Now Anyone Can Design Snapchat Filters Photoshop-illiterate Snapchat users, your dream has finally come true. Not only are Snapchat users able to create filters on the Snapchat website, but now you can create these filters within the app on your phone. Here’s how: Step 1: Go to “Settings” and click “On-Demand Geofilters” Step 2: Select the occasion your Geofilter is for. Then pick a design template that fits [...]
Why Go Live on Social Media? Live streaming is the future of sharing content on social media, so if you’re camera shy, it’s time to start getting used to the spotlight. Snapchat has been a stepping stone in a user's ability to share his or her life with the world on a camera, but now other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter allow users to share content in real-time. Going live on social media as a new approach to [...]
How to Stay Organized with Social Content Frustrated by the continual clutter and disarray of posting content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, billboards, etc.? How do social media experts keep all of these organized? One simple solution: content calendars. Content calendars are a great organizational technique for social media managers, especially when messages need to be expressed across a multitude of platforms on different days at different times. Depending on what the company’s goals and preferred platforms are, no [...]
How do you turn an idea into a final product? Every designer and design agency has their own approach to the design process. Different things work for different people, and different agencies have different models that contribute to their agency's brand. This is part of the beauty of the design world: everyone has their own way of taking an idea from concept to creation, and that's totally acceptable, expected even. ocreations has our own version of the design process that we call [...]
“In a world of fast-paced digital design, I fear that good old pencil thumbnails are being forgotten. “ I have been in the field of graphic design for what seems ages, starting in 1990. I have been a design student, graphic design instructor at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, designer, art director and senior partner of ocreations design studio in The South Side of Pittsburgh. I have always been a firm believer that designers need to be able to draw [...]
“In the world of graphic design, what is the best way to find good clients? “ Shawn O‘Mara | ocreations | ocreations.com I guess the BIG QUESTION is: What is a good client? I have several good clients now and have had several good clients in the past. The main question is how do you personally define a good client? A client who pays really, really well? A client who never makes revisions? A client who loves everything you design? [...]
Questions about building a brand and protecting your logo? ocreations in pittburgh can help... What is a trademark? A Trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish to goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicated the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name. Do I have to register my trademark? No, [...]
