Posted on December 3, 2011
I am looking for any web designer / developer job at the moment. I had to make the PDF portfolio becouse every website online requires some sort of portfolio or CV. I didn`t have ether of them but I was thinking that If I could impress the people with graphics maybe they would contact me and interview me in person. Lets see if it works.
Please leave some feedback if possible.
Screenshot of the logo for the PDF portfolio:
LINK
Posted on November 11, 2011
DOM
D stands for Document - web page.
O stands for Object - example h1 tag is an object.
M stands for model- the HTML tree is the document model.
DOM describes how we can interact with the pieces of a web page. For example CSS uses DOM to style and present HTML. JavaScript uses the DOM to interact with HTML.
What does the "Cascade" mean in CSS?
Cascade is
CSS Selectors
id (#) selector: can be assigned only once in the html tree
class (.) selector: can be assigned more than once in the html tree
tags (h1) : might re-assign the style of the tag in the element tree
Example of ID: <div id="box">My box</div>
Example of Class: <div class="box">My box</div>
Example of h1: <h1>This is my heading</h1>
Typography
Fonts are very important in the design and website industry. Every designer should have a good knowledge about fonts because they could change the look and the feel of the design/website. There are 2 main types of fonts - Serif and Sand Serif.
Examples:
Font Mistakes
Logos
Logo is one of the most important thing for brand. Companies names are usually easily remembered by the logo. Logos are usually created in vector with maximum 4 colors and some text. Here are few professional logos:
Here is another example of "amazing" logo:
White Space Rules
White space is very important concept in every design (example: website design, business card, flyer, poster). White space gives every design more simple and open look. The advantages on the web of the white space is that the user can scan the text easily and it won`t hurt the users eyes to read for longer.
Here are some examples of good design with a lot of white space:
Business Card
Website Design
Flicker
Twitter
Flatter
Making your first logo
When making a logo I suggest that you know some information about the brand. Learn about what your clients expect to see and look for inspiration online. Logos must be simple and also very attractive and easy to memorize. The best way to start logo is to sketch some ideas on piece of paper or if you have graphics tablet you can start sketching it straight in your computer. The most common software for creating logos is Illustrator, but you can always use Photoshop, Fireworks or Gimp.
Useful link: Steps of a Successful Logo Design Process
First Step - Sketching some logos
Second Step - Turn them into Vector
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