Master Your Website Layout with these 6 CSS Properties
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Fancy div arranging
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This is the portfolio of Dawn Pedersen. I have been designing web sites, logos, marketing materials, and more, since 2000.
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Two reasons to celebrate
By Dawn Pedersen 06/02/2009
Things are looking up (they weren’t too bad to begin with.)
1. The traffic for this blog is doing very well (thanks, everybody!) In April, the traffic doubled over the March stats. Then in May, the traffic doubled again. It’s nice to see my hard work pay off with so many visitors.
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Create a Vintage Linen Colortone Postcard in Photoshop CS4
By Dawn Pedersen 05/31/2009
Vintage Colortone Effect
Linen postcards were printed from 1930 through 1945. They have a unique and appealing look. The thick paper was embossed on the picture side to give the card a “linen” texture, and the cheap inks created vivid colors. You can create this effect using a modern photograph and Photoshop.
Book review: “Neuro Web Design” by Susan M. Weinschenck, Ph.D.
By Dawn Pedersen 05/30/2009
“Neuro Web Design” (2009) by Susan M. Weinschenck, Ph.D. is published by New Riders, which publishes a number of the Web design books I have read. The focus of “Neuro Web Design” is to teach you how an understanding of how we make decisions can improve the effectiveness of the Web sites we design.
Saturday Round-Up for May 30 2009
Here are the way neato links I checked out this week.
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Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser
Ten logo design tips from the field
