Friday, October 30, 2009

Get Some Eye Candy Today! Easy, Fun Online Design Tutorials for Designers

I have been creating online tutorials for designers for Graphics.com/learning for about a year now. Now merged with Media Bistro, we provide a high-quality on-demand instruction for the serious designer. Whether you are new on the scene or a seasoned graphic design professional, I create tutorials that are designed to be easy, fun, and a delight for the eyes.

My topics tend to be on the general subjects of good design principles, and practices, online media, and creative inspiration. You can view the introductions to each video; to see the entire show, you must be a subscriber to their service. It is a good deal for the price. My viewers tend to be either individual subscribers or employees at a larger firm that buys the subscription as an ongoing educational tool for their employees.

Check them out here or browse below.

Dress for Success with Typography (24:51)

Aliyah Marr showcases her favorite websites that have accomplished masterful messaging with typography. Ranging from blogs to brand sites, Aliyah’s faves will inspire you with their creativity,…

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Worldwide Comedy Club (29:19)

Aliyah Marr’s latest inspirational tutorial focuses on the power of humor as a design tool. Her diverse array of hilarious examples drawn from the web includes text-only sites, prime-time TV spots,…

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World Wide Fantasyland Studios (28:35)

Today’s top online designers are employing video, animation, social networking, and ingenious illustration to transform websites into fantasy spaces, and promotion into entertainment. Aliyah Marr…

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Designers With Double Lives (28:15)

Aliyah Marr profiles four professional designers who spend their “off hours” on creative projects–;painting, photography, short experimental movies–;that end up informing their design work in…

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Fishing for Inspiration? (27:10)

Aliyah Marr reels in a whopping netful of free online inspirational resources for designers. Ranging from archival trips through design history to cutting-edge displays of Flash wizardry, Aliyah’s…

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Smashing Your Creative Blocks (22:38)

Because professional designers don’t have the time to wait for inspiration, Aliyah Marr provides a set of practical techniques that you can use to jump-start your creativity when the ideas just…

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What Drives Interactive Design? (25:43)

Aliyah Marr presents an overview of the various ways in which a website can engage the user. She likens web design to driving a stick shift, with the five gears corresponding to levels of intricacy…

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Self-Promotion for Designers (28:27)

Self-promotion is a necessity for designers contending with today’s challenging economic climate. Unfortunately, designers often view self-promotion as an impossibly complex, expensive, and…

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Boosting Sales Through Effective Web Design (27:46)

Designer and author Aliyah Marr answers the question, “How do you design a website that sells?” As Aliyah points out, it’s all about how web design attracts, maintains, and directs the attention of…

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