Designers have a great resource for finding images on the web today with the likes of istock and shutterstock to name a couple. However, when you’re designing something for a the client you don’t want to download the expensive hires file just yet right? So you go for the lores comp version just as an […]
Logo design should be simple, clean and work both in large and small format. Logo design should look good everywhere in colour, black and white. Logo design should be unique and stand out from your competitors. Logo design should evoke an emotional connection with your target audience and relate to your business. Logo design should be […]
What do you need to be a web designer? Well to be honest that’s a difficult question to answer because there are so many different areas of web design that to be good at all of them would be to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. One thing is certain […]
This is my take on drawing pixie dust in photoshop. First of all create a new document of about 1000px by 1000px 300dpi, this will be to create your brush, ultimately you can experiment with different brushes but this will give you a good starting point of how to go about starting it. now using […]
The design studio is where most graphic designers begin their careers. Studios vary tremendously. They can consist of any number of designers and work in specific design areas, such as three dimensional display and corporate identity, or they can be totally non-specialist and tackle anything. Most studios have senior designers who produce designs from a […]
Colour plays an enormous part in our lives. From a young age we all have a favourite colour, enjoy brilliant blue skies, and pay attention when we see a red warning sign. Colour is a key tool for a designer – a way to express emotion and feeling without the need for imagery. But we […]
The task of a graphic designer is to communicate a message to his or her audience successfully through the organisation of words and image. The graphic designer demonstrates his skills by manipulating various ingredients in a given space. This is an apt description although it does not give adequate credit to the aesthetic judgements involved. […]
In many respects, it is curious that the term graphic design is given to a profession in which the time spent on actual design represents such a small proportion of the whole job. In practice, the designer acts as a co-ordinator, his or her knowledge having to incorporate extensive aspects of every ancillary reproduction process […]
Packaging a product is another specialist area of the design industry, and few graphic design studios have the real expertise to deal with the process fully. The designer’s task when dealing with packaging is to produce an effective selling device. The pack itself is often the only element of the product on display for shoppers […]
You need some graphic design? Choosing the right design agency is going to be dictated by a few important factors. At Square One Software we are here to help you with the right design to fit your business and your budget along with some other factors. Although we don’t directly offer a graphic design service […]
