Category Archives: Web Design

90’s Grunge Banner Tutorial

By Wendy | Published: August 3, 2010
New tutorial on creating a 90’s grunge style web banner for UK magazine Web Designer issue 173. I channeled album designs of alternative bands from my teen days, scoured the neighborhood ravine for cool photos and went to town in good ol’ Photoshop. And yes, those are my feet and strappy sandals!
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Social Media Web Design Tutorial

By Wendy | Published: March 30, 2010
Since I did the dessert blog tutorial for Advanced Photoshop magazine, it’s caught the eye of Web Designer magazine. They also wanted a crafty design for their latest tutorial in the theme of social media. Here I mix in Japanese paper (a fave of mine) with good ol’ trusty Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This would [...]
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Dessert Blog

By Wendy | Published: January 1, 2010
The last month has kept me busy! This is a brand new tutorial created for UK magazine Advanced Photoshop issue 65 (sister mag of Photoshop Creative and Web Designer). This tutorial called for a scrapbook-inspired blog design, so of course I based it on one of my fave topics: dessert! Doodles of frilly cupcake paper and [...]
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Typographic Web Design

By Wendy | Published: September 3, 2009
Hello, hello! Here is the latest tutorial I did for UK magazine Web Designer issue 161. This one focuses on creating a web template from typography and graphic elements. Veering from that, I went with the theme of a club poster promoting a fantastical party. Woo!
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80’s Style

By Wendy | Published: July 9, 2009
Hi! This is my latest tutorial appearing in UK magazine Web Designer. This time around, neon colours, fun doodles and patterns adorn the template in true 80’s retro style. What fun! As a child of the 80s, it’s definitely one of my favourite eras, if not the best. Totally rad!!
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Girlband Web Template

By Wendy | Published: June 4, 2009
Web Designer magazine issue 158 is on sale now! This time, I channel my music tastes to create this tutorial template for a teen girl band. Electric colours, bright lights and attitude vamp up the page. On another thought, maybe I should start a girlband…
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Grunge / Craft Style Web Tutorial Available!

By Wendy | Published: May 29, 2009
I did a tutorial awhile back for UK magazine Web Designer on Grunge / Craft Style web design. It’s now downloadable from their website. Click to see: http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/tutorials/designing-craft-style-grunge-web-templates/
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Newspaper Headings

By Wendy | Published: May 13, 2009
Hello! Just wanted to tell you about the latest Web Designer magazine, issue 157 (that’s the cover up top) :) This month, I cover how to create web headers inspired by newspaper styles like a financial newspaper, retro broadsheet and trashy tabloids. As always, it was fun coming up with the tutorials and this time, I [...]
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Web Design Tutorials Online

By Wendy | Published: April 22, 2009
Two of my tutorials for Web Designer magazine are online! Click to see my step by step guides on creating the following: 1 Ecommerce Sites with Genuine Style2 Web Templates from Photo Backgrounds
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Owl: People Power

By Wendy | Published: April 14, 2009
This is an old web layout I designed for Owl magazine during my internship. It was for their World Watch section, which has seasonal coverage on a particular world issue. Mine was called People Power and it illustrates how a certain machine made the lives of women and girls easier in Africa! Check out the website [...]
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