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This tip for finding vector logos may just change your life
So you need to create a grid of logos for a brochure or website. And of course your client sends you a bunch of low-res jpegs. What do you do? This is one of the tasks that quite literally gives me nightmares because it’s tedious, frustrating and absolutely soul crushing when you can’t find what […]
Two spaces are NOT better than one
It seems Microsoft has inadvertently (and officially) settled the great spacing debate that has raged for almost 35 years. Ever since computers were able to use proportional fonts there has been no need to add a second space after typing a period, but it’s a hard habit to break for anyone who began typing on […]
Restore Your Mac’s Startup Sound
The startup sound was one of the delightful things that made a Mac a Mac, differentiating it from the beige boxes and bargain computers of the past. Apple made great efforts to add unique sounds to new models as well. The crash sound of the Power Macintosh 6100, 7100 and 8100 was particularly amazing (unless […]
Stuck at home because of COVID-19? These four products will inspire and entertain!
It’s easy to be bored when you’re stuck at home. There’s only so many good things to watch on Netflix, and after 2 weeks you’ve probably seen them all. These four products are delightfully weird and endlessly fun. Golden Girls’ Tiki Mugs Pull out a cheesecake and spend your afternoons on the lanai with these […]
The Best Book For Small Business Owners. Ever.
If you’re a business owner I’m sure you’ve read a ton of books from experts who promise they have the perfect answer to growing your business and improving your bottom line. I’ve literally lost track of all the times I’ve been inspired, only to realize that, no that advice really doesn’t apply to me, or […]
This Apple Watch Stand Turns Your Watch into a Classic Macintosh
There are a ton of trendy, even kitschy products related to the Apple Watch. Some are great, some are ridiculous. Every once in a while a product comes along that is just mind-blowingly perfect. The Elago W3 Apple Watch stand is one of those products – it’s cheap, offers great functionality and has a massive […]
Scaling an Image in Adobe Photoshop CC 2019
If you’ve recently updated to the 2019 version of Adobe Photoshop CC you will probably have noticed that proportional scaling no longer works as expected. After selecting the Transform > Scale tool and holding down the Shift key your image size will scale in any direction you drag your mouse – there are no constraints at […]
Kernit: the amazing font inspired by Jim Henson’s imagination
If you’re a fan of Jim Henson’s manic brand of fun and whimsy, this new font by designers at MCKL and COLLINS is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. Kernit is a loveable, strange and totally psychedelic typeface available for free in two styles: bold and outline. The font is “meant to capture the same imagination, […]
Aligning Objects in Adobe Illustrator
If you’re anything like me, you use the align tools in Adobe Illustrator on a daily basis. Unfortunately when you use these tools, no matter how many objects you select or the order you select them in, each object moves, making it impossible to do something as simple as centre an object within a box. […]
How to Charge Clients For Logos & Design Services
Deciding what to charge a client is one of the most difficult things any designer will ever have to do. There are so many factors that need to be considered. Charging too much ensures you won’t get the job; charging too little ensures you will attract lower calibre clientele. The ultimate goal is to find […]
Hilariously And Unintentionally Dirty Logos
I know this type of article has been done a million times, and you have probably seen many of these logos before, but it’s still always good for a laugh. You seriously have to ask yourself if the designers of these logos really hated their clients, or was everyone involved in the design process oblivious […]
Futura: The Font That Escaped The Nazis and Landed on the Moon
My love affair with typography started when I purchased my very first computer – a trusty Mac Classic with a tiny black & white screen, and a tinier hard drive. I absolutely loved opening a magazine and finding a floppy disk loaded free fonts, freeware and shareware. Many of the fonts I discovered this way were often useless and hideous, but […]
Logo Inspiration Central
If you are looking for design inspiration when working on your next logo or branding project, Logo Miner is a great website to hit. You can easily view the colour scheme and fonts used for tons of famous logos from around the world. There’s even links to download or purchase the fonts. It is also possible to […]
Awesome Colour Palettes
Check out Spunger’s new weekly feature – Awesome Colour Palettes! Each week we will showcase a new selection of awesome colour palettes, perfect for web or graphic design. This week’s colour palettes come from all around the world, including Canada, Cambodia and Costa Rica.
Screw You, Pay Me!
Getting paid is pretty much the most important part of freelancing or remote working. When you don’t see your clients face-to-face on a regular basis it gets more difficult to make sure the money keeps flowing in. Charge what you’re worth. Don’t be afraid to lose a job because a client can’t afford you Charging what […]
Spunger Image Compression Poll
Every single web designer has their own tried and true method for compressing images for the web. I was reminded of this yesterday when I exported a large background image out of Photoshop using the Save For Web feature as I normally do. It was a complicated image so I decided to check the file […]
Video Flashback: Pixar Has Changed A lot in 30 Years
Long before Finding Nemo or The Incredibles, Pixar was a tiny little division of Lucasfilm struggling to find it’s place in the world. When Steve Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas in 1986 computer generated graphics were still in their infancy and computer animation was little more than a gimmick. It took more powerful computers, skilled […]
Wednesday Morning Freebies
Welcome to the April edition of Wednesday Morning Freebies, a collection of the best web & graphic design resources available on the internet. We’re always looking for new resources too – tweet your favourites to @spungerblog or send us an email at hello@spunger.com. Designer Bio Generator Writing your own bio can be an exercise in frustration and […]
Palette Cube – Capture The Colours Around You
File this under ‘Yes Please’! The Palette Cube is a great way to capture the colour of anything around you. It’s the perfect creative companion for graphic designers, photographers, fashion designers, interior designers, painters, and any other creative minds that are obsessed with colour. Palette cube lets you sample the colour of anything around you and get the RGB, […]
Tesla Login Customizer
So you’ve built the sexiest, most custom WordPress website you can manage and the client is thrilled. Until the get to the standard WordPress login screen and wonder why it looks nothing like the rest of the website. There are tons of different plugins for customizing the WordPress login page, some are amazing and some […]
Aquafina’s New Logo – Love It Or Hate It?
Logo redesigns are hard. Some people are bound to prefer your old logo, some will hate the new logo just because it’s new, and sometimes the new logo just plain sucks. This time around it’s Aquafina taking a stab at a new logo design. The original logo was almost two decades old and it showed […]
20 Things You Should Never Ask A Graphic Designer
Would you ask a painter to paint each wall of your bedroom a different colour to see which one you prefer? And you sure wouldn’t ask your dentist to work for free because you have a lot of friends and you’ll tell every one of them how great of a dentist he is. So why […]
Zaha Hadid – Brilliant Designer and Architect
Zaha Hadid, an often controversial but always brilliant architect, passed away suddenly at the age of 65. There will he hundreds of articles written about her life and work so I’m not going to repeat a list of her awards or achievements here. She was often referred to as the most important female architect of our […]
Create Lite – A Free Theme From Theme Trust
Create Lite is a totally free version of Create, Theme Trust’s best selling WordPress theme. It’s built around SiteOrigin’s great Page Builder (similar to Visual Composer) so you have a ton of control over each page’s layout and content. Create Lite is missing premium features like WooCommerce support and Slider Revolution, both available in the full-featured version. For a simple blog, business or portfolio website Create Lite […]
Fileship.io Makes Sure You Get Paid: Step By Step!
Our first article regarding Fileship.io mentioned a few issues and we were contacted by the company almost instantly to learn more about what our issues were. It took a day to work everything out and I can say that everything seems to work flawlessly now. Talk about awesome customer service! Step 1 There are no […]
