple HTML site, she felt it was time to give her readers a bit more when it came to her online presence.  We presented concepts, settled on a color scheme and built Krista a WordPress site she could be proud of.  This was also Amanda’s first time flying solo on a... Read The Rest →

Cherokee Measurement and Control is another client that’s been with me for years.  I’ve built and maintained a site for them since 2004.  Owner Joe Ragsdale came from Tulsa to meet with me when I was still in Longview and we’ve worked together since.  However about a year ago Joe and and his sales team decided it was time to step the website up and utilize it not only as an online location for information about what Cherokee does, but also to provide their clients with a source of references... Read The Rest →

Kent, Kent & Tingle out of Shreveport, LA has a branch down the hall from our office.  Upon moving in to our new place we were fast friends and they became our newest local client. Unfortunately they’d previously hired a web firm to take care of their online presence so we were a day late on that account, but just in time to take care of them on their new corporate headshots. Since Amanda was starting the first January, I decided this would be her first gig at AGD.  I... Read The Rest →