I put this together for my main site and message board tonight and I thought it looked really good it took me less than 15 minutes to make because I knew what look I was going for. I have been doing a site redesign and clean up over at my main weight loss portal site and I have to say for only being able to use free to use resources found via Tripod and what I have and I think it has turned out really good. I like the vertical navigation bar as opposed to the horizontal one I had up there.
I am doing a slight redesign of my message board too to match the new banner.
I am also going to be working on making some new paint shop pro frames after my son goes back to school.I encourage you do stay tuned for that I have what I hope are some fresh ideas.
I have also been going back to my favorite gradient trick site and seeing what else I can experiment with.
This was done from how to create a background tutorial from yet again nansonsplace.com. I added the sparkles and the transparent orbs.
The reason I am doing this series- if you will -on nansonsplace in particular is because nansonsplace does an extensive amount of tutorials with gradients and I also love working with gradients because they give a design a very unique feel and look. Especially when you find the more metallic ones like gold,silver,copper, and bronze. When I finished my Web Tech U paint shop pro courses I looked for places online that focused on gradient tutorials and I came across nansonsplace and it was a great way to sink my teeth into the meat of paint shop pro and get my hands dirty and my creativity going.
See I like to do an equal amount of trying to make my own stuff and trying tutorials because if you don’t try tutorials then you can’t ever learn how they do that in the world of digital design. The tutorials give you the skill set needed to help you grow as a designer especially in the early stages of your career. Now I am not getting paid yet to do digital design but I have been doing this long enough and have seen changes in my skills drastically since I first bought paint shop pro 9 and today.