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Post for GCU Community Blog Welcome to the third installment of ‘Diaries of a Fontaholic’. I decided that it was better to split today’s segment into two weeks, so next week will be the final installment where I’ll share some font tips that can make the difference between a professional greeting card, and a greeting card which looks amateurish … based solely on your choice of font and placement. Today, in Part-3, I’ll be introducing you to ... Read Full Article & Get FONTS
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 Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Welcome to ‘Diaries of a Fontaholic Part 2′. Today I’ll be introducing you to my 8 Favorite ‘hand-written’ casual fonts. These are a great choice for when your design and category call for a more ‘intimate’ connection; also often a better choice for masculine cards, rather than choosing a fancy script font which can be considered by some to be a bit feminine. Also, my Nine Favorite replacements for Comic-Sans. All terrific choices for your humorous designs. Here we go … Read Full Article & GET FONTS!  Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Hello … My name is Doreen Erhardt … and I’m a Fontaholic … all laughing aside, I really am, and I know some of you are too. This past week, it was time to go through my fonts and remove those which really aren’t appropriate for greeting card designs, add some new found treasures and in general do some font clean-up; making my card creation easier. That gave me the idea to pass along my ‘current’ list of favorite fonts ... Read Full Article and Get FONTS!  ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Here’s a great tip: Even if you’re designs have the year as Custom Text, if you used a year that has gone by, take the time to update those cards. Any card that is out of date will be ignored by a large percentage of customers. I tend to ... Read Full Article and Get Links  © Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Today I offer a few links to some fun goodies that will inspire you to think about Dad while making your designs for Father's Day ... Read Full Article & Get Links  Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog If you’ve ever submitted to greeting card publishing houses, you know they only accept holiday specific designs certain times of year – usually anywhere from six-months to nine-months in advance of the occasion. As a professional greeting card designer ... Read Full Article & Get Links  ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Modify Images for Each Category There is no doubt that sometimes we are inspired to just create rather than design for a specific category. I’ve found that when this happens, I just create then I go back and use the categories which COULD work for the image as my guideline to make a unique fit for that category. Add elements unique to the category, change colors and message to suit each category. Here’s an example ... Read Full Article  ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Customer Requests – Yes or No? First thing you need to decide is whether you wish to accept customer requests. There are a few things to consider here. I know not all of you can respond quickly. I think one of the reasons I have a good turn-around for custom requests is because being a designer is how I make my living, so from the time I get a request to the time the card is available in my Private Gallery is usually a couple of hours; so I’ve kept the customer’s attention and therefore make the sale ... Read Full Article  Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog I never make a card without communicating to the review team through the Note to Reviewer field … and neither should you. We all wish review times would be quicker, well here is one way that if all artists used it, the reviewers would have less work to do per card. Let’s face it, the better we are at our job... Read Full Article  ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog I ran across this article Digital Artistry Series #1: Planning Your Work by Tom Ross and thought it worthy of sharing for this week’s topic. Because whether you are creating a greeting card or a masterpiece of fine art, the tips apply ... Read Full Article & Get Links |
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