http://blog.nicolesauk.com Web & Graphic Designer Mon, 19 May 2008 01:38:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my products made Today's Best on Zazzle! Yea! Here it is: Cosmopolitan by NikiNicole Get this custom magnet at Zazzle Don't worry, I'll have more drink recipes coming soon! http://blog.nicolesauk.com/zazzle-todays-best-award/ Yea! I finally have a decent layout up and it is all valid! There will definitely be more tweeks and additions (the footer still looks a little sad), but my blog has moved from embarrassing to acceptable. Here are some sites that helped me get here: The End Of Magic ... http://blog.nicolesauk.com/i-am-valid/ Recently Adobe introduced Photoshop Express, a free online version of photoshop where anyone can create an account and edit their pictures. You can only edit your own pictures if you create an account, but it is free so why not. If you just want to check it out, ... http://blog.nicolesauk.com/adobe-introduces-photoshop-express/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qMe7Z3EYg[/youtube] http://blog.nicolesauk.com/seo-rapper/ I just discovered Coudal Partners' Layer Tennis this week and it is awesome.   Layer Tennis is a competition of two artists.  It's basically sending an image back and forth and changing it.  It's starts with a 'serve' image then continues for 10 'volleys'.  They have 15 minutes to return the ... http://blog.nicolesauk.com/a-sport-for-design-geeks-layer-tennis/ If you are working with block elements in CSS, you need to know about margins & padding. Margins are the space on the outside of the border and padding is the space on the inside. The most common block elements are divs <div>, but you can ... http://blog.nicolesauk.com/css-understanding-margins-padding/ This is the first post of my career. I just graduated from the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale last week with an Associates Degree in Web Design & Interactive Media. At first I wasn't thrilled with graduation happening at the same time as the Christmas holiday, but I'm changing my ... http://blog.nicolesauk.com/its-all-happening-2/