By dockerydesigns, on July 12th, 2010
Presentations: 2 Minute Training #9: Bring Your Whole Presentation With You. The Whole Thing. And A Backup.
When presenting, don’t leave anything to chance. To do so will only invite folly.
Avoid this grievous error by bringing your entire presentation with you. All of it. With YOU. Every part. And have a backup, just in case.
By dockerydesigns, on February 20th, 2010
See the Real World from the Graphic Designer’s Point of View
Ever wonder what things would be like if the whole world was treated like some clients treat their graphic designers? Have a little peek at this video.
Just for the record, no client that has ever treated me like this will ever be spoken of by
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By dockerydesigns, on January 23rd, 2010
var topsy_style = “small”;
var topsy_nick = “tyler_dockery”;
I received a call from one of our clients this week asking for some transparent icons. He had used an online favicon generator to create some windows icons for his networking services, but the service has flattened his image
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By dockerydesigns, on January 14th, 2010
Tyler Dockery, creative lead at Dockery Design, was recently asked to judge collegiate student portfolios for the FDA at North Carolina’s Wake Tech University.
The FDA (Future Designers of America) allows students the opportunity for many extra-curricular activities, learning opportunities, speaking engagements, contests, and of course, portfolio reviews. On Monday, January 18th, Tyler Dockery will be judging
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By dockerydesigns, on December 11th, 2009
The Web Site Design and Development Process
There are several steps in the web site design and development process— from gathering initial information, to the creation of your web site, and finally to maintenance to keep your web site up to date and current.
The exact process will vary slightly from designer to designer, but the basics
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By dockerydesigns, on November 22nd, 2009
by Tyler Dockery of Dockery Design.
While creating a new website for ASPE’s IT Division for nationwide training, I ran into a problem with my formatting. In my CSS stylesheet, I began by outlining an over-arching style to command the entire site. I noted it thus:
* {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica;
border: 0px;
}
By dockerydesigns, on November 21st, 2009
by Tyler Dockery of Dockery Design.
PART 1: Back To Design Basics: Understand Your Target Audience
You would be surprised how many resumes a design firm receives every month. Some are plain, some are fancy, some come with cover letters, and some are really “over the top”. But one thing remains the same— We don’t know any
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By dockerydesigns, on November 18th, 2009
Imagine the situation: your designer is in a life-threatening car crash. Can someone take over his work immediately?
Chances are, NO. There will almost always be a learning curve. But you can help to combat that by adding some simple instructions into the master CSS file that you use.
At Dockery Design, we work with all kinds
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