15th Dec

What is the difference between a Font and a Typeface?

Aren’t they the same thing?

After being shot down by an over enthusiastic designer …

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15th Dec

Quick Photoshop Tip: Save Space By Turning Layers Off

Photoshop files (PSDs) can be huge in file size, especially if you are working on a large format high resolution file. Here’s a quick tip that can save you valuable HD space, anywhere between 10% – 90%, simply by turning …

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12th Apr

In the spotlight: Irene Zeleskou

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26th Jan

New Photoshop Interface Revealed

Adobe revealed their new ‘traditionally themed’ Photoshop interface this week at their annual AdobeExpo. The drastic redesign has come after months of highly publicised campaigning by angry Anti-Adobe protesters who state that their …

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21st Jan

If Cadbury merged with Nestle

In a messed up world what would happen if Cadbury merged with Nestle. Even better, what would the packaging look like if you merged them… well! If you like please share this with your friends :)

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31st Dec

Motivational Posters made easy with this Photoshop Action

You’ve seen them before, funny motivational posters that make you ‘ROFL’, ‘LOL’ or erm…. just giggle… yeah well here is your chance to make your own. This easy Photoshop

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30th Dec

Using Actions in Photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to use actions in Photoshop CS. An action is a set of commands Photoshop

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1st Sep

Fresh new design, come and have a look

We stayed up into the early hours of the morning to bring The Floating Frog a swanky new design. It’s a bit brighter, a bit wider and has a few more features. Let us know what you think :)

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22nd Aug

WordPress theme for piggynap.com

This evening I finally got round to implementing a new WordPress theme for piggynap.com. It wasn’t a full theme build this time but it still took up the best part of my evening. I’ll be interviewing the owner of …

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30th Jul

St Annes Community Services

As a designer I’m sometimes asked to design speculative concepts to accompany quotes and tenders. This is work we are simply pitching for so the design has to impress the potential client or else we simply won’t get the job. …

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25th Jul

Alfresia – The direct conservatory and garden furniture store

I think this is one of the best looking ecommerce websites I’ve ever seen. It’s clean, modern, feels fresh and makes you want to buy Alfresia’s products because the user interface is so intuitive and easy to navigate. Each section …

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25th Jul

Cohen and Wilks International (CWI)

CWI (Cohen and Wilks) design, manufacture and supply clothing garments to some of the highstreets biggest retailers. They wanted a new website to replace their current one which is starting to show it’s age. I got to visit their headquarters …

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24th Jul

Tygan Speedster by Gmund based on the 1959 Porsche 356

This week saw a few new clients websites enter our studio at 9xb. One in particular, Gmund cars was worth a mention I thought.

Gmund cars is a specialist Porsche dealership based in knaresborough, selling such cars …

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21st Jul

Digital art and photography for 9xb

Digital art staff portraits for 9xb, which collectively took circa 60 hours to complete.

View my Flickr 9xb page for full size versions.

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21st Jul

Photoshop text lighting effect

Experiments with light and shade.

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