I’ve written close to 20 Flash tutorials so far, and I really enjoy writing them. I try to explain things clearly, and hope that the readers understand them and can easily complete the tutorial, and learn something in the process. I like that I can teach something to people around the world and whom I’ve never even met.
I’ve been working in my (very limited) free time on a new site for Flash tutorials. About a month ago, I did a soft-launch of www.gotoandlearnflash.com.
The goal of gotoAndLearnFlash is to have users find the Flash tutorials they want, and write their own reviews to let future readers of this site know whether the tutorial was really helpful or not. While my goal here is to find the best free online Flash tutorials the net has to offer, I simply don’t have the time to review each and every tutorial I come across. That is why I encourage users to check out the tutorials, come back and rate or review them for future readers.
Currently, there are only a few tutorials listed, but I try to add more and more when I can. The biggest hurdle is I really would like to review any tutorials that I post, but I simply don’t have the time. So, I’ve been posting some Flash tutorials without an editorial review in hopes that users will add their own reviews in the comments section. Better than a rating system, I believe a user review will help gauge whether the tutorial is really worth checking out. If you enjoy my tutorials, check out www.gotoandlearn.com to find more Flash tutorials from other authors that I found helpful.
I read an interesting blog post today on logoorange.com about 2008 logo design trends. It brought to mind my own personal thoughts on logo design that I thought I’d share here. Let me start by saying, I find logos to be one of the more challenging design projects to undertake as there is so much importance that lies on a corporate logo or identity. It’s pretty amazing how something that can be so small and unassuming can define an entire company and has the power to make a company either thrive or die, and anything in between. (more…)
A few months ago, I had a job request to design a leaderboard (728×90) banner ad in Flash. Project went well, and I think I came up with a nice concept and design (view it here). The banner was well recieved by the client, and now they asked to carry over the same concept to other banner sizes, specifically a 120×600 skyscraper.
Obviously, these sizes are pretty much opposite of each other, so the problem is the concept really doesn’t work as well at other sizes, especially going from a horizontal to a vertical layout. (more…)
