24th
April
2006
“Many folks have emailed me about the new layout I’m now sporting — specifically asking how the site resizes based upon the width of the browser window. It’s something I’m really pleased with, giving me what Inman refers to as my ’superfluous third column’, and if your browser window is currently less than 990px wide, you can’t see it unless you scroll down. It’s a place for me to put the blogroll and less important stuff, and generally acts as an incentive to go wide as you browse.”
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24th
April
2006
“We were curious about the graphics featured on CBSNews.com, so we approached James Morris, a senior designer on the site, to give us a little insight into the thinking that goes into their creation. James was kind enough to write a piece for us about the challenges, politics and ethical considerations that go into crafting images for CBSNews.com. It’s a refreshingly honest peek into the decisions that go into creating the graphics that show up on the site.”
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24th
April
2006
Remember those matchbooks that said ‘Draw Me!’ on the front? They advertised a correspondence course called ‘Famous Artists’. Everyone made fun of ‘draw Binky the Skunk any size but the same size’; but the truth of the matter was that the Famous Artists Course was no laughing matter — it was one of the best art instructional courses ever created. Founded by Norman Rockwell in the early 1950s, Famous Artists had three courses… Painting, Illustration/Design and Cartooning… (Thanks Boing Boing!)
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