It’s The Little Things 0
August 30th, 2010
Let me first start by saying, I am not a designer by trade, but I do enjoy reading about it and trying to understand it better. In general I know what looks good. Getting my own work to look good is the tougher part. I have 3 rules I follow to get the job done and it’s something I learned from a designer friend of mine.
It’s referred to the 3 C’s of design: Consistency, Conservation (Clutter-busting) and Contrast
The one I use the most every day is “consistency”. You can face design pretty darn well by just making sure your layout is consistent.
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“Alberto Cerriteño is a Mexican illustrator & designer who has lived in America; Portland for nearly four years now. Strongly inspired by urban vinyl toys, alternative cartoons, and the pop surrealism movement, Alberto Cerriteño has developed his own very personal technique and style, having always present a delicate hints of traditional Mexican artistic influences in his management of rich textures and decorative patterns. These contrast strikingly with the blending of desaturated colors and ink, sometimes featuring a vintage coffee finish. Alberto Cerriteño illustrations have been recognized by progressive art institutions such as Juxtapoz, Create, Drawn!, The Little Chimp Society, Computer Arts, Communication Arts and IDN among others. He has also been invited to participate in collaborative art projects all around the world and diverse solo and groupal gallery shows.”
There are so many people online selling themselves as “designers” and because the internet is such an equal playing field we get to see a lot of “the good”, but also a whole lot of “the bad” and “the ugly”…
A good friend of mine once told me that “designers just loves cool t-shirts”… I’m not really a designer, but I still love a cool t-shirt.
