When going into design, the majority of students are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. They were the kid who was always drawing and painting, the one whose parents probably covered their fridge in water colors. So, they would certainly think I’m crazy to say they should also program.
However, design is not art.
There, I said it.
One of the most common misconceptions I receive from my family is that I am in some shape or form an artist. While I do illustrations (such as the one pictured in this post – which, by the way, was inspired by this Adobe Illustrator coffee cup tutorial), I do not consider myself an artist. Granted, I am currently working toward a degree in software engineering, with design as my secondary major (and the way I put the food on the table), but this is why I have come to the conclusion that programming is an invaluable skill to any designer. Read more »
Today, I looked at my design on a Dell monitor whose resolution is 1024 x 768. I was surprised at how cluttered my design had become; the original aspect of the design was to remove the clutter, and make the design itself one which was very sleek and elegant, similar to my older design in which there were four navigation choices, and one place for content.
Well, allow me to clarify. I like the top of the site; the choice of very simple horizontal navigation and a central logo. I like the front page, with its “Welcome” written in a sans-serif and a pulled title and 200 characters from the latest post in my blog. Read more »
Not many people put CSS and programming into a similar category. After all, CSS is more of an interface language; it’s not going to return a value, or compare two variables.
The earliest beginnings of CSS themselves come from the desire of designers to have a separate language in order to declare certain properties for elements in their designs. The original plan for it was for it to appear like this:
@H1 fo(fa=he,si=32,we=bo) ve(be=1,af=2)
A man by the name of Robert Raisch suggested this syntax. Hard to read? That’s what I thought when I first saw it – but essentially, it is declaring the very same thing as this snippet:
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As many of you know, I currently make my home in Las Vegas, in the hopes of picking up some design work here and there. I used to live in the more upscale part of Vegas, but after the recession began, I ended up moving to the more downtown area. I am currently taking a few classes at the community college, mostly to move forward with an engineering degree, as well as to see how much I can grow as a designer with new challenges.
Today, when I arrived home from class, I decided to take a long walk to get a sandwich. Now, I could easily have sat at home and made myself a tomato sandwich with oat grain bread, and microwaved it to make it at least a little warm. Well, the sun was out and it was a cloudless day – as are most days this time of year – so I thought it was the perfect time for a nice stroll to the local deli. Read more »
