Shauhn Caughron Design

Need social media icons for your website?

Shauhncy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:11:22 +0000

This is the perfect website! I discovered this today and was so excited.

http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/the-best-social-media-icons-all-in-one-place

Caution: If you have someone build your website…

Shauhncy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:35:58 +0000

MAKE SURE YOU GET THE INFO FOR THE BACKEND.

Just a major warning, if you have someone build you a website, and you do not get access info to the backend, you will be in trouble when it’s time to make any changes to the site. The backend of your website, where the files to your website live, must be accessed to edit and reload the files to your website. If you pay a developer to make your website and they don’t give you any backend info, and then you go later to have someone make changes to it, it’s impossible. You NEED to get the FTP login information from your website builder after they have completed your website, okay? Point taken?

I’m running into this issue with a client currently because they want their website updated. They have no way to access the original files and no way to contact the site builder, so in the end they may have to get someone to rebuild the entire site. (Much more labor and money involved) Eeeeeeek. : / This is a tragedy.

This is what it can look like when you log into FTP (the backend of a website.)

Sources of Inspiration

Shauhncy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:48:02 +0000

I know first hand how frustrating it can be to be a designer and be completely stuck creatively. You sit, look, sketch, look some more, stumble, get mad at yourself, sit some more, sketch….. It can be very annoying. Usually someone is waiting for you, and wondering wtheck you can’t get the project done. I thought I would share my delicious bookmarked links that I often use for inspiration. Hopefully you will find something interesting for yourself!

www.smashingmagazine.com (A great resource for an graphic or web designer- tons of current, useful info – easy to navigate)

www.elated.com (Free website templates, articles, forums, tutorials… )

www.topcultured.com (Creative current blog- Good stuff)

www.thedieline.com (AWESOME & Creative Package Design website)

http://blogof.francescomugnai.com (Great blog of a graphic designer)

http://www.ubersuper.com (Great blog of a graphic designer)

www.bamagazine.com (Before & After- “how to design cool stuff”- Easy to use & understand tutorials)

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/high-speed-photography-frozen-in-time (AMAZING photographic work)

http://www.stumbleupon.com (Put in stuff that interests you and stumble around the WWW)

There’s some for now! I’ll keep updating this as I find more cool stuff.

white space .

Shauhncy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:28:54 +0000

Some are scared of white space. I know many a person whom fall into the “use up all that white space!” category. I think white space is great. Just look at the effects it can achieve…. If YOU are scared of white space, I hope you change your mind.

[Definitons of 'white space']

1. Whitespace is the empty spaces in a design. Whitespace is used to separate disparate design elements and group similar ones. Whitespace is the lack of graphics or text in the layout. Whitespace is not always “white” – it is the empty parts of the page, but if the page has a different background color that will be the color of the whitespace.

2. In page layout, illustration and sculpture, white space is often referred to as negative space. It is that portion of a page left unmarked: the space between graphics, margins, gutters, space between columns, space between lines of type or figures and objects drawn or depicted. …

3. The areas of a page without print or pictures

hi.

Shauhncy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:48:08 +0000

Hello!

First and foremost, thanks for checking out my blog!
It’s brand spankin’ new.

I will be posting some crazy cool stuff on here, (but don’t hold me to it) ;) and hopefully, you will be able to learn more about me, my work, and find something useful to you.

I will post inspiration, ideas, articles, and pretty stuff. Hopefully something that will inspire you, as well as other readers.

I am a designer & I love everything about it …(well, except for dealing with matching up color, crap printers and buggy software) …. so design is my passion, and that’s mostly what I will blog about. However, I will also post anything else interesting I stumble upon.

Stay tuned.