Blog – Page 14 – Jamie Maing

January 20, 2010

The Skills of A Designer: You’ve come far, motivation will return

I find that sometimes the most frustrating thing about being a designer is the gap of knowledge and experience between me and other designers around the world. Now I'm no prodigy but I'm not about to let myself become just another mediocre artist. As such, there are a few things that I do to keep myself motivated.

December 24, 2009

The Font Effect: Staying Consistent in Look ‘n Feel

After running into several instances where fonts were predefined for my designs it seems the average person doesn't quite understand the importance of a font. Now that is expected, but when a brand manager, senior developer, or marketing expert tells you not to worry about the font because they follow the brand

November 14, 2009

Backups, Bridge, and Server Integrity – You Can’t Design Without Them

Recently I had the unfortunate incident of losing all my hard earned design mock-ups and source files because of a lack of data integrity on a server. This was the first time I have ever cut and pasted a folder, only to lose all the data that was inside the folder. As a note to all designers out there, it's better to back up your files and do copy & paste, avoid the cut...I had to learn the hard way.