Tag: Design
Tutorial: How to make a custom (memorable) profile icon for Twitter
Recently I’ve been making a bigger effort at being an active member of Twitter. Doing so made me realize that I wanted a cute, memorable icon as my profile picture. I wanted people to see me, as well as get an idea of what my focus is on Twitter (which lately has been photography).
Step One: Create the canvas
You have 73×73 pixels to work with. Using Photoshop (or whatever image editor you use that can save transparent PNGs), create a new document 73×73 at 72DPI.
This is what 73×73 pixels looks like:
Step Two: Choose your elements
Since I wanted to show both my niche (photography) and myself, I decided to look for some icons to work with. I found the icons I wanted in the free “Function Icon Set” package.
These are the items I chose to work with for my picture:
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Designing to the Point- 4 Steps to an Effective Website
People – especially people of business – want websites. If you asked them why, most would say that they want to “Attract more clients”, “Generate customers”, or “Show off my business”.
Imagine that you are an architect. Someone asks you to build them an office. You ask, well, what do you want in an office? The equivalent answer to “Attract more clients” is: “I want to be able to put my employees there so they can work.”
As you can see, this is not a helpful answer. How many employees do you have? What kind of resources do they need? What kind of environment should they be provided?
The same goes for a website. The following are some basic steps to designing a better and more focused website that will accomplish the goal of your client.
Step One: Define a specific goal.
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