So you’ve decided to run a print ad in your local newspaper. The paper may have even told you they could produce the artwork for you if you just tell them what should be in the ad. Problem is, you’re not sure what should be in the ad. The first thing you need to do [...]

Is Photoshop CS2 worth the upgrade? You bet it is! Here are just 10 things you can do with this fantastic new version of Photoshop that were impossible (or difficult) to do with previous versions: 1. Manipulate objects in the Adobe Bridge This new generation of file browser enables you to look at photographs and [...]

Key Components of Effective Web Design

The key to effective web design is to convert visitors of your web site into buyers. There are numerous ways to do this, the first being the organization of you web site. Organization and allowing the visitor to easily navigate throughout your website is a powerful tool which must be incorporated into web design. First, [...]

Keeping it Wise with 4 Color Printing

I’m pretty sure that once in your life you have seen a brochure or a postcard. Well correct me if I’m wrong but these things are not new today and they are all over the place. Business talks so much and they are considered the best means for a clear promotion. Some brochures and other [...]

The dawn of digital printing

Printing has been made affordable for use these days and the dawn of the new printing age today have ruled over the traditional way of offset printing. Digital printing has been increasing their popularity in the present times. Digital printing is far more different than the old traditional way of printing. Many companies believed that [...]

So you’re on the computer, as usual. Your eyes are smarting. Your back hurts. You want to jump in the car and sail down the highway with all the windows down and your hair flapping in the wind. But before you call it quits for the day, you have to look up just one more [...]

Designing an Online Portfolio

When designing an online portfolio, pay special attention to your colors, design elements, layout style, and content. Typically, artists and designers are the ones who have to obsess about these things; but really, if you are selling anything from a service to a tangible product, you need to be careful how you choose to design [...]

Finding The Balance Between Form And Function

Form is the arrangement of the general structure of an artwork while function is a relation such that one thing is dependent on another. For instance – height is a function of age or price is a function of supply and demand. A function is an abstract meaning which, by itself, has no intrinsic form. [...]

There are a few very good artwork sites where artists can send in their art or photos. Turns out these types of sites are very popular. But what if online art submission sites were formatted to work like online article submission websites on the Internet? For instance lets take a site like EzineArticles.com and lets [...]

Attract More Visitors To Your Artworks. Web traffic matters a lot in online artwork selling, but not completely. What matters is a combination of targeted good traffic looking for artworks. For an example, if a person is willing to buy a digital camera, then what are the chances of his buying an oil painting? Of [...]