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Hey! My name is Marina! Are you an Aspiring Designer? Besides designing for my clients, I also love to help Seasoned Creatives, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Anyone Else who wants to dabble in the wonderful world of design. My blog features design tips and tricks. Go ahead, grab a coffee, come back and start learning!
Romero Britto Painting Inspiration
Romero Britto Painting Inspiration I first encountered a Romero Britto painting aboard the Disney Dream Cruise. It was a showcase of [...]
Roy Lichtenstein’s Girl with Hair Ribbon
How to Paint Roy Lichtenstein's Girl with Hair Ribbon Check out the painting I did below of Roy Lichtenstein's Girl [...]
My 4×6 Foot Roy Lichtenstein Painting
My Roy Lichtenstein Painting Roy Lichtenstein is one of my favourite artists. You can tell because I painted another [...]
Serif vs Sans Serif Fonts
Serif Vs Sans Serif Serif and sans-serif fonts are two distinct typographic styles that differ in their appearance and [...]
What is Dummy Text / Lorem Ipsum?
What is Dummy Text / Lorem Ipsum? Dummy text or what is more commonly known among designers as ‘Lorem Ipsum’. [...]
Optical Alignment
What is Optical Alignment? When your composition is aligned via math, but something about it still looks off and it [...]
RGB / CMK / SPOT COLOUR
RGB / CMK / SPOT COLOUR! What's the Difference? RGB (Red, Green, Blue) is used for screen, web, digital CMYK [...]
CMYK vs SPOT COLOUR
CMYK vs SPOT COLOUR: Which one should you use? CMYK - CYAN / MAGENTA / YELLOW / BLACK Also called [...]
Where to Find a Really Good Logo Designer
Where to Find a Really Good Logo Designer Here are 6 places to find good Logo Designers. 1. Word of [...]
Breathing Room
Breathing Room The space that is in between design elements. Just like a cluttered living room full of tchotchkes can [...]
Why a Client Might be Hesitant for a Logo Change
Why a Client Might be Hesitant for a Logo Change Sometimes a client will come to you for a complete [...]
Types of Logos
Lettermark, Wordmark, Combination Mark, Pictorial Mark. What's the difference? Pictoral Mark Just a symbol, icon or pictorial. Nothing else. Rome [...]
JPG or PNG? Which one is better?
JPG or PNG? Which one is better? THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE CHOOSING: Is it a complex image? Is it going [...]
Selling on Etsy vs. Creative Market
Selling on Etsy vs. Creative Market This post will feature selling on both Etsy vs Creative Market as a Digital [...]
WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
WordPress.com vs WordPress.org Confused between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? Here is a simple explanation: wordpress.com - WordPress will host your website [...]
Should I Have My Logo Redesigned?
Should I Have My Logo Redesigned? The question of the century to every business owner who needs to keep [...]
6 Design Tools Must Haves
6 Designer Tools to Have in Your Arsenal As a designer, there are resources and tools that you gather [...]
All About Print Bleeds
Everything You Wanted to Know About Print Bleeds Don't forget to also reference my other post on How to [...]
How Much Does a Logo Cost?
How Much Does a Logo Cost? Logos can go anywhere from being free to $1,000,000 to apparently $1.28 billion. But [...]
Negative Space
Design 101 ~ Negative Space In my previous articles, I speak many times that a good design will consist of several [...]
The Design Grid
Design 101 ~ The Design Grid A Design Grid is an invisible grid on your art board. If you follow [...]
Designing a Product Label
Case Study ~ Creating a Product Label Design Going back to my last post on where I ask If Your [...]
Is Your Ad Design Ugly?
Is Your Ad Design Ugly? Is your ad design ugly? What truly makes a great design? An effective design or ad [...]
The Psychology of Color
The Psychology of Color in Marketing and Branding If I were to play a song for you that you listened [...]
Design a Banner that Stands Out
Design a Banner that Stands Out In my previous post, I discussed which Web Banners are Considered the Top 5 [...]
Top 5 Web Banner Sizes
Top 5 Web Banner Sizes Below are the standard web banner sizes that you can implement on any website. The [...]
Fiverr. Good or Bad?
Fiverr? I remember several years ago, my snooty design friends and I were scoffing at the idea of crowdsourcing and [...]
Kerning, Leading, Tracking, Widows, Orphans, Rags and Rivers
Kerning, Leading, Tracking, Widows, Orphans, Rags and Rivers Ya, the title of this post is pretty funny. What on earth [...]
What is Mechanical Paste-Up?
What is Mechanical Paste-Up Mechanical Paste-up refers to a method of creating or laying out publication pages that predates the [...]
Screen Resolution vs Print Resolution
Screen vs Print Resolution Infographic If I had a nickel for every time a dear client sent me a 48 kb [...]
Vector vs Raster
Vector vs Raster Many of my clients are a bit confused on the difference between Vector and Raster. Just like when my [...]