Sin Leung
Hello there. My name is Sin, a New York based graphic & web designer. Please follow me on twitter @DesignedbySin to learn about the digital space with me!
Are you over thinking it? Great design isn't about pretty -- it's about user-friendly and giving people what they actually need.
UX should not be just a digital experience — Sinister Media
More often I find companies are sacrificing in-person experiences in pursuit of better digital UX. You've got it WRONG. In this day and age, your brand IS your product and every interaction counts. Read more here https://t.co/IEcfrqpFOk
medium.com In the tech space, UX has become this ambiguous term: part product design, part marketing, part user research, part visu…
Oh what's this? Oh right, my newest article on UX and in person experience. Should be dropping tomorrow
Today I'm talking about brand storytelling and honesty. Knowing who you are and the story you are telling makes a huge difference in how well your designer can visually communicate the message (and consequently, how much additional billing you can avoid)
medium.com Who you are as a person is inexplicably inseparable from what you do as a business. ¶ There, I said it. Lots of people …
Thoughts on Marketing:
The problems happen when people want to make s**t fancy. Dude, sometimes you just want a sloppy ass double bacon cheeseburger; you don't want some sort of fancy ass deconstructed grass fed organic perfectly shaped bison burger with freeze dried bacon bits and aged cheese.
Key takeaway: Make content for the user in the correct platform. Don't be dishonest in your content, but don't make fancy content for an unfancy platform. Show up correct.
Work
Getting around to finally updating my portfolio. It's been far too long
Stop by and take a look!
Strong Island Urban Wear by DesignedBySin
Strong Island Urban Wear. Fresh off of Illustrator and available for sale!
redbubble.com Available as T-Shirts & Hoodies and Stickers
Online Presence and Job Seeking - Digital Portfolio of Hon Sin Leung
The importance of web presence as a graphic designer seeking a job and 3 helpful websites
designedbysin.com Online Presence and Job SeekingThe longer I’ve had this portfolio up the more I have noticed how important it has become for me to maintain a web presence. While a lot can be said with regards to maintaining a printed portfolio, a lot can be said of having an online portfolio available as well.I am ...
Design process. Illustrated.
By far, one of my favorite branding projects for the year. Clean and classic. If you haven't checked out this place yet, you need to!
Lorem Ipsum - All the facts - Lipsum generator
An oldie but a goodie -- resource wise that is. Easily generate content on the go to chuck into a template for a quick mockup.
lipsum.lipsum.com Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the ...
Quick doodle on the commute home. Fade into darkness.
It's a great tuesday night of letterform sketching!
Website Basics: Hosting and Domain (Part 1) - Digital Portfolio of Hon Sin Leung
So ummm what's a domain? What's a host? You should know what you're getting yourself into.
designedbysin.com Website Basics: Hosting and Domain (Part 1) So you’re ready for a website! You’ve spent the last few months (or years) getting everything together, you’ve found a web designer, you have your content together… Well, now what? Well let’s talk about the address and storage for your new website. ...
Sin Leung's cover photo
Business card mockup. Full branding identity will be uploaded as it comes along.
Requirements for good design
. How can you, the client, help the designer?
sinwebworks.com As a designer for hire, I am all too familiar with what I need to make a great design. I covered a few of those points in my previous post about creating a design brief, but I wanted to dedicate a post to going through how you, the client, can go about helping your graphic designer. Relationships ar...
Dave Graz. 16pt silk laminate just came in :)
The Power of Adobe Fireworks: What Can You Achieve With It? - Smashing Magazine | Smashing Magazine
Was chatting with one of my friends today and she was like "what the heck does even do?!" This is an interesting read.
fireworks.smashingmagazine.com The Power of Adobe Fireworks: What Can You Achieve With It? By Michel Bozgounov September 17th, 2010 Fireworks, Illustrations, Techniques 230 Comments Advertisement Our recent arti...
Jason Bobich | Moving WordPress to a new server
: Fool proof simple step by step explanation of how to take a install from dev to live.
jasonbobich.com For awhile now, WordPress has been my favorite option for providing clients with a Content Management System. And since the release WordPress 3, it’s become the easiest sale on the planet. After showing them a demonstration, 75% of the time, the client loves it, and it persuades them to pay double t...
A Designer’s Guide to Pricing | GoMediaZine
I really enjoy GoMediaZine's info they put out there. For anyone starting out, pricing is such a crucial issue. I even approach some of my peers on occasion when I am unsure about what I should be billing.
gomediazine.com A lot of designers ask us what they should charge for their services. I thought I would share with you some financial lessons I’ve learned while
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Pantone stained glass window door by Armin Blasbichler Studio. Do you like it?
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Extreme Conditioning/Brick 26 training class Promo Flyer for Brick26 Race training.
Create a Telephone link for Interactive PDF in InDesign
I've had a few messages about this. This is an easy way to add a telephone link for interactive PDF in InDesign. Interestingly it wasn't the easiest thing to find but totally common sense to do. This is especially beneficial for businesses that put out e-newsletters.
Simple - silent - movie showing the steps to create a telephone link for interactive PDF and iBooks that will work on the iPhone.
Marketing to Millennials – Generation Y | The Marketing Spot
Interesting read on how to market to my generation. Thoughts?
themarketingspot.com Millennials were born between 1982-2001. The best way to market to Generation Y: Talk about shared values. Where to market to Millennials: the Internet.
I will most likely be at Adorama Street Fair this weekend if anyone would like to meet up. It's going to be fun!
Details: http://www.adorama.com/alc/0013737/blogarticle/Come-to-The-Second-Annual-Ado
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Gift Certificate design
Just got in from Internet Week day 2. Intense. Met some great people and learned some amazing things!
Seabreeze Electric business cards. Ready to deliver!
Abstract. I've had a bunch of messages from people asking what my personal projects look like. Here's an example of a piece I've been playing with
Good is diplomacy :)
Commack Hills Dental Group branding.
What a week coming up! Putting out proofs and picking up printed material (updates coming soon), Avengers on Wednesday, heading to Internet Week New York Thursday, and heading Upstate this weekend! I have a feeling this will be an inspiring week. Happy Monday!