In this tutorial we're going to take a lot at how to design desktop wallpaper in Adobe Illustrator, specifically, desktop wallpaper for Smashing Magazine's monthly calendar series. Smashing Magazine is the web's biggest resource for web professionals. Each month they feature a wide range of desktop…
And so it begins! This month I've really got into the roll of things. I've not been unemployed for long but I feel like I've taken to 9 - 5 at home like a duck to water. OK, to be honest, I'm more like a 9.45am - whatever-time-of-the-night-with-a-few-breaks-in-between guy. I'm at my desk for 9am but…
Getting started is the big question both for me writing this post and for the month. Hopefully you've read my introduction to Going Freelance which explains about my background and how I got to the position I'm in now. Let me go a little further though and explain why I want to become self employed…
My name is Ian Lunn. I am a commercial web consultant of two years and graduate of Internet Technology. I was recently made redundant from my consultancy position though, and find myself -- during a time where web related jobs seem to be minimal -- going freelance. As someone wanting to make the…
In a recent project, I had to design and build a form that would allow a user to choose certain areas in the UK that their services would cover. The form would break the UK into it's 12 regions/countries, then further break those down into, counties and areas, meaning the user could potentially have…