I’ve been interested in learning more about UX for awhile now, and after some Uxcel.com lessons, I find myself becoming more critical of bad user experiences I find online and in games. So, after months of seeing ads for Google’s UX design certificate program everywhere I looked, I finally gave in. Google’s UX Design program…

Let’s do an experiment. I want to see if I can recreate an existing stock photo, taken by a real photographer, using the AI image generator Dall-E. Is it even possible to recreate a stock photo using Dall-E or can we only create something similar? Well, through a lot of trial and error, I found…

Since I last experimented making art with Dall-E I’ve been wanting to try some more interesting prompts. I want to see if I could create an image from a specific idea and have that image (or something close to it) be generated by Dall-E in a way that I can actually use it for a…

A question that many creatives has been asking themselves lately is if AI generated imagery will replace our jobs. Dall-E, specifically, is one of the most impressive visual generators that can take a simple prompt and make something well crafted and unique. But can we utilize Dall-E for graphic design or is it destined to…

There are plenty of ways to choose brand colours that are good and appropriate when designing or redesigning a corporate identity. You do research, look at the competition, develop a brand strategy and personality, then make a highly informed decision on the specific colours that you want to use to represent the brand on all…

Interested in becoming a graphic designer but not sure where to start? Well, here’s a guide on how to start in graphic design for total, complete newbies. In other words, if you’ve decided to start a career in graphic design but have no idea where to begin, this is the perfect place for you to…

So Baskin Robbins has a new logo. The infamous, playfully fun pink and blue logo is no more. Fortunately, the new logo still uses the same clever concept of combining the BR and the 31, but in a different way. Overall, the new Baskin Robbins logo is a successful redesign, though I do have some…

If you’re at the point where you’re trying to figure out what questions to ask in a design interview, then congrats! Someone liked your portfolio enough to set up a meeting. That’s awesome. If you’re like me, and nervous in interviews, you probably forget about asking the right questions. Remember, a job interview goes both…

In my career as a designer, I haven’t thought nearly enough about what my graphic design dream job would be or what, specifically, it would look like. If I could design my own job from scratch, what would I want it to look like? For any designer, what should a graphic design dream job look like?…

Being a design manger isn’t that different from being a manager in another type of industry; where you need to be able to lead, inspire, organize, and advocate. However, in the design industry, you’re working with creatives. This means you need to be very familiar with the creative process and how to get the best…

Being a graphic design can be really hard. It’s stressful, you have to work with demanding clients, meet insane deadlines, and you need to constantly be creative even when you’re creatively drained. So what happens when you don’t want to do graphic design anymore? What career options do you have if you want to take…

Illustration Workshop by Mary Kate McDevitt is a book I’ve been looking at for awhile. I finally got my hands on it. My hand drawing illustration skills have been stuck at the grade school level for most of my life, and I’ve been meaning to improve them. I’m hoping this book will help with that.…