I’m going to talk about designing this week, not coding per se, but designing: placement, colors, procedure. Today’s article I guess I would file under “procedure,” though I hate that term, because procedure sucks even when it has its purpose. The purpose of procedure today is to save you time and make your life easier. [...]

I’m going to start with the obvious: how animation works in advertising, and why it is used. Animation is, in this case, MULTIPLE ads inside of one ad. I say multiple because obvious, animation is time-based. Multiple frames show inside a single area, dependent upon time. So, animation therefore allows you to insert more information [...]

I’m hella busy with commissions, comics and [attempted] merchandising today, so in lieu of an article by me, please enjoy this post on the Webcomics.com site about Photoshop short cuts. Those of us who digitally ink or color, the short cuts are a saving grace. http://webcomics.com/2008/12/11/photoshop-shortcuts/ Also, don’t forget to set your OWN short cuts [...]