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Recreate With Canva – Screenshot Color Pop

Subscribe to my YouTube Channel In this video I walk you step by step in how to recreate this simple but effective way to give a screenshot (or any image) a little design flair for your website, social post, presentation or more. I reference the great free online tool Blobmaker.app to create your own unique…

Spacing Trick – Hard vs. Soft Return (Enter)

Often as you’re entering text you simply just press Enter or Return, and never think much beyond that. But, there is a little trick you can use to have more control of the spacing of your text. In this video I show you the difference between a ‘Hard” return and a ‘Soft’ return, and how…

Recreate with Canva – Orange Flow Social Post

In this video we recreate a beautiful social media template using some useful tricks in Canva. Understanding how to scale and move things beyond the work area opens up a lot of possibliities. Same with layering shapes of the same color to create new and useful shapes. Original design for the inspiration: https://www.behance.net/gallery/77952347/FREE-Social-Media-Post- Template Designer’s…

Quick ways to crop a photo without Photoshop

Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Sometimes you want to crop a photo but don’t have Photoshop or even want to open it up each time. In this video I discuss some quick, easy, and free ways you can crop your images exactly as you need them. Take a Screenshot Quick, easy and free. Simply use…

Garbage to Gold – Reduce Design Anxiety and Unlock Creativity

Studies have shown that if you are anxious your creativity diminishes. This can be a problem as you attempt to create great looking work. Especially when it comes to using applications you do not feel comfortable with. Many applications like Google Slides or Canva come with some very powerful features. Almost endless options…

Design Tutorial: How to Create Powerful Titles

Recorded a tutorial on how to create a powerful title. For this we lean on some classic layouts as a base, then play around to see where we arrive. (Spoiler: the winning layout is one I hadn’t even thought of when I started!) Take a look and let me know if you have any go…

Canva Designs – Guide to create a stunning “Out of the Box” Design

Let’s break your design out of the box! Having an element “break out” of another is a great trick to create visual interest in your work. It subtly subverts expectation and offers a small visual surprise to the viewer. To achieve the affect, all you’ll need is: An image of an object…

Design Guideline: Create Better Designed Work with Double and Half

Want a quick gut check method to ensure the work your producing looks and works great? A lot of design comes down to simple concepts, and the Double and Half method helps to simplify the ideas. The idea has it’s foundation in Drama, or Contrast. An idea that things need to be different enough from…

How to check if your design is good

Asking whether a design is “good” or not can sound subjective, but there is a lot that is quantifiable. You know your target, and you know what you want to say to them. There are online tools that will tell you if one font works with another. And even more tools to tell you colors…

Learn Graphic Design: Play with basic shapes

Basic shapes may seem, well…basic, but by playing around with them you can greatly enhance your work. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If a layout needs an extra visual punch to command attention, try placing a shape or two behind the content. Try a different color, a different orientation, or anything else your mind comes up with. Allow yourself…

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