Posts tagged Blog Graphics

Free Blog Button: Autumn up North

Because I couldn’t ignore the top half of the planet, in all my smug Springiness from yesterday.

Because it’s about 13 deg Celcius outside and I’m not feeling very Springish today.

Because Design is a totally obsessive pastime that I could not and do not wish to stop doing under any circumstances.

I give you, the Northern Hemisphere Autumn Free Blog Button! You can grab the code here, or find it later on my freestuff/blog buttons section by using the navigation bar across the top of the page. Enjoy!


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Free Blog Button

Here’s a 1st of September freebie for all you Southern Hemisphere folks.

So while the rest of the world are lamenting the fact that it is now in fact Autumn on their half of the planet, we get to celebrate the first day of Spring, and shamelessly rub their noses in it.

Either grab the code here today, or go and bookmark out my free blog buttons page for other fun, cool free stuff.


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Matching Banners and Sidebar Bling

Remember this blog header that I completed a few days ago for one of my regular clients?

Well it now has a 125 x 125px friend to sit in her sidebar, and for her to hand out to all her blogging friends to decorate their sidebars with.

See here?

Now I’m just placing it onto a webserver where it can live out it’s days being broadcast to the world, in all it’s glory and provide it’s owner with much wonder back-link juice.

Now, onto other work, time to make some more money for one day when I’m old, grey, frail and in need of  walk in tubs and chairlifts and whatnot. As Suze Orman said on Oprah last night, “Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best”  I say that these are WORDS TO LIVE BY.

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Reasonably Priced Blog Headers

I’ve just completed another blog header project for a regular client. I enjoy her taste, as it’s very similar to my own and it makes for a working relationship that really, well, works!

Here’s a looksee at her blog header for the coming month…

I’m also designing a sidebar button to match, which also denotes this bloggers location. We’ve decided to go with month related themes, and I will be producing a new header for her each month. When you do freelance graphic design work, to pick up this kind of regular work, is absolutely heaven sent. I particularly enjoy this kind of design work too, so hmmm, happy, I am. As Yoda would say.

Of course to pick up another 20 clients just like her, enabling me to not only daydream about the shiny new 24″ iMac I hope to purchase this year, but start to shop for great travel deals too!

Recession? What Recession? Roll on business!

If you are interested in having a blog header/web banners designed by me, please drop me an email, prices start very reasonably from ZAR 75 per item. For international folk, prices are based on the US $, and start from $10. Seriously reasonable folks! Paypal, AlertPay, and Moneybookers Accepted Gladly.

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Free Blog Button for Durban Bloggers

Durbanites, here’s yours!

Let me know if anyone else out there wants to proudly display their Town/City/State/Country and I’ll do it for you!

MacNessa Design. Top Notch Graphic Design for Web.

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Free Button for Joburg Bloggers!

Here’s a blog sidebar button for free, for all Johannesburg (and surrounds!) bloggers!  Grab your code here, to paste into your sidebar.

Durban bloggers, I haven’t forgotten you either – and if anyone else out there wants to proudly display their City, Province, State, or Country, let me know and I will produce it for you.
MacNessa Design for top notch graphic design for web.

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Simple, Clean, Elegant Blog Headers

Here is the last in the series of blog headers that I’ve been doing for a fellow blogger.

To recap, here is the progression of development…

We went with the basic idea of a navy blue, and orange, to fit in with her blogs current template. The instructions were to produce an 800×150px blog header that was clean, simple, not too girly, a bit edgey.

We headed off in a slightly more artistic vibe here with the paint splash, and a bolder title.

We decided to bring back the header to a less bold, slightly more feminine font, return to the orginal orange brief, and retain a sense of edginess by using a cosmic-type graphic in the background, adding depth to the header.

Because I like to throw out a ‘what if’ to my clients to expand their initial brief, and provide them with options, I developed this whilst busy also developing her specified brief. While it was well received, the ‘Bond Girls’ were deemed a tad too s3xy for this mom of three.

So we head back to the original navy and orange, and we introduce her tagline. However in this particular version, the web colours were a bit too pink, so I went and designed some more! I’m definitely doing the right job, because I actually like it when I get to carry on with a project.

So I scaled back completely, brought the header back to the navy, orange and black brief, and went for bold graphics on the left, with the clients font of choice on the right, and included the tagline.

At this stage it looks as though this blog header is the winner, although my personal opinion (which is irrelavant here, I know, but still) leans towards the one at the very top. Although I must say, I really like all of them, and would use various versions of these on my own blogs.

What do you guys think? Which one is your favourite?

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More Blog Headers

Here is a further development on the blog header of yesterday. Definitely, the “orange being too pink” problem has been solved.

It’s a far more bold statement too. I’m still going to develop this theme some more before finalising the project.

Remember you can leave a comment, your oppinion, or an order for your own fresh new blog header/button/graphic design job that you require.

Looking forward to hearing from y’all.

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