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Are you looking to try something different in your next design? Three-dimensional designs can make an ordinary design pop, so why not add a few 3D fonts to your next design project. Here are a few fonts that can help your next project look like it is jumping off the page: Download Link Dowload Link Download…
Sumy Designs is a virtual business. We work from home. I’ve been asked why we don’t have an office, but that seems like an awful waste of money considering about one percent of our clients are here in town and Susan and I live in separate states. Instead, we save a lot of money by working from…
Photoshop is my main creative tool for web design. I’ve been using Photoshop for nearly 20 years and I love it when I find reliable plugins that save me time. Time is money and when I can save my clients’ money, my clients are happy, and happy clients are return clients. Here are a few…
When it comes to websites, a good thing to remember is YOGOWYPI. Are you looking at me strange now? Because YOGOWYPI isn’t a word, right? It’s not a word, it’s an acronym. But let me back up and explain. Back when I was a teacher many, many years ago, I was also the co-sponsor of…
When we create logos our clients receive a lot of files, including raster and vector graphics. Raster graphics are images made of hundreds, thousands or millions of tiny square dots of color information, these dots are referred to as pixels. The most common type of raster image would be a photograph. Popular raster file format extensions are jpg,…
One question I get asked a lot by prospective clients is this: “What happens after the website is finished if I need something updated?” It’s a good question. And I have an answer for that. In fact, I have two answers. Answer One: You will be given a login/password and comprehensive video tutorials to teach…
If not, you need one. What is a call-to-action? This is a simple process of telling your user to take action. I always ask people when they contact me about their website, “What do you want people to do when they land on your site?” The Call-To-Action is the thing that tells them what to…
Yellow is a color many people affiliate with joy, elation, happiness, and creativity. It is no wonder companies like Cheerios, McDonalds, Nikon, Shell, Ikea and Amazon, just to name a few, use yellow as their signature or as a significant part of their logo or marketing material. Using yellow on your website is a fast and fun…
Everyone wants their site to be found and get traffic, but not everyone wants to pay for SEO. There are a number of reasons why people may not want to pay it. Some may think it doesn’t really work. Some think it’s a rip-off, because it’s true, you can’t always “see” what was done to make the…
The thought of composing on an old-fashioned typewriter makes my brain hurt and brings back horrific memories of running out of correction tape and white-out the night before my final essay, worth half my grade, was due. I’m sure I’m not alone in the feeling, and yet, I hear reports here and there that there…
Whether you are a teacher, professor, coach, sorority or fraternity member or just a nerdy and enthusiastic student, it can be hard to find just the right font for that poster or project that is due in less than 2 hours. Well, Sumy Designs is here to help and we’ve has put together this selection of…
Lorem Ipsum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit … Huh? You will probably see this copy in your initial web design drafts in places where you don’t have your final copy ready. Simply, it is dummy copy that temporarily fills the place of regular copy. Lorem Ipsum has been around since the 1500s and…
We write a lot of blog posts here. Some days, I feel like that’s all I do! And I love the Yoast SEO plugin. Who doesn’t? It helps you narrow your keywords, and makes sure you’re doing all the right things to optimize your website. But you know one thing I almost never do? I…
Sometimes you are just not sure if your website is in need of an update or even a complete redesign. We hear hundreds of excuses from small businesses across the globe about why they haven’t updated their website … A redesign wasn’t our main priority this year …. A new website wasn’t in the budget ….…
So you have a new WordPress website. And on that website, you have a blog. GREAT! We love blogs. As you can tell, because we blog nearly every day of the week here. But one thing that makes me absolutely crazy is when people don’t categorize or tag their posts. Either every post is in…
Drastic contrasts Using a highly contrasting color will make your text stand out. Use the empty space If your image has an empty space floating around, add the copy and use that space. Be transparent This technique works especially well if you have an image with dark monotone colors. Think outside lines Outline the edges…