karlyns.com » design http://www.karlyns.com Websites and Design by Karlyn Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:41:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Custom Design by Karlyn Vid http://www.karlyns.com/custom-design-by-karlyn-vid/ http://www.karlyns.com/custom-design-by-karlyn-vid/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:22:10 +0000 karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/?p=1839

Many thanks to the talented ShortFilmsMV for creating this design video.

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]]> http://www.karlyns.com/custom-design-by-karlyn-vid/feed/ 0 Hire Design by Karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/hire-design-by-karlyn/ http://www.karlyns.com/hire-design-by-karlyn/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:45:09 +0000 karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/?p=1537 Is it time for some fresh banners or buttons to promote your business or blog?

Perhaps your website could use an updated header design?

Or maybe you need a new logo to help brand your new idea or product?

I love my freelance work as a web and graphics designer and I’m available to work for you! You can purchase design work here and contact me with any questions at all.

Let’s get started on your new designs!

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]]> http://www.karlyns.com/hire-design-by-karlyn/feed/ 0 New Year Not doing Nothing http://www.karlyns.com/new-year-not-doing-nothing/ http://www.karlyns.com/new-year-not-doing-nothing/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:46:04 +0000 karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/?p=1481 .. what that means is…  Despite it looking a little quiet around here, I’ve actually been quite busy – especially since the start of this new year. I have been designing, editing, blogging, blogging, editing and designing.. some of my favorite things in life!

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I’ve totally redesigned the look and content (again!!) of wahmbuds.com. This time with my own custom graphic design and maybe I’ll stick with this theme design this time, who knows. Naw.. I’ll probably have something totally new by Valentines. ?[/third]

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I was going to sell this site but changed my mind. I’m so glad I did too. I enjoy the mom content (new blogging here too) on this site and it’s been around for a while now (2004). I think all it needed was a new look. YeahMom! Can you say PINK?[/third]

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I just recently started creating custom designed wordpress themes. I’m rather happy with this custom design I did for LP&P. I updated the site with new posts too.. I know it was feeling very lonely there for a while. Yes, my website have feelings – don’t yours!?[/third]

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This site is easily my most posted on site.. mainly because I feel a little more liberal with it, posting more daily, life and fun stuff. It too got a new design and plenty of blogging. Also added a Good Reads widget here, great book/read tracking site.[/third]

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MomsRewards.com – my oldest site (2000) saw a little bit of a face-lift with a new main image on the front page, a new design on it’s rewards blog and some new quality freebies of course. I’m happy to report it’s been seeing a lot of new visitors lately too. [/third]

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I just get around to this site as often as I would really like to. Maybe this is something I can change for 2011. I did however, spend a good amount of quality time with this site just this morning, blogging about my favorite teachers blogs.[/third]

Also, worked on some custom graphic designs for a client and updated my design portfolio and paid some attention to AnotherBabyBoomer.com and Wahmiam.com with new blog posts.

It’s been a good couple of weeks at home on holiday vacation being able to get these updates done. I did manage to get up from my desk once in a while and eat, sleep, visit the gym, visit relatives and enjoy some quality family time playing many many rounds of Scene It too.

Wishing you a happy and fulfilling new year 2011 too!

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]]> http://www.karlyns.com/new-year-not-doing-nothing/feed/ 0 WordPress Custom Theme Design http://www.karlyns.com/wordpress-custom-theme-design/ http://www.karlyns.com/wordpress-custom-theme-design/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:17:07 +0000 karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/?p=1460 [SinglePic not found] I’ve started designing my own custom themes for WordPress. Though I know HTML like the back of my hand, it’s only recently I’ve been feeling more comfortable with CSS, which is the design structure of WordPress. So creating these themes is new (for me!), fun and I plan to continue doing it, so I thought I’d make a formal post about it.

I like that I can control so many design elements through CSS and then include my own graphic design choices in the background and header, as in the example above which I created for my FromKarlyn.com website. It’s about time really. I’ve been using WordPress software for most of my sites for years now. I have enjoyed using many wonderful themes offered by other talented designers and always thought: “Someday…” Well someday is now, and over the last few weeks, I jumped in and started creating.

I plan to overhaul the look of all my own domains over time, but for now, I have most of them converted to some of my first custom designs. I created a Themes page so that I would have a designated area for sharing new theme designs and then, after a while.. offer them to others for use on their own websites and blogs.

That’s the plan anyway. If you have a chance, let me know what you think. Thanks!

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]]> http://www.karlyns.com/wordpress-custom-theme-design/feed/ 5 Photo Design Fun http://www.karlyns.com/photo-design-fun/ http://www.karlyns.com/photo-design-fun/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:21:16 +0000 karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/?p=1375 I took a couple of new photos to update my Facebook today, and while I was at it, I had some fun turning one of my photos into a something more festive for this Halloween. I used Picnik, which is a real easy to use photo design application online. You do not need to register to use it, but there are perks if you do – for example; being able to work with multiple photos, instead of just one at a time. Picnik offers a lot of fun tools for free, from photo frames, stickers, lots of holiday and sports items, interesting effects and collage design. . Picnik also offers a “Premium” option now. It starts at a little over 2 bucks a month, but gives you access to many more design choices, stickers, fonts, effects, advanced editing features, history and connections. For the occasional user, I can see the free version being good enough and it doesn’t jip you on the fun factor. Even if you aren’t into all the silly little stickers or face painting (as in my “football fan” look to the right) or festive holiday add-ons; Picnik can service as simple, on the go, photo editor.. with it’s photo “touch-up”, flattering effects and resizing options. . I used the “Orton-ish” effect on the photo to the left. I liked the way it contrasted the colors more, also softened the focus and added more highlight. Hek, you can even whiten your teeth in picnik and who couldn’t use that?! One of the workshops I teach is photography and I plan to have my students visit picnik every now and then. I think they will love it and make good use of the free photo editing tools and creative design effects. I really think it’s a great free design app, but what do you think? Chime in and leave your 2-cents.
Have fun!

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My own tutorials are still available online and in PDF format so you can print out and follow in your leisure. You can grab those here.

Since 2007, there have been some major updates to the Artweaver design software which now includes a new “Plus” version. I still use the free version myself. Artweaver now displays more support via their helpful FAQ and new forums, as well as free tools and plugins – all offered on the main site artweaver.de. Also, since my original Artweaver post; I’ve seen many more Artweaver tutorials pop up online. There’s a small collection of video tutorials, like the one below and several posted at DeviantArt.

Over the years, I’ve received a lot of questions about Artweaver’s tools and how to do certain techniques. I try to answer each question individually, or at least post a reply in the comments section. I do plan to continue teaching design and will post helpful Artweaver tutorials and links when I have the time. Please “Like” this article if you find it helpful and subscribe to my updates to stay in touch, thanks.

Artweaver Tutorials by karlyn

Where's that line tool?

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]]> http://www.karlyns.com/more-artweaver-tutorials/feed/ 0 Would you like some Design to go with that Ad? http://www.karlyns.com/would-you-like-some-design-to-go-with-that-ad/ http://www.karlyns.com/would-you-like-some-design-to-go-with-that-ad/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:32:06 +0000 karlyn http://www.karlyns.com/?p=1307 For a limited time, I’m offering one (1) free custom button (125×125 pixels) design with any advertising purchase of 1 month or more from my Advertising choices listed here. For advertising purchases of three months or more, I will also include one (1) matching banner (468×60 pixels) design.

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