I have a challenge for you. For the month of November, share daily at least one thing you are thankful for. It shouldn’t be that hard, right? Surely you can come up with something to be thankful for every day. Here are some handy tips on how to be thankful: Stop focusing on you. Start [...]
How do you maintain creativity? What things inspire you? Designer Michael Wolff is the latest entry of Intel’s Visual Life Series. [Disclaimer: before @brainpicker introduced me to Mr. Wolff, I had never heard of him. Though I am glad that he and I share an affinity for properly organized hanging clothes.] “probably the most important [...]
Proper resolution of a file is critical in the sign business. A low resolution file will make a sad looking banner. Conversely, a super-high resolution file is overkill for a business card design. So, how do you know what resolution to use? As always, we are here to answer any questions you might have. If [...]
Two articles from Smashing Magazine that I shared with my design team this week: Five and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Designers Filled with references and links out to other resources, this article is a quick read on the surface but has some pretty significant undertones that are good reminders of setting customer expectations [...]
Plain and simple, we want your sign to look great. There are two types of files that we may ask for to get your sign looking its best: a vector file or a high-resolution file. Sparing you all the techno mumbo-jumbo, vector files allow us to enlarge an image indefinitely and are most useful for [...]
Honeysuckle is the new Turquoise (Pantone’s 2010 Color of the Year). Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it. We’re not sure how [...]
Matt Gentry has been an AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama Team Member since August, 2008. As a model train enthusiast, Matt loves restoring antique steam powered model trains. One of the details that is required when restoring these trains is to reproduce the train numbers and insignia as accurately as possible. Because of this, Matt originally came in [...]
Hilarious Illustrations (I like hippos)Amazing roundup of cool design sitesLovely PhotoShop Light Beam EffectCool TexturesUseful PhotoShop Tutorials for making some pretty neat effectsEvansville Otters Professional BaseballA really good local IT firmFree Textures every Tuesday (and so much more)
From time to time we get asked how we create the graphics that we use for vehicle wraps, banners and other signs. Without giving away too much information, there are many sites out there where we pull inspiration. One of my favorites is BittBox. They’ve got tons of free high-res textures for you to download, [...]
