Bradesign Arts Blog

To Be A Graphic Designer or Not to Be A Graphic Designer Being an artist all my life in various stages of different avenues in art related fields. As I was growing up, I knew what I wanted to do was just to be an artist. I love to paint and love to create with my hands. As I was closely nearly graduating from high school. I never thought of being a commercial artist. So I attended the Art Institiute of Pittsburgh. I learned that graphic design has always been a popular profession. Technology changes every day since I began attending to Art Institute of Pittsburgh back in late 1987. The first blog appears in the 1990s, never have I thought that I be a blogger today. Back on the subject of graphic design...technology in applied graphics as user-friendly as possible by the use of software platforms that make up the elements to be a graphic or web designer today. Master the most widely used software in graphic designing Adobe Photoshop: is the predominant photo editing and man...

Building a Website You want have a domain name for example of mine:  http://bradesignarts.com/ but, you're not quite ready to write and design a full website. Here is what you can do: Design a logo. Many entrepreneurs start a small businesses find themselves in this position. We suggest that you build a one-page website to use and create more pages in a later time. The elements to design into your one-page website include: Your brand identity graphics. Include logo and visual vocabulary elements on your website for a consistent look with a theme in mind for your website. A short description of your business. This description should be between one paragraph and one page in length when typed in a text form. You don't want your one-page website to be a scrolling largely. The ultimate goal of your page is for people to read it and learn more about you and what you do. Often time less is more. Your customers would read a fast pace or glance through the readin...

The Three-Part Harmony in Your Logo       "Ba ba ba bum... Mister Sandman (Oooh...) Bring me a dream. Bring me the cutest girl that I've ever seen..." This is the beginning of a classic, harmonized song. Sure, one person can sing this song, and it will sound just fine. But, if a group of three people sings it together, with one singing the low notes, another singing the mid-range, and the third singing the high part, as a chord, then the song takes on more richness and depth. It immediately becomes a more sophisticated sound through the element of harmony. What does singing together have to do with your logo? Just as a harmonized song is made up of a set of three notes, every small business's logo should be made up of three pieces of art: the icon, the font, and the color palette. These three pieces all work together, singing the same basic song, to tell your business's story. In your logo, each of them gives you an opportunity to build...