©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog I ran across this article Digital Artistry Series #1: Planning Your Work by Tom Ross and thought it worthy of sharing for this week’s topic. Because whether you are creating a greeting card or a masterpiece of fine art, the tips apply ... Read Full Article & Get Links
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©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog I’ve created hundreds of Custom Front cards for GCU and as ALL design software, GCU’s personalization software has it’s own little quirks that you can learn to work around. So I thought I’d offer a few tips ... Read Full Article & Get Fonts! Card by Maria Dryfhout, this image has great lighting, beautiful still-life setting, and perfect color! Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Food photography is one of the most difficult areas to master. So, if you choose to create a card using food as your imagery it’s imperative that you know HOW to take a great food shot. Here are some important things to remember when setting up a food shot ... Read Full Article & Get Links ©By: Nancy's Nook Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog When creating birthday cards for children, here are some tips to keep in mind: Design for a Specific Age-Group In other words ... Read Full Article & Get Fonts ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog The best time to create cards for ringing in the New Year is now! Get them into the review cycle with plenty of time to give the search engines the three to four months it takes to bring them to the forefront of those customers searches! Here are some fun brushes and styles ... Read Full Article & Get Links! Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog 1) Poor Lighting Lighting can make or break a photograph, after all a photograph IS a collection of light. Harsh lighting causes washed out detail in the highlights (whites) and lens flare. Low lighting can cause color shifts, muddy blacks without detail, color noise and blurry edges due to camera shake. On camera flash often causes the a flattening ... Read Full Article! ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog I hope that last week’s Part 1 of Christmas in July inspired you! Today we continue the holiday theme with some thoughts and goodies for your holiday creations ... Read Full Article and Get Links! Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog This week, we'll start with trends! One of the beautiful things about holiday card making is that though color trends come and go each year, there are buyers for just about every color combination; regardless of current trends. We’ll start this first week with some fun and different color combinations I made up for you to use in your holiday designs. I’ve also listed some great links to the coming season’s trends such as ... Read Full Article & Get Links Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Let me begin this week’s discussion about Commercial Use elements and their associated licenses by stating very clearly; “I am no expert”! What I offer here today is from knowledge acquired during my own research over the past few years of reading and respecting the terms given by the creator for each element I wish to use. With this information base I can get you on the road to better understanding what to look for and some of the associated terms you’ll find out there. Here are some definitions to learn ... Read Full Article and Get Links ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Once thing that really never changes is how much people love the autumn colors that nature provides; here is a wonderfully inspirational link to some delightful Autumn Color Palette Inspiration and patterns for your autumn designs ... Read Full Article & Get Links |
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