Design Beginnings

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Designing With Jenny? Sounds like a fashion blog to me.” Well, you wouldn’t be wrong. So, let’s call this a fashion blog. FASHION FOR THE INTERNET!

Graphic design and I go way back. I’ve been a designing fiend ever since I got my hands on a bootleg version of Photoshop so many years ago. It wasn’t just me either. My friends also had an interest in graphic design as well! Because we were such dorks in high school, we would create our own forums and have “Graphic Battles!” Graphics battles sounds so nerdy, I understand, but it became a thing that really helped us hone our Photoshop skills. A lot of people ask me how I “learned to Photoshop,” and I tell them that I didn’t really “learn” much, instead I told them that the best way to learn Photoshop (or any kind of program, really) is to PLAY with it. Strange looking button? Press it. Now you know what it does. Online tutorials also help when trying to design something specific or you want a certain kind of effect.

Over the years I have seen so many funky looking graphics and websites that sometimes I just want to sit down with the owner and say “Hey buddy. Is this your website? hm… Yeah, let’s fix it.” And this blog, I guess, is a way to do that. Not so much fix specific websites, but a place where you could find some cool resources and laugh at my nerdy graphic jokes.