Blogging and Design Tips from Pro Blog Design Creator Michael Martin

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Undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of running a blog is keeping up with design trends. You can write amazing articles and share the best tips on the web, but if your blog looks like a run-down 1990's ripoff or some generic Wordpress template, chances are you won't be attracting many visitors to your site. The most famous and successful bloggers realize how important a custom design really is, and no expenses are cut when it comes to design. Pro Blog Design is a fantastic Wordpress … [Read more...]

Interview with Little Box of Ideas Design Blog

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Much alike many designers out there, I'm constantly craving new graphic design inspiration, web design galleries, and everything the life of a designer should be filled to the brim with. This leads me on my quest of finding the best design blogs out on the internetz, and my interview today is no shortage. Little Box of Ideas is a great design and creativity blog, focusing on great topics such as graphics tutorials and typography. I got a fantastic interview with LBoI's designer and main … [Read more...]

Getting Inside Creativity Den: New Inspiration Blog for Designers

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Web designers have no shortage of inspiration these days. It seems as though there are new design and inspiration blogs popping up every hour, and there's never a shortage of posts to go around. With new social media sites such as Design Moo and DesignBump, articles for graphic artists and web designers are able to spread like wildfire. It's rare when you run across a unique and helpful blog, and this is the case with CreativityDen. I found the Creativity Den Blog a few months ago, went … [Read more...]

Interview with Chris Spooner of Line25 Web Design Blog

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Let's face it: web design is hot. With the internet's popularity skyrocketing, younger and younger kids are getting into design and web projects, even freelancing! Not to say this is bad at all, it's actually started a large spread of web design and development tips and inspiration, mostly posted onto blogs I've gotten ahold of Chris Spooner, a very talented and popular freelance designer who blogs at his personal blog, blog.spoongraphics, and more recently http://line25.com/. Line25 is a … [Read more...]

Developing a Successful Design Blog: Lessons from Web Designer Depot

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Design blogs are the new in, everybody who is interested in making money online and knows any amount about web design is starting their own blog. Granted only a few have made it and gained star-status in the blogosphere, but there are thousands of others who struggle to build their way to the top. I'm turning to one of my favorite web/graphic design blogs for inspiration: Web Designer Depot. The blog was launched at the end of 2008, and since then has grown into a thriving success (boasting a … [Read more...]

Interview with PSDFan’s Designer and Blogger Tom Ross

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Finding good tutorials on web design and development can be tough these days. Although so many people have and use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and all of the creative suite, there are very few that know how to utilize the tools properly and create astounding designs. Tom Ross of PSDFan is a web designer of 8 years and currently posts up tutorials, interviews, and even some free graphics here and there onto the blog. PSDFan has grown rapidly, and I feel honored to have an interview with Tom … [Read more...]

Interview with CollegeHumor’s Designer Anna Hiort

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I've gotten my fair share of laughs from all of the hilarious content on the internet today. Photoshopped photos and amazing/retarded videos are spread like wildfire through forums and social networking sites. However, one of the best sites I've ever run across for generally hilarious content has to be Collegehumor. Not only does the site provide hilarious and amusing videos and content, it also has a very large community involvement in the site and a great looking web 2.0 design. Anna Hiort … [Read more...]